Day 6.0: Meat Dreams

Well, I have yet to eat meat and it is day number 6. Friends and fans have now started pools of bets to see how long I will be able to last before I cave to the sensational meat that taunts me in my dreams. Now that everyone is betting when I will fail, it has given me more incentive to follow this through to the end. When I said that meat has been taunting me in my dreams I was completely serious. Most nights I have been having dreams about eating meat. Usually its a scenario where I sneak to the fridge and cook up a hot dog or grill up a steak and take it back to my room. Usually at the end of the dream I am disappointed that I failed so I think this is my conscience reminding me that I should stick it out. Fortunately though I have been more creative when it comes to my meal choices. I have learned a few things about some of the foods I eat that I had not known previously. For example, spinach has a lot of iron, which was one of my concerns of deficiencies, so I was glad to add that to a frequent ingredient in my meal planning. I have also made good friends with a subway employee who has been very helpful in spicing up my non-meat sandwiches. She introduced me to the veggie patties they have there and also nicely grills onions and bell peppers when she toasts my sandwich she rocks. I went on a date last night with Robbie, I was a little bummed when we went to CPK for dinner and I had to overlook all the very delicious meat meals that they had on the menu, however my veggie pizza was still delicious. Well here comes week two let's see what it has in store!

Fish + Vegetarian= Pescatarian= sad Brittney + beer

So lunch today was tomato soup and pretzels (we need to shop my options were pretty limited). Dr. Bob said to me while eating lunch; "You know Britt, you can't just stop eating meat and fill up on carbs" and I said "Yes, yes I know because I will just get fat" and he replied "yes you will,  so you need to do the real vegetable vegetarian thing". Dr. Bob is a very wise man who I frequently seek for life guidance; he really should be a guidance counselor full time. As I ate my sad lunch, I thought to myself I want a sandwich for lunch tomorrow but what should I put on it? OH! Vegetarians that I know still eat fish, I can make a tuna sandwich or something. This meant I could also eat sushi which I love; being a vegetarian is looking up. I get home prepared to make some sort of egg breakfast burrito with potatoes, when I explain my excitement for my sandwich to Jesse  when she says, "Britt, fish is meat you actually can't eat that if you're a 'vegetarian'".... = I, darn. Well there goes the part of my temporary diet I was looking forward too... at least beer is vegetarian, thank God for that. Amen.

Day 1.3 "Vegetables disguised as Meat"

So I just walked around campus market thinking I should grab something to eat before my microbiology class, and the fact that I am STARVING, I need to find better non meat food to appease my carnivorous appetite because the leafy stuff just ain't cutting it. Anyhow, there is nothing worth purchasing at campus market other than salad if you're a vegetarian. I was so happy when I saw chili with beans at the soup bar I almost jumped out of my boots because it sounded good...then I opened it and realized that chili of course has ground beef...dang it, so I resorted to eating a lot of cheese from the meat lab which probably wasn't a good meal oh well it was free and probably my new comfort food when I miss meat. All the best foods  have meat in them its rather depressing. So I see in stores all the time these meat impostors, like veggie burgers and dogs and soy dogs and any other soy wish it were meat product, even this bacon bit deal that my uncle sent me was trying to be meat when it in fact was not. And I thought to myself I suppose I could try these substitutes to trick my lion stomach into thinking it was getting meat, however I realized no way could it be fooled because I in fact have experienced meaty deliciousness and the fake wanna bees will just let me down :(. So I have come to the conclusion I shouldn't even bother, especially with fake bacon that's just disrespectful to a cured pork bellie trying to replace it with such a product. So I guess I will need to stop wondering to the meat aisle even if I don't need meat and start spending more time in produce to find something to get me through these 30 days. Its the first days that will be the hardest right?? I can't help but think about that stupid movie 40 days 40 nights...I hope people don't start turning into walking sides of beef in my hallucinations

Day 1.2 YAY some cheap bacon bits are actually bacon!

Thanks to my uncle there are some bacon bits I can eat :) yay!

http://www.generalmills.com/~/media/Images/Brands/Nutritional_Images/Betty_Crocker/Bacos/Bacos_Bits-308.ashx

Day 1.1 (no bacon bits on salad?)

So my lovely roommate Bailey hears of my challenge and laughs and tells me she could never do it. As I prepare to leave the house she is cooking up some Fresno State Philly Cheese sausage with eggs...evil woman, it sounded extra good even though it was FSU just because I couldn't have it;) jk, but I sadly finished my cereal and left for class. THEN lunch has come round and Melissa my other roommates accompanies me to find some lunch at campus market. I look at what I usually would get (pulled pork sandwich, chicken pesto paninni, terayake chicken and veggie rice bowl...nope not today), I settle making salad which is fine with me I like colorful food. "hey Melis, can I eat eggs" "yes Britt that's not meat". I add spinach, cheese, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, i get to the end.."hey Melis can i get bacon bits?" "no Britt you can't" "WHAT!!!" since when can you not put bacon bits on salad its still a friggin' salad its not like I'm asking for a porterhouse on my lettuce, that hardly constitutes as a meat product...darn salads just became less exciting now that bacon is out of the picture...hmmph it begins

Day 1.0

They say to have the best and strongest opposition argument is you must be able to argue both sides well; after living with two vegetarians for three years we've always had the "why dont you eat meat" conversations frequently, as meat is one of my passions I continually try and understand their strange lifestyle choice and at the end of every conversation neither side reaches a point because the g...(tharr be more)reen eater always says to me well you wouldn't know because you've never tried to stop eating meat, they claim it makes them feel better "healthier" well I feel if I can truly reach my opposing audience to promote meat consumption, I suppose I'll need to be able to legitimately be able to argue their side, so ive agreed to dietarily follow my vegetarian roommate until NMA because I think it would be disrespectful to receive a meat science scholarship as a temp vegetarian, wish me luck!