Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Vegan and Gluten Free Food in LA

I love Vegan Glory! They have all kinds of vegan choices from tacos to pad thai. Vegan Glory also delivers for free if you live nearby. I'm sitting on my couch, watching Limitless on Netflix, waiting for my mango sticky rice and pad thai noodles to be delivered. Oh it pays to be lazy some days! No...it doesn't literally pay. I need to get off my butt and go to work for that, but I feel rewarded today by being lazy.

I follow a gluten free diet, so I love how easy it is to modify my orders to meet my dietary needs. For example, pad thai noodles usually have soy sauce in them, which has wheat (wheat contains gluten). They don't have tamari soy sauce, but they have Bragg Liquid Amino - 32 oz - Liquid at Vegan Glory, which is a liquid protein concentrate with 16 amino acids made from soybeans. I often use it as a low sodium, gluten-free, and high nutritional substitute for soy sauce. I like the spray bottle Bragg's for daily use, and I can refill it with the larger bottle as needed. This is the spray I keep in my refrigerator at all times to spray on salads, sushi, nuts, rice, and everything:
At Vegan Glory, I call and ask them to substitute Bragg's for soy sauce and it's done, just like that! Easy and delicious.

I really love Vegan Glory. Here's a link to their menu:

http://www.veganglory.com/menu.html

Their prices are great for LA too! Oh! My food's already here. Gotta go...Peace!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Insomnia un-struck!

Everyone who knows me knows about my sleeping problems. A couple of weeks ago I told my friend I'd do a 5K with her. The 5K is for a good cause and committing to a race would motivate me to workout. I hadn't run a mile since high school, which meant I needed to start moving if I wanted to be ready for April 29th. Little by little, each day, I've been running a bit more and more. Not only are my abs getting flatter, but I'm getting sleepy earlier and falling asleep easier. Although I did other cardio workouts before, running is really helping me feel a difference. I'm starting to understand why people love running. I'm surprised because I never thought I'd be one of those people who enjoy running.

If anyone's interested, here's a link to the site with the charity and run information:

http://www.ccrf-kids.org/RunWalk12/runwalk2012.html

Doctors have put me on all kinds of sleep medications before, and I have used them when my insomnia is unbearable. Even though it's only been a couple of weeks, I've seen huge improvements from running. Not only does running improve my mood throughout the day, but it also helps me feel less stressed, which must be part of why I can fall asleep more peacefully. We'll see where this journey takes me by placing one foot in front of the other, continuously, in the direction of my dreams. 

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

FEAR. Are you scared or what?

What's in a word? That which we call fear by any other name, would it smell as frightening? Would we react the same way? Would our cells change in how they react to things we are afraid of simply by changing the meaning of the word fear? What are you afraid of? Think about what you are afraid of and then try this acronym for fear:

alse
vidence
ppearing
eal

As soon as I looked at my fears as false evidences appearing real, they weren't as scary. I found fallacies in my judgement and my evaluation of what was causing me fear. I realized most of my fears were exaggerated and made up in my own mind. Indeed, fear is mostly all in our minds.

What does fear have to do with my blog about a chick eating? Well, I was afraid. I took a professional writing class and was told by the teacher and several people in class to NEVER write for free. Blogging = writing for free = foolish for professional writers. The teacher said it's stupid to blog because you are writing for free. He instructed us to print what we write, get it copyrighted and get it published in magazines, newspapers, and books. He said people will steal your writing if you post online. As a newbie writer without much guidance, this class was my first introduction to the world of writing. This instilled a fear of writing on my blog. I let this marinate for months and what did the fear lead to? Unhappiness. I really wanted to write in my blog and I didn't because of what this one teacher told me.

Suddenly I asked myself, why am I afraid to blog? I was afraid of pouring my heart out in my blog only to have it amount to nothing. Maybe I'd never get any followers. Maybe it is a waste of my creative energy to write for free. Maybe this and maybe that...Maybe I was being a chicken...Well, this chick eats; this chick writes, and this chick is not going to be afraid of writing in her blog anymore!

Writing makes me feel good, and the fact that it gets posted online and is immediately available for others to read makes me feel even better! People reading my writing and finding it useful makes me feel purposeful, which makes me happy. We all like to connect with other people and blogging allows immediate feedback, connection, and sharing. I'm going to say "poo poo" to my "fears" because they are false. I choose to do what makes me feel happy and allows me to share meaningful things with others on an individual and mass level.

Please stay tuned because I look forward to continuously and consistently posting on my blog. F*** the other four letter word; F*** fear and feel empowered. Feel love for yourself by overcoming your fears. What we choose to see is our reality. Feel freedom the moment you realize fears are merely false evidences appearing real.