Vegan blog

My monthly trial of a Vegan diet is drawing to a close. During this time I experienced very little resistance toward this lifestyle which means I am capable of continuing it into the future. The resistance I did experience consisting of four things.  During the beginning of the experiment, I found it difficult to adjust to a lack of chocolate milk at night. Chocolate milk had been a daily staple of my life for years. Switching to hemp milk or rice milk proved to be a poor substitute but never less ended up as a replacement beverage for milk.  Secondly, toward the end of the month of I began craving yogurt. I’m not sure why. Throughout the month the sight of an egg carton in the refrigerator caused a third arm, ghostly in nature, to spring forth from my chest toward the eggs resting on the cold shelf. The hand, incorporeal, pass through the egg carton, though the intention was clear: I desired eggs. Since I am practicing a vegan diet I cannot eat them, therefore, I closed the fridge and walked away.

I do not care for the taste of eggs very much. However, I feel good after eggs are consumed as long as there was an extended period of time after the last intake of eggs. See, I begin to feel sick if I eat more than four eggs in a week, and in the rare instances when I do eat more than four in a week, if often need several weeks without eggs to reset my state back to zero. I know I am back to zero when I begin to crave eggs again. The last time I had an egg was back in December and it was hardboiled. This issue of my dislike in egg taste centers on the yolk. The reason why I become pulled to eat eggs is unclear. It could be the protein, the sulfer or something else. Come March first I will eat a hardboiled egg. I am eagerly awaiting this moment and I think about it every day. I am curious to know how it will taste and how it will make me feel. I predict that the egg will smell very stinky and will possibly turn me off. On the other end I expect my body to react favorably to an egg inside my stomach. We will see what happens come March 1st.

The last experience of my former diet that lingered into my vegan diet was the smell of barbaques. This smell invoked pleasurable memories and feelings inside me of smoked meat, beer and friends. While I had no desire to eat the fired and smoked meat, I greatly wanted to taste it and smell it and feel it inside my mouth. This is a clear contrast to eggs (and possibly yogurt). I desire the burnt yet moist meat in my mouth without the desire to actually eat it.

During the month of march I expect to eat an egg. There is a remote possiblity that I will eat yogurt, fish or steak as well. The point of this is to see how my body has changed from my vegan experience. I predict I will dislike steak and yogurt, but will enjoy fish and eggs. I want to continue my vegan diet. So, to help me realize this future of a plant diet I will have a vegan alternative physically next to each of the non-vegan food items I expect to eat.

I will eat those food itmes only at the time I feel like I need them (wanting to eat an egg has been a daily feeling for me all month. So that’s going down very soon!).