Today I embark upon a one-month trial of vegetarianism. I have been thinking about it for a while, reading about it a bit, talking to people about it, and the time is now. I knew I couldn't stick to it while visiting my dad last weekend, and I'm not sure I can stick to it when I visit my mom next month, but this middle month will be the test. I am excited and optimistic. I'm going lacto ovo, which means eating eggs and dairy but no meat, poultry or fish. I also won't be super-strict, grilling the waitstaff to find out if the chef used chicken stock in the mashed potatoes.
My reasons are three-fold: environmental, ethical and health-related. The latter category is really the only one I can measure so I'll keep a diary of my weight, energy level, and general feeling of wellness. Every book and website I've read says how great the person feels eating a plant-based diet, but of course they already drank the kool-aid and love being a vegetarian. You don't hear a lot from people who tried it, really tried it, and thought it sucked. So we'll see.
Today I had a delicious broccoli-cheese baked potato and a side salad for lunch. Not too shabby!
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