March 2010

Ever since making the decision to go back to Vegetarianism, I have felt 100% better! I didn’t realize how much it had been bothering my conscience to eat turkey and chicken.

In case anyone was wondering, these are the main reasons I decided to go back to being a Veg:

• Digestions and elimination. When I’m a vegetarian, I ‘go’ anywhere from 2-4 times per day. But during the weeks I was eating meat again, I would go once a day – if that! Unacceptable and unhealthy in my eyes. It didn’t matter how much fiber and fruit I ate, too. I even drank coffee on some mornings to make sure I ‘went’.
• One thing that set everything in motion was when I was preparing to cook a turkey breast the other day. The raw meat completely and utterly grossed me out. It was discolored and felt awful. I couldn’t bring myself to cook it.
• My conscience. I still care about animals, animal rights and still think slaughterhouses are beyond cruel!
• I want that ‘inner spark’ back. It’s been missing since I began eating meat again. They say vegetarians vibrate at a higher level, and I believe it based on my experience.

There are more reasons but that’s the gist of it.

Yesterday was my first day back on Veg. I ate fruit, veggies, pasta, beans, rice and yogurt. Already I feel almost back to my old self! Lately I’ve been feeling sluggish, kind of depressed, and just plain blahhhhh. I’ve also had a terrible migraine headache plaguing me off and on for over a week. As I type this, however, it’s gone. I hope it stays gone!

So, onto nutrition: I know I need to pay close attention to the nutrients that I wasn’t getting enough of before. I’ve decided to eat a vegetarian diet, but eat salmon once a month if I feel I need it. I’m going to take supplements of B12, Selenium, Iron, Calcium and Zinc. And I bought a container of pure vegan rice protein mix yesterday, which is 12 grams of protein straight from brown rice.

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I’ve decided to go back to being a vegetarian.

I doubt anyone is surprised at this point. I change my mind so often that it’s quite silly!

I’m just going to focus on getting more protein this time around. I will get it in the form of fake meat, rice and beans, whole wheat sprouted pasta, nuts/seeds, and yogurt. And other forms of protein that some of you guys suggested.

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Happy Spring!

Of course, it’s snowing out and I’m pretty much stuck indoors today.

I did well on the Paleo type of diet on Thursday, but I decided not to stick with it. Truth be told I just see no real reason to give up my grains altogether! I don’t seem to have problems with them (so long as I don’t overeat on them), so I see no reason to give them up. Plus, I am not always up for eating meat every day. Some days I have no desire for it. So, since the Paleo way of life focuses mostly on meat, it’s probably not a good fit for me. I still have it in my mind’s eye that I’ll go back to being a vegetarian someday.

Anyway, I’ve been under the weather for the past day or so. I have no idea why, but my body is aching. Not like a flu or cold ache, but just an ache. It’s been that way for the past couple of days and I’m not sure why!

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all who celebrate it! I’m like 60% Irish but I’ll be staying sober tonight.

Ever since I began eating meat (poultry) again, I swear my body is craving it more and more. I’ve been having turkey and/or chicken nearly every day and really, really enjoying it! I’ve even been having it for both lunch and dinner on some days.

If that isn’t ‘eating intuitively’, I don’t know what is, to be honest. I’ve especially been craving turkey, which I found out recently has a LOT of protein in it. One turkey breast alone is over 100 grams! Wow. I’ve switched from turkey breasts to turkey breast cutlets though to keep portions smaller, plus the thin-sliced cutlets are a lot easier and faster to cook.

So my diet has been mostly consisting of plenty of lean protein, fruit, veggies and a little grains and fat free dairy (mostly fat free Greek yogurt and fat free cream cheese). If I cut out the dairy and grains, I’d officially be on a Paleo diet plan. But I have no desire to do so at this present time. I still don’t know how long I’ll be eating meat anyway, I may go off it again at some point down the line.

I wonder how fast I’d lose weight, though, if I only ate very ‘clean’ – all lean meat, protein, and fruits and veggies? I’d probably start losing weight a lot more quickly. It’s worth thinking about…

Believe it or not I’m a little sad to not be a vegetarian anymore. I still believe in all the causes and still love animals more than I like many humans. I still donate to the ASPCA and many other causes. Somehow I got signed up for tons of animal charities and get probably 15 or more donation requests in the mail each week (not counting the food and homeless donation ones). Sheesh. You donate to one darn place and suddenly are on the mailing list for hundreds of others! The animal ones keep sending me cool things though, like cute address labels, magnets and even a blanket.

Anyway as usual I’m rambling on and on here. So far I’ve only had about 500 calories (fruit, a bagel, carrots and celery and some turkey), and it’s already 4:30pm. But I got up really late today. I’ll likely not have dinner until 9pm or so.

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Well, I ate around 1700 calories today and worked out on my stationary bike for 45 minutes, plus did resistance band arm exercises.

It looks like my appetite has returned!

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