Two weeks ago, the day before I was diagnosed with pneumonia (in the summer nonetheless), I was on my laptop watching bootleg episodes of True Blood while Jason was on the couch perusing Netflix to watch a documentary about plant based diets. He ended up watching "Forks Over Knives". To be honest, I had no intention of looking up from my guilty pleasure of vampires having sex, but I kept getting drawn to the documentary. There was a woman with type2 diabetes who reversed her condition with a plant-based diet. There was a fireman who, in 3 weeks, had his cholesterol drop from 344 to 200 just by foregoing all meat products, dairy, and processed foods. There was a guy who was on 10 different meds, who after sticking to a vegan diet for 8 months, stopped taking all his medication and became the healthiest he's ever been. I stopped watching vampire sex and paid attention.
Now, I should disclose, I love meat. I mean, seriously love it. Jason never in a million years would have thought me to go batty and adopt his dietary lifestyle. I never in a million years would have thought I'd go batty enough to adopt his dietary lifestyle. But here I am, ready to give it a try.
I made dinner for Jason's birthday tonight. It was all plant-based, except for my last scoop of vanilla ice cream for the next three weeks. And damn, it was tasty. I start my journey officially tomorrow with the help of http://pcrm.org/kickstarthome/. Wish me luck, or even better, join me on this journey!
Day -1 Dinner Menu:
- Vegetable Stack - portobella mushroom, eightball zucchini, summer squash, beefsteak tomato, red onion
- Grilled Asparagus
- Ear of Corn
- Grilled Peaches and Bananas w/ Balsamic Glaze
- 1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream (Can't lie, I'll totally miss you ice cream)
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