80% Vegan? How Can You Be 80% Vegan?

My weird nutrition structure that I never thought was possible.

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It’s the consistent struggle: Eating healthy.

In the back of your head, you feel guilty when you scarf down an entire pizza. But you also can’t help yourself: It’s late, your willpower is gone, the pizza is right there, you worked hard today, why not enjoy this pizza?

The next day, you feel like death.

I understand. There’s so much delicious, tantalizing foods out there, much of it terrible for your body. But sugar is addicting, greasy foods are cheap and excite your taste buds, you’re powerless.

I used to have the same problem. I love coffee — not coffee like black soulless coffee, more like foo-foo glitter and rainbows coffee — and fries and pizza and any cookie my fiance bakes…and she bakes some damn good cookies! I have cravings for sweet, cravings for savory, cravings for salty. And I work out hard, so I like to eat hard.

How do we win this battle?

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