30 days to break a habit

supposedly it takes 30 days to break a habit, and I do believe that, it took me about 30 days to get adjusted to not eating dairy, and then I ate one of my favorite foods from Trader Joes: Powerberries ( acai, pomegranate, cranberry blueberry dark chocolate wonderfulness and.... dairy). I was not happy with myself, nor was my stomach. I get so torn thinking about ice cream, cheese and  a big glass of milk. But I realize what I eat in the morning impacts what I crave later in the day, I need to have a protein, grain packed breakfast and I don't crave the fat dairy taste. Then when people ask, "are you lactose intolerant?" and  I say "no, i just don't eat dairy" then I usually explain my logic: it is a genetic mutation to be tolerant to milk, we are the only mammal that drinks milk and dairy after infancy AND from a different mammal. Dairy cows are forced to produce 300% more milk  and when their utters get infected they are set off to be killed for meat. 

I had a sudden change of events as I started to stop doing dairy, what about meat? What about the animals that are suffering just so us fat craving humans can have protein for a meal, when we can easily get the same amount of protein from plant-based resources. So it began, my journey as a vegan. I stopped doing red meat which I could easily deal with because I didn't have much before. I told myself I'll be fine with chicken, turkey and eggs, and then finally this week I decided no more eggs, chicken or turkey.  It's actually really hard because I have to become more aware of everything I eat-which isn't a bad thing, everyone should know what they are putting in their bodies. There seems to be milk or eggs in everything! But I have found some great vegan foods: 

-Dr. Praeger's Kale Quinoa Veggie Burgers 
-Tofu Edamame Nuggets from Trader Joes
-Vegan Tacos from Vegetate at Drexel
-Wheat noodle stir-fry packed with veggies from HoneyGrow