Start of OP HEALTHBOD & Vegan Chili

Yes! 5/3/25 is here and it is now just 76 days until my birthday aka the start of OP HEALTHBOD.

I found a website for a vegan chili recipe, but I modified it to use it in my slowcooker. This is the original recipe: https://cleananddelicious.com/sweet-potato-black-bean-chili/

I woke up with my intentions set to complete this new goal and I'm so excited to return to my vegan & plant-based days! I was vegan when I started my PSYCHISM practice and oh lordddd it was tough meeting people and letting them now the titles....gay, vegan, psychic medium. Dating was rough, but I found my love in late 2019 and he loves me exactly how I am!

I have this Kelela song playing in the background and multiple songs off of her album. LMK was a part of my journey into building my PSYCHISM practice and I am just soooo feeling like it is 2018, but with the added years of experience culminating in a new iteration of self.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePi5BLJogyA

Yes! So this morning was the start of returning to my vegan/plant-based days and it is super easy for me to do anything when I am absolutely certain this is my plan. No cravings, I just...it is done!

But! This morning...I had to weigh myself. I think we all know the fear and anxiety it feels like when we are about to hop on the scale let alone many days since the last weigh-in. I actually had to run out to get batteries for my scale since the AAA batteries died.

You know what I thought and what I said to my said to myself? Well! This is the last day that I'll see this particular number on the scale. The start of a new adventure. The start of a new chapter. The last day with this specific number staring at me.

You know...the number wasn't that bad! I was expecting a higher number, so I was pleasently surprised! I'm going to remind you that I gained weight from 2024's year of challenging moments and forced to become a couch potato due to the groin injury and then the first (and hopefully only) gout flare-up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeUOuvJEaBM

I was also preparing the slow cooker to Gaga’s new album. Sooo gooooood

After playing Final Fantasy 14 to level up my Sage, I was guided to research vegan recipes. I even grabbed an extra binder I had and created a recipe binder! Wooo!

excuse my dusty printer

I found the recipe that I listed above and then I was off to the grocery store!

Gathered all my ingredients

Now, in 5 hours, I'll have this delicious chili all cooked!

Last night, I read two people, a couple, and that was just even more of a synchronistic wink from that which my tiny little human mind cannot comprehend. I read one of them a couple of times and her boyfriend joined her. Just another night of doing that which I do and feeling so good in the process and aftermath!

The only thing I changed from the recipe was just putting the slow cooker on high for 5 hours rather than cooking it in a pot for 1 hour. I'm getting better at my knife skills so I am very eager to see where this new adventure takes me! My love and I have been watching the current season of Top Chef so I am incredibly inspired to just COOK. Hellllo, Sun in Cancer!

You know, I have no idea where life is taking me. I just follow the Breadcrumbs.