The Challenge

30 days of plant-based foods, including plenty of fruits and vegetables, grains and legumes and no meat, dairy, eggs or animal products. Yes, we bribed them with rewards at the end of the 30 days and no, we are no expecting them to be 100% perfect. During the 30 days, we have a Superbowl Party, a Birthday, Valentine's Day and numerous kids parties and class parties.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Our Vegan Experience

We are your typical busy American family on a budget.  Both parents work full-time jobs and mom goes to school 2 nites a week.  We have three boys, ages 14, 10 and 8 (in a few weeks!).  Our kids have been known to make comments like, "when I grow up, I am going to live in a house made of bacon!"  Our 14 year old subsists Monday thru Friday on cheese pizza at school and they would all prefer Chicken Nuggets to veggies.

We battle over the same things most families do.  Our kids are super picky.  Nothing can touch anything else on the plate and even a new shape of pasta is scary.  We are super busy; it seems like there is something just about every night (we try to reserve Thursdays for a quiet night but that does not always work!) and we absolutely have to plan meals for the week or we end up microwaving corn dogs or eating a bowl of cereal for dinner or frozen waffles.  We are on a budget; we know we spend too much on fast food and restaurants and every month we vow to "do better".

Mom has been vegan for about 6 months but realized that you can eat vegan and be tired, grumpy and unhealthy if you eat too much sugar and fried tofu!  After watching "Forks Over Knives", we realized that there might be something to this "plant-based foods" thing and decided to take on a challenge to eat a Whole Foods, Plant Based Diet for 30 days!

We are hoping to feel great and enjoy food.  E has eczema that he would love to have clear up.  D wants to see if his energy level can be more stable so he is not so moody.  T has trouble concentrating and seems to have stuffy sinuses a lot.  Mom and dad don't sleep well and would love more energy and less headaches.

Here is our Vegan Experience!

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