BPO

Today was not a normal day.  Busy, busy, busy.  So my day started with my monthly Pampered Chef meeting, where we normally do a recipe.  I was planning on just adapting to whatever was there.  Well the featured recipe was a Cold Stone Creamery show.  Hum, now what am I going to do?  I was looking for the BPO (Best Possible Option).  My choice was to just say the heck with it and just eat everything that was there or make my choices fit with my new lifestyle.  So I had a banana that I had brought with me and my nut and seed mix that I had also brought with me and just supplemented so that I didn't feel left out with the strawberries and blueberries. 

After my meeting Nevin (age 5) and I  stopped off for lunch.  We decided to try a new pizza place.  So we ordered a salad and veggie pizza.  As I was ordering the Chef heard me ask for no dairy and said he had a non-dairy cheese (Diya) would I like for him to use that?  So you really just need to ask.  If you don't ask you don't know.  I have had some of the best meals since switching to a plant based diet.  I really just do one meal at a time.  That is really all I can control and look at.  Otherwise I was finding this all way to overwhelming. 

So my next opportunity to make the BPO work for me was after my Niece's dance recital.  I was not expecting to eat out so much today.  But sometimes that is just how life works out.  So the next restaurant we ended up at had no vegetarian selections at all.  But after asking a few questions I went with a veggie burger.  And yes it did come with fries.  I do not do this all the time.  Even though they are considered vegan, just really not the healthiest choice.

After I thought back on the day I was really happy that even with all of this going on I was able to stay plant strong and on track all day.

The difference is in the past I would have just said forget it and gone with a burger or something.  Then I would have felt guilty.

Hope this helps you stay on point with what ever it is you are trying to accomplish by using the Best Possible Option.