Today is day six of my vegetarian diet....and as you can tell from the title it's not going very well! I started off with an apple for breakfast and cream of mushroom soup for lunch. The soup was great when I wasn't feeling well. It gave me that warmth and comfort feeling but today I wanted to throw it down the kitchen sink! I didn't though because I didn't have anything else to eat and I was HUNGRY! So I stuffed it down and now I'm sitting here day dreaming about Mediterranean Chicken Wraps with loads of dressing and Cheese Fries for a side.... The Grilled Chicken Sandwich from The Patio sounds delicious too, also with Cheese Fries.
Within these last six days I have a new found respect for Vegetarians. I've received all the comments you can imagine when I said I was going to try this life style for a month. I'm going to put some on here because they just make you stop and say "what??" I got a good laugh from them.
I'm making one of our new recipes tonight. A lentil chili and rice dish that my hubby requested. It actually sounds delicious and I'm looking forward to trying it and introducing the family to something new. Luckily for me on the nights I cook for my family, they have to eat what I make or else get something themselves, which is nice for me because I can have the no meat option. Other nights it's a lot harder because my family has always had meat as the main course and then stuff like salad, noodles, rice, fruit etc. as sides. It's a whole new ballgame when you need to make the side dishes a main dish and meal. My main concern when feeding my family vegetarian options is, is my husband and father going to feel full after this meal? Are they going to feel like they've had enough and are satisfied? Because I don't want them feeling like I feel right now. It is such an empty, unsatisfied, angry feeling. I'm HANGRY. Like legit. I don't want to think this is how it always is, because it was just a bad day of planning on my part. I don't want my family to think that way either.
So, by far the worst day yet. I'm not giving up though! I'm not giving in, even though I'm craving chicken like crazy right now. Just gotta get home and make my chili with plenty of rice and I think I'll be okay.
Within these last six days I have a new found respect for Vegetarians. I've received all the comments you can imagine when I said I was going to try this life style for a month. I'm going to put some on here because they just make you stop and say "what??" I got a good laugh from them.
- But where do you get your protein from?
- Are you one of those animal rights weirdos or something?
- You do know that the animals are going to be killed anyway – you’re not saving anything?
- Is it because of your religion?
- How do you stay healthy?
- Don’t you know we evolved to eat meat? You’re going against nature
- Hitler was a vegetarian!
I'm making one of our new recipes tonight. A lentil chili and rice dish that my hubby requested. It actually sounds delicious and I'm looking forward to trying it and introducing the family to something new. Luckily for me on the nights I cook for my family, they have to eat what I make or else get something themselves, which is nice for me because I can have the no meat option. Other nights it's a lot harder because my family has always had meat as the main course and then stuff like salad, noodles, rice, fruit etc. as sides. It's a whole new ballgame when you need to make the side dishes a main dish and meal. My main concern when feeding my family vegetarian options is, is my husband and father going to feel full after this meal? Are they going to feel like they've had enough and are satisfied? Because I don't want them feeling like I feel right now. It is such an empty, unsatisfied, angry feeling. I'm HANGRY. Like legit. I don't want to think this is how it always is, because it was just a bad day of planning on my part. I don't want my family to think that way either.
So, by far the worst day yet. I'm not giving up though! I'm not giving in, even though I'm craving chicken like crazy right now. Just gotta get home and make my chili with plenty of rice and I think I'll be okay.
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