Veganize Me

So far, so good. I'm on day number three of my month-long vegan voyage, and I'm already feeling better. Some of you may have seen Morgan Spurlock's fantastic documentary, Supersize Me in which he ate nothing but McDonald's for a month straight (I don't want to ruin it for those who haven't seen it, but he definitely looks like he's eaten McDonald's for a month straight by the end). So in keeping with that theme, I've decided to go completely vegan for the next month.

This could be a problem, because I like meat. Some of the happiest times of my life have involved meat: a Dinosaur BBQ pulled pork sandwich after a Green Day concert in college, sitting in front of the TV with a plateful of chicken wings and blue cheese watching playoff baseball, inhaling slice after slice of pizza with extra crispy pepperoni (just the way I like it) with friends in high school... I don't recall too many good memories involving rabbit food.

Lucky for me though, I like a good challenge more than I like a good steak (I think), and with the majority of my friends and family members that know about Veganize Me saying I won't make it to Friday, I'm out to prove that I didn't bite off more than I can chew.

I'm mainly going to focus on the health benefits (if any) from a vegan diet. Many people "go vegan" for ethical reasons, and I'll certainly talk about that, although I am of the belief that the animals would eat us too given the chance.

Feel free to send words of encouragement, vegan-related tips/links/stories, words of hate, recipes, pictures of juicy cheeseburgers… anything you want that can help/hinder me throughout the month – I welcome it all. The freezer's full of Boca Burgers, the rice milk is chilling in the fridge, and I survived my first encounter with tofu. Bring on the seitan.