To the boy I went on a date with last night...

To the boy I went on a date with last night:

Let me remind you how the scene went. I ordered the vegan boca burger. You asked "Why don't you get a regular burger?" I said "Oh, I just don't animal products." For some reason, that reminded you of a story of your old roommate where you poured a cup of bleach into her fish tank because you were annoyed the water wasn't clear enough. I asked "....Um, 

didn't that kill all the fish?" As you cackled loudly you chortled "Of course!" and then stared at me for awhile because I wasn't joining in the laughter.

Regardless of me eating animal products or not, I would never find this story funny. In fact, I'm worried you are a sociopath and your old roommate is probably in the trunk of your car. Needless to say, that dinner got wrapped up fast.

Freak.

10th weigh in

I weigh in in just 3 days! I'm both nervous and excited for it. I know that if i've lost weight then I will be motivated to keep going but if I havent lost anything then I am going to lose a lot of my motivation and be upset. Although I know weight is not particularly indicative of health, I still want to see those numbers go down. I havent been eating out and I've been going to the gym almost every day, so thats definitely good. I feel much better and I think I am starting to tell a difference in how I look. Those last two changes are much better indicators of health and progress so I know I should focus on those but I really want to see those numbers on the scale go down.

The 10th also marks two months of eating no meat, which I gave up cold turkey (pun intended). I also havent drank any animal milk, so instead of regular dairy I am drinking soy milk. I feel good knowing that I am making a better choice for my body.

Wish me luck!

Vegetarianism

So I am giving up meat for the summer. (Feel free to insert gay pun here). I've been looking at the health benefits of doing it and its very interesting to see that there is a marked difference in health between those who eat meat and those who do not. I'm starting tomorrow, actually, and have a few buddies that are going to keep me on track. I gave Whitney my chicken nuggets (which she was all gung ho about) and am not buying any more meat for the apt. I am going to continue eating some fish and eggs though. Thats mainly just in the form of tuna sandwiches, since I get a lot of protein from those. I know that eating just fish and eggs is called pescetarianism, so that's technically what I will be doing. I am also switching over my milk to a plant product rather than animal milk. There are some good options out there for that so I won't miss regular skim milk.

I'm excited to start this. I think it's going to help me be more conscious about what I am taking into my body and eat healthier in general. Plus I am trying to make more food at home recently so this will help with that.

Speaking of making more food at home, I am going to go buy a wok later today so that I can have round deux of making Thai pineapple fried rice. It was very vapid, but I believe that is because of how I prepared it. The last time I prepared everything separately since I didnt have a big enough pan and then added it into a bowl but thats not what the instructions call for.

I think this will be a good endeavor to get me thinking more about how healthy my food is for me and give me something new to try at home. Im hoping it goes well!

I am also starting:

- No alcohol [except on my vacations to NYC and Las Vegas]

- No eating out on my own or getting to-go food on my own

- No eating after 8pm

- No desserts

- No coffee or frappuccinos

- No soda [including diet]

- Trying to eat every 2-3 hours