Never too late to be thankful

So I'm been humming and hah-ing over my thanksgiving post. Which is why its a few days late. I had a great weekend. I worked. I am thankful I am employed, and recently promoted to manager.

here is a post with photos. Its been a while, I lost my cord that connected the camera to the computer. (I'm THANKFUL I found it).

10.10.10 = my 2 friends getting married to eachother...very happy thanksgiving. Look at these two kids in love. I am very thankful to know them both, to have introduced them and to be honoured as matron of honour on the day of.


I'm very thankful for my hubby. Look at him. He's all dressed up and holding wine. I'm also thankful for wine.


And for seeing close friends and family...



And for making amends with old friends and letting go of the past.



I am also thankful for accomplishing one of my goals from the beginning of the year. 26 books have been read in 2010.

Thanks for reading ;)

choices

So I found that over the past couple of months I have made some bad choices in regards to taking care of my health. I think it started with the move. Bad food choices were made and there was no time for exercise. I didn't feel too bad about the exercise thing, I was doing a lot of renovations and I was working my muscles a lot more than I would have been at the gym.

The disappointing thing has nothing to do with weight gain, surprisingly I didn't gain. It has to do with the fact that I was choosing poorly 75% of my meals, I might even be being generous to save face.

I wasn't cooking, I was constantly getting takeout. deep-fried spicy tofu all the time? not a good idea. there were days I didn't see anything green on my plate or in my glass. Since I wasn't preparing food in advance, I had to choose vegan choices from the food court in a rush.....french fries? bagel? white pasta? ewww. no wonder I've been sick so often over the past little while.

SO I had to make a decision. AM I GOING TO EAT UNHEALTHY VEGAN CHOICES? or AM I GOING TO REINTRODUCE EGGS & FISH BACK INTO MY LIFE?

Before I tried my year long attempt to eat mainly vegan, I was eating seafood, eggs and dairy. Dairy hated me, I felt awful. I gave that up months before the eggs and seafood. I felt good and healthy eating the way I was, but I thought I would give veganism a try. I was very healthy. And the first 7 or 8 months into being vegan I was fantastically healthy and feeling amazing. now.....not so much, and its all about my effort. I'm not fully in it. I'm bored.

CHOICE: hello eggs, hello seafood, welcome back into my life in moderation.

So far so good....and a little guilt.

I guess I'll just have to figure out how to deal with the guilt that's formed after all the research I did when I got into eating a vegan diet.