Diets

So this past weekend was Easter. Needless to say I bought out the candy isle at our local grocery store. Add to that the traditional Easter dinner along with dessert and I probably gained 5 pounds. Perhaps 5 pounds on each hip if i want to be honest with myself.

This brings me to the subject of this blog Diets. I know every girl hates them and most of us on are on one of them. My problem is that I can't decide how I want to eat. It sounds stupid but what happens is I start to research something lets say the south beach diet and it makes so much sense. It is really logical since i am totally a bread person. So i did that for a while lost some weight and felt great. Then the holidays came and i know you think i am going to say i put all the weight back on but i did not. I read the book Skinny Bitch. Great book by the way. It is pro vegan. i guess i should tell you that i was a vegetarian for almost 2 years and loved it. The weight fell off and i felt like i stood for something. So i read Skinny Bitch and it is talking about factory farming and hormones and chemicals (while it is extreme in its views it is a really well written book with a lot of eye opening research). So now i totally want to be a vegan. Hmm what to do. Honestly my biggest problem is lack of time. Being a vegetarian takes time for meal planing or you end up opening 3 cans every night for dinner (hubby would not like that). Not to mention not very many vegan fast food options.

What is best for the kids? i really don't know. It seems like most of the stuff we feed ourselves and our children is processed and has tons of chemicals. But it is really expensive to buy organic. I mean once again we are left making choices for our children that may impact them for years to come.

I guess it makes me think about the fact that if Americans gave up meat we would have the resources to end world hunger. The rain forest is being destroyed at an alarming rate to provide land for grazing. Pound for pound beef takes more resources to grow than any other food item. Not only are we choosing what to feed our kids but what resources we are saving for them.

Food for thought i guess.