My first obstacle would be MM (my mere male) as he is the biggest carnivore that I know. He see's vegetarian eating in a negative light.
2nd obstacle was my rather poor eating habits. Now I don't eat much "junk" food but I do eat out allot and in Granville that is meat, meat and more meat.
Taking Kathy's advice I decided not to jump in the deep end but to wade in the middle of the pool...so I opted to cut out read meat and chicken (chicken is the easiest to give up as I always felt kind of yuk eating it anyway). Whenever I ordered a sambo from the shop I got salad, or tuna. It felt good to know that I was contributing to helping the animals in a small way.
The biggest test came Saturday night as I had dinner with some girlfriends, Lisa and Guy.
Guy is a vegetarian anyway, but Lisa is all carnivore. This was the first restaurant meal under my own new rules and I am proud to admit I stuck to my guns.
I didn't even read what was in the meat dishes or what they were...I skimmed the menu looking for vego or fish meals and opted for the fish meals.
During dinner the topic of being a vegetarian came up in regards to people who say vego but then eat white meat, or some red meats, etc. This was my chance to voice my new life style.
"I don't say I'm vegetarian but I don't eat red meat or chicken - so I guess I am veg-aquarium, ha, ha."
The girls laughed and thought nothing of it. I sat smiling proud of my statement. Proud I had taken action.
In regards to the MM he has yet to notice. We all know men are far from observant. Last night even as I cooked him a meat pie and vegies but made myself some fish, he did not say a word. I will need to face up to it at some point but for now, its all baby steps.
Check out this beautiful piece of writing by Jeff on being a vegan.
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