Not a vegetarian anymore

I've been a pescatarian/vegetarian for the past 2 years now. The only kind of meat that I've eaten has been fish; no beef, pork, chicken, fowl etc. It's been a really healthy way to live and I've enjoyed it and never felt inconvenienced by it. No matter where I've gone out to eat, there's always been something on the menu that I could enjoy.


I got into it because I wanted lose some excess weight and heard that this could be a good way to do it and it was. I no longer felt weighed down by what was in my stomach and I felt healthier.


After I had lost some weight and was considering going back to normal eating habits, a friend of mine showed me the "Meet Your Meat," video from PETA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIjanhKqVC4
I felt disgusted by the common practices of the meat industry and decided that I would continue being a vegetarian as a protest against the industry.


I have found and validated the idea that we, as Americans, live in a society where we don't have to eat meat and conform to the average world. We can choose to lead a cruelty-free life style (which I encourage) and not eat meat or purchase goods containing animal by-products or were tested on animals. heck alot of the things on store shelves are cruelty-free and you can easily make the switch. Things you may not have known were already vegan: http://www.peta2.com/stuff/s-accvegan.asp
PETA2 has a bunch of links and search engines to help you along with some cruelty free food and clothing shopping http://shopcrueltyfree.peta2.com/index.aspx


here it comes...


I have come to realization that as an American and vegetarian, I've become poorly prepared for disasters, some of which experts are saying are inevitable; natural catastrophes, economic collapse, terrorist attacks, social collapse. How am I so unprepared? well if the "shit hits the fan" and the power grids go off, well then the contents of my fridge will only get through a few hours to a few days before they become hazardous to eat. If soil outside is contaminated,then the vegetables in the garden won't be safe to consume. If things get really bad and my personal stockpile is depleted (eaten or stolen) and the dude next door can offer me a can of spam, how am i supposed to refuse that? And if I do take it and eat it, will this be a time when I'll be hunched over feeling like garbage because my body is having a hard time breaking down the food. What if I am hunched over and I can't make a run for it or my family is being attacked by looters? How about if I'm forced into the woods and the only source of food are bugs and the animals that can be hunted?


I'm not saying that vegetarians and vegans are screwed when a disaster happens, but I do think that they will encounter more hardships.
I'm not saying that vegetarianism is lame or anything - I highly encourage people to try it.
I'm not saying that I'm going to go eat big slabs of steak from now on either, I just won't be a strict pescatarian/vegetarian.

What I am saying is that bad things happen. And you have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. And no longer being a strict vegetarian is a way that I'm doing this.



I have more reasons for doing this, but this is the main reason. Email or message me if you want to discuss those reasons or anything else.



Be Safe,
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