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I’ma Vegetarian! {I feel like I could sing that to the tune of “Diva” by Beyonce… Onnie, I feel a spoof coming on!}

July 2006. The month and year I decided to try this thing called Vegetarianism.

I never thought about being a vegetarian before.  My mom started eating more a vegetarian diet and I definitely noticed she lost weight, but also maintained that healthy weight-loss.

I had tried… everything.

Atkins.

Crazy Diet Pills.

Crash Diets.

Eat nothing until you binge diets. {those are the worst}

I tried it all.  Never worked, never stuck to it.

So my honest thought was, “why not try vegetarian?”…

and to be completely honest, I was SO scared to tell ANYONE! I thought everyone would think I am totally weird and would lose all my friends. Am I exaggerating? Nope. I honestly thought that. How silly of me.

So July 2006, I embarked on a new way of eating. No Meat. None. I don’t even like fish, so that’s out too.

Did I miss eating meat you ask?

Not one bit. No joke. I never even missed it, and I still don’t. I really enjoy what I eat now and don’t need a piece of chicken to take up space, I’m totally happy with a side of veggies AND a salad. SO GOOD! Plus, I’ve heard all kinds of new recipes and foods that I really enjoy, some are here, here and some that never really worked out…here.

Am I scared to tell people still?

Not at all, I’m quite proud of my healthy choices, and embrace the fact that some people find it weird… but I think it’s weird that they think it’s weird. It’s completely normal to me.

Is my husband a vegetarian?

No. But he’s a good sport. Apparently, I make an awesome chicken {but now I gag making it, raw chicken is funny looking ya’ll!} and Hubs does enjoy a good vegetarian meal here and there. He’s such a good man.

As a Vegetarian, I do take a B-12 vitamin everyday, because that’s the only main thing I’m lacking from not eating meat. Other than that, I’m A-OK on vitamins from all the fruits and vegetables I eat.

I do love it when I go to a restuarant and see a “Vegetarian” on the menu. Yea!

That’s my little story of being a Veggie-Head. The end.

So tell me, have you ever tried a new way of eating and felt people would judge you?
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Last week I went to King’s Orchard up in the country… {I’m just a city girl, and anything with lots of cows and farming is country to me}

I got a ton of fresh strawberries and blueberries.

I’m not much of a blueberry fan, but after reading about Belly Fat, I’m making sure I eat more!

I would have loaded up on some veggies too, but the heat was out of control, so we left pretty early.

I really enjoyed the blueberries, they were sweet, not bitter and really a nice little snack…

…but let me tell you, the strawberries were divine and specially tasty in my smoothies! 

Check out what WHFoods had to say about Strawberries & Blueberries: 

Pretty groovy, if you ask me!

So tell me, what’s your FAVORITE fruit and what’s your LEAST favorite fruit? 

Wikipedia says “World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on October 1st. It is a day of celebration established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977, “To promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.” Read more at World Vegetarian Day.

Happy Veggie Eating everyone!!