So a friend loaned me her copy of the book "Skinny Bitch", and after reading the first 100 pages yesterday I just had to go buy my own copy.
If you haven't heard of it, check out their website. http://www.skinnybitch.net/
It is definitely eye opening. I had already stopped eating red meat, after reading "In Defense of Food", but I was still eating chicken and turkey and pork. Well I am going to have to be meat free now. The descriptions of how animals in slaughter houses are treated was enough to make my skin cry and I thought I was going to cry. Just horrible. I can't just can't be playing a role in that sort of thing.
I went today and bought my own copy of the book, I wanted to be able to get everyone I know to read it, and a vegetarian cookbook that has lots of pictures. (It was only $5.99 too, score!) I also bought Martha Stewart's cupcake cookbook, I don't think I could ever be vegan because I need my eggs and butter for my baking!
So I am resolved, no more meat for me. Not sure if there will be any other great revelations in the other two thirds of the book, but I'll keep you posted!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Two Weeks Without Dairy
I found this article on huffingtonpost.com last week and decided that this is something to consider.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/dairy-free-dairy-6-reason_b_558876.html
Day One:
So the end of the article said, basically, that if you don't believe that dairy is bad for you then give it two weeks. Go two weeks without dairy and see what it does for you. Since I have been told to cut back on dairy because of my high cholesterol, I decided to give it a shot. I think it'll be hard, because I love cheese, and chocolate milk, but let's see how I feel after the two weeks are over.
I do refuse to stop baking though. I do have an order for cupcakes for Stacy for tomorrow. Grant's teacher's birthday is tomorrow and I'm going to make some cupcakes for her. White cake with butter cream frosting. I do have some sprinkles that I'll probably color them up with. So excited about baking for someone else!
Two weeks without dairy, I think I can do it. (I don't think I can give up parmasean cheese though. We'll see.) It's all about feeling better and living better. Let's see how I feel in 14 days.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/dairy-free-dairy-6-reason_b_558876.html
Day One:
So the end of the article said, basically, that if you don't believe that dairy is bad for you then give it two weeks. Go two weeks without dairy and see what it does for you. Since I have been told to cut back on dairy because of my high cholesterol, I decided to give it a shot. I think it'll be hard, because I love cheese, and chocolate milk, but let's see how I feel after the two weeks are over.
I do refuse to stop baking though. I do have an order for cupcakes for Stacy for tomorrow. Grant's teacher's birthday is tomorrow and I'm going to make some cupcakes for her. White cake with butter cream frosting. I do have some sprinkles that I'll probably color them up with. So excited about baking for someone else!
Two weeks without dairy, I think I can do it. (I don't think I can give up parmasean cheese though. We'll see.) It's all about feeling better and living better. Let's see how I feel in 14 days.
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