I haven’t been eating THAT bad though. I did go on a Taco Bell bender… I had some pizza… and I’ve had Dairy Queen once, that’s about it though. Mainly I’ve just been eating the same awesome vegan goods, and then added in tuna fish, and a couple eggs on the morning. I still haven’t went back to much dairy, and I really don’t think I will. I LOVE almond milk. The fact that its less fat, calories, more calcium, and fills me up is just an added bonus. Still not willing to give up on cheese though, since it’s probably the best thing in the world, next to Taco Bell hot sauce.

I know how big of a condescending/hypocritical asshole I sound like by saying this, but I honestly think going vegan, even for just a month, would be beneficial for everyone. Going vegan really forces you to look at the food you’re eating, and how it is made. Along with that comes actually looking at the calorie and fat content of the shit you put in your mouth. As I proved in my own white-trash way, you can learn how to make delicious meals out of healthy products, learn how to use spices (properly), how to snack healthy, how to substitute unhealthy products for healthy ones, and basically how to be a total badass while doing it. Maybe normal people already do that shit, but most the people I know do not. The fact that I was able to drop 15 lbs in one month, just by changing my diet, and watching what I was eating, is ridiculous. I guess it just shocked me that what I was eating made such a huge difference in my weight… I thought I was a fat asshole cause I was lazy, not cause I enjoyed Taco Bell 7 days a week!

Overall I think this was a great project for me to undertake. I went into it looking for something to write about, to challenge myself, and most importantly, win a bet with a hipster asshole. I’m actually walking away with some actual knowledge, and have changed a lot of bad eating habits I’ve picked up over the years, so I guess I should be happy about that. I’m currently trying to figure out what I want to undertake for my next 30 day challenge, any ideas are welcome. In the meantime, I’ll probably just post a lot of nonsense, and bitch about annoying people. What else is new?

So on the way home, Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby comes on the radio. Have you ever REALLY listened to the lyrics of that song? IT’S SO STUPID! Really, sit down and listen to it, it really makes no sense at all. After a careful evaluation of the song, I have a few questions… if the girls were hot and wearing less than bikinis, logic would dictate that he was on a nude beach. So why would Shay need a gauge, and Vanilla need a .9mm? Also, although I have never heard of any gun battles breaking out on nude beaches, where are these nude people concealing their weapons?!? Personally, if I was on a nude beach, and I saw people walking around with guns, I would probably leave. Especially given the fact that the chumps were actin ill and full of eight balls. Who knows, maybe it’s just me. It really makes you think about the music people like… it really has NOTHING to do with the words, or the message it’s sending, its all about the beat, and if it’s catchy or not. I hate Vanilla Ice now too.

So I still intend on doing a final Vegan recap, but I’ve been super busy playing the new World of Warcraft expansion… I love it, and it loves me, so you’ll have have to wait until later this week. My complaining about morons is just going to have to hold you over for now.

Basically, long story short… no woman can EVER tell me that I don’t know the pains of child birth. I now know, and it is horrific. As of Wednesday morning, I gave birth to two bean burritos, minus the onions, add sour cream… a volcano taco… and a nacho. In fact, I think I might have felt a pain GREATER than child birth. Women get 9 months to mentally prepare for their birth, I only had 2 days! I don’t expect your sympathy, but at the same time it would be greatly appreciated.

So to make matters worse, today I was being Cocky McCockerson and thought my body might have gotten use to the meat again via my pains earlier in the week. I was being lazy so I ran up to Dairy Queen, cause a burger and fries sounded delicious after so long. After I bought it I felt like a fat slutty whore… and I didn’t even want to eat it. I honestly felt so guilty for being lazy, and going to get fat people food (FYI – Taco Bell ISN’T fat people food, it’s awesome people food). I got home and just looked at it for a good 5 minutes before I decided I would eat it just this once. It tasted soooooo good and amazing…. 5 minutes after I was done eating it, I was just exhausted and took a nap. I think it was the first nap I’ve taken in over a month. Then I woke up to feeling feverish and stuffed full of another fucking child! Did I become man-pregnant again from this Dairy Queen?! Will I be waddling around like the walking dead for the next two days now?! WHY DO I DO SUCH STUPID SHIT!!!

Ugh, so anyway, on to my last day of veganism. For day 30 I made myself some vegan Kung Pao noodles, and mixed in some vegan peanut sauce I found at whole foods, along with some veggies. It kinda tasted like card board and toilet paper covered in peanuts. I didn’t like it at all… way to go out with a bang on my last day, right? I powered it down though, because I’m a total trooper and am hardcore as armor plated shit. Blah! Anyway, here’s the pic. I’ll be back in the next couple of days to post my wrap-up of this little experiment. I’ve totally been geeking out the past couple days to the new World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta test that I got from my buddy at Blizzard. Yeah, you don’t have to say it, I know I’m cool. Anyway, back in a few… enjoy!

Mad Chef Skillz

Day 30

Calories for day 30: 1490 Weight: 185.04

(Fun Facts: Height: 6’0″ / Starting Weight: 197.6)

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So Saturday morning I woke up bright and early, as you can see from the huge bags under my eyes, and headed to my usual St. Patrick’s Day party destination, where a huge bowl of corned beef and cabbage was waiting to be devoured and washed down with multiple cans of Guinness tallboys. I honestly didn’t miss meat at all over the past month, but it still tasted sooooo delicious to eat it again. So while it was a very easy decision to become vegan for a month, and stick to it, I seriously don’t understand WHY you would want to do it. There’s just so much amazing food you’re missing out on! I tried to limit myself on the meat, so I only had the one bowl all day, then stuck to veggies and potatoes the rest of the afternoon/evening/night/early next morning.

As for the getting sick/fever from not easing back into meat… I really can’t tell you if that is true or not, because I had a wicked bad hangover the next day, which maybe that added to it? So sorry, can’t disprove if that’s a rumor or not. As for being “backed up” while my body learned how to process the meat again, really didn’t notice any of that happening either. Maybe I didn’t have enough for it to matter? Even if I was, would you REALLY want to know? God, you’re so perverted.

So for days 28 & 29 I cooked up a ton of rice, and soaked it in the Veri Veri Teriyaki sauce that I love so much, then made some vegan burgers (that were also marinated in the teriyaki sauce, because I’m awesome like that). I really enjoyed the whole “fake meat” stuff. I don’t know what the hell its all made out of, but it tastes really good. Not as good as the real thing, as I’m sure you can imagine, but it’s definitely something I could deal with for an extended amount of time. The texture, on the other hand, is hard to explain. It just doesn’t quite have the same feeling as if you were biting into a juicy slab of murdered animal. Its not bad, just different. Anyway… amazing meals, if vegan meat wasn’t so damn expensive, I would eat like that a lot more often. Anyway, I’ll be back to wrap this up in a couple days. Enjoy!

Day 28

Day 29

Calories for day 28: 1640 Weight: 186.08
Calories for day 29: 1580 Weight: 186.00

(Fun Facts: Height: 6’0″ / Starting Weight: 197.6)

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So I still haven’t figured out what I want to do about Saturday. At first, I was hearing that I would get sick if I jumped right back into meat… then a few more vegans “comforted me” by telling me that I would just get “really constipated.” Oh, awesome… that IS comforting. That’s all I want, to be walking around drunk all day, feeling like I’m packing around a small child that doesn’t quite want to come out just yet. Ugh… well just knowing how powerful and amazing I am, I think I’m going to choose to give it a shot. If it all goes to hell, at least I’ll have something good to write about… seeing as to how so many people take pleasure in my misery.

For day 27 I made some more of my delicious Meatless Black Pepper Steaks, with the rest of the usual suspects. On day 27 I made some BS called Alco Palak that had potatoes, spinach, simmered onions, and some soy. It came out looking like something you’d find in a baby’s diaper, but was actually pretty good. Maybe I just made it wrong, who knows. Tomorrow I’m going to crack open my meatless veggie burgers… SOOOO exciting!! Anyway, enjoy!

Day 26

Day 27

Calories for day 26: 1550 Weight: 188.02
Calories for day 27: 1530 Weight: 187.04

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- The earliest known photograph of a vegan was taken in the prehistoric era, when dinosaurs ruled the earth. In the prehistoric era, vegans were known as herbivores, and the meat eaters were known as carnivores. All of the carnivores died of heart attacks, and STDs, because they were so unhealthy. After the carnivores died, the herbivores lived in peace for several centuries, until they evolved into humans.

The only existing photo of a dinosaur.

 - Religion came to into existence to explain the differences in eating amongst species. There was a God, that was guiding the good (vegans)… and a devil, who was making people crave meat, which in turn caused them to become evil. It was at this point that the vegans wrote the book that would later become known as The Bible.

“Make sure that nobody devours flesh for it is wrong, but always try to be kind to those who partake in the plants of this world and the next. If this is not followed, the sinner will burn for all eternity in hell.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:15

After publishing The Bible, it quickly travelled up the NYTimes Best Seller list, and was widely read by the masses. Although it was clearly laid out that eating meat was pure evil, this did not prevent the gross, despicable act from happening. This is what lead to the Holy Wars.

- During the Holy Wars, vegans were being prosecuted by the meat eaters for being too awesome and perfect, so it was at this time that they decided to hide their most precious secrets within the Ark of the Covenant. They feared that if the meat eaters found them, they would definitely destroy their way of life forever. The Ark was given to the Knights Templar for protection, since they were the most vegan of all vegans. The contents of Ark remained a secret for many centuries, until one day when it was found on the porch of a random vegan woman in Ohio. She opened the box to find all of the mysteries that had been hidden away for so very long. The Ark of the Covenant held the most delicious vegetables of all time, and at the bottom of those vegetables? The recipe for tofu…

See, this is what happens when I’m too tired to write… shit like this comes out of my head. I apologize in advance, and I’ll try harder next time. So anyway… the past couple days I tried Nate’s Zesty Italian Meatless Meatballs, and Vegan Black Pepper Steaks. Both were amazing… I was going to look up what they are actually made out of, but I was too lazy. Like an absolute raging whore, I again mixed up some of my Veri Veri Teriyaki sauce with some rice/veggies to go along with them. God, I’m SUCH a slut. Anyway, here are the pics from the past couple days. Once again, I’ll try harder next time to come up with something more interesting to post. (btw, I just reread this before I posted, prob the dumbest post of all time… go me!)

Day 24

Day 25

Calories for day 24: 1530 Weight: 188.08
Calories for day 25: 1620 Weight: 188.04

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So the past couple days have been simple, mainly because I’ve went out to eat both nights, and didn’t have to rely on my on superior chef skills to make my delicious vegan meals. On day 22, we went back to The Teapot, and I got the same Mandarin Crispy Tofu as I did last time… mainly because it’s one of the most amazing dishes ever. I also got some sort of lettuce wrap deal, where you could put this gross bullshit in it, then eat it. I know, I’m very eloquent and descriptive about what I eat. Needless to say, it was an epic fail of an appetizer. I don’t know what the hell I was putting into the lettuce wraps, but it tasted like it was shit out by a dying animal. That’s not me being overdramatic, that’s real talk people… because this is some real shit we’re dealing with. Thank god for my mandarin tofu, or I’m fairly sure the taste of spam covered ballsack would have stayed with me for the rest of my life.

On day 23 we went to the aforementioned indian restaurant, called Spice Route. Wow, what an interesting place. Ok, so I LOVE spicy food, if you couldn’t tell by the fact that all my food is covered with Sriracha. I mainly go for the Thai food though, and rarely have indian. So looking at a menu there, it was pretty much like reading a foreign language. Of course, anything that I could understand on the menu wasn’t vegan, so I was basically stuck with the gibberish portion of the menu. After spending way too long trying to figure out what I wanted, I went with something called Spicy Masala Dosa… my main reason for choosing this dish was because I recognized the words “spicy” and “potato.” So, after looking at the price I figured it had to be something small, and since I was going out drinking afterwards, I wanted to make sure I was well fed, so I also got the Rasam soup… yeah, because I recognized the word “pepper.”

Wow, ok… so they first bring out everyone’s food except for mine, and knowing my luck, I just figured they forgot to make it. A few minutes later I found out why they had to bring mine out separately. I can’t even express to you the horror on my face when they put my plate down in front of me. I was in such shock that everyone else apparently had to clear the table in front of me, just so they could sit the damn thing down. It was SOOOOOOO huge, the picture really doesn’t do it justice. So now I have this plate in front of me, full of God knows what, and now I have to figure out how you’re supposed to eat it. Everyone else’s guess was as good as mine, so I just started tearing it apart with my hands, and dipping it in this little side dish full of delicious goodness, and ate it like that. I’m pretty sure I looked like a moron, and everyone was wondering why the stupid white boy was eating like an animal… but honestly, what else was I supposed to do?!

The food was actually amazing, really spicy too! The soup I got was mainly a spicy broth, and I ate some sort of pepper in it, that I don’t think I was suppose to eat, because my face melted as soon as I bit into it. My next problem came when we finally left the restaurant. Whatever I had just eaten was quickly expanding in my stomach. I’m fairly sure that for at least the next 3-4 hours I looked pregnant. During deflating time later, I couldn’t stop burping this disgusting indian food/beer belch… thankfully my girlfriend was around, so I got to blow them all in her face. That made it semi worth it. Anyway, here are the pics from the past couple nights… I could probably write a lot more, but I still have to watch tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead, Comic Book Men, and Californication before bed. Enjoy!

Day 22 (Rest Posted Above)

Day 23 (Rest Posted Above)

Calories for day 22: 1880 Weight: 188.02
Calories for day 23: 1910 Weight: 188.08

(Fun Facts: Height: 6’0″ / Starting Weight: 197.6)

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Ok, need to calm down. SO… the ONLY bright side of going to Whole Foods is that they have a really good selection of products that you just can’t find in your typical Safeway. As you can probably see from the picture, I got a shit-ton of meatless meat, whatever the fuck that is. It looked good though, so I figured I would give it a shot. As you can probably already tell from my previous posts, I’m definitely the mysterious, adventurist, edgy, sexy, fit, stylish, poetic, romantic, charming type… so why wouldn’t I try it?? Another thing that really sucks about Whole Foods, EVERYTHING is really high priced. I paid $65 for everything, which will feed me maybe a week, if I’m lucky. Back in my ghetto-fab days, I could feed myself for an entire month with that amount of money! Shit, I could probably eat at Taco Bell for every meal, of every day, for an entire month for that kind of money. God, I really hate Whole Foods. Now I’m pissed again.

So, now that you have pissed me off by making me talk about Whole Foods, I don’t even want to write anymore. As you know well by now, I hate to complain about anything, so I’m just going to drop this for now, even though I’m sure you’ll provoke me again later. As for my meals the past couple of days… on day 20 I made my usual veggie & rice dish with the new teriyaki sauce I mentioned in the previous post. Holy crap, SO good! I swear, pick up some Soy Vey Veri Veri Teriyaki… you will worship me more than you already do, if you try it. On day 21 I made some Vegetable Lentil & Roasted Red Pepper soup, which was very tasty indeed. God I hate annoying people… here are pics, stats, blah, enjoy.

Day 20

Day 21

Calories for day 20: 1610 Weight: 188.08
Calories for day 21: 1520 Weight: 187.08

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I’ve never really understood people’s need to air out their problems in a public forum, it’s embarrassing for them, and for the people that are forced to read it. When I have a problem, I keep it to myself, and deal with it myself. If I were to cry out for attention, or beg for sympathy because of an issue I was dealing with, I would be humiliated. Get over yourself, everyone has problems, yet notice how you’re the only one that feels the need to share yours with any person within earshot? Do you not notice how uncomfortable you make people? How they’re looking for any excuse to get the hell away from you? Probably not, guess that comes with the territory when you’re so self-involved.

The worst is when someone chooses to get WAY too personal about their life, and others offer their advice, or even criticize a decision, and then they flip the fuck out saying, “mind your own business!” or “I can make my own decisions, don’t tell me what to do!” Then they of course go against ANY advice someone might have given to them, and holy shit, five days later, “I can’t believe this is happening to me! I don’t understand why I didn’t just listen to my friends! OHEMGEE!!!” I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve seen someone post some bullshit idea, someone actually takes the time to give them good advice, they’re told to fuck off, then come back crying when shit blows up in their face a few days later. SO. MUCH. DRAMA!! Ok, that’s enough of my bitchfest for the night. Notice how I didn’t make this my status update?! SNAP!