I had a 2nd interview today.  It was good.  I liked it.  I love the opportunity.  I am hopeful.  I will be anxiously awaiting what happens next.

In the meantime, I fell off the vegan wagon.  It was sour cream that did me in.  One tablespoon of sour cream.  Sometimes between vegan diet and working late nights at the Kitchen Conservatory I don’t get a lot of calories in.  Yesterday’s total was only 850.  I woke up this morning and was out of bananas, which meant I did not make my now signature breakfast smoothie (banana, peanut butter, cocoa powder, almond milk, ice).  I had some coffee while I got ready for the interview.  On my way home I was famished.  I had no healthy snack to tide me over.  I started to have unpure thoughts about a cheese pizza.

I righted my mind and headed to the grocery store to pick up just a few things.  I’ve been thinking about making black bean burgers for a few days.  I wanted avocado to go with it.  (And I needed bananas!)

I whipped up a pretty tasty black bean burger.  Black beans, oats, frozen corn and some bread crumbs.  Plus cumin and chili powder.  I was worried they may be too dry, yet they were great!  Perhaps the best batch I’ve made.  I sliced up the avocado to put on top of it.  Then…I went one step further.  I had some just-past-the-expiration-date sour cream in the fridge.  I had lime and cilantro.  I thought a mixture of those things would be really nice on the burger.   I threw them all in the blender.  It was good.  It was really good.

In retrospect I could have thrown the avocado in with the lime juice and cilantro and made a guacamole type sauce and omitted the sour cream.  I wasn’t thinking straight!  I wanted them both!  I have let down vegan month.

I won’t let it get me down.  I’m going to keep going to finish October strong.  Since October 1 I’ve lost 8 lbs.  That was 11 days ago.  I’m like a Biggest Loser contestant.  The fact that I’ve worked out at least an hour every day is a factor as well, but I cannot deny that being very conscientious about what I am eating matters.  It is true that my desire for sweets is less.  I was hoping that would be a side effect of vegan month as well.

Here’s hoping…for a new job and for less cravings for dairy!