Stress made me a vegetarian (instead of a vegan)
on Feb14 2009So as my (ahem… two) loyal readers have pointed out, I haven’t been keeping up with my website lately. This is because I’ve been going to school more and working more. I’ve also been busier with life in general. I’m not giving up on the site. I’ve gone through several of these times where I need to take a break from my websites for a bit and focus on IRL things.
Recently I got out of a toxic 3.5 year relationship that almost turned into an engagement. I am still in love with the gal, but it wasn’t working and things will eventually turn out pretty well, I think, without her in the picture. I’m writing this right now, because I noticed after I left that my diet has been nearly completely vegan since I moved out. I’ve had an egg here, and some cheese on something there, but somewhere around six of the seven days of the week I’m eating nothing but nuts, fruit, veggies, and beans. And it feels pretty good.
My energy has been doing better, my physique has gotten better, my level of regularity has been fantastic, and I’ve been able to keep a pretty positive aspect on what was one of the biggest disappointments of my life. I’m not going to swear off the cheese any time soon, but I can’t remember the last time I felt this healthy.
I’ve been eating large quantities of nuts and dried fruits for breakfast, an apple and some more nuts for lunch, and beans with veggies for dinner. I don’t feel starving ever, but I’ve lost most of my belly, and have gained a good amount of muscle.
I was thinking about why I ate so much cheese in the past, and I think it was because of stress. I ate more cheese and butter later in my relationship when things started turing sour. Comfort food = fatty animal products. Now that I don’t have as much stress (I’m currently working 4 part-time jobs and going to school full time, so that tells you a bit about the stress levels from the relationship) I’m having no problem keeping away from the cheese and butter. I don’t even think about it when I’m cooking something up. When I buy groceries, I just buy an assortment of long lasting fruits, veggies, and nuts. Things I can cook easily and take with me to work or school without having to cook.
I’ve also discovered that the Emerald Nuts containers fit perfectly in my bicycle’s bottle holders. I refill the containers with the dried fruit and cheaper nuts I get in the baggies at the grocery and use the Emerald Nuts containers for transporting them.
Anyway, that is my two cents for now.