So I've been struggling with this whole vegan thing lately, to be honest. I've been trying my best to avoid meat, animal products, etc. all while loading up on oreos and soy ice cream. I know I'm new to this, but I need to get myself on track. I think I'm doing fairly well, but I at the same time don't feel as though I'm doing well enough. I scolded Travis the other day for not challenging himself and not thinking outside of the box - well, apparently I need to do the same thing. I've been trying super hard, but I think maybe I need to try harder, and not let my stress get to me too badly. To me, stress has been a killer, leaving me with a longing for convenience. And I'm not talking 7-11 convenience, I'm talking fast food convenience. The other day, I stopped at Burger King, while with Travis, Lindsay and Brendan for some fries. Which to me was okay, Travis and I discussed while we were around people, we can do fast food. However, if it is just him and I, we want to refrain from it and from chinese food. So we have been holding our bargain there, which we avoided fast food last night, and went to Wegmans instead. We got some snackies so we didn't have to make anything, so we could just come home and watch the Simpsons, but that's where the Oreos came into play. Sigh. But I can only work up from here. So I make a list...as in prior entries.

THINGS TO AVOID:

x Oreos

x Starbucks frapuccinos

x Fast food joints

x Chinese buffets

x Products with the "May contain..." labels\

x Soy ice cream

And I think that's all for now. I think it's all just a matter of cracking down again, forever, really. I think I can do it.