Vegetarian Challenge!

Vegetarian Challenge!

It sounds so hard because I really love meat, but also I guess it would be the good chance to change my eating style for health. As you know, a lots vegetable and less meat are healthy way of eating, and it’s good for the person who is on a diet.

This time, I tried to be a strict vegetarian. To be honest with you, the first day of my vegetarian effort only ended in failure. After I woke up, I had a cup of black coffee (usually, I had a cup of milk in the morning), a piece o toast with strawberry jam. At the day, I did job hunting, and after that I needed o kill time before going to part time job, and I felt hungry. I couldn’t a good place for that without McDonald’s. Then, I realized that it did not have a menu for vegetarian, which mean that it was hard for me to satisfy my hunger, and I gave up the challenge at the day with a burger.

At the next day was revenge day for me to be vegetarian. I had rice with umeboshi and a cup of green tea. I felt like to have miso soup with rice, but it was not for Vegan because of bonito soup stock. At noon, I had lunch at Lapaz and ate boiled spinach, tofu (hiyayakko), seaweed salad, and rice. My dinner was Japanese radish salad, and yakisoba at the Izakaya which I usually work part time. The izakaya serve omusoba, and it is one of my favorite foods, but I asked a cook to make it without egg.

The most difficult about being vegan is when I have meal outside because almost all restaurant or café in Japan don’t have menu for vegetarian. Even though I can choose some vegetable foods, asking is a crucial part of vegetarian life. The dressing which I use at Lapaz might be not good for vegan use dressing, so I should have asked about that.

During the vegetarian life, I have felt that I have been healthy! It was not easy, but also comfortable to care about my food. (I guess that it was because the challenge was only 24 hours) To be healthy is good for body and mental, I believe. I usually eat what I want because it is rarely have meal at home. Therefore, the eating time always non-stress time for me, but it is not healthy for my body and my money bag!

After the vegetarian day, I think that I should take great care for what I eat for myself. The food culture is base of our life and I am what I eat. Being vegetarian need to care about it all of the time, and I will make use of my vegetarian experience to keep me healthy.

In addition, I want to say that Japan should be more kind society for vegetarian people. The reason why Japan is difficult world for being vegetarian could be that the Japanese tend to have no religion, and fewer Japanese people think about animal rights than other country people. Nowadays, however, Japanese people tend to think their health, so the expected growth in demand can be considered.

Vegetarian life was not easy but interesting!

Thanks,

Saori