Here comes the headaches

With the start of a new year i'm changing certian aspects of my life that are really unhealthy for my spirit and body. Some personal some not so. One thing I'm trying to get off of is majorty of caffine....This is the hard part because consume about a litter or 2 a day of Mt.Dew. I'm also going to try and ween my self off of meat. I decied insted of doing it all at once I'd start experimenting with diffrent foods to find something i like. hopefully in the attempt to make it easier on myself. So today i went to the store and bought Potatos, Carrots, and Appel juice.....lol I only had 20 bucks hahaha!!!!. But any snacks, recipes, advice would be MUCH appricated....God i hope i don't have caffine withdrawls....another thing is i live in texas....everything has meat in it HAHAH but i do live on a farm so i can get free range eggs :-D which is a plus i suppose...anyways here comes the headaches haha

 

Dallas is about 45 minutes away. So going there a couple times a month really won't be a problem. The only two stores to get grocies at around here *with in a resonable distance* is either Walmart or Brookshires...Yeah I loove green tea so that shouldn't be a problem. Just staying motivated i suppose.

 

Right now i'm living with family. Out side of a few jokes or something it should be pretty good. My dad has went with me to get some of my peiercings so hes pretty cool.

 

I always thought mountain dew didn't have caffeine. That stuff is soo sweet, it's like nectar- I don't know how you can drink that much of it. You could switch to seltzer with lemon or something similar to that. The caffeine withdrawal shouldn't last too long, and drinking tea will help.

Yummy snacks to eat:

vegan nachos- tortilla chips with refried beans, salsa, guacamole, corn
(or for a healthier version, do this in a tortilla rollup instead of chips)

trail mix- your favorite nuts, dried fruits, and chocolate chips

quick guacamole recipe- remove the skin from an avocado and then mash the avocado in a bowl with a fork. Mix in a big spoonful of salsa as well as some lemon juice (or squeeze a lemon over it). Guacamole is good on sandwiches, on pitas or flatbread, tortillas, or on cut up veggies like cucumbers or baby carrots.

- If you're not good at cooking, there are effortless snacks such as tater tots (dip in applesauce or ketchup!), pretzels with mustard, apple chips, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, tomato sandwiches, fruit smoothies in a blender

-I don't know any egg recipes or how to cook them, because I don't eat them. But my brother always makes omlets with peppers and stuff in them. You could get creative with that. Just don't eat too much of them, because eggs are high in cholesterol.

I get a lot of easy recipes on www.vegweb.com They've got a lott of good vegetarian and vegan recipes.


Good luck!

 

She isn't a veg but she said it didn't matter when we moved in cause she just wants to be with me..chessey i know but still

 

Get a friend to do it with you. Then it won't be as hard and will make it easier.

Caffeine withdrawal is painful.
Good luck and best wishes!

 

thanks for the advice. I'm betting I can get her to eat less meat....Consider'n she got really upset when the car in front of her ran over a opossum

 

Good luck!
I was told by my dentist that the worst thing in the world for your teeth is Mt. Dew. It has so much sugar in it that all that sugar just stays on your teeth all day and eventually will rought away your teeth!!!! Needless to say, I started drinking lots of water and got thought it pretty good cause I just kept telling myself "either water, or roughting teeth" lol
Good luck again!

 

HAAH i'm drinkin green tea...i love it and its not competly caffine free...so it helps a bit

 

do day at work a co worker asked me what i wanted, i replied a green tea i'm trying to cut back on caffaine...she comes back from the store with a 12 pack lol

 

yerba mate tea, or maybe a nice chai. definatley quit the soda.

 

The hard part for me right now is, I have a high metabolism so i eat alot through out the day. just gotta find something healthy i can snack on alld ay haha

 

Are you off Dew yet?
I snack on almonds. They're yummy!

 

yup i'm offs