Day 7

So here I am, it has been one week. One week since I have had meet of any sort, and I don't feel that different.

I have been lifting and practicing all as usual nothing has really changed that much when it comes to my stamina while in practice, or in the weight room.

The one thing that gets me though, is the fact that I feel like I get hungry a lot sooner after a meal. When I was eating meet I could have three meals a day and be fine. Without the meet I feel like I have to constantly eat to keep my stomach quiet. I wonder why that is exactly.

I drink a lot more water. I mean like almost twice as much before I started this diet. I feel like I should have it coming out of my ears, but it all stays in.

I was in pretty bad shape last week when it came to having ideas of what I was going to eat, or make that is. I knew that I couldn't just have smoothies and soup, so I got some recipes from my mom. She gave me her ancient awesome recipe to make my favorite, broccoli soup, also some money (that was needed) to go and purchase the ingredients. Thanks mom. Hopefully I can make it sometime this week.

Day 2 Part 2

So I am at the end of my day, and I am feeling different. I have done a minimal amount of physical activity today, just practice, no lifting; I didn't eat as much as I should have, so I feel like I have less energy. I had cereal for breakfast, a salad for lunch, my protein shake, and some couscous with peaches. Think I am going to step it up tomorrow and make some Mac N' Cheese like mom makes it.

Going to have to shop this weekend. I do have some boca burgers still though, gonna have to use those somehow.

Day 2

I just wanted to post this link to an article and graphic that I am keeping in mind with every meal so far.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medical/IM02769

Trying to make sure that I do this smart, don't want to lose my hair faster than Mike Zimmerman.
Sorry Mike.

Day 1

I woke up a vegetarian. I had a simple meal, it was some Kashi "strawberry fields" cereal. It was a good way to start the day off.

My big hurdle for today though was giving blood. It has been about 2 years since I have donated blood and I was worried about how my body was going to recover from this. I took in about a gallon of water over the course of the day to help the process. Something worth noting while I was giving blood, I witnessed a girl that passed out. She was talking to me just a few minutes before, and she finished giving blood, then I saw her face go pale and neck go limp. First time I had ever seen anything like that. She was ok a couple minutes later.

For lunch I had some cheese pizza, and an apple.

I had practice at 2pm that included a lot of running today, so I didn't really feel to great, I am sure that was because of donating blood. I made it through practice, had an hour off then had to go hit. Hitting went fine, once again I am pretty sure that my body was a little slower because of the missing pint of blood. I actually worked out as well, right after hitting. I felt just fine lifting, felt like I had all of the energy I needed.

Dinner was couscous with some peaches, and lightly sauced potatoes with some onions. It tasted very good. Made me full. I like to eat good food. I capped the night off with some cheesecake that my girlfriend so graciously gave me for valentine's day. Thank You Quinn.

I must say I did have trouble not eating pepperoni pizza today. it was offered to me and I almost slipped up because I was not thinking as a vegetarian. So I am going to have to work on keeping my mind involved in making these eating decisions.

Let's see how I feel on day 2.

Coming soon...Vegetarian

So a while back, I believe it was in august, I was approached by my good friends Sara Tall and Anna Mullen. They told my buddy Colton and I that they were going to try going vegan for 40 days. They asked us if we would want to try going vegetarian for 40 days. We accepted enthusiastically.

Now, Colton and I being baseball players wanted to know when exactly we would be doing this, and when we were informed that it would be during lent, we both started a cold sweat. We were thinking about how it would effect our body and performance. We do workout and have practice everyday, so we don't want to lose anything physically, but we did still agree to try it.

Well, on Monday I let Colton know that we start our new vegetarian diet on Wednesday, the 17th or this coming Wednesday. Colton replied, "I don't think I'm going to do it man." I was mad that he decided to back out on this and let him know. He may still want to participate, but probably not.

Anyway, I have been getting ready for this day. I have been eating boca burgers, more veggies, granola, soy milk, pastas, salads, smoothies, you name it. I am going to try and be a vegetarian for 40 days, that means no meat for me at all, not even fish. I plan on making this a great learning experience not only for myself, but all of the people reading this blog.

I will blog as much as my schedule allows me. I plan on sharing with you what I have been eating, how I feel both mentally and physically, and if it really sucks being a vegetarian or if it is the best thing that ever happened to me.

So my first day already poses a nice start, I am going to give blood, have practice and lift. Plus all of the homework that has to be finished as well.

Here I go.