I think it's terrible that people immediately prepare for Easter by putting out bunny stuff all over the front of Target or the plastic eggs where it can come apart so you can put chocolate inside it.
I think it's a serious issue when society is being forced to associate actual holidays with stuff that have nothing to do with it. For instance, Easter = bunnies and eggs, Christmas = trees, ornaments, socks, santa.
Actual point of Easter:
Jesus who died on the cross resurrected in his tomb. It was only then that his disciples finally believed that he really was the Son of God. The whole life of Jesus, even though he proved himself over and over again, his disciples continually doubted him. Hence the surprise when they found out he was not in his tomb 3 days after he died.
Easter has nothing to do with bunnies and eggs.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
This long break from blogging or writing anything has made me weak. I'm not as interesting as I used to be. Although after reading what I used to write about, I'm kinda glad I'm not in that place anymore. Rereading it is pretty sad. I can almost feel myself feeling sorry for my previous self.
Wait, didn't I say I was done for the night cus I have a busy morning..?
Wait, didn't I say I was done for the night cus I have a busy morning..?
Busy Bee
Good evening, lovers.
Just came from the gym and I was feeling pretty good and I guess now my high is going down. I've been focusing a lot on my stretches lately and I've been proud of what I can do. Although it's not nearly as good as what I used to be able to do. My hope is not gone! I can do this.
Today I was too late to join the zumba class so I did my usual cardio routine. I did only 40 minutes today. 20 on the bike and another 20 on the treadmill. I think people are surprised of my creativity in these machines.. I refuse to limit myself with only running and walking on the treadmill. There are so many things I can do! For example: lunges, knee highs, butt kicks, arabesques, side kicks, sprints, power walking. I encourage you all to be creative when it comes to things like that.
It's been a few weeks clean of meat. When I say meat I mean just chicken, pork, and beef. I still eat seafood. I crave nothing about it! Although I may have spoke too soon. I just realized that I still consume dairy and that, of course, comes from an animal. So close! As far as the actual meat, I don't crave it. My mother cooks meat here at my house and I don't really feel the need to taste or anything. I don't use "extra effort" to say "no" to them. It was that way in the beginning, so I guess if you're gonna make this big of a change, you should have a very strong reason. Having a shallow reason like "weight-loss" is not good enough for you to really stick to it
Some call it a diet, I call it a life style change. Seriously though! Diets are temporary. Diets last only for a few weeks or maybe a few months depending on your will power.. Life style changes are obviously that. A change of life style. I have no plan on eating meat again one day. I like feeling light. I like feeling happy and energized and not dragged down by the heaviness of steak or chicken.
Apart from that, work has completely covered my whole week.
I still go out and hang out with my friends so I'm not a complete loner now, but I do breathe work. I'm always too tired to go to the gym, but I force it. Tired is not a real excuse to not go to the gym so I make it happen. Isn't that the only real way of doing things though? To just do it and not make lame ass excuses like "fatigue" get in the way? I believe in myself. Others don't. But then again, since when did I need others to give me some sort of validation to do anything? ;)
Which reminds me.. lately there has been this irritating negative energy floating around me. It's consistent in highlighting negative things about my life. I want to squish it like a bug. Not that I need to prove myself or exert effort into making that little shit know that I'm not wrong, but I really cannot wait for the day when I am capable of showing that what my plans for in my life are great things. I will refuse to fail. I rebuke anything that is not a positive influence in my life.
With that said, I have a busy morning. Gotta take Brownie to the vet and stop by the bookstore before work. Good night, good luck with life.
-m
Just came from the gym and I was feeling pretty good and I guess now my high is going down. I've been focusing a lot on my stretches lately and I've been proud of what I can do. Although it's not nearly as good as what I used to be able to do. My hope is not gone! I can do this.
Today I was too late to join the zumba class so I did my usual cardio routine. I did only 40 minutes today. 20 on the bike and another 20 on the treadmill. I think people are surprised of my creativity in these machines.. I refuse to limit myself with only running and walking on the treadmill. There are so many things I can do! For example: lunges, knee highs, butt kicks, arabesques, side kicks, sprints, power walking. I encourage you all to be creative when it comes to things like that.
It's been a few weeks clean of meat. When I say meat I mean just chicken, pork, and beef. I still eat seafood. I crave nothing about it! Although I may have spoke too soon. I just realized that I still consume dairy and that, of course, comes from an animal. So close! As far as the actual meat, I don't crave it. My mother cooks meat here at my house and I don't really feel the need to taste or anything. I don't use "extra effort" to say "no" to them. It was that way in the beginning, so I guess if you're gonna make this big of a change, you should have a very strong reason. Having a shallow reason like "weight-loss" is not good enough for you to really stick to it
Some call it a diet, I call it a life style change. Seriously though! Diets are temporary. Diets last only for a few weeks or maybe a few months depending on your will power.. Life style changes are obviously that. A change of life style. I have no plan on eating meat again one day. I like feeling light. I like feeling happy and energized and not dragged down by the heaviness of steak or chicken.
Apart from that, work has completely covered my whole week.
I still go out and hang out with my friends so I'm not a complete loner now, but I do breathe work. I'm always too tired to go to the gym, but I force it. Tired is not a real excuse to not go to the gym so I make it happen. Isn't that the only real way of doing things though? To just do it and not make lame ass excuses like "fatigue" get in the way? I believe in myself. Others don't. But then again, since when did I need others to give me some sort of validation to do anything? ;)
Which reminds me.. lately there has been this irritating negative energy floating around me. It's consistent in highlighting negative things about my life. I want to squish it like a bug. Not that I need to prove myself or exert effort into making that little shit know that I'm not wrong, but I really cannot wait for the day when I am capable of showing that what my plans for in my life are great things. I will refuse to fail. I rebuke anything that is not a positive influence in my life.
With that said, I have a busy morning. Gotta take Brownie to the vet and stop by the bookstore before work. Good night, good luck with life.
-m
WHY: I stopped eating meat
I don't eat meat anymore simply because I don't need it.
People believe that the only source of protein is to get it from chicken or steak, when in fact you get more harm in eating meat nowadays than actually reaping the benefits.
THE ANIMALS
THE BEGINNING:
Back in the years, they had farms that literally were actual farms that you would see in the cartoons. They had the animals they raised for their family so they can eat rather than mass producing for the entire state. They fed these animals actual feed so they would grow up in a normal pace. They were all free range farm animals which means they weren't stuffed in little cages their whole lives. They were raised properly with no torturing, no chemicals, and they laid eggs naturally. The animals multiplied organically with no help of artificial insemination. No injections of hormones to speed up the growth of the animals.
FAST FORWARD:
Where to begin... Have you actually visited a slaughterhouse before?
Just to make this a little easier on the mind, I'll only give few details of what actually goes on in the slaughterhouses now.
The chicken are stuffed in a small cage. Their beaks clipped off so that they don't peck each other to death. In this small cage that could only fit probably 2, contain 7 hens that are bred to lay eggs. Out of these 7 hens, 1-2 will die because their uterus have been over producing eggs. 1-2 more will die because it's been squished. Once they are dead, it could be days or even weeks for someone to notice some are dead within the cages. They are left there until someone finally removes them and puts them in a place to be prepared for dismemberment.
When the eggs hatch, they are given food to make them fat. Usually corn based food and some sort of steroid. In the 23rd week of their lives, they are still "adolescent" chicks but look just like a full grown chicken, if not bigger. They live inside a building where they are herded by machines rather than roaming around like a normal chicken. These chicken then die of heart failure because their breasts are too big and is suffocating their little hearts. Their legs also cannot support their weight anymore so therefor some others die just on that spot. When it's time for killing, they use a machine to herd the animals all in one spot to kill them. (Not going to describe the process)
HOW WE GET MILK:
The cow will undergo artificial insemination and after they give birth, the calf has about two days to stay with the mother cow and then the workers literally drag away the calf. The calves then get sorted out. One will be grounded up to hamburger meat and depending on the gender, the females will be raised for milk and the reproduction process and the males will be raised for steak and other bigger cuts of beef.
The female cows will then lactate a lot since it just gave birth and we will take their milk for ourselves. The whole life of the female cows are just that: to give birth, lactate and repeat until the day they die and then they go for dismemberment.
PIGLETS:
Same thing. Artificial insemination. Then the male piglets will be castrated by hand, (they will just pull off his testicles) with no anesthetics because it's too costly. Out of the 50 piglets, 25% will die of infection and malnurishment. Another 15% will die because of the environment (they might've got caught onto the gate, stepped on by the workers, or trampled over by other pigs.)
Some piglets will be dragged upside down by a machine to dip their heads in water with electricity and then will be thrown in boiling water. After that, they will be skinned and put on a conveyor belt for dismemberment. Then bacon comes out.
Please don't misunderstand, this is only meant to inform you. Just because you eat meat it doesn't mean you are a terrible person.
There is nothing wrong with having a farm or any of the sort and then eating the animal you have in your farm. My grandparents used to have a farm and our family ate what we had in our farm. The difference is, they were organic. Which means there were no hormones injected and the animals were free range. They laid eggs because they wanted to, not because they were chemically engineered to. Also we didn't torture them before we killed them.
THE MAIN POINT
I stopped eating meat for the animals. The health benefits just followed along.
All animals are tortured before they are packed for food. Almost all are injected with some sort of hormone/steroid for growth. I don't blame them for doing it since the demand for meat is very high in North America. Mass production of animals are the only current method known to us that will meet the demands of the people. In the end, it's all about money. I'm not for that at all.
People believe that the only source of protein is to get it from chicken or steak, when in fact you get more harm in eating meat nowadays than actually reaping the benefits.
THE ANIMALS
THE BEGINNING:
Back in the years, they had farms that literally were actual farms that you would see in the cartoons. They had the animals they raised for their family so they can eat rather than mass producing for the entire state. They fed these animals actual feed so they would grow up in a normal pace. They were all free range farm animals which means they weren't stuffed in little cages their whole lives. They were raised properly with no torturing, no chemicals, and they laid eggs naturally. The animals multiplied organically with no help of artificial insemination. No injections of hormones to speed up the growth of the animals.
FAST FORWARD:
Where to begin... Have you actually visited a slaughterhouse before?
Just to make this a little easier on the mind, I'll only give few details of what actually goes on in the slaughterhouses now.
The chicken are stuffed in a small cage. Their beaks clipped off so that they don't peck each other to death. In this small cage that could only fit probably 2, contain 7 hens that are bred to lay eggs. Out of these 7 hens, 1-2 will die because their uterus have been over producing eggs. 1-2 more will die because it's been squished. Once they are dead, it could be days or even weeks for someone to notice some are dead within the cages. They are left there until someone finally removes them and puts them in a place to be prepared for dismemberment.
When the eggs hatch, they are given food to make them fat. Usually corn based food and some sort of steroid. In the 23rd week of their lives, they are still "adolescent" chicks but look just like a full grown chicken, if not bigger. They live inside a building where they are herded by machines rather than roaming around like a normal chicken. These chicken then die of heart failure because their breasts are too big and is suffocating their little hearts. Their legs also cannot support their weight anymore so therefor some others die just on that spot. When it's time for killing, they use a machine to herd the animals all in one spot to kill them. (Not going to describe the process)
HOW WE GET MILK:
The cow will undergo artificial insemination and after they give birth, the calf has about two days to stay with the mother cow and then the workers literally drag away the calf. The calves then get sorted out. One will be grounded up to hamburger meat and depending on the gender, the females will be raised for milk and the reproduction process and the males will be raised for steak and other bigger cuts of beef.
The female cows will then lactate a lot since it just gave birth and we will take their milk for ourselves. The whole life of the female cows are just that: to give birth, lactate and repeat until the day they die and then they go for dismemberment.
PIGLETS:
Same thing. Artificial insemination. Then the male piglets will be castrated by hand, (they will just pull off his testicles) with no anesthetics because it's too costly. Out of the 50 piglets, 25% will die of infection and malnurishment. Another 15% will die because of the environment (they might've got caught onto the gate, stepped on by the workers, or trampled over by other pigs.)
Some piglets will be dragged upside down by a machine to dip their heads in water with electricity and then will be thrown in boiling water. After that, they will be skinned and put on a conveyor belt for dismemberment. Then bacon comes out.
Please don't misunderstand, this is only meant to inform you. Just because you eat meat it doesn't mean you are a terrible person.
There is nothing wrong with having a farm or any of the sort and then eating the animal you have in your farm. My grandparents used to have a farm and our family ate what we had in our farm. The difference is, they were organic. Which means there were no hormones injected and the animals were free range. They laid eggs because they wanted to, not because they were chemically engineered to. Also we didn't torture them before we killed them.
THE MAIN POINT
I stopped eating meat for the animals. The health benefits just followed along.
All animals are tortured before they are packed for food. Almost all are injected with some sort of hormone/steroid for growth. I don't blame them for doing it since the demand for meat is very high in North America. Mass production of animals are the only current method known to us that will meet the demands of the people. In the end, it's all about money. I'm not for that at all.
No More Meat
I've been gone for so long and now you know nothing of me.
I stopped eating meat. I eat fish, but no pork, beef, and chicken. I'm so glad I did it! I thought I would be miserable, but in fact the complete opposite. I am much happier as a person. How does that make sense, you ask? Well I finally rid my body from the chemical stuff inside meat. It's only the beginning, but definitely a start.
DID YOU KNOW:
...that humans were originally created only to consume vegetation? When we were still in the Garden of Eden, we were to harm no animals but to enjoy them. Our food were the fruits and vegetables that grew around the garden. It wasn't until later that we started eating meat. I think we started consuming meat around Noah's time.
...the only reason we consumed meat to begin with was because vegetation wasn't year round. It would snow, rain too much, or too much heat and kill the plants. So, for survival, we ate meat to keep ourselves stuffed for the winter. We store the fat from the meat the best because they have a lot of fat! Back then we needed all the fat we can get because for days we would have nothing to eat. Our body was made to store the fat as soon as it received it. Except back then, humans weren't actually fat because we burned off a lot of calories mainly just because we were trying to survive in the wild. Possibly running from a predator, hunting for food, and walking everywhere. These days, our vegetation is year round and we no longer hunt for food nor need extra fat because we don't have to "starve through the winter nights."
I will get into depth with this meat thing another time.
Also, just to put this out there, I have nothing against whoever eats meat. You are not an idiot for eating meat. I simply believe I have no need for it. It's no longer a necessity for me to have meat in my system.
More on this later, but right now I will sleep.
-m
I stopped eating meat. I eat fish, but no pork, beef, and chicken. I'm so glad I did it! I thought I would be miserable, but in fact the complete opposite. I am much happier as a person. How does that make sense, you ask? Well I finally rid my body from the chemical stuff inside meat. It's only the beginning, but definitely a start.
DID YOU KNOW:
...that humans were originally created only to consume vegetation? When we were still in the Garden of Eden, we were to harm no animals but to enjoy them. Our food were the fruits and vegetables that grew around the garden. It wasn't until later that we started eating meat. I think we started consuming meat around Noah's time.
...the only reason we consumed meat to begin with was because vegetation wasn't year round. It would snow, rain too much, or too much heat and kill the plants. So, for survival, we ate meat to keep ourselves stuffed for the winter. We store the fat from the meat the best because they have a lot of fat! Back then we needed all the fat we can get because for days we would have nothing to eat. Our body was made to store the fat as soon as it received it. Except back then, humans weren't actually fat because we burned off a lot of calories mainly just because we were trying to survive in the wild. Possibly running from a predator, hunting for food, and walking everywhere. These days, our vegetation is year round and we no longer hunt for food nor need extra fat because we don't have to "starve through the winter nights."
I will get into depth with this meat thing another time.
Also, just to put this out there, I have nothing against whoever eats meat. You are not an idiot for eating meat. I simply believe I have no need for it. It's no longer a necessity for me to have meat in my system.
More on this later, but right now I will sleep.
-m
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