What the?

Looking back at the way my eating habits have changed, I realize I am maybe the slowest learner around.

To be fair, I tried eating healthier way back when, probably in my twenties. I went through the push food around your plate phase where I lost a huge amount of weight in the unhealthiest way possible. Then the white bread and sugar phase where I ate a caramel Danish for breakfast and a half baloney sandwich for lunch. And then the no eggs, all protein, no carbs, no coffee, coffee, black tea, green tea, turmeric, etc. fads that pop up every few years.

I visited my son when his first child was born to discover he was a piscatorian (He only ate fish, no other meat.). I watched my grandchildren thrive on mostly fresh food. I ate vegetarian lunches at friend's houses and great restaurants.

I even had a vegan friend who ate no animal products at all and appeared healthier than ever, but her life was incredibly complicated when it came to food.

Not until this last month have I been able to sustain a vegetarian diet for any length of time. With one exception on September 11th, when I found myself in a restaurant that offered nothing meatless on their menu, I have consistently remained vegetarian for 21 days.

It was a choice, but it wasn't.  I tried to make the change for health reasons, but I slowly  noticed that my aversion to eating animals seemed to be growing. It's not that I don't like the taste of good meat, though. It's complicated and I will not say I will never again do that.

I do say that I have not felt this good in years!  I find that I have more energy than I have had since maybe my twenties. And it is not just losing weight. I've done that before without this result, so there is something else going on.