Week 5

May 13th, 2007

Moving into week 5 as a vege-curious. So far, it’s been a pretty interesting experiment. I haven’t lost much weight (about 7-10lbs, depending on the day). I also haven’t lost a taste for meat (the smell, sight, etc still is very appealing). I don’t desire or crave it at all though, which is kind of a suprise. I figured after a month or so of not having it, I’d start foaming at the mouth or something similiar. Mary’s hangin in there pretty well too - I think being down 4lbs makes it totally worth it for her

After talking to Mary a bit tonight, we realized a few things have changed - we don’t eat out anywhere near as much (maybe 1 or 2 times a week) as it’s a much more substantial hastle to find a vege-friendly menu. We also don’t eat nearly as much in general - way less snacking, and smaller portions of food at meals. We’re not as hungry all the time as we used to be. If we could get away without eating 8 portions of cheese a day, we’d probably loose a lot more weight, but cheese seems to be in/on everything we like now

Coupled with going to the gym way more often than we used to (as much as 3-4 times per week now!), we both feel better in general. I’m tempted to re-introduce fish or chicken, and stay away from red meat for good…but I’m afraid that will run down a bad path again. That opens up alot of stuff that’s not quite so great for us - subway, fried chicken sandwiches, etc. Just fish kind of limits things to healthier, mercury filled meals.

I’m also tempted to just end the bet to eliminate the hastle, but stay mostly-meat free - maybe JUST fish and eggs/cheese. I kinda miss fish more than anything

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