Vegetarian no longer.

(Ingredients for some vegetarian chili)

My month as a vegetarian is complete.  About a week ago, I told the Adertons that on Christmas morning I would wake up and cook myself a pound of bacon.  And then I realized that would immediately defeat the reasoning and principles of the month preceding.   I did have bacon on Christmas morning, only thee slices.  My first meat in a month wasn’t exactly euphoric; it was not the walking-down-the-escalator-from-the-airport-terminal reunion as I had anticipated.  It was just seeing an old friend, catching up where we left off.

“Oh hey bacon, it’s been a while. “

‘Same to you Jake.  How’s it been?”

“Pretty good, just back for Christmas.”

“Yeah, merry Christmas.  You catch the Dallas game yesterday?”

“Yeah pretty disappointing.”

“Hey Jake?”

“Yeah?”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Yes bacon, you can ask me a question.”

“Do you uh, do you still like me?’

“Yeah bacon.  I do.”

“Good.  I like you too.”

(Bacon can’t really talk)

Here’s a quick overview of the month – goals, expectations, surprises and the whatnot.

1.     It was a lot easier to do than I expected.

2.     My cooking habits did not change as dramatically as I hoped – I did make some new things, and variations of old things.  I learned however, that my cooking is more dictated by time, money, and motivation rather than by diet.

3.     I never did get a regular poop cycle going.

4.     I only lost five pounds, which was my biggest reservation – I can’t afford to lose weight, for various reasons…  (most important being: wardrobe)

5.     It was really fun to talk to people about it, you find out how important food is to everyone. 

6.     Which also showed me how ridiculous the amount of time I spend thinking about food.  It’s a lot.  I get pretty excited about food. 

7.     I like fruits more than I like vegetables.

8.     I don’t “get” celery.

9.     I think I only ate out twice, and saved some cash.  Restaurants (especially fast food) like meats.

10.  Hopefully the past month will permanently diversify my eating habits.  We shall see.

I would definitely recommend being a month-long vegetarian to anyone.  It may change your life, it may not.  But it's interesting.  

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