From the wise old words of Sam Edwardsen: All of Wisconsin will let out a group groan in three... two... one...
AWWWWWWWWWW!!!
That is, of course, to the most recent news of the retirement of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. He is a living legend and will be missed by millions of people. Or something like that.
Forward, to other news!
The diet is going well. One huge factor I noticed, however: when dining out, your options are severely reduced. There have been two times in the last day that I have either had to turn down an oppurtunity to eat out with my friends, or change the place we originally wanted to eat at. For example, I went to lunch with Nick, and he had a craving for Taco Bell. I don't really know much of what is vegetarian there, and with my funds quickly dwindling away, I was a little worried of my options. We eventually opted to Noodles and Company, which offer Tofu alternatives for protien to their otherwise mostly vegetarian dishes. It was a great drain on my wallet, however. If I do not find a job soon I won't even have enough money to get coffee.
That's the dilemna that pops up with most vegetarians, I suppose, and it could be a factor in why so few people are vegetarians; if you have nearly no "fast food" places to go and all of the other ones are very expensive, it takes quite a lot of will power to make yourself food for every single meal every single day. Now that I come to think about it, I don't know if I've ever really eaten out with any of my vegetarian friends. If I have... I can't quite remember what they ordered, or where we ended up going. The issue has never come up.
Also, I found that I was lucky at my friend Mike's house today, where we had a cheese pizza--the last cheese pizza he had. Nick and Mike wanted a supreme, but I reminded them of my diet change. It serves to complicate things a bit, and I come to the question: if I were to have a slice of supreme pizza and picked off all of the meat, would that be considered cheating? I'm not quite sure, because I suppose there is always the possibility that I may ingest some meat in the process, but I'm also actively making the effort not to...
The diet, I have observed, also does not drain a lot of fat from your body, even though doctors claim leafy vegetables are good for getting fat out of your system. Please don't ask me how I know my body isn't ejecting fat; you don't want to know, believe me. Maybe in the future I will try another vegetarian week, only this one would be a bit more structured, incorporating more leafy vegetables and tofu with a standardized diet i. e. a salad for lunch every day, an apple for breakfast.
Even as such, I still do not know if I have lost any weight or not. I'm not entirely sure what a week of vegetarianism would really do--maybe I should try a month of vegetarianism, documenting exactly what I eat in what quantity, a type of more scientific experiment than the loose one I'm trying now. I'd also have to buy a scale. Most of the reason I don't believe I've lost any weight is because I feel like I'm eating more snacks and other foods, rather than just three meals a day and two snacks, which is my norm.
After this Vegetarian Week and my Vegan Week I think I will try the Vegetarian Month, and see how it affects my weight, activity level, sleepiness, etc.
--E
P.S. I have found that Band of Horses, one of my newest favorite bands, has one of their songs, "The Funeral," on a car commercial! It's kind of interesting to see a non-mainstream band on a commercial, but it's also sad all at once as well. Ah well, got to pay the bills, I suppose?
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