April Experiment: update #3

Well. I am throwing in the vegan towel. Call me a failure, a quitter, whatever you want, I'm done. I'm pretty sure the final straw was knowing I had to cook brussel sprouts for dinner last night. I think if I had a real reason for eating vegan then maybe I would have better success at it. But to try it just to try it...well that has lost it's appeal. I don't think we eat bad and I don't think we eat a lot of meat, so I'm not going to feel bad about quitting. Vegan isn't for me. I will probably continue eating less meat and less dairy and try to incorporate more beans and veggies and grains into our meals.

Final thoughts.
~It's not cheaper. At least not for me. I was so new at it that I used recipes out of cookbooks and they used a lot of vegetables, most were not in season. Also we buy our meat 3-4 times a year from Stewarts in Yelm so I don't normally buy meat at the grocery store so I didn't notice a difference in cost for that either. Also the cost that went into buying the few staple type items that I needed (like vegan butter) to try to be successful were kinda pricey.
~I didn't lose any weight. And that wasn't my goal, but I thought that eating vegan would drop some weight. But my 3/4 (I started several days before the first of the month!) of a month probably wasn't enough to test that theory anyway.
~How do I feel? Who knows. Maybe better. I ate a meatball sandwich from Subway the other day and felt icky afterward. Is that from the meat? Or because it was Subway? Or is it from my lack of gallbladder that I'm still working the kinks out of life without it? I'll be interested to see how I feel after adding meat regularly back into my diet.
~Honestly I think I would feel better if I cut sugar out of my diet. I am so addicted. Like really really badly addicted. But I'm not ready to conquer that one yet.
~Protein is hard. I know that is one of the things that I would have gotten better at incorporating over time, but I know I haven't been getting enough. I think I struggle with getting enough protein in my regular diet, so it was super difficult with the vegan diet.
~The boys: Not sure they even noticed. Jax loves the almond milk. Cohen loves the coconut milk.
~Justin: I'm pretty sure he missed meat. I'm pretty sure he finished some meals still hungry. Poor guy. Maybe I'll make steak soon to make up for it!

Trying to figure out my experiment for May. I have some ideas. Justin had a good one but it's another food experiment and I'm not sure I'm ready for another food experiment yet!