Day 30
Wow. I am in the waning hours of this little experiment. I don't feel any different I guess. In the end, I weight what I started out weighing. Here is the biggest surprise: I eat out a lot and there are not a lot of vegetarian options on menus in the big chain restaurants. Maybe the market won't support it. I don't know. I started this month expecting to be devouring 24 hours of meat products when it ended. Honestly, tomorrow feels just like another day to me. I might eat the fajita steak salad tomorrow that I love (with the meat this time), but then again, maybe not. Anyway, it was certainly interesting. Have a great Halloween!Day 23
I am almost done with this little test of will power. So far, the biggest issue I have had is the dearth of vegetarian things to eat. I seem to be eating the same things over and over again: salads, baked potatoes, etc. I will say that I lunch at a restaurant yesterday and had a grilled cheese sandwich. But it was a mozzarella, basil, and tomato grill cheese sandwich. It was quite tasty.Day 10
Here is my definition of hell: Hell is being a voluntary vegetarian for the month of October and being forced to have lunch at a Red, Hot, and Blue bar-b-que restaurant. The very smell of pulled pork, sausage, beef brisket and ribs cooked in a smoker almost made me kill my very nice lunch companion. He had the chopped salad (basically a big salad with a large mound of pulled pork on it). I have what passes for the vegetarian at a rib joint: a plate with four vegetable-based sides clumped together. My selection? Cole slaw, red mashed potatoes, hush puppies and steamed vegetables. Fucking yummy.Day 7
Day 7 of my little experiment. I am well past the cravings stage. Even if my so-called friends order ham steaks, double meat patty melts and cheesesteaks with extra bacon (Seriously?!? Extra fucking bacon?!?! Jackass!) right in front of me at dinner the other night. Tonight I will try fake chicken patties. Wish me luck.Day 4
Well, so far I haven't eaten anyone out of desperation or hungry. So that is a positive, right? Also, I have lost about 3 pounds. I even ate soy (!). I know. Of course, I didn't know what it was until afterwards, but oh well. Now, I have not broken my promise to never eat tofu (only foods like Jello should jiggle). I actually ate edamame. According to Edamame.com:
Edamame is a green vegetable more commonly known as a soybean, harvested at the peak of ripening right before it reaches the "hardening" time. The word Edamame means "Beans on Branches," and it grows in clusters on bushy branches. To retain the freshness and its natural flavor, it is parboiled and quick-frozen. In East Asia, the soybean has been used for over two thousand years as a major source of protein. Edamame is consumed as a snack, a vegetable dish, used in soups or processed into sweets. As a snack, the pods are lightly boiled in salted water, and then the seeds are squeezed directly from the pods into the mouth with the fingers.I have to say, it wasn't bad as part of the salad I had.
Day 1: Dreaming of Bacon
I woke up this morning dying for a #2 at McDonalds. For the uninitiated, that is a Sausage McMuffin (which I alway hold the egg in an attempt to reduce the nutritional value of the item to absolutely fucking nothing). This is going to be a long month. Sigh.My lovely supporting wife sent me this:
