so i've been vegan for more than 2 weeks now.
i'm bored out of my mind.
the problem is my palette is pretty limited as it is. take away 80% of pretty limited and you've got barely anything. peanut butter and jelly. quinoa. apples. repeat.
the idea behind this was two-fold: 1) lose weight, 2) test my endurance. my endurance has maintained, but is waning as i anticipate thanksgiving and a weekend in santa barbara more and more ("steak dinner at mike and louise's?" "extra turkey after-thanksgiving dinner?"). and i haven't lost weight or noticed any physical difference. and that was especially why it had to be a month: one week is a test in resisting temptation, a month was actually letting my body adjust. and i found no adjustment.
i'm thinking of calling it quits once i hit santa barbara (which will be three full weeks), simply out of saving myself from hating pesto wheat pasta and spinach. i need something new.
at least now i can make fun of vegans without remorse. and that makes it all wortwhile.
Being a vegan isn't all the much healthier than being a healthy omnivore. In some ways it sucks because your body is denied some of the minerals you usually want.
ReplyDeleteAlso, a really low calorie diet without cycling will result in weight loss plateus. Cycling means, essentially, taking one day a week off your diet to eat a many more calories. It tricks your body into thinking you are not dieting so you keep burning fat.
That's interesting. It's also like when you exercise, you need to really push for short bursts at intervals just short enough that your body takes energy out of your fat (quick burn) rather than stored carbs (long-term burn), which you'll be minimalizing anyway.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the Omnivore group! OMNIVORES UNITE!
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