For the past week I've steered clear of meat and dairy in an effort to lose some weight. watermelon, salads and grainy bread with no dairy or flour involved have been my main sources of energy. I figure if this sort of diet can work for Africans and peasants in China, it can work for me.
The catalyst to this "better for me" diet was a book entitled, "Skinny Bitch" in which two woman berate you into becoming vegan primarily by pointing out that meat is rotting animal carcass and dairy is what fattens baby cows from one hundred to 500 lbs in their first year. It all makes perfect sense. I admit that I haven't even had a craving for meat but that I have been a little disappointed in the weight loss. 5lbs lost in the first week. I suppose this is good, but I feel strange eating the equivalent of 700 calories per day. Surely this can't be good for me. What if my period stops?