You ARE what you EAT

I'm sure by my multiple posts about food have noticed I'm a little overly concerned about food and what Zach and I eat as a family.  As a Family I have begun to move us into organic world.. Trying to purchase as much fresh foods organic as possible but as anyone who has shopped for organic foods knows it cost much more than non organic foods. Shopping for organic foods goes against almost everything i've ever know about grocery shopping.. I have always brought the cheapest item possible of the type with no concern for brands but unless you shop at Harris Teeter ( which is already more expensive then other grocery stores) you can not find off brand organic foods and as you sit there and compare the prices you are met with much anamacity of what to by simply because non organic foods are a dollar or more CHEAPER than organic foods!! So while grocery shopping brings such inner turmoil between organics and non organic i have been trying to purchase as much organic as I can for our family as long as its affordable.

 Along with making my family organic I have decided to personally become vegetarian.  It has been 2 weeks since I ate meat and I am loving it.  It has always been something I wanted to do because I love animals and am bit of an animal activist.  After finishing the book Skinny Bitch I decided to make the decision.  After reading that book I almost can't even look at foods from animals in the same way.. Although the book promotes veganism which is my next step I have only given up meat, milk and eggs at this point.. Cheese and butter will have to come later along with any processed foods with milk in them i still eat.  The funny thing about becoming vegetarian is how much resistance I am met with.. I have in no way forced my decision on anyone it is simply that I choose not to eat meat but was actually shocked at how others have reacted to my decision! A decision that I am so proud of has caused so many odd remarks and has definitely infuriated zach for reasons i still don't understand! But I know my reasonings and i know the decision i have made will improve my health and i will feel much better about my food decisions.. If you just need one of the many reasons i have to not eat meat visit goveg.com and watch the videos, read the chapter entitled You are what you eat from Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouinor simply think of what happens to the poor cows, chickens and pigs before we eat them... You Are what you eat and in the words of Kim and Rory: "you are eating high blood pressure stress, and adrenalin.  You are eating fear, grief, and rage.  You are eating suffering, horror, and murder. You are eating cruelty."  You are what you eat

I leave you with that... not to tell you to be vegetarian, vegan but simply to remember you are what you eat and everything you put in your body becomes a part of you and if you really think about what you eat.. it can get a little disgusting!