TRENT:
12/06/12
25 and a non smoking vegetarian...
That is what will be inscribed either on my tombstone or a classified ad.
So, last week I got sick and acquired a virus that made me cough up black and green. It was like I was ridding the colors of the wicked witch from Oz out of my body. I should also mention that I've been a heavy smoker for a while, and I enjoy the hell out of it. I'm not one of those types of smokers that casually smokes a cigarette. If I smoke, I smoke the shit out of it and as much of it as possible. So when I was dying of the Witch Bronchitis, naturally my body did not want to smoke. I thought to myself "Trent, you're killing yourself and it's expensive. Stop and don't ever look back. Free yourself from the cycle of abuse." Trust me, it wasn't as "after school special" in my head as it sounds written down. It's been a week and a half since I quit and while I feel better, I still miss it and frankly I like smoking. But I'm strong, or at least I think I am.
So what does a newly non smoker whose body is going through such trauma and agitation do? I became a Vegetarian. I capitalized the V on Vegetarian because we're so fucking elite.
My boyfriend and I were sitting in bed flipping through the Netflix figuring out what to watch. I'm an avid documentary fan, and I saw Vegucated which was a documentary about 3 individuals who went vegan for 6 weeks. Now what with it being a documentary, there was a wealth of information about America's Farm Industry and how their supply and demand forces them to churn out their production efficiently thus animals are treated with torture, baby chicken gets their beaks ripped off, and generally Farms are now like fucking Guantanamo Bay. Well, my moral conscious got the best of me. I don't know why, I usually ignore that shit. Now I can't do the Vegan. I'm sorry but I feel limited as of now anyways, so If I was forced to endure Veganism, I might loose my mind. I know there are those extremists out there that say "Well, if you want to do good for animals, it has to be for ALL animals, and it's not pleasant getting milked from a machine and blah blah blah, and basically what I'm saying is that I don't like cheese." Well fuck you. I do like cheese and actually I'm hungry right now and feel like I always will be. Oh, and unless zucchini comes in cake form, I think it's fucking disgusting. Some people have mentioned to me that it's best to try and do veggie more days than not and slowly ease into the transition of no meat and all veggie.
So, now I'm vegetarian. It's day 3 or 4. I'm not sure how long I'll hang on. I keep dreaming of burgers.
NELSON:
12/06/12
26 years old, 6 week purposefully sober, and 4 days completely vegetarian.
I'd just like to start by saying that I would rather Trent's "25 and a non smoking vegetarian" be chiseled into his tombstone than printed in a classifieds ad. I mean, why would he need a classifieds ad unless he was looking for another man? So there's that out of the way.
Pero a lo que venimos (that's espanol for let's get down to business)... I have always had vegetarian tendencies (yes, it's as sexy as it sounds) and don't eat meat all that often unless you count that terrible time that I couldn't live without chicken biscuits - so basically, all three years of my Mississippi residency - I wanted to fit in with the locals. So I don't expect the transition to full blown vegetarianism to be that difficult. Luckily, I also enjoy meat substitutes, vegan food (especially from Native Foods Cafe), most vegetables, and love beans and nuts. AND HUMMUS. Sorry I'm not sorry about the caps.
I have been vegetarian before for six months while in undergrad and often choose vegetarian options because I am gay and thus self-conscious about my appearance. So roasted vegetable burritos bowls and falafel plates are common place choices instead of ground beef burritos and chicken schwarma pitas. Yet, I will likely still encounter cravings for turkey which I really enjoy and sushi and oh what the hell I love me a good hamburger, chicken sandwich, and pepperoni pizza on occasion. Plus, I want to do this in a healthy way. I don't want to fall into the trap of trying to kill cravings with extra bread, more cheese, or sweets.
I have noticed that so far my caffeine intake has increased likely due that my alcohol intake has disappeared which means no Coke Zero, but also because coffee make me feel full so I'm not sure if that's from the-all-veggie-highway or otherwise. (Yes, I know alcohol is vegetarian but I am on a hiatus.)
Today I am in an class learning about Microsoft Excel (and order of operations, apparently). I had an English muffin filled with egg-whites, green peppers, red onions, and hot sauce with black coffee for breakfast. Lunch was vegan chicken wings from Native Foods with a side of chili lime pop chips, a handful of almonds... and I must admit that I stopped in at I Dream of Falafel to get my post class snack (a side order of falafel with spicy tomato sauce and pickled turnips.) The plan is to make burrito bowls with Trent for dinner. But we'll see... he was damn near a nervous breakdown last night because he didn't get the feta he requested on his grilled zuchinni pita...
TRENT:
12/07/12
Vegetarians Poop a lot...
I will not lie, my dinner last night was fucking amazeballs. All thanks to my boyfriend who cooked us up a lovely veggie burrito bowl. I have learned that meat substitutions will in fact be my friend on this journey we call Vegetarian (see how I capitalized it again? Mad respect, right?
I think that my psychology about my current lifestyle change is fucking me up thought. I know that the amount of food I ate last night was beyond sufficient. I was full, satisfied, sated; all of those things you're supposed to feel when eating a lovely meal, but since my mind thinks "You really think fucking spinach is going to do the trick?" I freak and start to gorge on other things like celery with hummus and 25,000 cinnamon sugar pita chips. Yes, the cinnamon sugar thing is real and you would be a fool to not check it out. I have to learn more self control because I know my stomach is happy so much so that I'm shitting more than a 3 month old.
I know that's more than you need to know, but seriously. I'm so regular that I feel like it's irregular. It's not, I know that now, but at first..at first I thought I had a stomach virus. Then I realized that turns out if you don't eat like a 7 year old, you'll poop like a normal adult. Look, I poop and digress a lot..anyway, it really is the psychology. I then think about it in a twisted way. I think, yeah I'm overeating but at least it's good for me. Vegetables are good for me. I overeat. What can I say? I'm an American damnit.
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