Day Seventy

Bike

Half way.  Today is my half way point, 20 weeks, 140 day and today is number 70.  Yay for me for sticking to this plan.  Today's workout was not much of a celebration.  I did not get home until 630, fixed and ate dinner and did not get to hop on the trainer until 730-745ish.  But I stuck to it and did it.  80 minutes on the trainer with six 5 minute hill climbs.

I also am committing after the clam bake (this weekend) to trying a vegan diet for 4 weeks.  I would like to say I will commit for the rest of my life, but the book I am reading says that at 4 weeks you will feel the benefits.  It should not be that big of a change for me, although I am sure it will be.  I already omit meat, so no biggie there.  I am lactose intolerant, so I should already not be eating dairy, although I do.  So that just leaves eggs.  With all the reading I am doing connecting dairy and eggs to cancers, awful animal treatment and destroying the environment, I should cut them out.  I do not think they are inherently bad, but I think the way that we produce them here in the states make them terrible for me, the animals, and the planet.  So I will have my last day to indulge and then I will embark on this new plan.  It is something I have wanted to do for a long time, but I had some questions.  As I am reading through The Kind Diet and the blog The Kind Life (both about being kind to your body) I know this is a good decision.  I also have been worried about offending people or putting people out, but in reality I have to chose if I want to offend people or hurt and kill animals and the earth.  And I do not need to put people out I can always bring a side to a party that works as a meal for me.  So here it goes.  When I told Ryan he of course knew by the stack of books I have read that this was coming, he said "I will do my best to follow along in support of my wonderful wife" I thought that was so kind.  Later in the evening he realized no cheese, then no glasses of milk, and a new cookie recipe!!  Now he is going to try and be supportive.  I will have to work hard to make tasty convincing meals for him.