This is going to come as a shock to those of you who’ve seen my t-shirt reading “For Every Animal You Don’t Eat, I’m Going to Eat Three”. However, as of this moment, Phil Welch is going on a vegetarian diet.
Why, do you ask? Home-cooked meals. I always gain weight when I go home. At school I usually lose the weight pretty soon, but lately the loss hasn’t matched the gain. I need to do something about this. My plan is as follows:
a) For a minimum of either 2 weeks or until I start feeling unhealthy, I will limit myself to salad and fruits (I’m thinking pineapple…mmm.) I will not eat “potato salad” or any other form of salad other than green leafy veggie salad.
a1) “Feeling unhealthy” will be determined by specific symptoms of poor health to be posted here.
b) During said 2 week period (the “feeling healthy” proviso not here applicable), I will drink only water and pure fruit juices.
c) Afterwards, I will start introducing other foods into my diet, avoiding sweets and empty calories. I anticipate the first food I introduce will be meat, because damn do I love meat.
d) I will finally take advantage of the $160 fee I pay to use the student rec center, and actually use the student rec center. Specifics will be decided at a later date.
e) Eating out with others is an exception.
Update, 8/20: I’m gonna go ahead and skip ahead to part 3 now, I felt pretty weak without meat, and I don’t think it’s strictly necessary to go 2 weeks without it. Also, it’s good to get some protein in my system.
