Part of my self-care for the school year is getting my eating habits back in order. Over the Summer I was pretty bad about skipping breakfast, grabbing a soda way too many times during the day, and at night, and eating lots and lots of junk… With the kids at school I have a little more time to research meals, and get them prepped too.

That leads me to gently going vegan. I’m approaching my third year as a lacto-ovo-vegetarian, but with an egg and milk allergy, it is time to ditch the lacto-ovo part. That means learning to make lots of new dishes, and giving up on my beloved cheese pizza.

So far I’ve made it four days soda free, and fully vegan. I actually feel a lot better, and I have a bunch of energy. I don’t know how long I’ll make it, but so far so good. The downside, I’m hungry about every two hours. I walk in the morning after I drop off the kids at school, but then I’m ravenous and could eat my own arm.

I’ve been working on stocking the fridge with ready to go veggies, hummus, rice, and fresh fruit. I’m also making soups for the freezer, that way I can just reheat one while I’m making dinner for the family. There are a lot of dishes to be done, but I think this is going to be a good change for me. Or I’m completely nuts.