Follow-up to the vegexperiment

Ben's uncle was talking to me over the weekend and said, "You haven't been blogging recently." Which was a shock, considering I had no idea anyone really cared whether I blogged or not. I had decided to discontinue the vegexperiment at the end of February. Though, I've seen myself tending toward it ever since. I considered, albeit slightly facetiously, giving up meat for Lent...which would have meant about a week and a half of being able to eat meat before giving it up again. As it was, I didn't give anything up. Oh, well.

I still order veggie burgers over hamburgers. I still go full days without eating meat, completely unintentionally. I haven't stopped picking the meat out of my frozen meals. It's just not entirely appetizing. :/ And I still prefer the vegetarian version of Hot Head (sometimes I even get free queso because I pass on their free guac for veggie burritos!). While some people may have to wrack their brains trying to think of a meal where they *didn't* eat meat, I have to wrack mine to think of one where I *did*.

I think the vegexperiment accomplished what I set out to discover: meat really isn't that important to me. Do I enjoy an occasionally Whopper at Burger King, barbacoa in my Chipotle, chicken tikka masala, homemade chili mac or Easter turkey/ham? You betcha. But, I am entirely content to eat my spaghetti without meatballs, my ramen sans chicken and my sushi...well, just the way it is!

Until next time should we meet, should we meat? ;)

Starting the Vegexperiment

So, I've been considering for a while becoming a vegetarian. I don't eat meat very often to begin with and I wondered if I would miss it all that much. I'm Catholic, and one of the things during Lent (the 40 days before Easter) is not eating meat on Fridays. I never saw the big deal. I've said prior to trying this that about 85% of the time, I prefer the vegetarian option when given a choice. It will just mean figuring out alternatives for the other 15% now.

January seemed as good a time as any to give it a shot. I'm on day 6 and only failed once. Though, I think my grandmother's ham should be an exception. It's amazing!

To clarify, I'm not going 100% all in. I'm not avoiding chicken broth or beef broth or food with meat prepared in it. I'm just not eating the meat.

Since starting this, I've had a veggie omlette, lots of pasta (I LOOOOVE pasta), grilled cheese sandwiches and eggs for my protein. I even tried Chipotle without meat. I usually got barbacoa, and since I wasn't going to have that, I added beans (which I sometimes get, but not always), cheese and corn salsa.

I'll update occasionally about how I'm doing. I anticipate failing more often, but I'm trying not to.

At the very least, I believe I have always been, and may revert back to if January isn't successful, a "flexitarian." The term means a person who avoids, but occasionally eats, meat. Ok, so maybe I wasn't a flexitarian before because I didn't avoid meat. But, I think it'd be an easy transition should I decide to do so.