I'm not into labels, man.

So, how long do you have to abstain from eating meat before you can call yourself a vegetarian? Cuz sometimes people ask me if I'm a vegetarian and I say yes, mostly because it's easier than being like, "Well, I guess I am but I've only been a vegetarian for 9 days." Also, I don't even think I can call myself an actual vegan. I try not to eat dairy. Sometimes, I fail at this. I've cut back on it a lot. I would like to transition to fully vegan. But right now I would consider myself a vegetarian with strong vegan tendencies. I suppose it doesn't really matter anyway. I eat what I feel like I should be eating and don't eat what I feel like I can't morally eat or what I feel is really bad health wise.

Being in New York this weekend was an interesting test. It's pretty hard to eat out at regular restaurants when you can't eat dairy. I suppose it's not impossible. But it's really difficult, especially if you don't want to eat a salad every time you go somewhere. And salad gets really boring. I guess in normal life, I won't be eating out as much as I have been, what with it being Christmas break and me visiting New York and all of that. I still want to be able to go out and do stuff, I just want to eat healthier while I do it. So I pick meals with no meat and as little dairy as possible. Maybe I'll eventually get to the point where I don't even want to eat dairy. I am doing more reading and sometimes that stuff is gross and scary. That's what got me to the point of feeling like I'll never eat meat again. It could be that the same thing will happen with dairy products. In the meantime, I'll stick to soy milk, steer clear of things that are blatantly dairy products, like ice cream, and read the ingredients in everything I eat.

It does not help my situation that most Morningstar products contain milk and/or eggs because their meat subtitutes are delicious. Like, it's not a lot of milk or eggs, but eventually, I would like to not eat them.

We'll see how it goes. Wish me luck.