the last few days i have been stuffing my face with salad. i found a ginger pear dressing at my local grocery store that is vegan! i love it when i am walking down the aisle and i see that little heart with the ‘v’ in the middle. it’s good to know that my local grocery is taking the time to stock not oPhotobucketnly products that are vegan, but are labeled as so on the package. this ginger pear dressing has such a creamy consistency, if the bottle had not been labeled i don’t think i would of even picked up the bottle to look at the ingredients list. i would of grabbed my usual and been on my way.

time for the honesty – i have not been working out like i know i should be. i have 100 excuses why i have not, but i wont list them. that is not the point. ugh. the fact of the matter is that it’s about so much more then just weight loss, no matter how slow it feels like i am losing it. it is about being healthy, no matter what body i am in. i keep reminding myself that just because the world has a hard time accepting that a fatgirl can still be a healthy girl, i don’t have to be the same way. so work out, weight loss or not!

i think i have gotten it all wrapped up in my head that it’s ok that i did not work out, because i have been eating salad. WRONG. my leg injury did not heal by sitting around with it propped up on a pillow, and i wont be healthy simply by eating right. vegan does not always = healthy, though i have been maintaining a healthy AND vegan diet. i will have to post my vegan no bake cookie recipe. they have become a favorite of my sons second grade classroom, and pretty much anyone who has tried them.

i really hope we get a little bit of snow melt here, i have feeling like the trails are pulling at my heart…