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I’ve had quite a few new experiences since my last post. I’m proud to say that I’ve successfully stayed a strict vegetarian this whole time (no meat, even fish).

Sustainable Vegetarianism
I’ve found that in order to sustain a vegetarianism lifestyle, you have to discover comfort food that meets the vegetarian criteria. If you hate Mexican food, bean burritos are probably not a good food to think you can eat for the rest of your life. Naturally, if you’re only doing the vegetarian experiment for a few weeks (like for Lent), then you don’t have to worry about this as much. You can suffer through a few bean burritos or just avoid them altogether.

I’ve spent the last few weeks implementing this concept. One of the interesting things about this experiment is that my tastes have changed. I remembered HATING cottage cheese as a kid, but the other day I was craving it. I bought some, and now I can’t get enough of it. The same goes for bagels and cream cheese. I honestly can’t think of anything that I enjoy as much in the morning as a cinnamon raison bagel with strawberry cream cheese. (Yes, I know this is weird, but it tastes REALLY good!). More »

Greetings! If the writing style seems funny, that is because I am actually not Neal, but his girlfriend. I have also decided to jump in on that whole Lent thing that he was talking about. Specifically, the vegetarian for 40 days. However, I have added ANOTHER element to mine, which is giving up caffeine (in all of its delicious goodness) as well. More »