Exploration 1: I Busted Out My Chop-Sticks!*
Before I dive into my dish of chop-stick quickness and Japanese-love extravaganza, first things first... Here are a couple of things that I am starting to notice about this first exploration, transitioning into Vegetarian-status: [If you're just joining us, I'm not aiming for true vegetarian status as I will continue to consume fish and such when available, periodically.] 1 - The idea of eating no meat is actually harder than actually not eating meat. At the beginning, as you know, I expressed concern that this might be difficult. At the start, the hardest thing was adjusting my stomach and pallet to not having meat constantly and always. I felt like something was missing (and there was) and when done, I thought I still felt hungry. I never really was hungry, I just wasn't satisfied because I was used to the goodness of meat and fat with every consumption - it's more of a brain process if that makes any sense. And it isn't like I'm 100% vegetarian righ...