Still on Track - after several tests

So - I'm still in the game. 21 days of vegetarian diet and still happy about it... but there's been some real tests. Like sushi for example - ouch. Vegetarian sushi is great but the options are way less and I have to admit I do miss raw tuna and salmon. And going for dim sum is just not that same when your vegetarian. And I hate that I in flict my new dietary restrictions on friends that invite me over for dinner - A couple times now friends have made special vegetarian dishes just for me and I hate to be a burden. Although, for the first time this evening, I had dinner at a good friends place and even though he's not vegetarian, we all ate a full vegetarian meal. That feels pretty good cause I don't believe they missed meat this evening and now my diet is having broader environmental benefits because it's reducing the meat others are eating. I'm pretty okay with that.

Although I haven't fallen off the wagon yet, I have started thinking about perhaps just eating a lot less meat and eating only ethically sourced meat....but I've still got that peta video in my head. Especially the line about how no person should have to make a living by killing animals. That makes so much sense. Still though, I wonder if a greatly reduced meat diet is a decent point of moderation. Perhaps a steak in the springtime when the BBQ's start firing up. Or maybe a crab bought directly from a small-scale fishing boat. Hmmm.

Although I thought it might be wise to see a nutritionist, I haven't yet. Who knew that benefits didn't cover nutritionists? I've been having these uber-healthy smoothies every morning and that gives me protein and iron so I think I'm doing okay so far. No energy crashes or yellow under the eyes just yet.

I think my goal is to go until the end of March and then make a decision over how purely vegetarian I will be.