What a year!
When I woke up on January 1, 2010 I had no idea this would be the year I would finally transition from vegetarian to vegan. I just knew I didn’t feel like myself. I signed up for my first-ever cleanse, with a nutrition counselor, which required eliminating dairy. By the end of the cleanse I realized I was an egg away from being a vegan. So I stopped eating eggs.
I started reading lots of vegan / food blogs and books and stocked my kitchen with healthy vegan foods. I fell in love with cooking, for the first time in my 45 years.
In February and March I trained for what I planned to be my first of three half-marathons for the year. (I suffered a knee injury in 2009 and decided that I would not triathlon in 2010).
In April I ran the MORE Magazine Half-Marathon in pouring rain and frigid temperatures. The horrible weather (and hard race) were all worth it because I was treated to my first ever meal, brunch, at Candle 79
post-race. I was hooked on this fabulous restaurant, as witnessed here, here and here.
In May I resumed training, this time for a June half-marathon, and began toying with the idea of blogging about my vegan transition.
In June I wrote a guest post on Cook.Vegan.Lover. and I subsequently launched this blog. I also ran a less than stellar half-marathon in Fairfield, CT.
During the months of July, August and September I cooked, I blogged, I traveled and I ran. In August I suddenly found myself a student again; twenty years post-masters degree, I enrolled in a two-year, advanced graduate certificate program.
In October, I bagged my final half-marathon of the year because my right IT band was troubling me and I refused to end my season injured. In addition to working full-time at a local college and taking a class on Tuesday evenings, I taught a five-week course in nonprofit management at a local university on Monday evenings.
In November and December I cooked, I blogged (like crazy for Vegan MoFo!), I traveled and I pretty much did NOT work out.
All in all, it was a very good year!
On this eve of a new year, I leave you with the 2010 Top Ten most read posts on this blog:
10. Why I Blog + Millet Stuffed Acorn Squash
9. Stuffed Acorn Squash
8. Asian-Azuki Bean Crockpot Chili + Pure Food and Wine Review
7. A Newbie Vegan Prepares for Vacation (and enjoys a 4th of July BBQ)
6. Guest Post: From Factory Farm to Vegan, Angie Hammond’s Story
5. Fueling the vegan runner: oats, dates, spinach & tofu
4. What Vegans Eat: My Typical Tuesday
3. Vegan Mofo + The 7 Meal Challenge + BOOK REVIEW Cooking With The Seasons: Fall/Winter
2. V-Note, an organic wine bar and vegan bistro in NYC
and the most read JL goes Vegan blog post of 2010…
1. …Vegan running
Thank you for reading and participating in the dialogue on this blog.
Happy New Year!
