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We all agreed to help out and signed the contract he had prepared for us to not eat any meat (and to please don’t cheat) for 30 days. All of us made it through the month without cheating, and I choose to stay on this path a while longer. I was partly moved by my older son who made the transition over the summer, and by Victoria’s blog over at "Thoughts and Passions" who so passionately posts on the rights of animals. For me the transition has been fairly easy as I don’t miss read meat at all. I did break down and had a tuna sandwich and a dinner of shrimp, but no other meat. The most difficult part of this transition is coming up with new recipes and integrating them with the rest of the family as they chose to go back to eating meat after the 30 days was up. The library has been a good source of information and cook books, and after doing a lot more research I am considering to take this one step farther and going with a raw food (or living food) diet. I am considering this for the health benefits and getting rid of all the toxins that have accumulated in my body over the years. This is not something that I can do overnight, but will probably try it for 30 days and see how it goes. If I can do it 30 days, I may stay on it. The library had several books on the subject so I will be researching it a bit more before making the transition. It will require a lot of planning as I have to stock my cupboards and come up with some recipes as not to get bored right away and quit. Will keep you updated if I go raw and let you know how it goes. 7 comments to vegetarian |
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My son asked the family to participate in a project he wanted to do for school where the family would give up all meat for one month.
You go girl! I went vege last year and had a ball – I never got bored, nor felt deprived. And even now I would only be eating meat 2 or 3 days a week. It is amazing how many of our teenage lads at work think the world will collapse if they can’t have meat 2 – 3 times a day!!!! I can’t imagine them even considering taking up the challenge, let alone giving it a go.
Good luck if you go raw food. That one appeared “too hard” for me but I have met others who are enjoying the experience
Ha! I’ve been trying to get to your blog for days, on three different computers. It finally occurred to me to try opening it in firefox instead of internet explorer and that worked. I have no idea why.
Anyway, I stopped eating mammal and bird meat (but I still eat seafood) seven years ago and never looked back. I am comfortable with that compromise for the time being. Good for your family to being open to trying it for your sons sake. Oh, and my boys have had the same diet for that length of time, so since they were 7 and 4 and have not suffered from the lack of hamburger in their lives.
After doing more research on the Raw Food Diet, I don’t think that I will be able to do it 100 percent, however I am implementing a lot of it into our diet.
My hubby has been quite depressed that I no longer eat meat and feels deprived eating it alone. However I think that slowly implementing healthier alternatives will benefit us all in the long run.
I do not miss meat at all and actually feel healthier though I wish some of my pounds would drop off. I have been reading though that it makes a difference what type of foods to eat together in being able to properly digest them. for example fruit should be eaten in the morning and 1/2 an hour before eating anything else, if you eat it after a meal, it causes the food to ferment and not digest properly.
That’s interesting about not eating fruit at meal time. Makes you wonder why “they” (the health nuts that are always spouting off on tv) don’t ever mention this.
If you’re looking for some healthier alternatives, as in: cutting out some of the preservatives and chemicals that are in our foods… then you may want to check into Wildtree products. They use grapeseed oils, many of them infused with flavor, and their seasoning blends are great, especially over steamed or roasted veggies (assuming you don’t go completely raw).
Good luck!!
Thanks for the tip Pita, I will check them out. I have steadily been pushing more and more healthy foods on my family. They complain about it at first, but if I don’t push too fast, they start getting use to the new things and complain a bit less. Don’t think I can go totally raw, but am sure getting into some of the recipes I have found.
That is just great to read indigo!! Im so happy that I moved you with my blog, it really made me happy to read this post! Well done on doing this, even if you don’t go fully vego, every little bit helps. Thank’s for including me in your blog
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Vicky, your passion for animal life is indeed inspiring and has opened my heart to their plight. Keep living your passion my dear as it is infectious.