Sunday, April 17, 2011

Animals are our friends, not food...


Ok, so I haven't been on this blog in forever and who knows if I'll continue after today, but it's turning into a whole other beast. Less about people, celebrities, and whatnot, this will be about me trying to stop eating animals or causing harm to them in any way. Good luck to me...

I've done this once before. Last August I decided to give up meat to challenge myself to eat more veggies and get in better shape. I only planned for a month but actually gave it up for two months. It was easier than I anticipated, but as I was not committed to it indefinitely, I eventually went back to cow, chicken, pork, and turkey without any real thought.

I recently finished reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer and I can't get it out of my head. I can't imagine treating my animals with anything but love so why was it ok for me to not think about the animals I was eating? Why could I hide from my thoughts just how horribly the animal I was eating was treated before making it to my plate? Perhaps ignorance is bliss. Perhaps I would have rather not known. But I know now. And I'm having problems working around that information. Guess it's time to stop.

I finished the book on April 12th. I haven't eaten meat since. As I start removing animal from my plate, I know it's going to be a challenge. I've recently purchased So Delicious Coconut Milk instead of cow milk, Smart Balance Buttery Spread instead of butter, and no meat of any kind. Now it's time to start trying it.

Websites I visited today: www.farmsanctuary.org and www.localharvest.org

And again I say, Good Luck to me...

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