So let me start by saying that this does not come from a place of me not liking meat (because for damn sure I love me a burger) but I have recently watched the documentary Food Inc and it really moved me to realize where my food is coming from. Yet, again the issue is the family. So I have been thinking that over the course of the next few months I am going to slowly eliminate meat from my diet. I will cook for my family and eat meat a few times a week. Introducing more vegetarian cooking to them. I figure I will see how that goes, see if I am satisfied with what I am eating (I need to be satisfied otherwise I will start to think about binge eating). Then begin to cut out more and more meat.I also have decided to stop blindly buying my meat where it is cheapest. Papa Hunt and I decided that we would begin buying our meat from a local butcher who raises his own meat that way we know where our meat comes from not some big corporation.
This whole thought process is different for me because usually I do stuff to loose weight (which this is not that) or as a fad diet to loose weight. I have thought of people who were vegan as crazy, but now that I am doing more reading on clean eating, and what to eat, and when to keep my energy up. I realize that a lot of the foods I love are not good for my body are not good for our world. Now those of you who know me in real life please don't think I am going to be a militant person about this trying to convert all of you. As I said this may not work for me and I am not totally giving up meat, yet. I also think if I am being honest about my health I will still eat eggs. So basically I am totally making up my whole own weird eating plan!!
So what are your thoughts? Are some of you vegetarians? Vegans? Hard Core meat eaters? I would love to hear what you think?