Vegan day 51

It's been awhile since I last posted about my vegan food journey so I shall update today with my green and filling lunch break with Angie at Pipino.

Angie got fried brown rice loaded with so much broccoli and taro chips which she really, really enjoyed. It was super affordable too at P155.  

What I got was adobong kangkong with grilled eggplant and mango. It was a super big and filling serving at P165. 

Super happy tummies! 

We just had to have dessert because its THAT kind of day... I got a vanilla cinnamon cupcake and Angie got an oatmeal and chocolate chip cookie. 

This diet is already so well integrated in my life. I am still not closing my doors to going back to meat, but seeing all the positive result being vegan does to my health and well-being, I can't give up on it just yet. 

Overloaded

Overloaded with nutrition this morning...

Coco nectar
Miso 

Kelp

Mango

Probiotics

Lemongrass 

Green tea 

Whew! If I dont get enough energy to last through today after consuming all that, i dont know what will. 

The post workout breakfast soup of the champions haha 

In other news, I decided to change my routine, so it will be alternating days of brisk walk + NTC, then the other day would be run + 300 abs workout... 

Today was the day for the run + 300, and I'm so happy because I beat my usual time when I run a mile around our neighborhood.  I usually do a mile in like 15 minutes, because our neighborhood is mostly uphill.  However, I did my mile today at 13 minutes which is my usual time running a mile around UP which is really flat with no inclines. 

Well, I don't know what's with today but I definitely had more speed. :) 

Day 9

Its my 9th day being lacto ovo today. Kinda running out of creative juices for food to cook... Then today I tried something new! 

So I got oatmeal and instead of cooking it in milk, i cooked it just in water. Once it was cooked, I seasoned it with Liquid Aminos, raw onions, soft boiled egg and some pepper.

It tasted amazing! 

I'm not a fan of sweet stuff so whenever I try eating oatmeal with honey and cinnamon, I feel like I'm just trying to force it down my throat, but this one is different! I enjoyed it because it was savory... 

I need to research and stimulate my creativity in cooking my food. 

Another update is that, since last Saturday's MTO, I was sales talked into buying Dr. Gerry's Coco Nectar. It apparently has 20 or more amino acids compared to honey that only has 9. Anyway, I gave it a try yesterday... And the past 2 days, I've been taking a spoonful first thing in the morning (on an empty stomach) and I don't feel the need for caffeine to do my morning workouts! I feel super energized. 

So happy! 

My mom was telling me about other improvements in her health that she's been experiencing like better metabolism, etc. 

Anyway... We shall further observe :)