Vegging Out!
It’s been over a year now that I cut meat out of my diet. 20% was for health, 30% was for the environment and the disgrace that is factory farming, and the remaining 50% was for animal welfare. Now I’m not going to get all “holier than thou” and start meat/leather shaming while I sit here in my blue suede Pumas, but animals are just too cute to eat. I do still eat fish and shellfish, mainly because of the ease of access living on an abundant coastline, and frankly because I don’t find them as cute. I know that’s shallow, pun intended. Veganism is probably not too far away, but right now I’m living day to day. The decision came quickly and surprisingly easy. I started by giving up pork, which to those who know me well may seem like I’ve flat out lost my mind, but I started by going big and I haven’t looked back. Kelly hasn’t eaten beef in over 25 years, so for me, my only beef outlet was a burger every now and again along with the rare instance that I may order a steak in a ...