As I reflect upon these past three weeks, I am noticing changes in not only my body and how I feel, but how I think about this diet as an on-going way of life. Here is what I know for sure: Before November 2005, I wouldn’t have thought life as a vegan to be a reasonable choice for me. There was too much I enjoyed about consuming traditional meals, and all those things I’ve learned in the past decade about how to cook beef, turkey, chicken, and pork… what do you do with that library of knowledge?! Not to even mention cheese. My heavens, what to do with the fondue set?! Seriously though, there are so many things that seemed overwhelmingly in favor of staying with the traditional omnivore diet that veganism didn’t seem like a reasonable option. However, somewhere along the vegan path, the seemingly obvious problems associated with becoming vegan have begun to fall by the side of the road. I thought I would miss cheese immensely. I don’t at all. I thought I would miss BBQ pork ribs. No. Not a bit. I haven’t had a dish of ice cream in months, many months, so that hasn’t been a problem. Cookies? Nope. Chocolate? No. It is somewhat of an inconvenience to find gratuitous amounts of dairy and/or egg product in a number of foods, like bread for instance, but other than that, this diet has been a non issue.
So, with one week to go, I’m not looking forward to the end. I’m looking foward to learning more about it and learning new recipes on this road to a better life. It just seems that if I were suffering on this diet I would be counting down the days, and that would be 7 left. But, I’m not counting. (OK, this blog is getting kind of old, but maybe I’ll put it into better order when all said and done, correct the spelling and whatever, and maybe someone will benefit from the reading about the experience…)
Today
Breakfast: Mixed nuts
Lunch: Red Beans and Brown Rice with Roasted Asparagas and steamed mixed veggies. Had a few hunks of French Bagette with. Very good and filling. Had this at Whole Foods Deli, though the asparagas was over cooked a little, it was still good.
Dinner: A few of us stopped at an Irish Pub for a few beers after work. We haven’t done this in a long time. I had some Guinness and potato skins with salsa. I had a hand full of nuts prior to going out.
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