This year is going to be different!
I'm starting a new adventure. I've decided that I will finally make the commitment to eat a much more plant based diet. I don't like labels or boxes so I refuse to give my new lifestyle a name (such asVegan, Vegetarian, Plant-Based, Ovo-lacto-vegetarian, Pescatarian or the like). I will only promise to do my best to make healthy choices and try write them down here.
You may be wondering...or maybe not...what prompted my decision. This may sound far fetched but it all started in my fifth grade class with Ms. Stone, "The Coolest Teacher at Meadowbrook Elementary", when we hatched chicken eggs. Or to be more precise it all started when she let us dissect the unhatched eggs. I couldn't eat eggs for ages after that. The uneasy feeling lingered pretty much forever and I've been caught in the complacency trap ever since. Meat is the easy convenient choice abundantly accepted in the Mainstream American Diet, and therefore has been the cornerstone of my diet all my life. I, like many other Americans, was indoctrinated into the belief that animal protein is the healthy way to go. You need meat and eggs and milk to build a healthy body. Right?
Wrong. I think. So I'm heading into new territory with a lot of excitement and a little bit of trepidation. I'll try to keep a journal of how it's going and maybe one day in the future I'll look back and wonder what all the fuss was about. My hope is that on that day I'll be healthier and more sure than ever that I made the right decision.
Wish me luck!
PS: Tonight's dinner....Steamed green beans served with wild grain pilaf made with black beans, and a side of fresh strawberries. Feeling very satisfied and a little bit smug about how happy my belly is right now. (Roasted an organic rosemary chicken for the rest of the family. They seemed happy too.)
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