Vegetarian For A Week — Results

So I went a week without eating a single piece of meat… sorry Bri.

The results were fine. I lost two pounds. Some of it was really difficult, but I managed. And I did stay away from meat that I normally love to have.

Some meals included:

  • Spaghetti with sauce and bread (had once)
  • The pipe noodles with cheese, bread (had this twice)
  • Panara cheese and broccoli soup bread bowl (had this twice)
  • Grilled cheese and corn (had once)
  • Pancakes, eggs, and biscuits (had once)

The hard parts:

  • Eating spaghetti with no meat
  • Being very picky as to where to go out to eat (ate at Panara and Bob Evans)
  • Scrapping the toppings off the meat lovers pizza at work
  • Not eating chicken that Monique brought in for lunch
  • Not eating the same meal as Brian

The good parts:

  • Sauce and bread
  • Panera
  • Caramel frapuchinos

It was a pretty positive experience for me. I never really ran out of food ideas because I was always willing to just eat a vegetable and something else small. And I wasn’t craving meat during or after.

My first meal on Sunday consisted of BK’s breakfast burrito which I love. We also did steaks that night. I really did miss meat but I never like craved it. Shawns steak after a week without meat was the best, though!

This experience probably did change me a little. I noticed I don’t eat as much meat now, since we had ribs last night and I didn’t eat them all. Bri and I will probably eat more sea food now, like shrimp and fish. Being away from fast food probably did my body good, too.

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Vegetarian For A Week

Tomorrow, May 17, 2009, I will begin my week of being a vegetarian. This choice is purely experimental and it’s basically just to say I did it.

I will not be eating meat of any kind, including fish or shrimp. I will, however, eat eggs, cheese, and milk (prohibiting those items means I would be a vegan).

Honestly, I think this decision is going to be hard and I’ll probably do it a crappy way and eat french fries, pie, biscuits and sauce, and basically B S my way through it.

It’ll probably be hard tomorrow because tonight I’m staying in Ocean City and will probably have to grab fast food tomorrow morning, but we’ll see.

My beginning weight is 154.