my vegetarian journey
Since last Monday, I haven't eat meat. I think by telling people 'I'm vegetarian', it really helps to keep me focused on not going back to my carnivorous ways when I feel the urge. For example, today when I was at the grocery store, I had a real craving for sushi, and I saw all the fish sushi, but I told myself 'no', and got the brown rice avocado and cucumber sushi instead! As much as meat, poultry, and fish taste good, I feel better physically not having them in my body. Also, knowing how harmful it is to the environment, it keeps me ethically sound as well. I get a bit of flack from my family for not eating meat, but it's my body, and they can't make me eat anything.
I'm surprised at myself that I've managed to last as long as I have. I know it's only been 8 days, but that's a long time for a noob like me. Also, I'm proud of myself for eating all those weird vegan/vegetarian foods I never thought I'd eat. I was scared to eat stuff like tofurky, and tofu, but they're really nothing to be scared of.
I'm really enjoying this journey. It's fun to look up new recipes, and force myself to try new things. I'm forcing myself to eat more vegetables too. Just today I roasted an entire zuchini and ate it as a snack, and it was really tasty. I would have never done that before, simply because I would have gone for something easier, like a granola bar.
Some of the small changes I've made so far are:
1. earth balance butter instead of becel
2. Nayonaise instead of Mayonaise
3. tofurky sausage instead of meat sausage
4. soy cream cheese and sour cream (actually really good)
5. when shopping for rice today, I conscienciously looked for brown rice instead of white
6. silken tofu instead of milk to make pesto
7. vegan pepperoni
8. had a veggie burger instead of a beef burger when I had a bbq on the weekend
Haven't been able to say goodbye to eggs, liquid egg whites (for making scrambles), frozen yogurt, cow's milk, yogurt, and most cheese (such as matzarella and goat). When I look at vegan cheese, it just grosses me out. Cheese shouldn't be squishy. This is why, at this point, veganism just isn't realistic for me. I think I need to get myself (and my body) comfortable with not eating meat before I go any further.
I'm surprised at myself that I've managed to last as long as I have. I know it's only been 8 days, but that's a long time for a noob like me. Also, I'm proud of myself for eating all those weird vegan/vegetarian foods I never thought I'd eat. I was scared to eat stuff like tofurky, and tofu, but they're really nothing to be scared of.
I'm really enjoying this journey. It's fun to look up new recipes, and force myself to try new things. I'm forcing myself to eat more vegetables too. Just today I roasted an entire zuchini and ate it as a snack, and it was really tasty. I would have never done that before, simply because I would have gone for something easier, like a granola bar.
Some of the small changes I've made so far are:
1. earth balance butter instead of becel
2. Nayonaise instead of Mayonaise
3. tofurky sausage instead of meat sausage
4. soy cream cheese and sour cream (actually really good)
5. when shopping for rice today, I conscienciously looked for brown rice instead of white
6. silken tofu instead of milk to make pesto
7. vegan pepperoni
8. had a veggie burger instead of a beef burger when I had a bbq on the weekend
Haven't been able to say goodbye to eggs, liquid egg whites (for making scrambles), frozen yogurt, cow's milk, yogurt, and most cheese (such as matzarella and goat). When I look at vegan cheese, it just grosses me out. Cheese shouldn't be squishy. This is why, at this point, veganism just isn't realistic for me. I think I need to get myself (and my body) comfortable with not eating meat before I go any further.