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

Some Juice.

I was driving home a little while ago after a great day.  That one Rascal Flatts song came on the radio... it goes "And I wouldn't change a thing...." something something "Walk right through the rain..."  I don't know the rest, but it made me realize this:  some of the greatest things in life bring some of the greatest heartaches imaginable.  Today was a great day to realize this, too.  I would go through the awful shit that I have gone through 10 more times ... more than that if necessary... if it meant I got to experience the somewhat short-lived, unimaginable joy I went through before it... even if it lasted for only, say, a week...a few months....  With all the conviction I have, I say this: I wouldn't change one thing. I would not give up that wonderfulness to spare me from the pain after.  It was all worth it.  And I thank God from the bottom of my heart :)  That's part of what makes life so beautiful.  

So I guess it's kind of the opposite of what the song is talking about.... but still.

Hello.

I can foresee me becoming an angry person because of this blog.  In case this does happen, I promise I am a lovely individual who doesn't hate everything.  But a girl has to bitch somewhere.

  The reason I decided to start blogging (haha what a word) is because I am "too nice."  I will take hours out of my sweet time to listen to people... and I truly do care.  I want to listen.  I'm good at it and I have learned how to love it.  However, after years of not being listened to and having to deal with that, I'm getting tired.  I bust my butt to not be a selfish blabber who is either trying to prove herself or is just mean.  Do you follow?  I am saying I have a LOT to say.  So this is my way of saying it without forcing it on you. I am weary of trying to put in my two cents over the obnoxious yellings of others who refuse to grow up. 

I am already getting a little worked up.  This is great.  

So, damn it, sometimes you are to get this side of me... swear words and all.  I am as I appear: happy, sweet, kind, caring... but the tables turn... I am also: sassy, cynical at times, angry, sad, bitchy.   Some of the stuff I say on here will be one, other stuff with be the other.  Just depends.  This particular blog is clearly on the cynical side. 

Enjoy.