I was thinking about giving up the meat (no need to worry babe ;-D Not talking about yours). I was reading a blog today and she lost about seventy-five pounds over the course of a few years when she changed her eating habits and made the commitment to become a vegetarian and later a vegan. Besides being inspired by her story to change my lifestyle habits, some of the recipes actually looked yummy.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am not “overweight” or anything (although I will admit that since this holiday season has passed, my pants do seem a little bit too snug for my taste). Unfortunately, I don’t think that I will ever know that kind of level of personal achievement that she feels because I have never had to struggle with my body weight before (I never really cared how much I weighed before as long as I could still fit comfortably into my favorite pair of jeans I have had since I was about fourteen – which I could do up until my last baby in 2008). I couldn’t even fathom what losing seventy-five pounds feels like (mainly because I would die - that is like half my mass body weight); but I would love to lose the fifteen that have planted themselves firmly onto my ass since my last baby and feel healthier because I could train myself to eat better (and hopefully that healthy eating habit would eventually rub off on my kids).
I keep asking myself "could I really live without all the yummy, heart clogging delicious-ness of a blood dripping-ly rare steak?" - I am not sure but think I am going to challenge myself to a 30 day veggie fest (after I take leave next month because when I go home I have big plans on blowing the entirety of my paycheck just on eating out), and if I survive just eating vegetarian-ish food without turning green; I think I might take the plunge and become a vegetarian :-o I mainly just want to see if I can do it because it seems like such an impossible feat for me to be able to conquest…
I never dieted before, unless you include trying to eat more fruits/vegetables and drink more water and epically failing at that – in the end drinking more beer and eating more junk. I don't really think that I can do it because I still eat like my fifteen year old self that was made with hallowed out legs; eating whatever I want, how much of it I felt like eating and even traveling just to indulge my food lust. How do you change that about a person? Is there any hope that I could actually succeed if I couldn’t hold myself to drinking a bottle of freaking water a day? Any first-time dieter tips?
Now don’t get me wrong, I am not “overweight” or anything (although I will admit that since this holiday season has passed, my pants do seem a little bit too snug for my taste). Unfortunately, I don’t think that I will ever know that kind of level of personal achievement that she feels because I have never had to struggle with my body weight before (I never really cared how much I weighed before as long as I could still fit comfortably into my favorite pair of jeans I have had since I was about fourteen – which I could do up until my last baby in 2008). I couldn’t even fathom what losing seventy-five pounds feels like (mainly because I would die - that is like half my mass body weight); but I would love to lose the fifteen that have planted themselves firmly onto my ass since my last baby and feel healthier because I could train myself to eat better (and hopefully that healthy eating habit would eventually rub off on my kids).
I keep asking myself "could I really live without all the yummy, heart clogging delicious-ness of a blood dripping-ly rare steak?" - I am not sure but think I am going to challenge myself to a 30 day veggie fest (after I take leave next month because when I go home I have big plans on blowing the entirety of my paycheck just on eating out), and if I survive just eating vegetarian-ish food without turning green; I think I might take the plunge and become a vegetarian :-o I mainly just want to see if I can do it because it seems like such an impossible feat for me to be able to conquest…
I never dieted before, unless you include trying to eat more fruits/vegetables and drink more water and epically failing at that – in the end drinking more beer and eating more junk. I don't really think that I can do it because I still eat like my fifteen year old self that was made with hallowed out legs; eating whatever I want, how much of it I felt like eating and even traveling just to indulge my food lust. How do you change that about a person? Is there any hope that I could actually succeed if I couldn’t hold myself to drinking a bottle of freaking water a day? Any first-time dieter tips?
FYI - Any tips on vegetarian recipes or how to successfully pull this off without wanting to bite a cow by the time the 30 days are up are most welcome - Please Comment Below
4 comments:
Don't you dare! Meat makes us happy.
And besides, you astutely note that you'd just substitute with other fattening stuff.
I make a deal with myself: exercise 5 days a week and in exchange eat whatever you please!
It works out pretty well.
Oh, BTW, thanks for reminding me where I got my last blog idea! I hoped you'd speak up. I'd forgotten where I read it.
I already workout 5 days a week and eat whatever I want...I was just thinking it was time for a change :-) Plus, I wanted to see if I could actually do it
I couldn't give decent diet tips if my life depended on it. And I don't think I could give up meat, either. If you're already working out 5 days a week you're better than I am.
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