So, being a vegetarian can be confusing! lol. Some people count eggs, some do not. I got two vegetarian cookbooks from the library only to see TONS of recipes WITH eggs. I didn't get it. To me, how would an egg be ok, but a little chicken NOT ok? So, I looked it up. I guess you can go either way. This is why lots of people are vegan I guess, because why stop there, why not avoid anything that hurts anything else? So...my thought was I'll STILL do the egg thing, only because I had already had pasta (made with, yeah, egg) and I thought I was doing well, so I will just cut out eggs June 9th when my month "no meat" goes to straight up Vegan.
I am officially "meat free" though. I had a CHANCE to eat some meat FOR FREE (had coupons) this weekend, but I couldn't do it. Shane ate it. Was for some McD's food (not very veggie friendly, I must say, at least BK has a veggie burger!)- some might ask me what the diff is if I see SHANE eat it instead of me, it's going to be eaten anyway... here's the diff: I don't want to. To me, it's no longer something I'm okay doing. If others want to eat anything and everything, feel free. But, I just choose not to. And, that's all.
So, word of my new "lifestyle" has been taken in very different ways so far. (i've been using quotations alot in this post so far...lol).
I've had the SUPER supportive, from my buddy John who send me links of an enormous wealth of info for me to be more knowledgeable. I've had regular support from my mom: "Try it for a month, if it works great, if it doesn't, there's nothing wrong with going back" and I've had the OPPOSITE of support from my sister. lol. I think this was her reaction,
"WHAT?!!---(insert loud laugh)--- Yeah! Right! Good luck with that, You won't last a day!"
She said that to me on day 2, so at least I'd already proved her wrong...lol.
But, I don't care, behind me or not it's already been an interesting journey. One of my first vegetarian meals was me making up some vegetable soup for lunch (I usually have cereal or oatmeal for breakfast, so I don't have to worry much in that category). As soon as my soup is heated and I'm seconds from taking a bite, Shane says,
"What's the base for that broth?"
I look down at the label. First ingredient? Chicken broth. I groan.
Straight to the internet I go. Is chicken broth vegetarian? I looked lots of places because as much as I figured it probably wasn't, I didn't know if it was just "flavored as chicken" you know? Nope, I couldn't eat it.
So, Shane enjoyed my veggie soup. It's okay though, because then creativity got the best of me and I wanted to make a yummy meal, not just some soup. I opened my bag of brown rice (had it for 3 years, OPENED it for the first time! lol) and cooked up 1/2 cup of rice. Then I added in a can of french style green beans, and an once of cheese. Stirred it all up and cheesy, rice, and beansy was my meal.
And, quite a tasty one!
I know eventually I won't have cheese, and that will be a weird day (imagining pizza....) but I've come to terms with it, and I'll be okay with that.
I bought a little frozen lasagna entree that's supposed to be meatfree and organic. The picture looks really good. I'll let you know how that was later... :)
I feel like trying all these new things will be a trial and error process. I'm actually excited about discovering new dishes and recipes. I've learned about "roulades" which is a fancy looking dish that's meat free, that I can't wait to make. (it looks like a swirl/wrap of prettiness when you're done.)
Okay, well, any mothers' out there, I hope you had a great weekend, a great Sunday in particular. I did! :) I ate one too many cookies, but oh well, they were delicious. How I lost weight, I'm not sure. I won't blame it on not eating meat, because I ate LOADS of cookies and I'm pretty sure calorie-wise my cookies were worse than a prime rib would've been. But, maybe I'll see a gain tomorrow. We'll see I guess.
Have a great brand-new week! Love you all!
ash

weight: 137.0 (not sure how that happened. was very gluttenous yeserday)

lbs left to hit goal: 2

time left to hit goal: 11 days

Oh, and here's my latest progree picture. This is me yesterday for M-day getting ready to go out. We were going to go to dinner, but ended up eating at home. But we bought treats like cookies and pie.