Who wants to be a vegetarian?!

Right, so I think I want to become a vegetarian. In my current situation, straight up vegginess is impractical at best. I'm still living at home, money is tight and there's only one kitchen. If I'm going to eat with everyone else, I can't very well be all "Hey mom! I'm never eating meat again! Can you make something?!" and since there's only one kitchen, I can't exactly make my own food around meal times. Consequently, I'm thinking until I get relocated I'm going to be off meat that's not part of a pre-prepared meal that someone else prepared. I figure if it's just burgers, it's not too hard to grill up a shiitake mushroom cap instead, but spaghetti is a whole other thing.

This way, at least I'm going to be cutting my meat down to pretty low. My problem is that I strongly suspect I have EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, it's basically disordered eating that's not anorexia or bulimia) and I'm fairly worried that I'll turn this into some crazy behavior. Also, with school and everything I'm out of the house approximate 12-13 hours a day, so I don't have a lot of time to eat and if I'm down to veggies and grains, I'm running the serious risk of not eating enough calories. To compensate, I'm thinking 4 meals a day is probably a good idea. I'm also trying to work out some menus so I don't have to think too much about my food on days when I'm busy.

I don't know why, but yesterday suddenly it felt like a good idea to just stop. I came up with the idea of Greek salads for dinner, crudite and boiled eggs for lunch, and pasta for second dinner. For breakfast, I tend to do best with meal replacement shakes just because I can eat them in the car. Of course, I followed up this revelation by going to the coffee shop to get a pastry for dinner and realizing they sold Chik-Fil-A sandwiches, so I had one of those. But I use the excuse that the only thing I'd eaten yesterday before that was a breakfast shake, soooo yeah.

Anyway, I actually have to cut this short. I was having breathing trouble and had to hit the inhaler and now I'm getting shakey and just not good. Albuterol is horrible, but it's still better than slowly suffocating I guess.

Quick and Easy Breakfast

I'm a snooze button addict, so when I leave the house if I'm going to get breakfast it probably needs to be super fast. Usually, this means I'll maybe eat some peanut butter on toast in my car if I have time to prepare it in the morning. I have, however, discovered a way to make breakfast burritos that takes less time and doesn't leave crumbs on my sweater! There would be pictures except when I'm making this I'm usually pretty pressed for time. Sucks for you!

3 Minute Breakfast Burritos

1 Large egg
1 Small flour tortilla (corn works, too)
1-2 strips precooked bacon or sausage (optional)
Shredded cheese (optional, but recommended if you include the meat option)
Whatever seasonings you like in your scrambled eggs. I like a splash of milk and some salt and pepper, but shredded cheese and vegetables work here, too.

In a small juice glass, mix egg and egg seasonings with fork.
Put in the microwave for 1 minute on high or until egg mass is solid
Remove from microwave (careful, it'll be extremely hot)
This can be kept in the refrigerator over night if you're super lazy in the mornings.
Place bacon/sausage, cheese on tortilla. If egg is still hot, hold it out. Otherwise, use a fork to cut the egg into a few smaller pieces and place on tortilla.
Microwave for 30 seconds.
Wrap like a burrito (be sure to tuck the bottom under), then wrap in a paper towel and leave house.
Enjoy in car on way to work.