Journal of Healthy Living » Vegetarian

5 Vegetarian Proteins & Roundup

jim — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:19:10 +0000

I mentioned earlier that my wife and I might go vegetarian for a week and so I began researching some vegetarian sources of protein. As it turns out, there are plenty of proteins out there from non-meat sources so I figured I’d find five that could be our staples. The five are:

Beans
Tofu
Peanut Butter
Lentils
Broccoli

This whole vegetarian thing is still in its nascent stages so don’t have any high expectations yet.

As for this week in the fitness blogosphere:

Lazy Man talks about how exercise is about more than losing weight. It can provide sleep and mood benefits as well.
NCN has joined the the 100 pushups craze and cranked out the 42 pushups of day one, week one. Congrats!
Israel shares some unconventional benefits of weight loss, including the donation of old clothes to charity!
Weight Loss Journal has lost 53 lb., or 40% of his goal, so far. Here are his amazing before and after weight loss pictures.

Idea: Going Vegetarian For One Week

jim — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:16:18 +0000

I heart me some meat. I like steak, I like burgers, I like chicken, I like wings, I like pork and I’ll even have some lamb on occasion, though that’s a bit of a pricier cut. I’m a fan of meat and have been for quite some time now. However lately, my love of meat has been waning a little in terms of quantity. I’ll have a couple pieces of chicken and grow tired of it. A couple bites of steak and I’m good on steak. I don’t dislike meat, by any means, but I think my body is telling me it wants a bit of a change.

So sometime in the next couple of weeks, my wife and I are going to try to eat vegetarian for a week. We aren’t going to go strictly Vegan, but we’re going to significantly reduce the amount of meat we eat and try to avoid red meats entirely. While we haven’t exactly planned this little journey out yet, I think it’ll be fun to eat vegetarian for a week.

Who knows… maybe it’ll go longer.