A week ago I had this crazy idea to try to be (secret) Vegan for a week. So true to vegan stereotype... I'm now going to tell everyone about it :)
Day 1: Prep work.
If there is one thing I am terrible at it’s
grocery shopping. I never make a plan I just go in there and walk around until
the anxiety kicks in and then I leave with whatever has made it into the cart
so far lol. But I was like naw girl, if you are doing this you are going to do
this right. So I’m looking up recipes trying to figure out how I can also
improve my cooking willingness at the same time. It’s been interesting. I’m
getting ready to go to the store… but at least this time I have a list.
Well. I’m done shopping. It was terrible. Now
this is probably because of my lack of knowledge of the produce section… but
shit.. people were staring at me and watching me hog up the aisle and being all
like “she doesn’t know what she was doing” and then I got to the check out
counter and I took the wrong thing – thinking it was something else. Boo.
Everything I bought cost me $54. And I don’t really know if that’s good or
bad.. because I had like literally no food… I guess we will see how many more
times I have to go to the store this week….
Now I have to cook :S
Welp. Dinner was ok I guess lol. It’s good
that nobody but me was eating ill just say that. But then I made my lunch for
tomorrow and that’s going to be super solid.. so moral of the story is.. follow
the recipe and don’t think you are good enough to improvise Jana.
DAY TWO
Well.. I didn’t take photos of my food today
oops. But day two was fine for the most part. My only weak moment was went I
was super hungry at supper time.. and don’t get me wrong it wasn’t because of
the diet… it was because I had to help her friend with her car and I didn’t get
to eat until 8 pm. I will say I’ve been pleasantly surprised that I haven’t
felt hungrier.. This could also be attributed to the fact that I’ve been super
intentional about eating proteins lol.
I also realized today that like 80% of this
diet is mental. Like I’m finding myself being like.. woah people that do this
have a lot of self control. They are disciplined, but then I guess the other
piece of that is that they really really want to do it, and have reasons other
than a sick blog post.
DAY THREE
Driving home I feel realized that I’m like
feeling really good. Now I don’t know if that’s because I’m proud because I’ve been
eating like super well.. or if it’s actually because of this diet lol.
Something else that I noticed is that this
sucks when you are hungry. It’s like super intense. This probably isn’t
different than any other type of being hungry; I guess this goes with my
thoughts about how a lot of this diet is a mental thing. I also have been
eating at really weird times this week. Like different than my normal schedule.
Day Four
Well today was fine. Actually, I hated my
lunch, but that’s because I’m choking down the leftovers from that meal that
wasn’t really a meal just a bunch of stuff thrown together lol.
I had to get creative today to keep my
project a secret… so I went late to thursday night friend group thing (there is usually a meal).. mwhahaha! Basically
the hardest part about this for me is the fact that I have to be intentional
about preparing food and thinking about snacks, because I know that at work I’m
going to get hungry but I need to make sure there is something that I can
eat. Well… and the fact that I’m trying
to keep this a secret until my unveiling of a blog post.
For the most part though it’s been easy to
keep quiet, like nobody has noticed anything lol. So I’m proud that I haven’t
fallen into that stereotype that vegans always tell everyone that they are
vegan… like even if they never eat with you lol.
I committed to going to the lake on Sunday
and then when I was driving home I realized that I don’t know how I’m going to
keep this a secret lol Sunday is my last day so I gotta hold strong.. I’ll
think up something.
Day Five
Today was whatever. I don’t really remember
anything crazy strange that happened or anything.
Day Six
This morning I was so hungry that I like
couldn’t eat. It was very very strange. That’s happened to me once before like when I
wasn’t doing this experiment so I guess my body just likes to eat at the same
times everyday or something lol. Basically my conclusion is that… this diet
isn’t hard to do, it’s just a pain in the ass lol. I am lazy and I don’t like
planning out my food lol. I’m heading to C-ton now.. so lets see how it goes
with my parents.
Welp.. mom had like every food that I would
want, Brownies, twizzlers. Everything. It was really rough lol.
Day seven.
THE LAKE DAY. This is the day I have been
preparing for, how am I going to maneuver this day without blowing my cover.
Lol well I managed ok. I thought I was gonna cave cuz it was like grilling and
I was like.. man I really want a grilled brat but I was strong. So here’s what
I did. I sneakily went to my car while everyone was dishing up and shoved my
face full of the food that I brought along… and then I went back and had some
of the fixings that everyone else was eating… it was pretty brilliant I’m not
going to lie. Didn’t think I was going
to do it BUT I DID and BOOM.
Lessons Learned:
I feel that this experiment has been
successful and I have a better knowledge of how the other side lives and eats.
I also have a new layer of respect for people that do this, because these
people spend a lot of time thinking about what they are going to eat and
preparing it. Maybe this is something that “normal” adults do, but I’ve never
spent so much time worrying about what I ate.
Would I do this forever? I’m not saying no, I’m
not saying yes lol -- the biggest burden of everything is when you are hanging
out with friends/going home. If you just chill by yourself all the time and
always eat at your house it wouldn’t be too bad. But when you are part of a
friend group that loves to share meals together it’s tough.
Were you hungry all the time? Surprisingly
no. I never felt like I was hungrier than I normally would be.
And well that's a wrap :P - Obviously I'd love to talk about this with any of you so hit me up! Thanks for reading :)
