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It has been far too long since I updated on the vegetarian and unplugged experiment. Sorry!
Vegetarian: The month as veggies went quite well. So well, in fact, that we have continued to be veggie in our house, but not so much when we go out. It is rather difficult to go to most restaurants and order vegetarian unless you want the pasta...again. If I want pasta, I'll make it at home. I also found that I lost some muscle mass during this time. Once I put more protein back into my diet, the muscle came back. Obviously, I need to keep a close eye on my protein intake. 50-75 grams a day is more difficult with vegetables.
Unplugged: MWH was not as excited about the unplugged part as I was, but he put up with it. The biggest lesson I learned was that if I let food sit in the fridge, I will let it go bad. When the food is sitting out on the counter or in the cupboard, I was way more concerned about the food spoiling. During the month, I let no food go bad just sitting out. Once the month was over, I went back to my old habits of having to remove smelly vegetables from the fridge. I am very disappointed in myself for this.
Right now, the fridge is plugged in and there are frozen veggies in it. I am not happy about that fact and I really want to readdress the issue with MWH soon.
Worm bin: All of my worms either ran away or died in the bin. There was some very large black insect that laid eggs in the bin and I didn't notice what they were doing until it was too late. The larvae were almost an inch long and were eating everything, turning the bin into an icky, sticky, wet mess. The worms did not like it. I sorted out all of the worm by hand from the ickyness and tried to keep them alive in a smaller container, but that didn't work either. I am going to try one more time with a different system, one with a better way of keeping out intruders, and hope it works this time. I feel just awful that I killed so many worms!
Vegetarian: The month as veggies went quite well. So well, in fact, that we have continued to be veggie in our house, but not so much when we go out. It is rather difficult to go to most restaurants and order vegetarian unless you want the pasta...again. If I want pasta, I'll make it at home. I also found that I lost some muscle mass during this time. Once I put more protein back into my diet, the muscle came back. Obviously, I need to keep a close eye on my protein intake. 50-75 grams a day is more difficult with vegetables.
Unplugged: MWH was not as excited about the unplugged part as I was, but he put up with it. The biggest lesson I learned was that if I let food sit in the fridge, I will let it go bad. When the food is sitting out on the counter or in the cupboard, I was way more concerned about the food spoiling. During the month, I let no food go bad just sitting out. Once the month was over, I went back to my old habits of having to remove smelly vegetables from the fridge. I am very disappointed in myself for this.
Right now, the fridge is plugged in and there are frozen veggies in it. I am not happy about that fact and I really want to readdress the issue with MWH soon.
Worm bin: All of my worms either ran away or died in the bin. There was some very large black insect that laid eggs in the bin and I didn't notice what they were doing until it was too late. The larvae were almost an inch long and were eating everything, turning the bin into an icky, sticky, wet mess. The worms did not like it. I sorted out all of the worm by hand from the ickyness and tried to keep them alive in a smaller container, but that didn't work either. I am going to try one more time with a different system, one with a better way of keeping out intruders, and hope it works this time. I feel just awful that I killed so many worms!
