{"id":2051,"date":"2014-06-18T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/navacenter.com\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2020-10-19T21:23:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T21:23:33","slug":"week-3-and-i-have-found-my-vegan-groove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/navacenter.com\/week-3-and-i-have-found-my-vegan-groove\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 and I Have Found my Vegan Groove"},"content":{"rendered":"
So it is my third week of the Vegan challenge.\u00a0I am holding steady with my approach, which is predominately Vegan, but I allow myself one \u201ccheat\u201d meal on the weekend. This meal is only a \u201ccheat\u201d from the standpoint that I enjoy some seafood.<\/div>\n
I still have not had any red or white meat, other than fish.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Nava Director of Nutrition, Ana Goldseker<\/a>\u00a0always stresses how important it is to make slow changes in your diet. She does not believe in forcing healthy habits or dietary changes because it can feel more like a punishment.<\/p>\n

Ana\u2019s philosophy is to make gradual changes and, as you experience the benefits of those changes, you incorporate more changes, so that the entire process is a positive one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I like that approach!<\/strong><\/div>\n
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I decided that going full tilt Vegan was not working for me. Allowing myself a one meal a week of fish\/shellfish helps me to make this a quality learning experience, rather than a punishment. Ana was very nice about my need to have some fish, so I am going easy on myself too.<\/div>\n
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There is a week and half remaining for month one of the \u201cSummer of Wellness Challenge\u201d and I think overall the Vegan diet has been a great tool.<\/div>\n
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My family and I have definitely tried some new veggie dishes that will remain in our meal repertoire. I have grown accustomed to not having meat in my meals and plan to continue that post challenge as well.<\/div>\n
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I will add, that I really think my skin looks better too\u2026<\/strong><\/div>\n
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My goal is to continue to eat meatless dishes at least 4 nights a week at home.<\/div>\n
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Next week we will be ramping up for our July challenge, \u201cAdopt 2 Healthy Habits.\u201d<\/div>\n
We will be taking notes from\u00a0Nava Medical Director, Dr. Douglas Lord<\/a>, who is our inspiration! This is a man who practices what he preaches, and boy does it show!<\/div>\n
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What have you gained or learned through this challenge?<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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