THE ADDITION, REPLACEMENT, AND SUBSTITUTION STRATEGY

In order to be successful on your vegan Journey you must experience a certain level of satisfaction in what you are eating. After all we really should enjoy life.  I have mentioned before my early journey was quite a challenge, all we could order in a restaurant was baked potato and salads...quite the challenge to stay on course.

Your new lifestyle should not be one of deprivation, nor, should it be a restrictive prescribed diet plan. Your vegan journey will be one THAT ADDS POSITIVE PRACTICES AND HABITS THUS PUSHING OUT THE NEGATIVE ONES.  Replacing negative energies with positive ones. Things that you will add are tasty health building foods, regular walks, positive meditations, generous giving behaviors, practices that heal the earth and help end animal cruelty.When you are done reconstructing your lifestyle there will be no room for negative stuff.

ADDITION - REPLACEMENT - SUBSTITUTION

ADDITION is the practice of adding positive habits and practices to your everyday life.. Building new schedules that include walks and meditations, making sure you drink enough good clean water, adding foods and supplements that bring positive energy to you.

REPLACEMENT is the conscious act of bringing in new positive energy  foods and habits that crowd out the old negative ones. For example replacing the bad habit such as smoking or drinking sugary drinks with other habits that are more positive such as writing in your journal when you want to smoke or drinking veggie juice rather that sugar drinks
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SUBSTITUTION is the direct act of observing what you are eating or drinking and finding a direct satisfying vegan substitute for that item. Today we have so many choices,for example if you like ice cream try one of the many vegan options, same for cheese, milk, cookies, and even meats.

The following are a few examples to get you thinking. All are available at health oriented stores and even many at mainstream grocery stores.

Yogurt - many types are available such as cashew, almond even oat milk yogurt. My favorite brands are Kite Hill, Nancy's, and Forager.
Beef Patties - Favorites are Beyond Beef and Litelife (20 gr. of protein). Same for sausages, hot dogs, and crumbles.
Cows milk - So many types and brands to choose from, almond, cashew, oat, rice and so on.
Chicken of beef broth - Once again a host of choices of flavored veggie broths. Great for soup bases or plain.
Cheese - this is a big one, everyone loves cheese. So many now available, but our favorites are. Miyoko's (amazing taste texture and variety), our favorite is smoked farmhouse, ,  Follow Your Heart (cheddar or smoked gouda cheese slices  Daiya, good for vegan pizza. The are plenty more, find one you like and enjoy.
Chicken nuggets - The kids love these, Quorn seems to be the favorite.
Cookies - Trader Joe"s oatmeal chocolate chip vegan cookies are great.
Soda pop - Zevia soda and Bai are both very tasty and sugar free.
Even fast food places have vegan burgers or tacos as part of their menu.

So as you can see substituting vegan foods for low energy non vegan foods today is pretty easy.

This isnt' the end of the list but just the beginning.

ENJOY THE JOURNEY...