Update on the Vegging

Well, as my friend J. has pointed out, it has been nearly 3 weeks since I wrote about being a veg. It is actually quite easy to do, and I am not really missing hamburgers or steak at all. I do miss chicken a little...but it's pretty easy to avoid when there are delicious other things such as cheese and bread and pasta and fruit and a myriad of vegetables to choose from.

I did have some challenges when I went to some barbeques recently. However, that was easily resolved-at one barbeque, I simply ate a light meal before and focused on the variety of salads and fruit. At the other one, veggie burgers were provided. And boy, do they taste good on the grill!

Labor Day weekend is typically a big barbequeing (sp?) weekend, and last weekend was no exception. Jim's family loves meat, and of course they wanted to barbeque. I grabbed some portobello mushroom Morning Star burgers and found that they were amazingly delicious. The second day, I made vegetable skewers with tomatoes, zucchini, onions, peppers, and pineapple. I put a light coating of spices on them, and voila! They were delicious. So, I am going to stick this out for as long as I can. I don't notice any negative health effects so far. I feel pretty good. I tend to wait to eat until I'm super hungry. Being a veg helps with this because instead of shoveling a cheeseburger, fries, and a large caffeinated soft drink into my face, I am now eating a lighter meal consisting of something like a corn soft shell taco, black beans, onions, cilantro, a light dollop of sour cream, and some low fat cheese, with herbal tea (natural caffeine). It fills me up just as much, and doesn't make me feel sluggish and slow by the end of the day.

On another note, I did buy some multi-vitamins and some iron. I have been taking these daily, which is something I've always tried to do in the past and failed....now I have the motivation, and I've been pretty good about it.