I Heart Piggies

SO.

I’m a vegetarian now. Actually, more towards vegan. No meat, eggs or dairy. Pretty much no animal products go in my mouth. It’s weird. I used to look at the people walking in and out of Whole Foods and think, “Come on. You look like you smell bad.” Seriously, first thought. Terrible, I know.

So now, I get to be one of the “smellies” walking out of the soy isle. (What goes around comes around, apparently. I love Karma.)

Okay, this is the real story. I bought that book “Skinny Bitch” because I’m a woman and I can’t resist reading something like that… for kicks…. or so I thought. I had no idea what I was in for. Yes, a benefit of following the stuff in this book is getting skinny. It’s also being a vegan and how extraordinarily healthy it is. The main reason I decided to take this book to heart is for the animals. Not even kidding. If you read this book, you will not eat a piece of meat again if you have a heart for animals. Even a little heart. One chapter in particular goes into detail of how these sweet little animals are treated. It is the most horrifying thing I have ever read. I bawled for an hour. For example, those chicken nuggets you’re eating right now may have been boiled alive (this is after a lifetime of forced cannibalism, burned off beaks and growing up in a cage with other rotting dead chickens). Even if you don’t have a heart for animals, you are putting that in your body. I’ve been doing this for 22 years. Sick sick sick!

NOW… if you are reading this and you eat meat, that’s fine. I respect and love you no matter what. Just do the same for me. This is a choice I’ve made and I’m really happy about it.

“But what about protein?” Welp, the stupid FDA has led us to believe that we need much more protein than we really do. They also make you believe that eating animals is the only way to get said protein. Guess who runs the slaughterhouses? The FDA. Hmmm. I get my protein from legumes, sea vegetables, beans, soy, hemp milk and nuts.

I sound like I think I’m a pro at this. I’m not yet. I’m just passionate about it. I’ve been doing this for 10 days. And you know what? I feel fabulous. As a diabetic, my blood sugars have been really good and just feel… better Part of this whole this is buying as much organic as I can. I’ve done a lot of research on this, especially because I’m a college student trying to save money, dammut. Turns out organic is worth the extra cash. It’s worth not eating out. Oh, and I’ve also quit caffeine and sugar. It breaks my heart a little. My sweet tooth hates me. I decided after doing this for a month, I’m going to get a cupcake from Gigi’s and make myself sick. Neat little experiment, huh? And after six months I’m going to try eating a steak… not because I want to, but to see how different I feel and how my taste buds have changed. And by the way, vegans smell better than meat eaters. Seriously, my breath is minty-fresh and sexy.

Again, I’m just writing about this because it’s new and I love it.


Granola girl has to stop blogging and get back to work. They aren’t paying me to love animals