In a sea of inspiring veg*ns and healthy people who inspire me through their regular On Line presence, who are more online, or more frequently online, I return to my Blog in partial shame.
Shame for the amount of time that has passed since I posted my last Blog entry, around Valentine's day. Partial shame because during my self-imposed, unintentional exodus, I have simply been too busy to "make" time to make a post but have not been so busy as to allow the habits of past sidetrack, derail or otherwise deter me from my goal: To stay true to myself, and to stay the course.
I return to my Blog tonight with pride that albeit somewhat delayed in publication, my archives can continue with success and completion as I march (or rather, jog) onward to my goal.
At the beginning of this journey, I said I would not post numbers, so I will generalize:
It's been 5 1/2 months since red meat. It's been 5 months since cream in my coffee.
My 5k walk/runs are down to 45 minutes from the 1hr 20 m I started at last year.
I am in a size 38 jeans for the first time since my teens/early 20s.
I juice at least once a day.
100% of my meals are 100% vegetable or meatless.
Three months ago I took a new job outside of the city, roughly 90 minutes from home totally over three hours of commuting a day. In a past life, the late night drive thru's would have become a standard technicality for my travels. 10 hour work days plus three hour commutes means minimum 13 hours working, over half the day, less time for sleep, exercise and house chores means very little time for reactive meal preparation.
Yet, I have not budged.
I am completely in awe of the changes to my world. I am so much more aware of myself and the adverse affects of negative foods and influences upon my life.
Never before have I been so keen to re-invent myself and stay true to my goals and desires.
Nevertheless I have disappointed myself in failing in one aspect: My online interactions. Every day I see the many online friends, followers and fanpages I'm subscribed too filling with awesome materials, ever so engaged, and I am not one of them. But have no fear.... I have not succumbed to temptation. The wheels are still turning on my bus.
Hopefully I'll find some creative energy in the coming days to get back at my Blog and continue to contribute, but in the mean time know that I'm floating around out here; I'm lazily posting to Instagram and Twitter in an effort to still mingle while keeping the flame of Veg*n ambition alive in my world despite the outside influences.
Stoically yours,
Fat Guy
