Under the guise of Lent
Well,
1st day of Lent today in the Ukrainian Catholic tradition. Not that I am very "catholic" anymore, this gives me an opportunity to try something I have been thinking of for the last year or so. I haven't been able to do it because my father and brother call me an idiot and say I will make myself sick.
Starting today, and for the next 40 days, I am going to try my damndest to be vegan. I don't think this will be too too hard as supermarkets and restaurants are now packed with vegan alternatives. The only thing I worry about is ingredients in other kinds of food. For instance a pre-packaged meal may have egg or dairy ingredients in it despite being labelled vegetarian. So I will need to be careful.
My only concern is that I may not get enough B12, Calcium and other vitamins, so I will have to watch out for that.
My main interest in going vegan is the alleged health benefits. I've seen some enormous fat vegetarians, but not really any fat vegans. I will try it for 40 days, and if I like it, I may make it permanent to some degree.
If I say I am doing it for Lent I will be above the scrutiny of my father. I am kind of excited to try this out and see what kind of results I get. This probably won't be easy, but I want to see what happens.
Any interesting test may be to go to my doctor and get my blood pressure and cholesterol tested now vs. after the 40 days.
1st day of Lent today in the Ukrainian Catholic tradition. Not that I am very "catholic" anymore, this gives me an opportunity to try something I have been thinking of for the last year or so. I haven't been able to do it because my father and brother call me an idiot and say I will make myself sick.
Starting today, and for the next 40 days, I am going to try my damndest to be vegan. I don't think this will be too too hard as supermarkets and restaurants are now packed with vegan alternatives. The only thing I worry about is ingredients in other kinds of food. For instance a pre-packaged meal may have egg or dairy ingredients in it despite being labelled vegetarian. So I will need to be careful.
My only concern is that I may not get enough B12, Calcium and other vitamins, so I will have to watch out for that.
My main interest in going vegan is the alleged health benefits. I've seen some enormous fat vegetarians, but not really any fat vegans. I will try it for 40 days, and if I like it, I may make it permanent to some degree.
If I say I am doing it for Lent I will be above the scrutiny of my father. I am kind of excited to try this out and see what kind of results I get. This probably won't be easy, but I want to see what happens.
Any interesting test may be to go to my doctor and get my blood pressure and cholesterol tested now vs. after the 40 days.