Veggie or not veggie?...

.....that is the question.

I am seriously considering giving up meat. After a heavy weekend of burgers, fry-ups and all round badness on a dietary front. I feel that I could comfortably cut out meat from my diet. I have put on 9lb (Now 13st 8lb) in 4 to 5 weeks due to poor diet and lack of running, cycling and swimming.

The plan, at the moment, is to go meat free Monday to Saturday. Then allow meat on a Sunday if fancied until the end of the year. Then a reassessment.

 I have no issue with animal welfare really. I love bacon. But sometimes, you have to set the ones you love, free:-)

I feel my biggest problems will come from the fact that I am a chef. Working in an environment where I can be surrounded with little snacky bits of cooked meat. Chicken breast here, bacon rasher there! Also, I have the will power of a... I don't know what, something with little will power anyway!...that's me! It will be hard, but that's life. I'll just give it a go.

At the start of the year I cut caffeine out of my diet too. After the initial head-aches, I found this quite easy to deal with. Although, I did find it affected my training mojo. I have, more recently, slipped back into coffee world. I would like to start reducing my caffeine now again too.

Hope this all leads up to starting 2012 lighter, fitter and mentally stronger. All ready and set for a season of sweet runs and sweeter triathlons.



So start the countdown 10, 9, 8,7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..... I am now a part-time vegetarian*

Links  --- Vegetarian Society


*Not sure if i will be including fish!