Middle of the road

Three weeks into the Vegan diet and everyone wants to know:

• How do I feel?
• Is it hard to eat vegan?
• Are you hungry?

I am saving judgment until the end of this portion of the experiment and keeping an open mind to the vegan point of view.  You will notice that my posts link to studies and facts, but provide little in the way of a definitive answer to the question - Paleo or Vegan?  The jury is still out, and I am learning something new every day.

But to answer the questions:

• How do you feel?
• I feel great! In fact I am surprised by how good I feel, My energy levels are higher than they have every been. I am managing stress better than I did three weeks ago. I am sleeping better and finding that I am fully rested after about 6 hours of sleep (over the 8 hours previously).  Not sure what the cause is - increased veggies, decrease oil, decrease animal protein - not ready to pin it to one area - but I do feel amazing
• Is it hard to eat vegan?
• It can be challenging when traveling, but I made it work during the last weekend trip to Des Moines (and truth be told I slipped and had a slice of cheese pizza at 1am following an awesome wedding reception - the waitress told me it was vegan, at least I think she did).  I am learning to cook more and make better choices, changing habits can be difficult, but it has been fun.
• Are you hungry?
• Sometimes I am hungry, and when I am -  I eat.  Difference is that now there is little guilt associated to satisfying any hunger pangs during the day.  But generally speaking, I am as hungry now as I was three weeks ago.

Feel free to comment, ask questions, and push any of my assumptions - this is a learning process for me, so I welcome the dialog!