When my step-daughter returned from her summer with her mom in Michigan we went out to dinner on her first night home. One of the the topics of discussion was a book her sister had read, The China Study.
Okay, it sounds like a good idea, but lets read up on it a bit...is how I though we had left things.
Well, last night at dinner I find out that we are turning Vegan! As she was eating the meal I had made with chicken she said, this would still be good when we go Vegan. Wow, is what I though in my head. I did not recall saying I was going vegan. I remember leaving it at lets read some more about it. I was quite surprised. I still do not know exactly what my feelings are about the whole thing.
I'm not opposed to meatless meals a few nights a week, but to be turned vegan. Well, isn't it something one chooses?
I'm not against changing my eating habits, although I am slow to do it. I have made many changes over the last few year, all for the better.
I think that this change will be a little harder to make. I was raised by meat and potato in every meal parents. There were times I was convinced that my mother would stand at the meat counter and ask the butcher for the fattiest cut of meat.
Granted....yes I need to be more healthy....yes....I need to lose weight....yes....there is a history of cancer in my family that is rather daunting.
Actually, I now eat more healthy than I ever have in my life. More vegetables, fresh vegetables and not canned as well as better ways of preparing meals.
One might think that a Vegan lifestyle would not be such a huge transition and easier to make.....but....but....call me a skeptic.....I think I need some baby steps....a meal or two....baby steps....please.......
This a rambling blog, change is good I know. The change in my life over the last few years has been wonderful. A wonderful husband, two beautiful step-daughters, a home to share with them.
Some changes in life are easier than others.
Changing from 2 % milk to fat free was only a slight adjustment for me....I think going from meat to no meat will be a much bigger adjustment.
1 comment:
Guess you're along for the ride, eh? :-)
It's actually not as difficult as you might thing when eating at home. You just don't buy stuff you can't eat, and then there's nothing left but stuff you can eat! Eating out is more difficult. Chili's was the most challenging one so far. The ONLY meal thing I could order was the Black Bean Burger with no Ranch.
If you read the book, though, every time you eat some sort of animal product, you'll feel like you're killing yourself. The hardest part for me is not the meat aspect, but the cheese/sour cream/ranch dressing/milk/ice cream aspect of it.
Good luck! :-)
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