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I Went Vegan And Here’s How Much I Was Judged Betches

At the start of the summer, I decided to go vegan. Before you come at me (plz chill) I know there are a billion articles about how it ruins my health, destroys the environment, and exists only as trendy holier-than-thou diet (thinking of you, Gwyneth Paltrow!)

People loveeeee to hate on vegans. Sure, we have a rep for being pretty judgmental hypocrites (like Phoebe from Friends and her love for her fur coat in that one episode—but tbh in the spirit of journalistic integrity, she was vegetarian, not vegan, but still). And I was one of those haters. I used to think veganism was a fad diet that wasn’t even that healthy. Also, how do you even get enough protein? Tofu, a chalky white sagging blob I’d seen at my dining hall’s salad bar, didn’t seem a particularly appealing alternative.

So what changed? Well, I moved to California and was brainwashed started learning more about veganism. One of my best friends at college is vegan, so I learned more about it this year by eating with her. Obviously, we went to the most extra vegan restaurants in LA, but that was the first thing that convinced me: I actually liked the vegan food.

Judging by my super healthy diet of vodka and brownies, by the end of the school year I felt like crap. I needed a lifestyle change, and this summer was the perfect opportunity for that. I would be cooking all of my own food for the first time while living in a dump old frat house on the Row at Stanford.

My family was concerned by this idea—well, actually, I didn’t tell them initially because I knew they’d freak out, but had I informed them of my plans before, these are the questions they would’ve asked:

What will you eat for breakfast? Ummm….seaweed and hummus? Some nuts? Kale chips? Tofu? Realistically a really weird assortment of food, but also, like, who even eats breakfast? I’m in college. Coffee counts.

What do you eat at restaurants? Since one of my best friends is already vegan and since California is the Mecca of vegan restaurants, it isn’t hard to find restaurants that served, like, salads and tofu.

Can you still drink? JK, my fam wouldn’t have asked me that, but for all the concerned alcoholics out there, vodka is vegan. In fact, all liquor is, though some wines and beers are processed with animal products. Yet another reason shots reign supreme.

Week 1

It’s 11pm and I’d just arrived at “The House,” aka the trap fraternity house where I’d be living this summer. Even though it’s no longer a frat house, it still feels like a frat house. The state of the house may seem irrelevant to my diet, but the kitchen is a disaster. It’s a place where we’d all made blackout quesadillas at 2am during the school year, so using the same pans crusted with our drunk food seems rather unappetizing.

After moving all of my stuff up three flights of stairs alone (chivalry is dead), I head to Whole Foods to scour their vegan options. This being California, they have loads of options. I buy what would become the starting lineup for my summer diet: eggplant and tofu from the salad bar, a few pre-made salads, kale chips, seaweed, pickles, hummus, and vegan jerky. I feel so healthy.

A few vegan days pass. Do I feel any magical results? No. I do not feel less tired, as some people have promised. I do feel healthier though. Like those vegan models that I follow on Instagram, with my Bragg’s Nutritious Yeast (vaguely cheesy powder?) and zucchini noodles (these taste like zucchini, not pasta, don’t let others convince you otherwise).

That Friday my friends and I go to San Francisco. It all fun and games until everyone decides they want to go to IHOP for some drunk 3am pancakes. I then realize I can’t have any because they aren’t f*cking vegan. I eat some kale chips instead to soak up all the extra vodka in my stomach. The next morning I want to kill myself. Kale chips aren’t a good drunk food. My hangover is deadly. Who would’ve f*cking thought?

Weeks 2 & 3

The glow of being healthy is fading. First of all, I’m worried I’m anemic because I’m tired, like, all the time. Literally, allll the time. All I want to do is sleep. I went from being fine on six hours of sleep to wanting to sleep 12 hours. What college student sleeps for 12 hours? HOW IS THIS OK.

Also I really, really, really want something sweet. I’m craving chocolate like mad. So I buy some Hu Chocolate from Whole Foods and happily eat an entire hazelnut-butter dark chocolate bar. It’s vegan, so ha!

Realistically, there isn’t much more to say about these weeks. They pass in a sort of foggy blur of vegetable eating. I don’t go out because of my summer courses. This is shaping up to be the best summer ever, wow!

I questioned stopping. But that would be giving up, now, and I’m no quitter.

Week 4

This weekend, I drive down to LA with my vegan best friend, and naturally, she brings me to all of her favorite vegan restaurants. The Green Temple for the best tofu sauce (literally I want to drink the sauce). Café Gratitude has absurd buffalo cauliflower and honestly it’s expensive ($11 for a side of cauliflower? What is the profit margin here?). By Chloe (there are multiple in New York too!) has the best vegan kale Caesar salad I’ve ever tried in my life. It has shitake bacon and almond parmesan and literally, this is why I became vegan. Also, there’s a little sign that says how much waste you’ve prevented by eating vegan food inside By Chloe, which just made me feel like a really great person.

The next day I get a migraine and lie in bed for the entire day. Soooo fun. Exactly what I drove six hours for! We go to Whole Foods that night though, to find dinner stuff, and I’m delighted by their eccentric chip selection (jicama chips. WTF?) and extremely elaborate salad bar selection. They also have about five types of vegan mac and cheese, which is like, absurd.

We head to the Farmer’s Market in Hollywood the next morning. Everyone makes fun of me because I buy a jar of pickled brussels sprouts and a tin of soy shitake mushrooms to eat for breakfast. Yes, I get that’s a really weird breakfast. But seriously, anyone who knows me by now should realize that I thrive on eating really strange foods. And pickled (well, technically fermented but stick with me) foods are good for your gut health. It’s why so many people are obsessed with drinking apple cider vinegar!

We drive home, stopping at the Ostrich Farm on the way through Santa Barbara. This trip has taught me:

LA has the best vegan restaurants. New York may have By Chloe and Candle 79, but LA just has sooooo many more options.

I actually can drive for seven hours without killing someone. Genuinely a miracle!

Ostriches are vaguely cute.

There is nothing to do in LA besides workout, eat food, and sit in traffic (while occasionally visiting ostriches).

Week 5

I feel less tired, so maybe my body was just adjusting. Or maybe I am anemic and should start taking iron supplements. My doctor keeps bugging me to do bloodwork and I keep putting it off because I’d have to fast before getting it done and that’s so annoying. Yes, I am a responsible adult, thanks for asking.

I make the mistake of telling my mom that I decided to go vegan, and receive a whole lecture about how it’s a horrible idea. You will ruin your health and become anemic and are you getting enough protein and don’t you know about living life in moderation?

I give her a speech about animal rights and the environment (yes, this is a little late to the game, but I started following all these vegan Instas because I needed more motivation), and the environmental benefits of veganism. It really tugs at the heartstrings. But photos of cute little pigs with the caption “is eating bacon really worth it?” kind of make me want to cry.

Now that my mom hates my vegan diet, I’m even more motivated to continue. I’m massively stressed studying for my summer course midterms, but at least I’m stress-eating seaweed and hummus instead of cookies. After I finish midterms we go out that weekend to celebrate one of my friend’s birthdays. Personally, I blame my later behavior on the restaurant for lacking vegan options. A plain salad is not an ideal pre-drinking meal, tbh, and my lack of memory for the rest of the night can be entirely explained by my meager dinner of iceberg lettuce in conjunction with the seven shots of ginger vodka I had later.

Weeks 6 & 7

These two weeks are also a blur. My family comes to visit the first weekend and are genuinely incensed that I refuse to eat meat. We all go out to dinner to some non-vegan place where the only thing I can eat is a kale Caesar salad without dressing (because of the fricking anchovies). So I basically eat a bag of dry kale for dinner. Yummmmm. But I can’t back out on being vegan now. That would mean my mom was right. Again. I abandon my family after dinner to run to Whole Foods to buy a late night snack of eggplant and hummus (why am I so weird?!).

The next day, my mom treats me to dinner at Nobu, which opened in Palo Alto at the start of the school year. I’d been dying to go the entire year, but it’s not exactly a place you go with your friends when you’re in college on a budget. My mom orders sashimi for the entire table and I eat a piece of tuna.

YES, I BREAK MY VEGAN DIET. NO ONE IS PERFECT K?!

Seriously though, the tuna is fine. High-quality fish, but ultimately not even that tasty. Honestly, one thing I’ve realized is that food tastes good because of the sauces and spices on it, not because of the base. It could be cauliflower or steak, chicken or tofu, all that really matters is the sauce. (Okay, clearly I’m not a steak connoisseur. Red meat has always grossed me out and I know theoretically a good steak doesn’t need any sauce. This is why I’m a mostly successful vegan, and my brother will never be a vegan. He thinks vegans are wussies and real men eat wagyu beef.)

My family leaves, and I’m getting bored of eating the same 10 foods every day. So I start exploring some of the other weird vegan foods that Whole Foods sell. Vegan cheese dip, for example, is disgusting. It’s a mix of pureed potatoes and cashews, and it does NOT taste like cheese and now I feel nauseous. I also buy chocolate covered chickpeas a few times, which sound gross but taste like chocolate covered pretzels. They are as addictive AF so consider yourself warned. Banana brittle (pureed dehydrated bananas with coconut flakes) is also incredibly addictive. As is chocolate mousse made with silken tofu and cacao powder.

If I sound like a raving lunatic who has lost all concept of what good food actually tastes like, it is quite possible that veganism has addled my brains.

Week 8

I spend the entire week studying for my finals. Woohoo. All I want is to go home and sleep. The fatigue never entirely left, so maybe I really am anemic. But I honestly feel much healthier. My body is more toned, my hair is thicker, and my complexion is brighter. Most importantly, I don’t feel gross every time I eat. It’s nice to finish a meal and not regret eating junk, but instead feel happy knowing that I’ve put healthy nutrients into my body.

Even though I’ve been eating less protein, I feel more muscular too. Until I have to move all my crap and I realize I still lack basic upper body strength. Veganism forced me to abandon my mini fridge since I don’t have enough strength to carry it down three flights of stairs (if anyone wants a mini fridge HMU. I warn you though, the freezer has about an inch of congealed apple vodka on the bottom because my idiot friend put a bottle of vodka in it sans lid). I fly back home to New York and eat a bag of coconut chips for dinner because the airplane has no vegan food.

Week 9 – ???

Now that I’m home and no longer cooking for myself, I guess I could stop being vegan. Despite the fatigue, I really have enjoyed it. It forced me to cut the unhealthy junk out of my life but still allowed me to treat myself by eating things like chocolate covered bananas or vegan brownies. Moderation!

I did finally get some bloodwork done and it does turn out my iron levels are dangerously low (oops?), I can always start taking a supplement to fix that and start drinking blackstrap molasses because apparently, that has 20% of your daily iron per serving. Yum. Besides that, I really do feel much healthier. I feel fit again, instead of constantly stressed about what I’m eating. My hair and skin both feel amazing.

It’s honestly not hard to find food to eat, either. I just eat the vegetables my mom makes for dinner and heat up some tofu for protein. Now I’m campaigning for my dad to join me since his cholesterol is through the roof and I know he’d benefit from less butter and red meat. (I’m really trying to not become one of those preachy vegans that try to indoctrinate everyone though, don’t worry.)

If you’re still not convinced

a) I don’t care b) it’s fine, you can join my family, who are still convinced that I went to school in California and became “some sort of new-agey hippie.”

Realistically, will I stay vegan forever? I have no clue considering it’s been only 10 weeks and forever is, like, a really long time, but I have no concrete plans to stop anytime soon. Unless I actually do become anemic from an iron deficiency. Then my mom might start force-feeding me red meat again…

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How All the Beachbody Products Work Together

You may think you know what Beachbody is all about — “It’s that company that sells exercise programs and supplements, like P90X and 21 Day Fix, and Shakeology, right?”

Technically, yes — but there’s so much more to it.

Beachbody is home to exercise plans and supplements, the Portion Fix eating plan, Shakeology, Shakeology Boosts, Beachbody Performance supplements, Daily Sunshine, Team Beachbody Coaches, the Beachbody Community, and so much more.

What Is Beachbody?

First, a brief history lesson: Co-founders Carl Daikeler and Jon Congdon started Beachbody in 1998 with big dreams and one mission: To help people achieve their goals and enjoy healthy, fulfilling lives.

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Pro tip: If you’re familiar with Beachbody, then click directly to the sections you want to know more about!

The Beachbody Ecosystem

It’s important to remember that everything in the Beachbody ecosystem works together in a strategic, cohesive way.

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Beachbody On Demand (BOD) is Beachbody’s streaming platform that’s home to 700+ workouts, with programs like CORE DE FORCE, Clean Week, SHIFT SHOP, PiYo, and Autumn Calabrese’s 80 Day Obsession.

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Several of the guides are based on the Portion Fix Container system and incorporate Shakeology, Shakeology Boosts and Beachbody Performance supplements to help you get the best results.

The Ultimate Beachbody On Demand Guide is the hub page for all things BOD. This in-depth, comprehensive guide will help you understand how our system works.

Team Beachbody Coaches are available for guidance and one-on-one support and the Beachbody Community is a place where you can ask, answer, share, and connect with like-minded people.

The Beachbody Expert Advice section of the Community gives you access to registered dietitians, certified trainers, and other experts who help create our products. If you have a question about any of the fitness or nutrition products on BOD, you’ll find answers there.

Beachbody On Demand Programs

Once you join BOD, you can pick a program by fitness level or type of exercise, then stream it right on your desktop, TV, tablet, or mobile device.

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Here’s a sample of the variety of programs available:

Beginner Beachbody Programs

Double Time: Tony Horton’s low-impact, family-friendly program features simple, fun moves that you can do with your kids, partner, or a friend. It also comes with an eBook of healthy recipes that everyone in your family will love.

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Intermediate-Beginner/Intermediate Beachbody Programs

SHIFT SHOP: This unique three-week program from Super Trainer Chris Downing ramps up the intensity each week.

The workouts emphasize drills that build agility, strength, and endurance, while the nutrition plan refines your diet to maximize muscle growth and fat burning.

PiYO: This is a low-impact workout, but don’t be deceived: Chalene Johnson puts you to work with a combination of a yoga and Pilates, with extra cardio and strengthening exercises thrown into the mix.

FOCUS T25: Shaun T gets your heart pumping with intense 25-minute workouts that will get you serious results.

This cardio-heavy program demands a decent amount of jumping, but as with all Beachbody programs, you can follow the modifier moves.

Intermediate-Advanced Beachbody Programs

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Advanced Beachbody Programs

The Master’s Hammer and Chisel: This resistance-training program is led by 21 Day Fix creator Autumn Calabrese and Body Beast creator Sagi Kalev.

Six days a week for eight weeks, you alternate between muscle-building workouts and sculpting, cardio-based workouts.

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You’ll work out six days a week, with an optional active recovery workout on the seventh day.

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You’d have to eat a whole lot of different foods to get the phytonutrients, antioxidants, enzymes, pre- and probiotics, fiber, adaptogens, vitamins, and minerals in a single glass of Shakeology.

Shakeology works to benefit your overall health, helping to support healthy energy and support digestive health.*

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Beachbody has easy and effective ways to customize your shake to your specific health and lifestyle needs: Shakeology Boosts. There are three boosts to choose from and they each do something a little different for your body:

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Whether you want to lose weight or build serious muscle, these five products can help you hit your goals.

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If at any point in your journey you need support, information, or motivation, there are plenty of resources available to you:

The Beachbody Blog

Here, you’ll find Shakeology recipes, Portion-Fix approved meals, meal plans, nutrition and fitness content, inspiring Before and After stories, and much more.

Here’s just a taste of what’s available on the blog:

7 Clean Eating Meal Prep Tips

Where Does Fat Go When You Lose Weight?

10 of the Best Lower Back Exercises

35 Vanilla Shakeology Recipes

21 Day Fix Results: She Lost 109 Pounds — and Kept It Off!

The Beachbody On Demand Community

Having an accountability partner or group can give you that extra kick in the rear when you’re dragging, and support when you’re not sure if you’re doing things right.

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In the BOD Community, you can get advice from Official Beachbody Experts, share recipes, post your success story, ask for tips, or start your own conversation.

You can also stay up to date on all things Beachbody by following us on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Your free Team Beachbody Coach can help you stay on track with one-on-one support and Challenge Groups: A group made up of people who are all committed to getting healthy and fit.

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

from News About Health https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/blog/what-is-beachbody

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Caffé La Tea: A Restaurant Review

INTRODUCTION

If you walk into a coffee shop today, you’ll find people engaged in an assortment of activities: checking the news, writing essays, reading stories and chatting with friends. Throughout history, these are the ways people have spent their time in coffee houses. We may get our news from the internet instead of a neighbor and write on a laptop instead of on paper. We might read on a Kindle instead listen to a storyteller, text our friends instead of talk with someone next to us and stalk old acquaintances on Facebook instead of people watch. People have always used coffee houses for getting news, exchanging ideas, listening to stories and visiting with friends, though. Even hanging out at a coffee shop for hours while spending almost nothing isn’t new, people would sit in a coffee house all day and only pay a penny for admittance.

BRIEF HISTORY OF COFFEE SHOPS

Coffee houses originated in the Middle East, one of the first places coffee was grown. The documents that we have suggest that coffee houses originated in Mecca in the early 1500s or late 1400s. We don’t know when the first one opened, but they were commonplace enough in the early 1500s that imams banned both coffee houses and coffee from 1512 to 1524. Their concern was chiefly that the political sentiments expressed in coffee houses challenged the current rule. Coffee houses were primarily a place for political gatherings.

Today, coffee houses serve the same purposes they always have: people go to their local cafe to get news, work, read and talk with friends. We people, as mentioned, just engage in these activities online.

CAFFÉ LA TEA

Love for sumptuous food, creative drinks and a good chat with friends are what Happy, Ermina, Ciarra, and Rona all have in common. As the creative and entrepreneurial minds behind Caffé La Tea, they were inspired by their travel adventures in and out of the country, as well as their memorable food stories along the way.

All these motivated the cousin-sisters-friend group to offer the city something fresh, vibrant and original. Thus, Caffé La Tea was conceptualized with the aim to provide a cozy and lively place for friends to gather and chitchat, while filling their cravings for a great cup of coffee or tea, paired with the perfect dessert. The idea was brought to life in July 2012, built from the ground up with their passion for food, coffee and milk tea—not to mention the endless cheers and encouragement from their friends.

Caffé La Tea cemented its success story with the perfect site along the busy street of Mabini, Cabanatuan City. Literally steps away from two main universities and the provincial hospital, and just hundred meters drive from Maharlika Hi-way, the first Caffé La Tea store is right at the center of its dense target market. Soon, the 100 sqm space was transformed to what was bound to be the “homegrown tea and coffee pride” of Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.

Located in KM14 MacArthur Highway, Malinta, Valenzuela City, Caffé la tea has its branches that open everyday from 11 am - 10 pm. Walking into Caffé La Tea instantly brings you a sense of comfort and positive energy. The cafe mixes the simplicity and earthy warmth of a bodega, made comfy with modern interior design. Retro-modern lighting pendant lights bring balance and details between the bare floors and the spacious ceilings. The walls come alive with tasteful art pieces, and shelves filled with familiar things that remind you of home. The staffs are very accommodating and kind. They can change your mood because of the smiles on their faces and the feeling of they are enjoying their job. For coffee lovers, you should try their different kind of espresso, I'm sure you will love it. Their other meals seem to look tasty (based on my observations because I won't able to try it). All affordable! Their pricing is somehow competitive to other local themed coffee shops but overall, it is very affordable. A cozy place, good food and refreshing drinks, Caffe La Tea delivers on these, so it’s no wonder why everyone tends to have a great time here.

Moving on to their products offered, Caffe La Tea has a very extensive menu and it can be tough deciding what to order. For the drinks, some of their favorites are the CLT Houseblend, which is hot coffee with secret blend; the Toffee Nut Blender; and the creatively named Americano Meets Tokyo, chilled espresso and matcha blended in milk and ice.

The menu also has a long list of dishes that range from salads to affordable rice meals. We started with the Crispy Baked Wings with chili-chili flavor. I couldn’t get enough of its addictive spicy sauce.

Both the salads – the Asian and Okinawa – I’m also delightful, with fresh vegetables and delicious dressing. They may be light dishes, but they’re filling and flavorful. They provide healthy counterpoints to all the calories we can’t help but consume.

The Tuna Sandwich is the perfect companion for those who need to chow on something while reading a book.

The Pomodoro & Meatballs, with its sweet tomato sauce and huge chunks of meatballs, should be a winner for kids, while the Creamy Chicken Pesto is meant to satisfy those looking for a less conventional but still familiar take on pasta.

The rice toppings are crowd-drawers, too, with the cafe drawing on classic Filipino favorites. The dishes are flavorful and don’t skimp on servings, they are really value for money when you think about it. A cozy place, good food and refreshing drinks, Caffe La Tea delivers on these, so it’s no wonder why everyone tends to have a great time here.

As I tried to talk to one of their staffs, espresso con pana is their best selling coffee which is an espresso with milk and some whipped cream on top. But, as their advice, I should try this beverage last. I tried first their one of the best selling milktea named Ooooooreos. As you notice in its name, it is a milktea with plenty of Oreos. I love Oreos so it made me excited how it tastes like. This Ooooooreos didn't disappoint me. It taste so good, you can taste the Oreos in every sip of this beverage and also the taste of the tea is not overpowering the entire milktea. The taste of Oreos and tea are balanced as well as the sweetness is also balanced, not so sweet and not so tasteless. Finally, I ordered their espresso con pana. I got excited because they told me that this is their bestseller. When I saw it, it looks so delicious. I'm not a coffee lover but when I tasted it, there is only one thing that I said to myself. I will buy it again when I return in this shop.

RATING

I believe that there is always a room for improvement even though a shop like this is already a hit. In a score out of 10, I will give Caffé La Tea a 9 because of their good ambiance, affordable prices, good service and delicious food.

By: Jake F. Dagoy

Pictures: https://ourvalenzuela.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/caffe-la-tea/

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