Day 7: Feb 7

this one's gonna be short, kids.  i'm a tirrrred girl. too tired to even use caps. ha.

it was a challenging day today for this vegan! but ultimately, very triumphant!  i worked on prepping catering for 400 for a 3 hour long cocktail party about social media at the New York Public Library all day.  there was no time for lunch.  no time for dinner til 7:30. 

and there were meatballs around.  and blue cheese. and goat cheese stuffed dates.  we could munch on these every now and again. 

but i didn't.

i had a couple plain dates, and some sweet potatoes.  i was hungry.  a meatball would have been so easy.  salty and fatty and momentarily satisfying. but i didn't eat one.  i was strong.

no, really.  for a chubby girl who goes to food when she's not EVEN hungry.  for her to not go to things that would have been comforting during a hungry and stressful time would have been very easy.  but i resisted. and had a vegan burrito for dinner.  with some black iced tea. 

on the train platform this evening, i got weepy.  it was a long, tiring day.  but i felt happy and proud. i was full of happy feelings.  for a variety of reasons.  i started eating better a couple of months ago in part because of a painful romantic breakup.  i know this has nothing to do with the 28 day challenge, but it has to do with a life challenge. when i started taking charge of what i was putting into my body, i started taking charge of what was coming out--and by coming out, i mean feelings.  emotional and physical.  i've been attempting to take charge of my diet for the past three years. and while i know i won't get skinny in a month of veganism, or a year. i know i'm getting healthier.  and taking charge. it's a good feeling.

here's to more good feelings.