I am a Greenarie.
I LOVE vegetables. It makes my tummy happy, makes me light enough to float, and yeah... generally makes me happy.
What separates Greenaries from Vegetarians/Vegans are the fact that we don't care about the animals. I'm often categorized in the "a vegetarian to prevent butchering of animals" crowd, when in fact... I eat a lot of vegetables because I LOVE vegetables. Simple.
Meat, eh. I'm not too fond of meat. Pork tastes like rubber glue. YUK, the fat? Even more sticky rubber glue! Also, well, I have a little phobia with meat. Especially Seafood.
Every fricking time I go to the doctor's office for blood-draw, my blood is screaming "feed me MEAT!!" and I'm always listening to my doctor saying "you need to eat meat." I would go in deep conversation about vegetarian friendly proteins and iron to support my red blood cells, and my doctor says "it does not matter. You need meat."
Stoooopid doctor. Actually, all 4 of them. Okay, point taken.
I had done a little research on consuming protein for a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle. It seemed like a lot of work. Lots. I just felt like limited options and unable to consume enough to work on my stability of protein consumption. Every vegan person I have met has tried to convict me "Kale!!" or other suggestions. Seriously, I suck at watching what I eat. Hell, if you hid a camera in the kitchen, you wouldn't believe what I put in my mouth. I just gobble whatever is on hand.
Originally, I decided to continue my vegetarian diet with a random (boneless breast) chicken here and there. Sometimes a homemade beef burger.
Really, my partner has a big part about the meat part of my life. She has a high carbohydrate/protein cravings, so my diet did not fit her very well. Her body doesn't recognize vegetables as food, she does not get content or tummy-happy. In order to fit with my lifestyle, she often ate rice-a-roni, pasta-a-roni, chicken, and ramen. She did research on her blood type and realized that in order to lose weight, she needed to follow a stronger vegetarian diet.
My descent is Czech. Meat represents wealthy. My grandma thought I was off my rockers when I requested baked potatoes. Grandma and Dad always thought something was wrong with me, they often prodded their finger in my food, inspecting its worth, and tried to figure out why in the hell she is not touching the ham!? Honestly, it has been this way my whole life. My favorite soup when I was a wee elementary kid: Split Pea Soup (no meat). My favorite meal in high school: Beans and Rice casserole. My favorite snack growing up: Pickles, Tomatoes, Avocados, and Sunflower seeds. I was the oddball in the family.
A little annotation here: when I was about 10 years old, my dad made BLT and chicken noodle soup for dinner. As usual, I like to add mayo and eat a LT sandwich. In the past, Dad had tried to convince me to eat bacon because "it's good for you" which never stuck. That night, Dad told me, "Do you know how Popeye got strong?"
I said, "because he ate a can of spinach."
He said, "well, sweetie, I'm sorry to break it to you. I'm older than you, so you see.. Popeye originally ate a lot of Bacon, it made him so strong, he stayed strong all the time. But they ran out of Bacon. So he eats Spinach, but it does not make him strong all the time. That's why you always see him gulp the Spinach when he needs a little help. Poor Popeye.."
I believed him. I grabbed one bacon, tasted awful, gulped it. Then I ran outside to the bars and lifted myself, waiting for my arm muscles to bulge. In a hour, I realized... he lied!
With my Czech bloodline, it's difficult for my blood to be happy on vegetarian diet. It's not always fun to be anemic when you're spinning. Thus I did not follow a full vegetarian regulated diet.
When I first heard about Paleo, I realized... this is a good median for my partner to meet me. Her love of Meat and my love of Vegetables. Ever since I started the Paleo guidelines, my partner has seemed to be more content with meals. I was feeling better that we were not eating out of boxes. Everything comes from scrap.
I tend to follow RAW and Paleo recipes. RAW when I want a Green meal, Paleo for a meaty meal. It's a great balance. Of course, a lot of modifications. Eh.
So, with the encouragement of my partner, to set up a Paleo blog based on Greenarie preferences so I can track my cooking. Haha. Cheers.
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