4 days in and still alive

once again, it was pretty easy to refrain from animals both yesterday and today.

yesterday: for breakfast i had egg shallot tomato jalapeno avocado tacos. pa lonche me comi una torta de hummus lettuce tomato y aguacate. y for dinner i had more tacos: 2 raw hummus bell pepper tomato onion; as well as 2 sauteed jamaican jerk potato con aguacate.

hoy: desayuno was 5 mini egg onion tomate jalapeno aguacate quesdaillas con salsa roja. lunch was jerk potatoes tacos con aguacate y salsa roja, with a cucumber bell pepper lettuce side salad with a splash of amino acids. for dinner i had a peanut butter torta with a banana peanut butter milkshake.

1 egg 1/2 avocado tomate onion jalapeno w/ 5 mini quesadillas

my observations thus far:

1) i enjoy cooking for my wife, who has been a vegetarian/vegan for some time. i even dedicate time and effort into plate appearance, which i never do when i cook for myself. but despite how good the food may look and taste, the truth is i never wanted and rarely ate the food i made her. now, i actually want it. and it tastes good.

things i never used to do for me: plate presentation & salad

2) i did get light headaches later into the day today and yesterday, but never felt weak. and whereas before i convinced myself that i needed a bulgogi beef or chuleta ahumada tacos, now i simply eat more or enjoy filling foods like potatoes and peanut butter.

3) my wife and i received sound advice during our marriage prep: "if you consider divorce an option, youll take it." ive modified that wisdom to apply to this journey: "if you make meat an option, youll take it." part of my ease with going meatless is that i have ceased to make it an option.

4) im pretty much eating the same food in every meal. yeah... so what! ive been preaching about food budgets and extending ingredients to students and families without ever doing it myself (because i knew a bacon cheeseburger was around the corner). but now that im actually living what im preaching, i find myself cooking more at home and spending less on the streets.

5) not eating animals make you reflect on your other eating habits. because while i may not want a beef, turkey, pork and chicken anymore, i still enjoy pan dulce, sugar in my cafe, brownies, beer, tortilla chips with hot sauce and lime. again, i am not going to go preservative-free or give up sugar and pastries altogether, but i appreciate how i now think about it.

6) i may be all bff with spiders and bees now, but i killed a mosquito today. im cool with fruit flies, aphids and ants, but apparently "mosquito no es animal."