Yep. That's pretty much it. Strange decision considering I love meat products. Cook me up a nice broiled filet mignon with the bacon wrapped around it, and you'll find it gone before it even hits the plate. No, I love meat. Screw animal rights. Animals this tasty don't deserve rights. But I digress. The true purpose behind my vegefication is the goal of a healthier lifestyle. In truth, in between breakfast and dinner, I find myself on campus surrounded by bacon burgers at the cafeteria, or the KFC down the road, or the fact that there is a Five Guys right across the street, only a minute walk from the biggest burger this side of Connecticut.
It's not just at school either. My dinners are always specifically meat, and I barely ever get a decent amount of fruits and vegetables in my diet. I love salad, yet I never find it to be worthy of the main course in my meals, treating it only as an optional side. This has been on my mind for a few months now, never actually discussing it with anyone. But I really think this is the way to go. It certainly seems to by an enjoyable road from here. Meat is something I can live without. All I have to do is think of those film strips all of my teachers love so much...
... Ah, and now we get to the catalyst. Yes, you know the ones that those liberal colleges just love to show all the time. I don't know what it is, but every single one of my teachers since I've started my college career has brought up this discussion into an assignment one way or another. That's not to say that they all show film strips, this is actually the first time. I've seen so many of these clips where the pigs are slaughtered and carried throughout the factory, covered in piss and shit as they do so. The cows, pumped full of steroids, that wade in their own manure as they spend their lives in those tiny little stalls. The chickens dying in the windowless coops from over-exposure to their own feces. And then the story about the little boy who died from ingestion of too much e coli in a simple burger. It's a thought that really makes you step back and say, "Just what the hell am I eating?"
I'm not asking for statistics by the way. I don't actually care what excuse the industry gives that says they are doing a good job. It's just a thought that can help me in my pursuit for a healthier, more natural lifestyle.
Anyway, down to the bare bones of the topic: I would like some tips. Anything you guys can give me to help me along with this endeavor of mine. I know I'm being vague, but that's because I don't know much beyond the "don't eat meat" part. I figure this is a good discussion thread.
Just a quick addition, I will not, nor will I ever, eat tofu.
EDIT: Note to all the smartasses, the clip I'm referring to is not made in the fucking 70s. Look up Kevin Kowalczyk, the name of the 3 year old who died of e coli.
EDIT#2:Seems reiteration is necessary.
It's not just at school either. My dinners are always specifically meat, and I barely ever get a decent amount of fruits and vegetables in my diet. I love salad, yet I never find it to be worthy of the main course in my meals, treating it only as an optional side. This has been on my mind for a few months now, never actually discussing it with anyone. But I really think this is the way to go. It certainly seems to by an enjoyable road from here. Meat is something I can live without. All I have to do is think of those film strips all of my teachers love so much...
... Ah, and now we get to the catalyst. Yes, you know the ones that those liberal colleges just love to show all the time. I don't know what it is, but every single one of my teachers since I've started my college career has brought up this discussion into an assignment one way or another. That's not to say that they all show film strips, this is actually the first time. I've seen so many of these clips where the pigs are slaughtered and carried throughout the factory, covered in piss and shit as they do so. The cows, pumped full of steroids, that wade in their own manure as they spend their lives in those tiny little stalls. The chickens dying in the windowless coops from over-exposure to their own feces. And then the story about the little boy who died from ingestion of too much e coli in a simple burger. It's a thought that really makes you step back and say, "Just what the hell am I eating?"
I'm not asking for statistics by the way. I don't actually care what excuse the industry gives that says they are doing a good job. It's just a thought that can help me in my pursuit for a healthier, more natural lifestyle.
Anyway, down to the bare bones of the topic: I would like some tips. Anything you guys can give me to help me along with this endeavor of mine. I know I'm being vague, but that's because I don't know much beyond the "don't eat meat" part. I figure this is a good discussion thread.
Just a quick addition, I will not, nor will I ever, eat tofu.
EDIT: Note to all the smartasses, the clip I'm referring to is not made in the fucking 70s. Look up Kevin Kowalczyk, the name of the 3 year old who died of e coli.
EDIT#2:Seems reiteration is necessary.
TheDrunkNinja said:
TheDrunkNinja said:
