Thursday, January 13, 2011

A Conflicted Vegetarian

This post has been bouncing around in my head for a few days so I'm going to give it a shot and see where it goes...maybe there's another "conflicted vegetarian" out there who can relate.

I don't eat meat.  But I do eat fish, seafood, eggs if it's in something and that sort of stuff.  I know there are very technical terms for different levels of vegetarianism but that's my list.  I can't stand milk and haven't drank it straight for awhile now.  I do take my vitamins and make sure I get the nutrients I need as much as possible from other foods.  I drink almond milk almost exclusively and even that's not a lot because I've never been a big milk person.  But I do love ice cream (which doesn't always sit well either) and I always get skim milk in my weekly or so Starbucks Mocha...which brings me to my confliction.  Am I a vegetarian or just someone who doesn't like meat?  Every now and then I miss meat and I will sneak a bite.  I usually don't feel well afterward so I don't repeat this exercise often, lol, but I just feel like I'm stuck in limbo no knowing what to eat.  PB&J is a diet staple.  Exciting, isn't it? 

It doesn't help that hubby and the boy are huge meat-eaters.  So, while I am busy making two meals, or finding meals that we can both agree on...mac and cheese with some sort of meat served with is a common compromise I feel like I am very limited.  And so, of course, I started envying what they're eating because it looks like a meal.

So, I'm a conflicted vegetarian.  I watched Food, Inc and now I don't want to eat much of anything out there.  Is there any hope for me?  :-)

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