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!!!
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