Meat-roofied.

Haven't updated on the whole vegetarian thing in a while, so here's a little story for yah.

Lent came and went, and Amanda and I decided to keep up the vegetarianism. We'll still eat fish every now and then, but for the most part, it's all fruits, veggies, dairy, and protein.

Anyway, it's been a solid two months since I've eaten any meat and I feel pretty good overall. I've lost a few pounds, which I wasn't trying to do, but I'm working out really hard too, and I'm happy with how I look.

These two months have been pretty easy, and I felt pretty good about going strong. Until last night...

I got off work around 8 and met up with Amanda to have dinner at the Filling Station, the restaurant across from Sticks and Stones. They have baller salads there, and some pretty good vegetarian wraps.

I wanted something different last night, so I got what they call the "Park Sampler". With this, you choose three items from a list of chicken salad, tuna salad, pimento cheese, black bean or red pepper hummus, or garden salad. I chose the black bean hummus, garden salad, and tuna salad. Thought it sounded like a nutritious and balanced meal.

Our food came after a short wait and I started to dig in because I was pretty hungry. I jumped on the hummus first, which came with some dope pita chips, then focused on the tuna salad. It looked delicious, and after I tried a bite, it tasted delicious too.

I kept eating it, and as I chewed, I realized that it didn't really taste or smell like tuna. Kept eating though, because it was good, and I figured it was ok. Then Amanda looked at me and said, "Is that chicken?!"

It totally was! Haha, I kinda looked down at it, dropped my fork, and said "Shieeeet!"

I got meat-roofied and I didn't even know it until it was too late! All that dedication and will-power to stay away from it for two months and counting all crashed down on that moment! If I ate meat again, I wanted to make it count, with a pepperoni pizza or a BBQ sandwich! Not CHICKEN SALAD! I don't even normally EAT chicken salad! Haha, I was bummed!

Anyway, I told my server, and she was pretty embarrassed and felt terrible. She brought me tuna (which was AWESOME), and comped my meal, so I guess it was a small price to pay for ACCIDENTALLY breaking my streak. But ey, I won't really count it. It was an honest mistake, and chicken salad looks a lot like tuna salad. Should've realized at the lack of smell, but ah well.

So for now, the vegetarianism continues. I'm feelin' great and it's becoming easier, so we'll see how it goes.

In the meantime, I'll make sure to keep an eye (and a nose) on my tuna salad...hmmm...

D.