It starts officially today.
I have been planning to lessen eating meat. I used to prepare vegetable salads at home and in the office. I also used to prepare oatmeal. But lately, I haven’t. Sometimes I get lazy to prepare and sometimes I just got sick and tired of eating them.
I know having less to zero meat in your plate is healthy. So, I have to start eating more vegetables, fruits and grains. I have to lessen eating sweets and chips. I am starting it now, one day at a time. That’s why my Monday’s will be meatless. That means, I wont be eating meat every Monday. I am not turning fully vegetarian. I don’t think I can do it yet. But I can be a vegetarian for a day. I’ll start there. But I would still be having milk and eggs. I hope I can find alternative for those.
I have two motivations for this. One, is really about health and for my children someday. I am not yet married and many people would comment that by the time my children will graduate college, I might be walking with sticks. Well, I want to make sure I can still out run my kids on a 10K marathon even when I’m 50 or 60.
Second, I watched a video sponsored by the group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)and it really made me concerned. Their main thrust is to stop animal violence and maltreatment. Eating meat is cruel to animals. Their video on factory farms made me feel like a ruthless and merciless carnivore.
Today, I will be having garden salad with Italian dressing for breakfast and dinner. Then some vegetable crackers and an apple for lunch. This is hard. It’s taking me more than 10 minute to finish my garden salad whereas I can devour 2 piece of chicken franks in less than 5 minutes. I think I have to be more creative in my menu. Will this be another reason to hate Mondays? Hehehe.
By the way, here is my theme song. “Makulay ang buhay…” I have to sing and dance this one by heart to make me stick to this routine.
