World Vegetarian Day, Vegan MoFo, and a Challenge

Another Vegan Kickstart has come and gone and so have 4 pounds. Granted they were lost in the first week, but I maintained for the month and that makes me happy.  Counting Points is working for me and I'm saving money in the process, too.  Less junk is coming in the house and less food is being wasted.  It feels good.

It's almost October and that means another World Vegetarian Day will kick off another Vegetarian Awareness Month.  I'm a giddy girl because it means another Vegan MoFo is upon us.  My procrastinating butt missed the Vegan MoFo signup deadline so I will be sitting on the sidelines again.  But I won't be completely out.  I'll be blogging more often and posting pics more often, too.  That will be a challenge in itself because I don't always post regularly.

Another challenge that I'm going to take on is the Eat-In Challenge from Cook. Vegan. Lover.  Basically I'm going to eat in for every meal, drink, and snack for the month of October.  I am somewhat torn because I have a new job (yay) and wanted to celebrate at The Sprout next week.  The special events are scheduled monthly, but this one is screaming my name.  Other than this meal, I'm going to stick it out.   It's easier for me to eat at home anyway since I'm the 'difficult' one in the family when it comes to eating out.  Difficult according to the omni family, anyway.  :sigh:

Eating in would save us a bundle.  We rarely spend less than $40 when the four of us are together and most of the time the bill pushes $60. I can throw a killer week of meals together for $60.  Hell, I've done it with less.  Once the pantry is stocked, I can work magic with $40-50 a week.  I know I can keep on track because I track Points already.  The most difficult part of this challenge will be the hubby and kidos.   Yeah, I'm going to give it a shot.  

On the health front, the headaches continue while the blood pressure continues to fluctuate, but that's another post.

Until later, peace.