After reading and hearing about the benefits of plant-based eating, I have decided to try it out myself. I don’t have any ethical reasons for doing so. My reasons are health and curiosity related. I am one of those people who loves learning about health and fitness. I am especially intrigued with nutrition related topics. I have tried several approaches to my own nutrition including diets that are high protein, low carb, low fat, and different combinations of these approaches. One approach that has always intrigued me was the vegan/vegetarian diet but that is also the one I have never tried. I come from a family of meat eaters. From the time I was a kid every meal was built around meat. If it didn’t include meat, it wasn’t really a complete meal in my world. But as I have learned, meat doesn’t have to be the star of the show. Some even advocate that meat is detrimental to your health and may lead to heart disease, cancer, and other diseases. I am not a nutritionist nor a medical professional so I am not suggesting that this is true or untrue. I am also not willing to go strictly vegetarian nor vegan because I am not willing to give up eggs and dairy at this point on my journey. So for me, I am just going to try a plant-based approach which means I am not eating meat but will continue to eat eggs, cheese, yogurt and other dairy products. I also don’t know how long I plan to do this yet. I think I will at least try it for a month to see how it goes. After that, I will decide if I want to continue. I have decided to start this plan tomorrow and today I did some food prepping for my lunches for the next two weeks.