A journey in words...

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Flexi-Lady

You have to find the dietary choices that work well for your lifestyle as well as being satisfying and healthful to you personally.

And here’s mine (currently anyway):

Flexitarianism: Is a semi-vegetarian diet focusing on vegetarian food with occasional meat consumption. A self-described flexitarian seeks to decrease meat consumption without eliminating it entirely from his or her diet. There are no guidelines for how much or how little meat one must eat before being classified a flexitarian. Flexitarianism is distinguished from pescetarianism (i.e., one who eats only fish in addition to vegetarian foods), as well as pollotarianism (i.e., one who eats only poultry in addition to vegetarian foods).
In 2003, the American Dialect Society voted flexitarian as the year's most useful word and defined it as "a vegetarian who occasionally eats meat".

Definition courtesy of Wikipedia, found by my friend Teddi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexitarianism

When I discussed it with my doctor last week, she was amused by the term and supportive of the idea. She reminded me that as an omnivore I am meant to eat meat in certain quantities, but decreasing the amount significantly (as long as I get enough protein) is a healthful choice because of how fatty meat can be.

On average, I’m eating meat maybe two or three times per week at the moment. We’ll see how it goes.

I know it probably seems like I’m trying on program after program after program, and in a way – yes I am. It’s like trying on different shoes until I find the lifestyle choices that work best for me on a long term basis.

2 comments:

  1. And keep trying until you find what works! It is, after all, "The Long Road"...

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