Welcome back for another week of trying something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week: Vegetarian\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am a frequent consumer of meat. I normally start my day\nwith 4-5 eggs and maybe a slice of\nbacon. My lunch normally has chicken involved in some form and dinner is\nreserved for beef. My family buys a cow every year at the county fair so our\nfreezer is fairly stocked full of meat and beef is a staple of my family\u2019s\ndiet. I had heard in my perusings through the internet that the vegetarian\ndiet, although often done to fight against animal cruelty and the meat\nindustry, can have health benefits. One of my friends switched to the\nvegetarian diet to help with digestion issues and another who switched to help\nwith skin care. I decided to put these things to the test to see if this diet\nis for me and here is what I found. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. What was the biggest change\/effects I noticed? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I ate a lot more bread. I down vegetarian frozen pizzas like\na fiend that week. If I couldn\u2019t have meat, my body wanted a substitute which\noccurred in the form of carbs. Lots and lots of carbs. I did have to check to\nmake sure the ingredients were actually vegetarian, but breads and snacks\nbecame my life blood. Because I knew that I was only doing this for a week, my\nbody still has the craving to consume meat by the end of the week and it got\npretty bad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. What were minor changes\/effects that occurred\nthroughout the week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the week, I noticed that my skin did look a\nlittle better and I rarely got stomach aches unless I had a junk food binge. I\nhad to eat a lot more vegetables to be full at a meal rather than eating a couple\nof chicken breasts. I naturally gravitated towards peanuts, cashew, and almonds\nas well as a healthy mix of vegetables, but also just a lot of carbs. I did\nhave more energy in the mornings, but looking back, that was probably just my\nbody in a panic seeking out the morning eggs it was deprived of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Was this health habit enjoyable?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This was okay. Just okay. I wouldn\u2019t do it again because I\ngenuinely enjoy meat and I have no urge to give it up. My mom made a delicious\nroast that I had to turn down for the sake of this experiment which mad me sad.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. How can this health habit sustainable in the long\nterm?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I will not pretend to be an expert on this after one week. I\nknow there are plenty of other people that could much better information to\nsustain this habit if you are interested. One source that is worth checking out\nis No Meat Athlete linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n