Day 2...no problems so far...

Day 2 of NMTC (no meat til Christmas) is going well, which doesn't say much because I usually eat meatless at least 1-2 days per week anyways. Went to the grocery store and it was sample time (usually around 3pm on Weekends is the time all the samples are out-we always go at this time!) but I bypassed the deli-meats, sausage samples and even turned down a slice of chorizo on my pasta sample. It felt good!
Have had smoothies for brekkie the past 2 days and homemade leek and potato soup for lunch. Tonight I am having halibut that was caught by a friend and has been in my freezer for a few weeks. I am going to make some french onion soup tonight too and go through all my recipe books to pull out the best veggie recipes. I have a couple of great vegetarian and vegan cookbooks too which will now take up residence on my coffee table.
I'm feeling really good about this challenge and may even try to reduce the fish part of it down to 2-3 x week too....but not just yet, I should see how I feel after a few more days first.
On another note, I have to get back to exercise. We were pretty active in San Fran with a big hike, a 25k bike ride and loads of walking around the hilly city but I haven't hit the gym in a week and haven't had any intense cardio for a little longer. The weather here is fab this weekend so probably I'll get out for a hike tomorrow, maybe the BCMC or Lynn Peak. Something with a steep incline for sure, I need to know I did something that made me sweat! I'll probably hit the gym on Monday on my last day off and hopefully that will kick off a winter of strength training as summer is mostly cardio and outside stuff so my muscle mass and strength has declined somewhat.
I'm mulling over whether to make my blog public...i.e. post it to my facebook page but I'm not sure I'm ready yet...do I really want everyone I know to know what's going on with me? Right now this is kinda like a diary and I quite like that although it's public, it's private as no one knows about it!