I Have No Idea What to Eat

I tried to think of a catchier title, but I then started to move away from what I actually wanted to say - out with it, I simply have no idea what to eat. I have never been as conflicted about what to put in my mouth, as I am now - and this comes after at least 24 years of conscious eating.

This blog is a real-time journal of what I'm eating - you could follow my time on Atkins, my experience on the Cape Town Vegan Challenge - and now, whatever I'm trying to do.

I want to be healthy. Well, I do, but very much connected to this - I want to lose weight. I'm tired of being fat. For the purposes of this post, I'm going to combine Atkins / LCHF / Banting into one category (I know they are not identical, but they are very, very similar) - I experienced the greatest, most successful weight-loss on this eating plan - but struggled with the amount of meat - both in actually eating it and the ethical implications. I understand that LCHF is not high protein, but you are effectively having meat with every meal.

Subsequently, this made the change to eating vegan a little easier for us - I really enjoyed it, but then struggled with carbs and grains (quinoa and couscous included) - as a meal of only vegetables is quite one-dimensional (an aside, I know it is possible to be both vegetarian and follow the LCHF way of eating, but it's not for me).

At the moment, I'm heavily tempted to jump on the bandwagon and follow LCHF / Banting - I've seen several success stories on Twitter and Facebook - with people losing over 20kg since January. I've read the reports and studies - it makes sense to me. BUT, it would then mean giving up the Fry's Vegetarian Food we've come to love.

So, here it is - an official cry for help. I want you to comment - tell me what you think, where you think I'm wrong, what you eat - I want all the feedback. Help me figure this out.