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...so I'm going to go vegan!
I've tried this before, but it didn't take because I just wanted meat too much. Also, because I figured that if I ate any meat or animal products, it would make me Not Vegan and would mean that I had failed in it, like xBREAKINGxEDGEx. (Not that I'm breaking edge, because I'm not xSTRAIGHTxEDGEx, because it's against at least one of my religions. I have four at last count.)
ANYWAY. I haven't really wanted meat for a while; beef has been tasting greasy, I don't care about chicken, haven't been eating pork, and there are only so many things you can do with salmon or tuna before it gets boring. So there's that. I also haven't really been eating cheese, and the only milk I've had is in coffee. And I'm not supposed to eat a lot of soy because it will fuck up my estrogen levels which are already fucked up enough, so I will have to get used to drinking black coffee, which I don't have a major problem with.
The only things I really like which I will have to give up are delivered pizza and that Arizona Iced Tea with honey in it. Which I can do without. (ETA: Also lox bagels with cream cheese, and kielbasa. Darn it. Well, I only get to eat those when I'm at home, so we'll see how I feel next time I get back down there. Maybe I will heroically resist temptation or maybe I won't want them by then or maybe I'll just say, "Screw it, I am going to treat myself.) Shall also have to inform the couple with which I play D&D and who make meat-heavy meals, but I think they will be cool with it.
I'm also going to just apply it to my diet at first; not going to give away my leather jacket or anything. One thing at a time. Doing leads to thinking--if being a dietary vegan starts making me care more about animal rights, then we'll see. I'm mostly doing this because I'd like to lose some weight and not have a heart attack at age 50. And I'm also going to go exercise right now because of that.
...and then I'm going to go home and call my parents and do my homework. I AM SUCH A BUSY LITTLE BEE TODAY
ETA: Almost ironically, now I want bacon. I was planning on making bacon-and-chocolate-chip cookies with maple glaze later in the week anyway (with faux bacon now).
I've tried this before, but it didn't take because I just wanted meat too much. Also, because I figured that if I ate any meat or animal products, it would make me Not Vegan and would mean that I had failed in it, like xBREAKINGxEDGEx. (Not that I'm breaking edge, because I'm not xSTRAIGHTxEDGEx, because it's against at least one of my religions. I have four at last count.)
ANYWAY. I haven't really wanted meat for a while; beef has been tasting greasy, I don't care about chicken, haven't been eating pork, and there are only so many things you can do with salmon or tuna before it gets boring. So there's that. I also haven't really been eating cheese, and the only milk I've had is in coffee. And I'm not supposed to eat a lot of soy because it will fuck up my estrogen levels which are already fucked up enough, so I will have to get used to drinking black coffee, which I don't have a major problem with.
The only things I really like which I will have to give up are delivered pizza and that Arizona Iced Tea with honey in it. Which I can do without. (ETA: Also lox bagels with cream cheese, and kielbasa. Darn it. Well, I only get to eat those when I'm at home, so we'll see how I feel next time I get back down there. Maybe I will heroically resist temptation or maybe I won't want them by then or maybe I'll just say, "Screw it, I am going to treat myself.) Shall also have to inform the couple with which I play D&D and who make meat-heavy meals, but I think they will be cool with it.
I'm also going to just apply it to my diet at first; not going to give away my leather jacket or anything. One thing at a time. Doing leads to thinking--if being a dietary vegan starts making me care more about animal rights, then we'll see. I'm mostly doing this because I'd like to lose some weight and not have a heart attack at age 50. And I'm also going to go exercise right now because of that.
...and then I'm going to go home and call my parents and do my homework. I AM SUCH A BUSY LITTLE BEE TODAY
ETA: Almost ironically, now I want bacon. I was planning on making bacon-and-chocolate-chip cookies with maple glaze later in the week anyway (with faux bacon now).
