The Vegan-ish experiment

It has been reported aplenty in the cycling news of late that Dave Zabriskie is racing the 2011 Tour De France as a vegan.

Zabriskie attacks the 2011 TDF with gusto as a vegan. 

Presumably, however, not atop a bike made of vegetables.

Well, a vegan that will be eating salmon, so not really a vegan. Despite the salmon qualifier to Zabriskie's vegan-ish ways, it's a pretty exciting time...and hey, who am I to judge; each to their own. My vegetarian-ish ways have seen me eat fish and other salty wet things with no feet on and off for fourteen or fifteen years.

Long gone are the days of athletes 'needing' to eat meat every day in order to perform at the top tier.

My own vegan-ish challenge began a few days ago...delayed by a good night out at a friends place, vast amounts of cheese and red wine. The aim is to adhere to vegan-ish-ism until the end of the month.

I am well aware that this annoys my husband no end, and also that I run the risk of depleting my iron stores rather quickly. However, I have sorted out the iron issue with some sneaky supplementation which is ongoing and the husband...well he's very patient.

Here are the rules:
•Try not to eat any animal products
•Some animal products—if hidden in a sneaky disguise and unable to be determined if it's vegan or not (ie: delicious cake...ok the likelihood that the cake is vegan is very, very slim, but it's a possibility) can be eaten occasionally
•If eating out, try and make the best possible choice in line with being vegain-ish, but also try and have fun. And don't be a drag with your buddies; noone likes and awkward hipster vegan

Hipster, possibly of a vegan nutritional orientation. You know who you are!