A little bit of history here. I grew up on a heavy meat diet. Living on a farm and my dad being a big hunter totally added to the carnivore menus. The first couple years I was married my husband, who is a bodybuilder, urged me to compete in fitness.. fun but not the diet. 1) I dont have the body type for it 2) the strict diet and workouts can create not just havoic to the body but mind too. The diet from my “coach” consisted of eating pretty much green vegetables and MEAT 6 times a day. yuck yuck yuck. My digestion was horrible, I developed acne, my hair was brittle and complexion not so glowy. I developed a lot of disordered eating habits and feelings. Last fall I decided it was time to beat it!!! Fast forward to now. After a lot of research and just an intuitive feeling, I have gone vegetarian. I would say vegan but I do love some organic greek yogurt. Whenever I eat meat I feel sooo weighed down, my digestion becomes not so fabulous and I get this sick feeling (in my head… like “what did I just eat!!”.). Embarking and embracing this new veg lifestyle has been relatively easy for me, although my husband still eats a heavy meat diet. There are a few things that I have a hard time with, one being tofu. Someone help me please but I cannot seem to cook it right?! At B & N today I bought 2 awesome cookbooks which I plan to use until the pages start to fall out!

Baby Cakes!! This one I know I am going to love! 

Eat Drink & be Vegan! I was too excited to find this, the last one they had!!!

Onto today’s eats so far I have to share. 

I started my day off with this chocolate Amazing Greens smoothie! I used the chocolate greens powder, chocolate almond milk, more cocoa, stevia, frozen strawberries and ice. PERFECT! Chocolate covered strawberry greens!

Lunch was a big raw salad with 1/2 mashed avocado/seasalt and…. Annie’s organic Maple BBQ sauce. Y’all this stuff is the best!!!!!!!!!!!

For a mid afternoon snack I wanted something cool… I whipped up a frozen treat of 1 cup frozen strawberries, coconut milk, CHIA gel (2 tbsp soaked)  & stevia. Perfect!

I think for dinner I am going to bake a butternut squash into fries along with a veggie burger on Ezekiel bun with hummus. My go-to dinner!!

Everyone have a GREAT last day of June!

Yesterday’s shopping trip didn’t quite work out. Out of stock in store, so I ordered the dress and shoes online. I also found 2 amazing deals on Forever21.com!!!  Check out these chick, feminine pieces!!! ohhhh they make me happy!

and this super cute top! I can’t wait to wear with some skinny jeans and heels!!

I laid out yesterday afternoon around the pool in hopes to get a tan, or improve on my pale one. I could only manage about 40 minutes. I was literally melting!!! soooo hot and sticky!!!

I did great on my eats! Lots of fresh food! Rather than yogurt and cereal or a bar for a snack I made this fresh vege platter with raw almond butter:

and then for dinner I couldnt decide if I wanted butternut squash “fries” (baked in oven) or a big salad with yummy avocado. I decided on….

I also had some greek yogurt & stewed rhubarb, blueberries/strawberries/puffed rice with vanilla almond milk and lots of tea.  I think I did good? I feel good!

Everyone have a wonderful Sunday!

July is right around the corner and I want to start incoporating more raw, fresh produce in my diet. We have such abundance here, why not!?

That aside tomorrow I am going shopping! On a mission for a fabulous dress for the 4th to go out to dinner in with my husband. For the record, I love fashion and everything associated with it! I’ve already got my eye on a specific dress and heels I plan to get. Here’s the gorgeous Antonio Melani dress:

and these FABULOUS shoes:

I have so much (too much according to my husband) jewelry now. So I’ll find something within my own collection to add to it.

Question of the Day:  Are you following any specific type of diet or what do your strive for?

xoxo, Lynn

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