About a month ago I was invited over to my aunt's home for a barbecue. I happened to be very hungry that day. Mainly because I had been running around that day doing errands. When I arrived I couldn't wait to indulge in all those food. That night, I had roasted mushrooms, buns, grilled salmon steak, pasta, TWO STEAKS, apple pie and a lot more that I can't recall. Sometimes my mind responds a little slow to what my body had probably signalled ages ago. Because by the time I realized, I was too full to even walk and breathe. Literally, I could feel that the food had been topped to my neck and it hurts my tummy when I try to breathe, so I could only take short, quick breaths. The ride home was frightening, I thought I might simply throw up on my cousin's girlfriend's car.
When I arrived home, I was still feeling sick that I looked frantically for digestive pills. I found a tin sitting in the back of my fridge which has yet to expire. I took two and let the night wore on.
The next morning, I had no desire at all for food, so I did not eat breakfast. At work, I only had a small salad for lunch. For the next few days I declined all meat and only had vegetable and soy products. Even when they were on the dinner table, I would meticulously pick out the meat pieces, no matter how tiny they were before I can start eating. During this time however, I was still able to eat some fish, which doesn't make me feel as sick, on top of some other animal products that I'm still consuming - butter, ramen broth and gravy to name a few.
I'm pretty amazed that I've been able to maintain this diet for this long, considering how gluttonous I am usually. But I guess I have successfully applied that nature of mine in pescetarianism. It's made dinner preparation a lot simpler, and I wouldn't have to think too much about what I need to order when I'm out - after all, you only get that many choices as a non-meat consumer. The only problem is when I want to have a Tim Hortons breakfast sandwich. Yesterday while I was there, I didn't want to come across to be too picky, so I simply ordered a ham and egger breakfast sandwich. When I got to the office I fleshed out the ham.
I think I'll continue on with this diet for the next few weeks. Right now I still have no desire to eat meat and it's not too bad so far.
