March 16, 2007
day 25 
Yo, hello!
It's me, the one who's momentarily obsessed with veganism. I'm down another 5 lbs. I'm very happy about this, I feel great, and I want to make some permanent changes in my life.
I still think longingly about meat and cheese and eggs. Even as I have decided that I am not going to be buying grocery store eggs ever again, because even the "humane" poultry farms treat their hens badly. For whatever reason, I consciously know this -- and yet I look forward to fried chicken at the end of the six weeks (which will be April 3. I go to the doc for the bloodwork on April 4. Today is day 25.
Anyways, I want to say that I'm happy with the way that I'm eating but by and large, I'm just eating. Salads grow in okayness, and sometimes even goodness. I still haven't found a soup that makes me go yum. But thank the gods for smoothies. Now those are good, and I don't just mean vegan-can't-eat-nothing good.
But still. A new Japanese noodle shop (hmmm. That suggests that there are other Japanese noodle shops, which would in fact be incorrect) just opened and the menu looks great. They even offer a handful of vegetarian and vegan options. My food group is frothing about it. Hell, I'm frothing about it. But I can't go [until April 5, when I will be there with bells on].
So I've been looking for moral support on giving up meat and dairy. Like, some sort of magic wand. I read the Pleasure Trap in the space of two days. It wasn't a lot of help. So now I'm reading Neal Barnard's Breaking the Food Seduction and hoping the good (vegan) doc will have some tips for the likes of me other than "if you eat healthy for awhile, suddenly meat and dairy won't taste good". I mean, that is a nice thought, isn't it?
Exercise wise, I'm hanging in there. I got some bicycling in yesterday, and some walking yesterday and today. I can tell I'm getting close to the right amount of exercise because I'm sleeping really good.
Posted at March 16, 2007
Comments
Japanese noodles? where, where?
We've gone to Hakatomon a few times lately, but drivintg to Beavertron is such a drag. We have to make an outing of it "Beaverton Honda, Uwajimaya, Hakatomon, Target, Nordstrom Rack..."
Posted by: becky at March 16, 2007 4:44 PM
I was a lacto-ovo vegetarian for exactly 365 days back in the '70's. I can't say I ever lost my taste for meat. And I got royally sick of trying to be perfect, in every detail, every single blasted day. Today I'm a boring compromising non-perfectionist, diet-wise. I can't seem to sustain anything else, not for decades on end. YMMV.
Posted by: scone at March 17, 2007 10:41 AM
I totally understand where you're at. It's a hard road. Watching "Earthlings" last night has made me feel like going for a permanent change. I'm not sure my taste buds will ever change, but the powerful images of animal abuse through factory farming is enough to keep me vegan for awhile.
I have that book by Doc Barnard too. I liked it, although I think it's a little overly optimistic about how "easy" it is to let meat and dairy go.
Posted by: cheesepuppet at March 17, 2007 5:59 PM