I decided to eat roast beef or pork today…

So, off I went to the grocery store…thinking about how good that pork chop or slab of roast beef was going to be. I went to the meat section and I looked at the roasts. They had a decent prime rib there (which, in my opinion, if you are going to eat roast beef it might as well be the best) and it looked ok…but it really didn’t do it for me. Off, I go down the row because afterall I am sure what I really want is a pork chop. I get to the pork chops and they look ok too…but, I don’t really want that either. So, I walk away after grabbing a package of hot dogs for Deb.

Then the usual dilemma starts – what will I have for dinner. I can’t really eat beans for a couple of days so that is out. Then I see a huge zuchinni and I think that would be really good in soup. So I buy it. Then I look at the other squash and remember that I want to make a butternut squash soup…so, in that goes. Oh, and I love spaghetti squash. Then I decide to have tofu stroganoff for dinner, I grabbed some refried beans and wholewheat tortillas for burritos later in the week. The only meat I left with was the stuff for Deb.

I think for me making changes has to do with giving myself persmission to have whatever it is I am trying to reduce or get out of my life. It worked when I quit smoking. I walked around with cigarettes for 2 weeks and told myself I could have one in 5 minutes if the withdrawl was still as bad. It never was. So now I have a week of veggie dinners planned and stuff purchased. I feel good.

All of this is not to say that I have completely given up meat. I did have a subway sub with meat yeserday and some bacon. But I have certainly reduced the amount and frequency a great deal. Progress!!!

A little meat yesterday but mostly progress…

We went out for chinese food last night as we were kind of celebrating a victory over a major bureaucracy. I had one chicken wing and a few pieces of pork rib but it was not very good and certainly not good enough to keep eating it. It is getting to the point now where the thought of eating a large piece of meat is not really appetizing. I think this is progress.

We went to Costco today and I picked up some quick vegetarian options so that at least I have stuff to eat that is easy and quick. I am going to make soup tomorrow and perhaps some eggplant parmesan when I feel up to it.

Totally Failed today!!

Well we wbnt for chinese food for lunch and I had a few (about 5 pieces) of the best honey garlic ribs I have ever had. I sure could of eaten more. Dinner will be vegetarian tonight though as Deb is making her spinach and cheese rollups. Damn those ribs were good that is what makes this so hard for me. I did resist the sausage at breakfast – it really did not do much for me looking at it.

In other news I am done 2 sizes since I last shopped for clothes. I am assuming this is mostly because of changes I have made in my diet because of colitis. I have certainly not been trying to lose weight as it never works that way for me. I am probably down 60-70 pounds now. Perhaps I will be brave enough to post a pic of me in my new black dress!