I’m not a big reader, but all of a sudden I find myself reading all of the time. If any of you know me really well this should come as a shock to you! In fact, I have so many books that I want to read right now that is almost causes me to feel like I can’t concentrate because I wish I had time to read them all right now! I suppose it doesn’t help that I’m taking a class this semester which requires an additional 200 pages of reading each week when I wish I could be reading some of the books that I have more interest in.

Anyway, I have to share my latest discovery. And for those of you who watch the Oprah Show, you’ve recently seen her talk about this book. The book is call “The Kind Diet” by Alicia Silverstone. Now before I continue my thoughts on this book let me back up and tell you a little bit of history. I’ve had this ideal in my head about what the perfect diet would consist of in a perfect world. That is if time, money, and resources were not a concern at all. This diet would consist of zero processed foods and all natural foods that were fresh and organic. If you live in America, you should know that is a hard feat to strive for. On the Oprah show, Alicia Silverstone talked about her book and the idea of just flirting with the idea of eating natural and unprocessed food. I thought, what the hell, I’m interested, so I’m going to buy the book. I can flirt, and in fact, I’m pretty good at it.

So, I order the book on Amazon, it came in the mail and I start reading it. The first chapter is on eating meat. And its important for you to know that Alicia Silverstone is a vegan which is not something that I’m necessarily considering, but I like how she is completely so far to one side. Her diet consists of this ideal that I was talking about. Anyway, so in this chapter about meat she describes why meat isn’t necessarily the best thing for you to eat and what it does to your body. All I have to say is GROSS!! I’ve ate a ton of meat in my life. I opened up my lunch today to eat my normal turkey sandwich and I actually threw it out because I couldn’t even stand to look at the processed meat that I was eating. I actually surprised myself.

I’m not sure what the next chapters are going to bring me, but I just have to tell my husband sorry in advance. This book may unleash a freaky side of me. I might find myself growing armpit hair and making hemp necklaces. Okay, I’m totally kidding, but I am interested to see the changes that I make. I notice people who eat a natural and unprocessed kind of diet and they seem so alive and energetic. That is ultimately what I want.