http://theveganist.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:59:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://theveganist.wordpress.com http://theveganist.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/meating-my-fate/ http://theveganist.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/meating-my-fate/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:52:29 +0000 theveganist http://theveganist.wordpress.com/?p=3 ]]> I am nursing a meat hangover after last night’s huge BBQ with juicy cheeseburgers, Polish kielbasa, buttered corn on the cob, spicy avocado, tomato, cucumber and white cheese salad, and all the fixings.  I am 9 days away from a 16 week experiment which will propel me into the soy-based, rice dream world of veganism.   Am I ready?  No, not really.  I like my back yard BBQs, Ben’s Chili Bowl, eating Kitfo at one of many Washington DC, great Ethiopian Restaurants, heading down to the Virginia Beach annual pig pickin’- going vegan is going to be a challenge.  I am a part of the Washington Center for Clinical Research’s study linking a vegan diet to measurable health benefits.  For four months I will not eat ANY meat products.  This does not only mean nixing succulent fall off the  bone spare ribs, southern fried chicken, juicy rare steak and all things  of the flesh so to speak, but also excluding all dairy (no butter, no milk, no cheese, etc.) and any other animal derived food.  In a couple of weeks I will learn the full list of do’s and don’ts for what to eat in my diet and what to omit but for now, I am enjoying meat before I have to meet my fate.

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