Change is good :)

BEWARE, long post!

So I've been wracking my brain lately thinking over some things..

(is it wracking or racking??)

Figured it might be easier just to blog a post to get all these thoughts out in the open.

Help me organize my brain a little better. :)

Over the last few weeks I've been obsessed with Netflix &it's massive amount of documentaries.

I loveee documentaries not sure why. Just like when I go to the library,

you're more likely to find me looking at non-fiction books because I love to learn new things. :)

So throughout my Netflix adventures I've especially favored the Food documentaries.

Not like "Oh you're a fat kid watching TV about food.",

more like "Oh these people are Vegetarians or Vegans that's pretty cool, aw that poor cow.."

I've also been a big library fan and Google-master here lately doing my research. :D

Thoughts at this point are as followed:

1. How have I managed to eat meat this long after watching those I am quite disgusted.

2. Why in the world have I been feeding my child the same things.

3. Wow I wonder how much healthier I'd feel if I quit eating all that junk(not just meat, but also processed junk, dairy, etc. included.)

4. They must be like "ninja-mentally strong" to do what they did, I'm a wimp there's no way..

Realizations:

1. I don't really even eat meat that often as it is because every time I do I get a stomach ache soon after.

2. I don't really like eggs except occasionally anyway.

3. Half the time I sound preggo because I get a swift headache when I smell meat cooking followed by nausea, or seeing it raw sometimes even cooked, grosses me out.

3b. This does not always apply I.E. Chik-Fil-A, Taco Bell, Sonic, Chinese food, the list goes on.

4. MAYBEE I should give this a try..

The part that seems the hardest, to me anyway, is not feeding my son a healthy vegetarian or vegan diet,

but keeping others from giving him what I don't believe he should be eating.

What might make this a little easier is that I'm pretty sure he is Lactose Intolerant.

We've been switching to cow's milk from formula because he's just over a year old now,

which was followed by him having gas pains, stomach aches, sleepless nights for all 3 of us,

and general not-happy-ness. Most of this happens at night when he has no

distractions like during the day and he WILL NOT sleep once he wakes up

hurting, unless I rub his little tummy. This obviously upsets me that he's hurting

and even worse that I'm giving him something that's hurting him.

So today we got Almond Milk for the first time, we'll be trying it out this week and see

if any progress is made. Plus obviously cutting out yogurt and cheese to see how he does.

Aside from his obvious tummy troubles from milk..

FUN FACTS!

Did you know humans are the only species that continues to drink milk into adulthood instead of weaning during infancy.

Also the only species that drinks the milk of another species. Kinda gross if you ask me.

this cracked me up

Not that many care to look into where their food actually comes from, if you did,

you probably wouldn't want to eat animal products either.

Hygiene is not a factor, nor is being humane.

Although animals that are humanely kept are treated better we still don't need to eat meat or dairy

to survive, they're not necessary for growth, mental ability is not affected by NOT eating them.

Sorry for going on and on but I needed to vent somewhere and seeing as this is My blog. :D

So based on my "Realizations" I don't think it should be too hard for me to try

Vegetarianism or even Veganism. Preferably Veganism.

Or my son. :)

He's only 1 so he doesn't know any better but until he's old enough to choose for

himself, I will make his decisions.

He's also not old enough or have been eating animal products long enough to "miss" them.

Long story not so short, I've been trying Vegetarianism for about 2 weeks?

Hasn't worked out so well but I am willing to give it another go, with much more loyalty this time.

As of now Thursday, March 9th, 2013 10:31 PM

my son and I are going Vegetarian/Vegan. :)
Or at least transitioning to be!

Course as I say that I'm thinking of all the foods with meat and cheese I can't eat anymore..


And although I'm posting it on here I won't be broadcasting this decision to my whole world because:

1. I'm scared I won't stick with it

2. I have the bad luck of every time I tell someone my plans, they fall apart.

3. I don't want to hear everybody's opinions about why I shouldn't do it, even though it doesn't effect them or their fridge at all.

Time to get back to researching so I can figure out what the heck I'm doing. ;)

Knowledge is power homies. <3