Wednesday, February 13, 2008

[Con]Temporary Vegetary

Yesterday I was a vegetarian. Since this word is defined as a diet which excludes all meat, poultry, and fish and is based on plant foods, I can honestly say that for a day, I was a vegetarian. "Most vegetarians include dairy products and eggs in their diet; this type of diet is sometimes described as lacto-ovo-vegetarian". I woke up being a veghead. I wasn't going to eat any meat.

Vegan? Are you serious? I'm just trying it out. Let's take it one step at a time. No milk, moreover, no cheese??? Hell-O?!? Nachos, quesadillas...a word which has "queso" pretty much planted in it. Grilled Cheese? No eggs? Needless to say, I didn't go vegan. But I did switch my reasons for going veg all day long: I don't want to kill animals...I'm doing it for health reasons...meat has a face, I don't want unnecessary cholesterol. I ended up drinking a lot of milk [about 3 cups], had pudding, yogurt, low fat ice cream sandwiches, vegetable chow mein, vegetable teriyaki bowl, etc. and it was really good. But who says carrots don't have faces? LoL.

I went to bed a vegetarian, but wasn't sure how I would wake up.

Today, woke up, I'm not a vegetarian. Wow. Most likely I will make food choices which exclude meat, I just usually do, but it doesn't mean I'll never eat meat again. I tend to reach for the breadbasket, pick the fries, twirl the pasta. I'm a carbwhore, proud of it, and will push my carbwhore addiction on you. I'm a carbpusher. I bat for the carb team. I shop the carb aisle. I believe in "Carbs or Bust". j/k. Carbs don't have a face, and that makes me smile. If I do decide to go veg one day, for longer than a day, rest assured that I won't try to convince you of becoming one. That choice has to be a personal one.
Thanks, and I'm out.

blog source of definition of vegetarian