one100grand
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I know a lot of folks will be rolling their eyes or laughing at this idea. I was when my wife introduced this thought to me too, but when I did it, it put a lot of things in perspective for me that are a little alarming.
A little background about the idea - my wife works for a major healthcare organization and as a result is privy to a lot of unusual initiatives that some health nuts suggest. November is apparently Vegan Month (seems awfully hateful to put it amidst the celebration of greatest celebration of gluttony possible) and the folks in her office suite started throwing around the idea of going vegan for a month. Everyone was on board until they realized that it's a long month, so that got shortened to 2 weeks, then ultimately a week. She participated in it and at the end of the week had lost 3 pounds and was feeling very healthy. In December, we decided to take it upon ourselves to try it again and I have to admit that at the end of the week I was feeling pretty healthy and in good spirits - I even learned a few very disturbing things about OJ from Walmart.
So we've decided that for a week every month this year that we are going to be vegan. I want to make you aware that this is a big sacrifice for me - my birthday was recently and I ate pretty much meat and cake all day.
What vegan means - no meat, no cheese, no animal product whatsoever. I know it sounds pretty ridiculous, but it puts into perspective how many things we eat that involve animal bi-products that probably shouldn't (such as most brands of pickles and OJ from Walmart).
My reasoning for doing this is a combination of health, knowledge, and discipline. I want to improve my health in 2014, I want to learn about the things that I am eating, and I figure if I've got the discipline to forgo eating things I love to eat, what else do I have the discipline to do?
In 2014, my first vegan week will run from 1/20-1/26. I encourage you to join up and try this, even if it's only a day or two, or you could try vegetarian.
A little background about the idea - my wife works for a major healthcare organization and as a result is privy to a lot of unusual initiatives that some health nuts suggest. November is apparently Vegan Month (seems awfully hateful to put it amidst the celebration of greatest celebration of gluttony possible) and the folks in her office suite started throwing around the idea of going vegan for a month. Everyone was on board until they realized that it's a long month, so that got shortened to 2 weeks, then ultimately a week. She participated in it and at the end of the week had lost 3 pounds and was feeling very healthy. In December, we decided to take it upon ourselves to try it again and I have to admit that at the end of the week I was feeling pretty healthy and in good spirits - I even learned a few very disturbing things about OJ from Walmart.
So we've decided that for a week every month this year that we are going to be vegan. I want to make you aware that this is a big sacrifice for me - my birthday was recently and I ate pretty much meat and cake all day.
What vegan means - no meat, no cheese, no animal product whatsoever. I know it sounds pretty ridiculous, but it puts into perspective how many things we eat that involve animal bi-products that probably shouldn't (such as most brands of pickles and OJ from Walmart).
My reasoning for doing this is a combination of health, knowledge, and discipline. I want to improve my health in 2014, I want to learn about the things that I am eating, and I figure if I've got the discipline to forgo eating things I love to eat, what else do I have the discipline to do?
In 2014, my first vegan week will run from 1/20-1/26. I encourage you to join up and try this, even if it's only a day or two, or you could try vegetarian.