Aren't Labels So Boring?

If today ends like the last 4, I will have completed my 5th full day of eating Vegan.

Or 'Vegan'.
'Vegan-ish'?
Strong Vegetarian?

I don't know. I don't exactly know what I'm doing, where I'm going with this, or what to call myself. I thought ridding my diet of all things 'animal' made me a Vegan, but apparently I also have to give up an entire slew of things outside of food that I am just not ready for yet. Emotionally I'm sure I'd be fine, but between my pocketbook, lack of research/knowledge, trying not to bully my family into (temporary?) decisions I'm making for myself, and handling a new out of state move, husbands new career, a one month old, a one year old and a teenager, I just need a bit to soak this all in.

***deep breath***

Does your head hurt? My head hurts.

At any rate, I'm proud of what I have accomplished this week. Each day I have learned something new and while trying to undertake a complete eating overhaul is both easy and difficult at the same time, I have been frustrated the last two days thinking 'Why am I doing this again? I like cheese. No, I LOVE cheese. Everyone else is eating cheese. It's NORMAL to eat cheese.' I know that a large portion of this is because I have run out of food that a gracious friend cooked for me last weekend as a 'Yay for Another Baby' gift (she has recently started her own 'Vegan' (Vegan-ish?) journey). Of course, growing up in the Midwest and loving cheese play their part as well. But I can't deny how good my body has felt these last few days and I like what I'm eating. So, I'm going to keep giving it the old 'college try'. Hopefully this little journal will help me figure out what direction I ultimately need to go in and - who knows - maybe it won't all be about the food.

Who am I kidding. I LOVE food.