I have been in Amsterdam all this week as well and I have to say I really do love it here. I will sadly be leaving tomorrow afternoon to head back to work. As much as I do not want to leave it will allow me to get started on my Thanksgiving preparations. That really needs to happen so I am excited to get to work on that.
Also I will be going to Florida for some new work training. Wish me luck! It is a little stressful since we all have to score very well in the training exam. But I haven't heard of anyone not passing so far so I imagine I will do just fine! I still get nervous about these things though. I think it has to do with entering into a slightly unfamiliar situation and having lots of time to imagine all of the horrors and things that could go terribly wrong.
In other news Marc has been eating all these vegetarian meals and while I have not asked him to join in my less meat lifestyle (and he is not an extreme carnivore anyway) it is really nice that he is doing that. It is always a good feeling when loved ones support lifestyle decisions that way. Thanks :)
The blog hit over 200 views this week woo! I have kind of hoped for more BUT I also didn't want to put it out there before I had a decent number of posts and this week was when FB got the link so HOPEFULLY my blog is now going to start getting passed around or however that happens. Go and work your social networking magic!
I went exploring last night with one of our friends in downtown Amsterdam! Well it was probably less exploration for her and more for me. I, however, thought it was really cool and exciting. Finding my way to her office was sort of my first big solo adventure here. Baby steps :) Plus shopping was nice and we had nice drink in an adorable little cafe afterwards.
The one problem that arose came from my new touch card. It is a preloaded pass you use on the trains, trams, and metro. When you are entering the platform you touch it to check in and then when you get off you touch it again to check out. It then deducts the cost of your trip from the balance on your card. The problem arose when I forgot to check out. If you check out too late (something like 4 hours later) they charge you €20. The trip I was taking usually costs €2.30 or something. So after realizing my error I once again donned my it's really cold out side attire and trooped back to the station to touch my card and come on back. No big deal :) AND lesson learned.
Until Monday TTFN and have a fantastic weekend!
Showing posts with label Vegetarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegetarian. Show all posts
Friday, November 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Quasi-Vegetarianism
So a few years ago I decided I wanted to look as pleasantly built as I did when I was 19. Now I have never been big or fat so I am not saying I was trying to lose weight. I was more interested in losing a little excess fat and replacing it with a runners build. I went to the store and bought running shoes and started running a few miles everyday. I also insisted on a dietary change and started restricting my carnivorous meal choices to once per week except on special occasions.
The first two weeks or so without meat were hell. Since I am out with my coworkers for meals a lot and they have not restricted their diets accordingly I was eating salads and wraps and they were having fried chicken. Jerks. This is the moment where in my head I am starting to rationalize the skin is more breading than skin so its probably fair game right? No no no must be strong. 19 year old working out everyday body. I persevered.
After that it really was not bad. I also began feeling much better on a day to day basis. I was in better moods and I had more energy. I still got my weekly meat fix. All was right in the world. Almost.
I started dating a foodie during this time. My resolve was being put to the test. We would go to these amazing restaurants with tantalizing meat filled dishes. If for no other reason than I had never been in these restaurants before I started ordering meat more regularly again. Then I got a new job which required a lot of international travel. Produce is not generally a good thing to try to carry through customs and when I was there for a very short bursts it became in convenient to get to the grocery store for one day in *insert random worldly place here*.
Even now that I am no longer with the foodie that habit has sort of struggled to return. The reason for this blog post will now become clear. If I say that I will be resuming my limited flesh ingesting habits on here then I can be held accountable by anyone. I mean literally anyone. Well only people with some sort of access to the internet. Now when I am in a restaurant I will be crazy paranoid. Any other patron may know that I should not be eating meat. The immense possible guilt will hopefully keep me in line.
As of today I, James, am resuming my faux-veggie habits and burning the possible beginnings of a beer belly away. I will not become contented with a sub-optimal body image. If you see someone who looks like they might be me and they have meat glare at them.
The first two weeks or so without meat were hell. Since I am out with my coworkers for meals a lot and they have not restricted their diets accordingly I was eating salads and wraps and they were having fried chicken. Jerks. This is the moment where in my head I am starting to rationalize the skin is more breading than skin so its probably fair game right? No no no must be strong. 19 year old working out everyday body. I persevered.
After that it really was not bad. I also began feeling much better on a day to day basis. I was in better moods and I had more energy. I still got my weekly meat fix. All was right in the world. Almost.
I started dating a foodie during this time. My resolve was being put to the test. We would go to these amazing restaurants with tantalizing meat filled dishes. If for no other reason than I had never been in these restaurants before I started ordering meat more regularly again. Then I got a new job which required a lot of international travel. Produce is not generally a good thing to try to carry through customs and when I was there for a very short bursts it became in convenient to get to the grocery store for one day in *insert random worldly place here*.
Even now that I am no longer with the foodie that habit has sort of struggled to return. The reason for this blog post will now become clear. If I say that I will be resuming my limited flesh ingesting habits on here then I can be held accountable by anyone. I mean literally anyone. Well only people with some sort of access to the internet. Now when I am in a restaurant I will be crazy paranoid. Any other patron may know that I should not be eating meat. The immense possible guilt will hopefully keep me in line.
As of today I, James, am resuming my faux-veggie habits and burning the possible beginnings of a beer belly away. I will not become contented with a sub-optimal body image. If you see someone who looks like they might be me and they have meat glare at them.
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