Between an Egg and a Hard Place

I’ve had a hard weekend food-wise.

I was doing really well until Friday morning. I had an early start and my dad took me for breakfast.  I looked at the menu for ages trying to find something without eggs.  There were a few options, but I didn’t think they were very good alternatives.  Low-fat yoghurt, for example, is often filled with loads of unnecessary additions like aspartame and artifically produced vitamin additives.

I had a difficult decision to make.  Do I eat an egg, or do I keep my vegan lifestyle by eating a muffin and yoghurt with unknown and unnatural ingredients?

I chose the egg. I had it poached and fruit on the side.  I’m not sure that I did the right thing, but my logic was that a whole food would be better than one that is processed.

When I was offered a coffee, I declined–but only after considering that since I was eating an egg, the diet was pretty much shot.  And then from somewhere I heard a little Meghan voice telling me to “that just because [I]…something that isn’t necessarily in the plan, doesn’t mean [I] have to assume the day is shot and go all the way to the other side.”

I stuck with water and green tea but I feel like a bit of a failure.

Other than that, things are going well.  I’m still excited about cooking and I always have fresh, organic fruit and veggies around for snacks.  I still have to make a conscious effort to drink more water and I realized that I have to take a bottle of water with my everywhere (not a plastic bottle tho!)  since it is very easy to fall behind if I spend the day outside.

Thanks to the Inadvertent Gardener on Flickr for the photo