My New Year's Resolution is to make the lifestyle change to the Vegan-Pure Vegetarian diet: no animal derived foods.
It is a change I have considered before on different occasions. I didn't stick with the diet in the past due to lack of information, or perhaps the abundance of misinformation available on the optimum diet. I've never been grossly overweight, probably never over 170 lbs. I'm not a big person, so my optimal weight might be closer to 150 lbs. Frankly, I don't care about weight. My main concern is my long term health and how I feel. I want to have more energy, better skin and eyesight, and improved digestion.
Three of my uncles have died. Two of them were my father's brothers, and the other was not genetically related. In all three cases the lifestyle choices they made killed them in their 60's, too early if you ask me. They were not sudden deaths. In each case they suffered chronic illness as a precursor to their demise. One in particular had a veritable smorgasboard of infirmities: diabetes, hypertension, and prior heart attacks and strokes. He was a man who loved his steak and beer. He had been an elder before his infirmities became too severe. It is interesting how obesity is considered normal in our culture to the extent that it is no longer considered to be a "sin" among the Witnesses.
When I look at the health of my parent's generation that have lived on the Standard American Diet, I don't like what I see. Even among people my own age it is alarming to see so many depending on pharmaceuticals to correct for lifestyle choices.
Dave