(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!