So it ends......

So it's over---I ate meat today.

Exactly 6 months after I began, I am no longer a vagitarian. I had a grilled chicken sandwich for lunch today, which was delicious by the way, thereby ending my vegetable exodus.

"Verily, he went unto the meat and yea, it was good".

Before I get questions, complaints, cries of outrage or protest let me explain---this whole thing for me was to accomplish a specific purpose. I was trying to get my self to eat better, pure and simple. Eating better means feeling better, and I was feeling like crap after every meal.

Now I'm the kind of person that turns things like this into a slippery slope, however, and so knew that if I was ever gonna accomplish what I wanted I would have to go whole hog, so to speak. No meat, period.

Which worked, for a while. But here we are, 6 months later and ~25 lbs lighter, and I feel like I've accomplished what I set out to do. I feel much better, and I certainly eat better (most of the time, not so much over the holidays though, way too much sugar).

The problem I was running into was protein wasting---I just can't get enough without the meat. I know some of the weight I lost was muscle mass, which I had planned on. But lately my muscles have been pretty sore after doing stuff, and I've been way too grumpy for no apparent reason, both serious signs of protein deficiency. It was literally to the point where I was actually checking out supplements, and I thought to myself "This is retarded, why am I going to go out and spend that kind of money when the answer lies right in front of me?"

So I am from here on out adding chicken to my list of acceptable foods, and possibly turkey. No red meat and no pork though, although I suspect eventually pork may cross the line into acceptable. I'm not sure anyone really cares, except maybe Mrs. PB, who will probably be ecstatic both that I mentioned her and that I'm eating chicken again.

So that's it, just a little note to anyone bored enough to read this. I'm happy with my decision, and still feel like I'm accomplishing what I set out to do.