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February 19, 2008
the force of memory 
It's so very strange how life is -- don't you think? Yesterday and today, I've gone off diet, so to speak, and eaten meat and dairy.
Now, I do think about meat and dairy all the time. I think several types of thoughts:
- gosh, I feel better since I'm not eating that
and
- gosh, that tastes so good, I hope I'll get to eat it again.
I always think that meat and dairy are going to taste better. No, they taste different, but not better. In fact, I have to say that I've felt a bit let down with each bit of meat or dairy I've had.
I remember feeling this way after the 6 week vegan detox last year, that this stuff was okay, but not the great fantastic thing that I had been expecting. So why do I keep going back for more?
For the most part, it's a social thing. Though today I just broke down and I have no excuses other than that I thought it would taste crazy good. And really, not so much.
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Yesterday was fun. My sweetie had to work so I stayed home and got domestic. I made no-knead bread, veggie stock, and then red lentil soup; I washed clothes and did other unromantic things which made me feel all swell inside.
And to my great shock, I am continuing to lose weight very slowly. This weekend, I ate pretty much whatever I wanted, I got vegan cookies and desserts, I ate chocolate. And still lost weight. I spent most of the weekend on the couch, just lying around. And still lost weight. It's crazy.
Posted at February 19, 2008
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It's only for people who want it, not people who need it, but your story sounds like mine used to. You might want to check out www.oa.org. Depression--gone in weeks, lost all my weight and maintain that for years, life changed 180 degrees once I followed what they said.
Posted by: chris at June 23, 2008 12:09 PM