and, no, i'm not a vegan or a vegetarian. at all.

i choose soy milk over cow's milk because it's nutritionally superior and it tastes better, but i eat a large amount of cheese, about a scoop of ice cream and a (very) small amount of high protein salami on more or less a daily basis. i also eat about 4-8 eggs a week, depending on a variety of things.

the bulk of my diet is fruit (5 strawberries, 20 blueberries, 1 kiwi, 1 bananas, 5 cherries, 1/2 tomato daily) and grains (1/2 bowl of pasta daily, 2-4 pieces of bread weekly). i eat a small green pepper on most days for extra fiber. add dressings (caesar, frank's, mustard) and spices (celery salt, ground pepper) and that's really all i eat.

i've gained a small amount of weight recently, but i actually think it's mostly that i've built a lot of muscle from doing a lot of bicycling. that sounds counter-intuitive, but i guess i lost a lot of muscle when i stopped biking for a few years. it's just hard for me to figure out where i gained the weight (my thighs are a little bigger from the hormones, but i couldn't imagine it's that measurable) because i can't see it. muscle gain is the only thing that really makes any sense, and all that pasta will certainly lead to that end point.

understand that what i'm talking about is increasing my bmi from around 19 to around 22. i'm still underweight by most metrics.

and, i think that removing my testicles will probably cut my muscle mass, although it remains to be seen what my body does to it.