For the past three months I am proud to say that I have been vegetarian. I am very proud of myself for being able to give up meat and really try something new. I am proud of myself for sticking with it even when there was temptation or my motivation was low. I am proud to say that I am a vegetarian.

I am a vegetarian. This is a four word sentence I will no longer be saying in exactly one week. As blogs come to a close, I want to go back to eating meat. I miss turkey bacon with my eggs, ham and cheese sandwiches, and chicken wings. I miss being able to eat whatever I want because something is always available.

I feel like with excluding meat from my diet, I have been snacking more than I used to. Instead of eating something like a piece of chicken, I would eat lots and lots of carb heavy snacks. In the beginning, it was quite warmer out. It was much easier to go to the farmer’s market and get a bunch of apples and berries. Although there is the market in East Commons, it is not the same as going to the farmer’s market to get something that would refresh you later.

Refreshing…a word that no longer fits in my vocabulary. With the colder weather, you start to crave warm, warm things. Things like chicken noodle soup, ham and mac n’ cheese, and steaming hot chicken tikka masala. At least those are the things I crave. I am really looking forward to getting to eat those things again because chicken noodle soup really does warm the soul.

I found in the past few weeks, I have lost motivation to continue this diet. I find myself snacking more and more and I really think that it would be beneficial to go back to having a less limited diet to get healthier. I think that it would be better for my overall health to eat healthier, and for me, including meat back into my diet would do that. I find that carbs are my go-to for everything. Breakfast, lunch dinner. They are always going to be vegetarian and are super accessible. This is not really a good thing, however. Eating too many carbs can affect your blood sugar level as well as causing weight gain. At the beginning, I felt myself losing weight and feeling healthier. But now that I have lost a lot of motivation and have been eating more unhealthy foods, I really don’t feel healthy anymore. I want to focus on working out, getting strong, and feeling healthy again before I try being vegetarian or vegan or whatever my heart desires.

I am going to stay vegetarian for thanksgiving and then after that I will go back to eating meat. I am not sure when I will start eating meat again, whether it be before or after thanksgiving but I am definitely going to be vegetarian on thanksgiving day. 

Again, I am proud to be vegetarian and I hope some day to do it again.