{"id":1518,"date":"2013-06-23T21:01:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T20:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2013-06-23T21:01:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T20:01:30","slug":"tofu-or-not-tofu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plume.dk\/blog\/?p=1518","title":{"rendered":"Tofu Or Not Tofu"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a nice week. Pretty warm, mostly. There have been clouds but also one very hot day. And I have had enjoyable times with the goats. Everyone doing well and happy. The kids running around, having fun. It’s nice to see little Palle running around with Medium and Large. He’s big enough to play with them now, even though they often gang up on him when he gets too full of himself! He’s a very social little fellow, when people walk by he’ll often just follow them around. Sigrid told me that when I’m not there to occupy the attention he’ll often come wandering to the playground house and “bug” the staff. And Mia seems to be getting used to the fact that she can’t keep an eye on him all the time. He just runs off on his own too much. But then when they’ve been apart for too long they’ll start calling out to each other. And usually Mia is the one who comes running to find him.<\/p>\n

On the home front things have been progressing well, healthwise. I am eating less and eating green. I have had good 3 hour sessions on the bike. Yesterday I even managed to go for 200 minutes. I never would have dreamed I’d be able to sit on an exercise bike for that long. Not without a milkshake and a hotdog in my hand! But it feels good. And I am slowly losing weight. Progress! I am happy with it.<\/p>\n

My mother called yesterday, I think she wanted to hear from my own mouth about the vegetarianism haha. I know it’s hard to believe. We will have to come up with new dishes for me to eat when I go to have dinner with them. What about christmas then, she asked? I think for christmas I could still go for our traditional roast. And if they want to invite me to R\u00e5dhus Caf\u00e9en for stegt fl\u00e6sk med persillesovs on my birthday I would probably not turn that down either. And as I said I still want mama’s chicken soup. I’m not a militant vegetarian! I will allow myself a setback now and again. And I’m not judgmental about others either. Humans will always be meat eaters, this I believe. I just don’t think it’s right for me anymore. Good thing I stopped eating bacon a few months ago, it would probably have been hard to quit that cold (tofu) turkey together with everything else. Oh yeah, I did buy tofu. Wasn’t what I was expecting at all. It kinda reminded me of chicken. Watery chicken. I fried some up and it tasted somewhat like egg. Fairly bland. I’m sure it can taste great if you prepare and marinate and have fancy recipes and such. I just don’t really have the capacity for fancy cooking. Not right now anyway. I am “functionally eating” at the moment. I’m eating what I need to stay healthy but not really eating for enjoyment or great taste. I’m okay with that, though. When I have lost some more weight I’ll probably try to find a plateau with better balance between health and enjoyment. We shall see. Doing my best anyway.<\/p>\n

On with today’s goat pictures.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
Grandmama Mio looking sweet.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
Palle starting to get the hang of the jumping on the back.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
Dear Mia.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
Palle in the greens.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
More Palle. <\/p>\n

<\/a>
That cute face.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
Big boy Bob.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
And big ears Palle.<\/p>\n

And videos. First a goatlog from Monday and Tuesday. Sunny days with goats in the green. Although the goats did wander up into the concrete blocks above. Palle learning to jump on my back. Visiting dogs. And so forth.
\n