I've reached the point that I have started craving meat, like all the time. Although I have been consistently aware of meat, I have been successful at compartmentalizing. I think about meat or have a craving, and I just think about something else. I make sure to eat a food that's vegan friendly and get myself full, or at least not satisfied enough to not crave it anymore.
Well, that's stopped working. I am in the final phase of all of these monthly challenges where I have daydreams about whatever I've given up. Even though I am complaining a lot this month about being vegan, it has been a lot easier than any other challenge. It's a major lifestyle change, one that is for the better. But as I have said, it's more than I think I could commit to for a long period of time. And it's so easy to screw up!
Meat cravings are bad, but they are easy to ignore and don't last long. Plus, they are more conscious, brought on by a burger ad on the side of a bus, or an errant smell wafting from somewhere near by. But just like those things, the craving disappears once they have. A coffee craving was an unreasoning, unconscious desire that I had no control over. I could ignore it, but it was always there. Now I have a imitation soy chicken strip, and I am good to go! Until I get sick of them.
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