Day 1: Skinny Bitch wannabe

Have you heard of the book Skinny Bitch?

I read a little bit of it at Barnes and Noble a few days ago. I liked the verbiage. Anyone who tells me what to "fucking" eat and what's "shit" is a winner in my book. (They curse...a lot. I love it.)

Anyways, they got my attention. And the facts they presented about foods and how our bodies process them made a ridiculous amount of sense. So much, it pissed me off a little bit.

Let me track back some...I did a detox recently...none of that crazy lemon juice maple syrup cayenne pepper crap. But an all natural, eat-what-your-body-was-meant-to-eat sort of diet. And I felt amazing. And my digestive system thanked me. Did I drop a lot of weight? No. Why? Because I'm at a very healthy weight and I didn't starve myself.

Forward to this Skinny Bitch book...the diet was sooo similar when it came to what one should eat and why. Except, these women were way more descriptive and funny about the "why" part. Here's a little sparknotes version of that chapter:

We're not naturally carnivores. Natural carnivores (Lions and tigers and bears, oh my) kill and eat their prey...without cooking it in the oven first.

We're not meant to chow down on all kinds of seafood. Otherwise it probably wouldn't poison us with Mercury or raise our cholesterol.

And my favorite section of the book (please read it...the writers were hilarious)...We stop sucking our mom's boobs as toddlers. No other animal requires milk as an adult...neither do we.

Annnnnnd after 23 years of hating on vegans and their fake meat, I've come around and decided to give it a shot. Not because I have strong convictions about the way animals are treated in the process (yes, it is awful...but it doesn't keep me from enjoying the fuck out of lambchops or filet mignon). And not because I'm trying to conform to the rest of the tree-hugging, bongo drumming, artsy stoners in the city where I reside. Not even because I'm trying to be super skinny like I used to be (that's what exercise is for). But because I love learning about nutrition, and I LOVE a good challenge.

Will I cheat? Hell yes. I plan to enjoy the shit out of some fresh sushi/sashimi, and I REFUSE to be that annoying dinner guest with a list of dietary restrictions. And I won't even start about those drunken munchies...

But why not be as healthy as I can in my regular, daily life...so that I can feel good and enjoy the fun and crazy times?!

So here we go. Day 1. So far, so good.