The difficulty of switching to a vegetarian diet has finally struck; this past week has been nothing but meat. It started with my mom asking me to eat just one piece of chicken, for her sake. I couldn't say no to her; she is my mom, after all. So, I took a bite. It tasted horrible, but I ate it anyway. I felt pretty bad, but I told myself I wouldn't have to do it again. The next day, I met up with some of my classmates. We had iftaar at TGI Friday's; it was disastrous. The menu was made up of only 5 or 6 dishes; all of them were based on either chicken or meat. I couldn't order salad or soup; I had to eat chicken. To make things worse, it tasted horrible. Then, on Sunday, the family was invited to have iftaar with some friends. As I was pulling my chair out to sit down, I noticed the whole table was all fish, shrimp, calamari, and some more fish. I wanted to drown myself in the soup and get it over with. My mom's friend kept edging me to eat, and put a couple of huge-sized shrimps on my plate. I looked at the table again, hoping I would find something that doesn't include a dead animal. Instead, I found a fish on a huge plate with its head facing me; like it was staring at me or something. It was a nightmare. The days after weren't any easier. It was like I got so used to eating animal meat again. I wouldn't resist my mom putting meat on my plate or anything anymore. This past week has been nothing but one failure after the other, but I'll try to stick with it and avoid meat again. Let's hope it works this time. BM Read more from Menna on her struggle to be vegetarian: Week 3 Day 7 Day 1
