Eating Animals. Or Not Eating Animals

Note that it's been awhile since I posted. That is because I spent the time from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day breaking all my promises to myself. Seriously - Christmas without ham? New Year's without Pork and Sauerkraut? I couldn't imagine that, so I ate pig like there was no tomorrow.

I bought Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals back when he was first on Ellen. And I bought Alicia Silverstone's "The Kind Diet" at the same time.

I hid them under furniture to avoid seeing them until after the holidays were over. I didn't want to learn the things they wanted to teach me, because that would make me accountable for those things and I chose to remain blissfully ignorant a little while longer.

But the holidays are over and all my excuses are gone. My husband bought me a juicer for Christmas, so I have an easy way to boost my consumption of fruits and vegetables. I went shopping yesterday and stocked up on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, pasta, soy milk and didn't but a single piece of meat. Progress. I'm going to start reading my books again and take to heart the messages contained within.

I can't promise I won't stumble, but I can promise I will get back up and try again each day to make right choices.