August 6, 2010
Christ, I Know I Am.
So I mentioned the other day that I was giving up booze and other stuff for 100 days, and I’ve now gone about 3 weeks without eating meat.
Side effects include being less aggressive (The Girlfriend has been winning ALL our cage fights at the moment) as well as having to poo twice a day now. Losing fights I can deal with – it appeals to my slightly masochistic nature – and even having to poo more than once a day is farily tolerable, as it gives me more time to catch up on my reading.
What does get me though is the fact that I am always hungry.
Always.
Not once in these three weeks have I sat back on my couch with that satisfied grin you get when you have just had a massive helping of steak, potatoes and beer. No, instead I’m nibbling on carrot sticks, apples, spinach and feta pies (which, whilst not meat, isn’t the healthiest of meals either) and those psuedo-meat soy meals you can buy in Pick n Pay stores (“Frys” I think. Wait. Let me quickly go look in the freezer… Yeah, they are called “Frys”, they are in green boxes.)
So I guess my question to any vegetarians who are reading this is – “Is this what it’s going to be like for me?”.
Or is there a secret food you guys eat to make you feel like you are full?
If there is, tell me.
And don’t you dare say it’s beans.
Oakes signing off.
Pasta, rice, cheese.
Why give up potatoes? Baked potatoes with sour cream or cream cheese. Mashed potatoes with other veggies.
There are all kinds of vegetable soups, which you can have with or without cream, and accompanied by bread.
Yeah, sorry, it’s beans.
JK – I have no idea, I’m a carnivore.
Become a pescatarian like Myself and Tim, and then you can eat prawns and tuna and salmon and white fish and and and never have that hungry feeling. Protein makes you feel full, and as a veggie you need to make sure you get a range with every meal. Try lentils, eggs, cheese, quinoa, tofu. Ja.