Sunday, June 20, 2010

What a month.

So far, June has been a little bit ridiculous.  I came back from Mexico, started my job up again (but in a different, much more boring location), and started my second summer class (Intro to Fiction - should be interesting, but I am not looking forward to all the writing).  I would love to put up some pictures from Mexico for you guys to see, but while I was gone, my computer more or less committed suicide.  Some hardware is broken and my computer isn't picking up internet networks, so I can't use my computer for the interbutts.  As I live decently off campus, internet time is going to be way limited to the little I can do at work and whenever I get my butt off my couch and into the library.

That being said, let's get back to foooood!

I ate really well in Mexico.  Delicious food, but also healthy - traditional Mexican food is about as healthy as any dietitian would recommend, honestly.  I also read In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, and I have to say that the book changed my outlook on this whole healthiness journey thing.  I  highly recommend that you guys read this book (and watch Food, Inc.).  His advice in the book boils down to what the banner on the front cover says: "Eat food.  Not too much.  Mostly plants".  I also read Garbage Land: On The Secret Trail of Trash, which has enlightened me on the subject of trash and why I should produce less of it.  Those two books combined have me craving the farmer's market, fresh foods, real foods, and an attitude toward food that lets me enjoy it. 

Although I did start this blog to help me lose weight (a goal which I think is still feasible), I have to be honest and say that I was getting pretty sick of the calorie-counting and the overthinking about which nutrients I was getting and ways to get better nutrition for fewer calories, etc.  I've never been good at math, and all that work was exhausting.  Michael Pollan's book made me realize that it's okay to enjoy food for what is it - tasty, greasy, fatty, whatever - while not worrying about what it may do to my waistline.   I know that I always eat better when I'm exercising regularly, so I think I will be putting this blog toward a new focus: a focus on exercise (and fun exercise), and cooking.  I've noticied a correlation between eating out and feeling fat (duh), so I really need to not do that anymore.  My boyfriend and I (since he's living with me and my roomates at the moment) keep saying that we need to quit eating out and start cooking at home more, and I have to say that we've been doing a pretty good job.  So, I think I will try and take pictures of the tasty meals we cook at home (sure to be full of veggies and good things, since we like to eat real food) and blog more about how I'm exercising and less about how many calories I'm eating.  I'm hoping to start using my overeating workbook I won from Alexia starting tomorrow, and I think I should be able to work through it before the summer is out. 

I'm happy to find all of you guys still blogging away - I've missed reading about what's going on in your lives!  I won't be able to comment often, but I'm definitely reading when I can.  And when I get my computer back, I'll be able to blog like normal.  Yay!  : )

Hasta luego!