This really hasn’t been too hard.. then again it’s too early to tell, i’m just wrapping up day three. One of the major benefits I’m starting to see is that I am forced to make a conscious decision about what I eat, once I start thinking about it, I make better choices.
Todays Eats:
Breakfast: A bowl of cinnamon toast crunch with dairy milk (i haven’t been to the store yet to get some soy milk), and coffee with two shots of espresso, a dash of cream and some raw sugar.
Lunch: Small Peanut-butter and jelly sandwich, string cheese, and fresca.
Dinner: Bowl of easy-mac, and water.
I also had some cheez-its later on in the day. Man, this would be REALLY hard to do if I was also giving up all things dairy. I had dairy in every single one of my meals today. That is gong to be tough to cut if the time comes.
I have been meaning to get back on my multi-vitamin, but my morning routine as far as eating goes is usually second nature. I’m going to try hard to remember that tomorrow though. As far as ‘how I feel’ goes, I feel pretty good, but I can’t say that I feel significantly better than when I was eating meat. Are you even supposed to feel better after you stop eating meat? I guess we’ll see.
Today went very well. I didn’t have any meat at all, and I have been thinking more about the rules I want to set for myself.
Breakfast: I ate a breakfast comprising of a large bowl of cinnamon toast crunch, and 1% dairy milk. I also had a medium coffee with two shots of espresso, and a small bit of raw sugar.
Lunch/Dinner: I had Dominos BreadBowl Pasta: Chicken Alfredo, with no chicken. It was satisfying, even without the meat.
Some ground rules: I’m not going to eat meat during this time of Vegetarianism. Today was the first totally successful day. My definition of meat includes chicken and other fowl. I’m still going to occasionally eat fish, although I’m not the biggest fan of it anyway. I still haven’t fully made a decision about the consumption of crustaceans. I rarely eat crab, shrimp, or lobster, but they are particularly delicious, and it is usually a special occasion when I do. As far as dairy products go, I’m going to do what I can to avoid the blatant ones, but it’s not the end of the world if I have some milk, or something that contains milk, for example: commercially produced bread, chocolate, etc..
As far as eggs go, I’m still going to eat them. Technically it just a giant cell that will not grow unless fertilized. It is almost the equivalent of the human period (except eggs taste good (I guess I can’t vouch for the taste of period though)). It’s gross to think about, but usually those are usually just thrown away. I think I can still eat cage free organic eggs.
Thoughts?