Vegetarian
I've recently read "The Kind Diet" and "Skinny Bitch", and I'm here to tell you, I'm sticking with this vegetarian lifestyle from here on out. I've flirted with it in the past, but I always avoided learning about the real horrors of slaughterhouses and what eating meat and dairy will actually do to your body. I finally immersed myself in the information, and after a complete mental breakdown (did you know that the abuse animals suffer in slaughterhouses has little to do with them actually being killed for their meat and more to do with workers actually inflicting unnecessary pain on them i.e., a story I read where one worked ADMITTED raping a cow with a broomstick before it was sent to slaughter? W.T.F.) I cleaned out my fridge, threw out every ounce of meat there was, tossed out all my dairy, and then went out and bought fresh fruit and veggies. I'M. STICKING. WITH. THIS. PEOPLE.
More than anything, I want to go completely vegan, but that lifestyle is unaffordable right now. When I get a promotion, then sure, I'll gladly and frequently spend the money. Until then though, no meat and my dairy intake is at a minimum (for example, I have veggie chicken that's stuffed with vegetable spaghetti sauce and mozzarella). I've switched to soy creamer, have cut out my sugar and chocolate intake, AND once I get paid this Friday, I'm buying Teecino and throwing out my coffee, both caffeinated and decaf (did you know coffee causes you to store fat cells? Seriously, research this stuff).
Oh, yeah. I mean business.
I've been doing it hardcore for about a week now, and I already feel tons better. I'm curious as to how I'm going to take not having coffee, but I'm fairly certain it's more of psychological addiction that an actual bodily addiction, as evidence by the fact that despite my pot of coffee every morning, I'm still tired and ready for a nap by noon. I think it'll be better to have a cup of Teecino (herbal "coffee") and a piece of fruit.
More than anything, I want to go completely vegan, but that lifestyle is unaffordable right now. When I get a promotion, then sure, I'll gladly and frequently spend the money. Until then though, no meat and my dairy intake is at a minimum (for example, I have veggie chicken that's stuffed with vegetable spaghetti sauce and mozzarella). I've switched to soy creamer, have cut out my sugar and chocolate intake, AND once I get paid this Friday, I'm buying Teecino and throwing out my coffee, both caffeinated and decaf (did you know coffee causes you to store fat cells? Seriously, research this stuff).
Oh, yeah. I mean business.
I've been doing it hardcore for about a week now, and I already feel tons better. I'm curious as to how I'm going to take not having coffee, but I'm fairly certain it's more of psychological addiction that an actual bodily addiction, as evidence by the fact that despite my pot of coffee every morning, I'm still tired and ready for a nap by noon. I think it'll be better to have a cup of Teecino (herbal "coffee") and a piece of fruit.