I thought it would be very easy for me to be vegetarian. I thought that I didn’t eat that much meat and could easily live without the small quantities that I do eat. But it turns out that I do have relatively big difficulties giving up all meat. I never realised how much I LOVE shrimps, chicken breast on my bread, and tuna salats untill I couldn’t eat it!
To my big surprise I even cheated this week! After only 5 days. Well to my defence, I was put to the ultimate test: a free dinner with my boyfriend and his family at a steak house. I had chicken. Which I told myself would be less cheating than if I had eaten a big red steak.
Well I did eat a chicken, but during my vegetarian week I have maybe saved the lives of at least 40 shrimps. Entire 2 times i had crazy shrimp cravings that I did not cave in on.
I will give vegetarianism a second chance! This time sticking to the diet for an entire week. I will show more will power, watch animal-cruelty documantation, and try out some special vegetarian recepies. Maybe this will help my motivation.
Janni Thomsen
