Beautiful Disaster by Jon McLaughlin

Gilmore Funny Moments

This is absolutely my favorite show of all time. I can see so much of myself in Lorelai it's not even funny.

Super Size Me opening

It's a Sad S.A.D. World...

Am I the only one that finds the irony in the abbreviation for the Standard American Diet--S.A.D.? It truly is a SAD diet. Overall, we are a malnourished, but overfed society. As a child we weren't taught how to eat. In health class you get that you should have more carbs than fruits and veggies, and in the lunch rooms you might get one veggie for lunch (and no fruits or veggies for breakfast for those that eat at school). It's all fatty, processed foods, and why are we ok with our kids eating that? Is it just because it's easy? We're too busy to cook or pack lunches?

I homeschool and our "school" lunches for years haven't been much better, but over the last couple of years I began to question what is actually in food and here began my quest for the truth regarding food. The more I learn and begin to change our diet, the more I realize how this S.A.D. diet is killing Americans.

We've been split between two states over the last couple of years and 2007's report on obesity puts Mississippi as #1 and Tennessee as #5 in the country. Here's the site: http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2007/

If you haven't seen the documentary "Supersize Me," then I highly recommend watching it. Another group is putting out a documentary called "Supercharge ME! 30 Days Raw." It's hitting the film fest circuit right now and when it comes out it will be worth checking out. Here's the trailer: http://30daysraw.com/trailer/

Jamie Oliver began a campaign in England trying to reform the school lunches there. His experiment took him to a school with a high percentage of children with asthma. They even had a teacher who was in charge of the medicine distribution right after lunch. After a couple of weeks on the meals that Jamie came up with, the teachers reported that the kids focused better after lunch. They weren't sluggish and the biggest shock was from the teacher in charge of the asthma medicine. She was no longer having to administer the asthma medicine.

Here's an article about Jamie and some changes that are being made in America;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8769548/site/newsweek/

I'm still working on changing our diets fully, but each little bit is an improvement. Have I mentioned I hate cooking, so ease of prep is still a struggle for me. I'm getting ready to try the 'raw for 30 trial' so maybe it will be enough to break the "bread-cycle" and I'll be able to continue on the journey. I never have been huge on meat, but bread and sugar... Let's just say there should be a 12 step program.

This house will not pack itself (moving yet again), so I better get busy.

To cook or not to cook...

...that is the question. Due to health reasons (basically figuring out that I evidently have a few food sensitivities--mainly gluten and preservatives) I've been researching the raw diet. It's basically a vegan diet with nothing cooked. So far the food is yummy, though making my own almond milk hasn't been a success, thus far. Part of me really wants to get better and stay better, and the other part really wants a hamburger with everything. One major change in my health has been the fact that I've not had any sinus infections, and before the diet change I was averaging one every other month. Basically, about the time I'd get off the antibiotics, another one would start forming. I haven't had one in over a year now.

I'm still trying to achieve it full time, but it's hard when you have to cook for 6 other people every day. One step at a time, right?

Here's a video that will explain it a little better:



Note to self: Putting spaghetti squash on the top shelf of the refrigerator may cause freezing, which greatly inhibits the ability to cut and de-seed said spaghetti squash.

Bourne Ultimatum

Went last night to see The Bourne Ultimatum. It was just as good as the last, maybe even better. Definitely a must see.

Check it out:

http://www.thebourneultimatum.com/