(this is cross-posted on to my food-related blog The Hungry Bitch. For more updates on this topic go there)
So long, dairy! So long, bread! I’m taking you off the menu. It’s been great and really, I think you’re wonderful. But I’m thinking that we’re at a point in each other’s lives where we have to find new things.
Well, for a month anyways.
So yeah, as part of an experiment, I’ll be going off of bread and dairy products for a month. In the meantime I’ll be recording the results as well as the progress and failures I’ll have throughout. There are a few reasons why I want to do this, the primary one being “just to see if I can do it”. Another reason is that I’ve felt inspired by the increasing amount of vegan friends I have and their creativity with recipes that don’t involve anything from our friend the moo-cow. The list goes on, one including freeing myself from addictions that got some snickers from my vegan friend Cheryl, but the big thing is just to see if I can do it.
At first it seemed to me that getting rid of dairy would be the easy part and bread would be harder. After all, I don’t really eat that much bread at home, I’ve been drinking soy milk for two years and have a slight intolerance towards certain cheeses. But for the two weeks leading up to the launch of this experiment, I realized just how much of the two I consume on a regular basis and it suddenly became much more of a daunting task. It’s amazing how much of a product you can eat without realizing it.
Right now, Day 1, I’m just getting used to the small changes. Grapefruit for breakfast instead of a bowl of cereal and toast, I’m thinking a chickpea vegan curry from Fresh might be on the menu for lunch AND dinner (Such huge portions they serve) and some Sweet Chili Triscuits and hazelnuts as a snack. A bit of a change since I normally have a burger, hot dog, sub, pizza or any other kind of meal featuring bread and cheese for lunch and bread with honey as a snack.
WHAT I EXPECT TO GET OUT OF THIS
Hahahaha what?
The most I’d expect to get out of this is some health-related results that I can write up, print off and throw on J. Jonah Jameson’s desk with a defiant smirk because HE FUCKING DOUBTED ME.
Or you know, maybe just some results. Good or bad. That would be nice.
CHALLENGES
I’ve come to terms with the fact that I am going to fall off the wagon on this a couple of times, either accidentally or intentionally. Going off something cold turkey is something I’ve failed at in the past and I recognize that this is going to be a bit of a transition and I will at some point, give in to the sexy allure of a double-cheese pizza or the seductive wink of a cupcake with cream cheese frosting. But I’m going to try my best not to succumb to these temptations and will also try not to be discouraged if I do.
WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM ME
Because you just have to fucking expect something of me, don’t you?
At the very least you should expect a weekly update. Either it will be accounts of going through withdrawal or more likely recording the alternatives to bread & dairy I’ll be having as well as a recipe or two. Perhaps some update on general well-being as well. We’ll see where it goes.
So yeah! Here we go…Wish me luck!
