Yes, I am very aware of the fact that it's been quite some time now since I wrote within the confines of these pages, but please don't assume that means that I've gotten all back-slidden and stuff. No, I just had some things to sort through. Some lessons to learn, some work to do, some inspirations to have - you know the drill.
If you have not yet seen the movie Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead
", you should. It is amazingly inspirational. And tonight, on my birthday eve, it was the perfect time for me to see that movie. I talked to my mom about it earlier and she was very supportive of my idea that I would like to do a juice fast for 60 days just like in that movie. I don't know that I will become a 100% vegetarian or vegan after that. I really enjoy meat and dairy and I have no issue with the whole Circle of Life - although I am not much of a fan of how industrialized our food production has become. But that's a matter of major debate and I find it too easy to see both sides of the argument to debate either side with any real success so please don't send me angry diatribes about why I should never ever ever eat meat or cheese again. At this moment in time - within 30 minutes of ENJOYING THE HELL out of the fabulous leftovers (Doggy Box) from the birthday meal my beloved bought me for lunch today (about 8 ounces of the most tender and delicious steak EVER and 1/2 a cup of veggies), I am not going to sit here and tell anyone that I will never eat steak (or chicken or pork or seafood...) again. That would be - from my current point of view - a bald face lie. I am willing to grant the possibility that it could, conceivably, end up proving to be the truth. But at the moment - nope. I am like Scarlet O'Hara. "Oh yes, as God as my witness, I will eat meat again!"But - I am intrigued. And I am curious. Curiosity killed the cat...and satisfaction brought him back. I'm curious. What kind of difference could I make in my body in 30 days? In 60 days? How much differently could I feel? How much differently could I look?
Okay - I think another thing that I really need to do - although personally, this sucks like friggin crazy(!!)...is I need to be accountable. Like - I need to just put this out there into the world as a real and factual thing to people who know me and care about me. I need to own it. I need to say, "Yes, I am doing this." It makes it that much harder to back out of. That - and even more importantly - it allows the people who really care about me to support me. And it allows me the possibility that maybe - just maybe - if I can do what it is that I want to do - I might inspire someone else along the way. And we all know that the world can always use a little bit more of that. :)
So, I'm going to learn a little more about all this - I do enjoy doing my research, after all. But as soon as I figure things out so I have a solid game plan, I will write it in here. Until then, I'm going to enjoy eating as well as enjoying the knowledge that sometime in the next couple of weeks, I'm going to begin the juice fast that I know is going to change my life.
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