My Vegan Food Journal

I found a nice Vegan Food Pyramid, to help me get good balanced nutrition in my day. I also bought a Vitamin B12 supplement yesterday since it's extremely important and hard to get in a Vegan type diet.

I'm noting down everything in a notebook to help me keep on track.

I'll include a picture of it when I get a moment to post it.

Here's a run down of what I have in it:

• *B12 (Where I can mark if I have taken my vitamin for the day or not)
• *Exercise (A spot to keep track of any exercise I've done for the day)
• *Water (A spot to put marks of how many 8oz glasses of water I've drank)
• *Protein (A place to mark how many grams of protein I've eaten)

^I have all of those on the side bar going down

Going across I have:

• *Oils, Fats, Sweets, Salt, & Spices (Serving Size: Use Sparingly)
• *Dairy Substitutes (2-3 Servings)
• *Legumes, Beans, Nuts, & Seeds (2-3 Servings)
• *Veggies (3-6 Servings)
• *Fruit (2-4 Servings)
• *Whole Grains, Rice, Bread, Pasta, & Cereal (6-11 Servings)

For everything I am putting little ( I ) Marks by everything so that at the end of the day I can total them all up.

Example:

Fruit: IIII = 4 Servings for the day.

Today, I had leftovers from last night for lunch, and already have a total of 15 grams of Protien :) I need about 50.

Starting weight for this week is: 140.2

My goal weight is still: 135

Though I am not eating this way to lose weight per say, I'm doing it more for the health benefits and for the fact I haven't enjoyed eating meat in years. I also have an extremely sensitive stomach, so I'm hoping this new diet helps me to feel better and have more energy. However, I do believe it will help me lose weight, so I'll be keeping track of that as we go.