Veganism-Week 1

I have finished my first week as a vegan. From what I have experienced so far here are a few things I've noticed:

• I really love Clif bars, I could eat them like candy.
• It is not as hard as I thought, but it does take planning.
  
• I have not noticed being tired or lethargic as some people have said I would be. In fact, I have had some pretty late nights this last week and I still feel pretty good. I went on a 10 mile bike ride yesterday and a nice hike last night and I'm not even feeling it today.
  
• Some foods have animal products that you would never even think about (like orange juice, tortillas, & re-fried beans). I have to read the label on everything that I eat.
• The first day I was sooo hungry, but after better planning I am happy to say I get full faster and I am not hungry throughout the day like I was when I was eating normal foods.
• People love to make fun of vegans. :)
  

So far, I feel it has been a success. I do not have the right motivations to keep this going forever, but I really like how my body is feeling. My fear is that I will start eating like crazy when I am done with this experiment and my body will go nuts, but hopefully some of the habits I am picking up now will stay with me after this month.

Change Update!!

Looks like I got my wish. I got a new job! It's with the same company, but at our administration offices, so it looks like I will have to finally start dressing like an adult. Good-bye chacos, t-shirts, and jeans. I am way excited, but a little nervous because I have been in the same office for the last four years and really love most of my co-workers most of the time. My new boss seems really cool and so do most of the people that I have met over there, though, so it will be really good.
Other changes ...

My bedroom is getting remodeled! Right now I am living in Jordan's room cause she moved out, but because it's not a huge room all of my stuff is in the living room, hallway, and the spare bedroom, some mornings it is a little frustrating, but will all be worth it soon!

I think that I am going to try vegan-ism for a month. Not because of the whole "fish have feelings too!" thought, but I'm curious about the physical effects that it will have on my body. I feel that many people that do the vegan lifestyle do it and then act like they are morally superior, which really annoys me, so I want to make my point clear, that I am doing it purely for physical results. I am doing my senior research project on genetically modified foods which got me thinking about it, then last week Stan and I got some sickness from hell, which caused me to not want to eat anything ever again so I decided now that everything is completely out of my body I want to try to add only organic/non-animal products to see what happens. Wish me luck because it's going to take lots of planning and I would like to start now so by the time I get to Thanksgiving I can eat food again. After researching it I realized that I can't eat chocolate and this will fall over Halloween ... it will be a test of my will-power.