there are quite a lot of insights i wanna share …. to get it into digestable bits for easy reading … i’m gonna write this in parts ….
here goes part 1 …….
after 80 days … calculated at this website http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html … i’ve had a chance to re-evaluate and here are some things i’ve stumbled upon:
- you need to explain the different types of vegetarianism to almost everyone who chances to eat with you
(yes i do eat eggs, diary, garlic and onions ….no its not for religious reasons …. there are vegetarians who don’t eat eggs and diary & they are called vegans ….. garlic and onions are thought to be aphrodisiacs so that’s why some vegetarians abstain fr eating them for religious reasons)
- finding food is hard …. most places all over asia don’t cater to vegetarians so its quite a pleasant surprise to come across a cafe or restaurant that has a nice selection of vegetarian choices alongside meat options
(being vegetarian does not equal eating salads …. this for me has now become an indication of how a person doesn’t use his ability for deeper thinking … for dates it means i’m not going to go out with this person again)
- i’ve to make sure i eat across a range of foods each day to get all the necessary nutrients coz eating leafy vegetables only means i get a lot of roughage (making me go to the toilet more) but that doesn’t necessarily mean more vitamins and nutrition ….
eating across a range of foods includes tofu, mushrooms, as many different colours of vegetables outside green … from leafy vegetables to roots to fruit vegetables and stem vegetables and seeds and …. hmmm …. list can go on some more i think
Finishing thoughts …. its been an exercise in discipline and each incident which i come across making it hard for me to feed myself just strengthens my resolve to stick with my decision to be vegetarian.
They say by now I won’t be able to eat meat properly …. likely to react by either throwing up or getting the runs … haven’t tried eating meat to experience either of those … if by chance i accidentally do and these reactions happen … i’ll let you know.
