Supposedly snow is on its way!...
I know I mentioned that I was going to try out a vegetarian diet, but I never really explained why exactly. Mostly, it is for trial and error. I have explored, studied, and investigated many of the fad diets that have come out over the past 10 years. You know, Atkins, South Beach, My Pyramid, etc. So now I felt that it was time to see what being a vegetarian was really like.
My Main Purposes:
-To eliminate having to buy organic/free range meats/products. Although I do believe in a natural food cycle, it can be difficult to find organic chicken at a restaurant.
-To evaluate how my body feels and changes after going meatless.
-To eventually have the option to at least consider trying a vegan diet.
-To determine how truly easy or difficult having this type of diet can be.
-To find and create delicious ways to eat a balanced food plan to one day help others who are struggling as a vegetarian.
-To find out any other things that are to come up for me, emotions, health, social life, finances, etc.
Animals come first and foremost in my book, and I want to make that very clear as there can easily be confusion since I am not a vegan at this moment. However, as I mentioned before I do believe in a natural food chain, and I cannot imagine the world with an overpopulation of chickens.
With that said, I also do not believe in animal cruelty. Animal cruelty is what basically goes on at your average Perdue Chicken factory, KFC plant (or whatever you would like to call it), etc.
I do believe in giving an animal a happy life of roomy grazing with his other chicken buddies, eating foods that chickens are meant to eat, laying eggs that are a normal size, and living a full and complete life cycle instead of being raised from egg to chicken in 3 months. Not only that, but the killing of the animal is quick, as painless as possible, and usually done by people who have compassion. All that can get expensive! Sickening right? It cost more to let a chicken roam around and have fun for it's life. But hey, the extra cost, in my opinion, goes to giving the organic farmers the funds to raise their animals as humanly as possibly. So it's pretty much my way of making a donation for the next chicken family that is to come into this world. Naturally this goes for cows, and pigs also.
Today was a great day of eating. Here are a few items off the menu ..
-Homemade hummus and carrots
-Spinach and tofu whole grain empanada (not fried)
-Asian veggie burger on whole grain bread
-Apple
-Soy vanilla yogurt
-Regular morning shake (Strawberry kefir, TriVita's Nopalea, Almond Milk, Mixed Berries, Vanilla Soy Protein Powder, Chia Seeds, Wheat Germ, Banana)
Sports Section:
One Hour Boxing, strength, 3 miles of walking to and from car, and a bit of running.
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