I went vegan for a week and...

I've just realized it's been a month since I wrote this and left it in my draft. I honestly thought my days of procrastination were over but here we are... procrastinating, again.

Anyway, I'm just going to hit publish. Everything below was written on the 25th of September, 2020. Happy reading!!

Helloooooo,

It's been a week since I started my little diet. I went in thinking I'd lose about a kg but by day 3 I'd lost 0.8kg. 

To say I was shocked was an understatement. I literally went on the scale 4 times just to be sure. 

I tried my best to take pictures but on most days I was way too hungry to focus so I took two or 3 pictures at most and dived in. 

All pictures were taken with my phone.

Everyday, I check in and write a little something. Kinda like a diary. Therefore everything you are about to read from the next paragraph was written prior to today.

Let's dive in.

Day 1.

I miss milk. I'm typing this on Thursday 17th September, 2020 at 12:03pm while I have my first cup of coffee for the day. I knew this was going to be the hardest bit because I doubt there's any milk substitute better than cow milk but we move. At least now I know its black tea or coffee for the next few days. 

My final thoughts on day 1 is that it’s not so bad but I still don’t understand why anyone would choose a vegan lifestyle. The food was really tasty and yes I had only that portion of rice and a lot of fruits and half a bowl of salad. My energy didn’t drop at all so that’s a plus. 

Because I'm bad at measurements, here is a visual of how much I used. I hope that helps a little.

I used 3 of these for the recipe.

Mushroom, garlic & onions.

Day 2

Again, I miss milk. I’m having a cup of tea and I’m about to make a smoothie with almond milk, frozen raspberry, banana a teaspoon of ginger and honey. The recipe says to add a spoon of coconut oil but I don’t have that. 

I DROPPED MY SMOOTHIE! WHAT IS GOING ON?

Calmed myself dow and made another cup of smoothie. Halfway through, I realize honey is technically not vegan but after the morning I had... I'm excusing it!

Final thoughts of day 2, started off rough but after the plate of pasta everything was right again.

Day 3

I didn’t have any tea today because wth! It was a good day. My body is getting used to it and I’m not missing or craving chicken so progress. I’ve convinced myself that I’m in some European country and I can’t find halal food lol. I have to say I love mushrooms and tofu. It’s super tasty and the texture is amazing. I also made my meals spicy and tried to add as much flavor as possible. All in all it was a very good day. My energy level was up although I was sleepy throughout. I think that was caused by lack of caffeine.

I forgot to take pictures of my mushroom soup cause I was HUNGRY!! I will still share the recipe anyway.

For the potatoes, I would suggest adding some type of sauce on the side because I felt like I needed a sauce while I was eating the potatoes.

Day 4.

My scale is lying to me cause there’s no way I lost 0.8kg in 3 days. WHAAAAT???? Lol for some people it doesn’t seem like a lot but to me that’s a lot to lose in such a short period. Anyway let me not get too excited. Let’s wait till the end of the week. My tea with almond milk doesn’t taste bad at all today. About to put in a workout then make lunch. 

Today on the menu is jollooooof! I’ve been making tiny changes to the menu so instead of just veggies, I’m going to add some plantain in the mix because why not.

For dinner I was meant to have stir fry but felt like eating some plantain so I added that to the menu.

I feel like today's menu is pretty easy and straight forward so I won't be sharing the recipe.

 

Day 5.

When I wrote the menu, I knew it would be subject to change but I needed some kind of guide and it has helped a lot. Today's meal was super tasty. I'm no longer craving chicken or milk so I guess eventually like all things new, your body gets used to it.

I'm enjoying myself and honestly the hardest part is deciding when to start a diet. Unfortunately I couldn't try out the onion soup cause I ended up going out so I settled for left over masa with yaji.

Let me just say I outdid myself with the cous cous.

Day 6.

I’m not one to blow my horns but yoooo that falafel sandwich was IT! It was so tasty, I absolutely loved it. Anyway here’s a link to the recipe I used Falafel recipe . I ended up eating more than I should today and I'm so full. I don't know how I'm going to sleep. 

It was a good day. I've stopped having bad days although I keep eyeing the chocolate in my side drawer. Tomorrow is my last day and I'm curious to see if there will be further weight loss or not. 

Day 7.

I finally got to the end!!! I MADE IT!! Alhamdulillah. It started out rough but it ended on a great note.

My final thoughts are I'll definitely do it again. I enjoyed myself and ended up losing 1.3kg which is not bad considering I had low expectations. 

Since I've tried it, I'm more understanding of vegans. I personally wouldn't want to stop eating meat forever but I've decided to cut down on my consumption. From now on, its healthier options for me. 

Next stop, I'm looking for diets that will help improve skin appearance. Any suggestions? Would love to hear from you. Send me a message on here or IG if you'd love to ask me more questions.

Aisha

xx

P.S I'm very happy that I can finally have tea with real milk.