Eating Healthy

Flackers by Doctor In The Kitchen

April 3, 2011

It’s been awhile since I made a post under the “Eating Healthy” category, but I just discovered an amazing product that is a perfect reason to end the drought. The product is called Flackers made by a company called Doctor In The Kitchen. I purchased them at my favorite grocery store, Whole Foods, but you [...]

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Weight Loss Progress – Month One Update

February 6, 2011

I posted on Jan 10th that I wanted to lose some weight and I figured today would be a good time to report back on that. I strategically weighed myself this morning before pigging out for the Super Bowl get-together we had today. It turned out that was a good idea since I’m pretty much [...]

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JR Organics CSA – Week 4 Report

February 3, 2011

Today was our last pickup of our 4 week trial membership to JR Organics CSA. It was kind of sad knowing that we won’t be able to enjoy their great food much longer since we’re heading out of town pretty soon. Week 4 Box Contents: This week’s box contents included Lettuce, Broccoli, Arugula, Swiss Chard, [...]

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Is eating healthy finally going mainstream?

February 1, 2011

Since we work from home it’s not unusual for my wife to turn Oprah on in the middle of the day. From time to time, she (Oprah) will actually be talking about something that interests me. Today was one of those days where I got a “Miiiike, come watch Oprah.” Oprah’s show today was about [...]

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Benefits Of Lemon Water

January 27, 2011

Since I’m out in California for a couple of months I have access to the dozen or so citrus trees in our backyard. We have a variety of several different types of oranges, tangerines, and lemons. I love oranges and especially tangerines, but one can only do so much with lemons. I felt like the [...]

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J.R. Organics CSA – Week 1 Report

January 12, 2011

Today was the first delivery from our new CSA provided by JR organics, a local San Diego County farm. JR Organics offers over 30 pickup locations in the San Diego and Los Angeles area. We opted for the San Marcos Cal State pickup. Little did we know, there is also a farmers market at this [...]

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Southern Californian Community Supported Agriculture

January 11, 2011

I’ve written about Community Supported Agriculture before – When I was in Las Vegas this past fall I joined a CSA via Quail Hollow Farm. It was a really great experience and the weekly food delivery became one my favorite moments each week. The CSA exposed me to several foods I would never purchase in [...]

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Time to lose some weight

January 10, 2011

Since I graduated high school my weight has fluctuated between 150 and 175 pounds. I’ve always been very conscious of weight and the adverse health repercussions, so when my weight gets up around 170 pounds I usually do my best to get back down again

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Las Vegas Community Supported Agriculture

November 11, 2010

I’ve written about the CSA we joined before, but I wanted to give an update now that we are several weeks into the fall season. We joined the CSA that Quail Hollow Farm offers, a farm about 50 miles north of Las Vegas, and have been enjoying our fresh fruits and veggies each Thursday since [...]

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How do people eat this shit?

October 17, 2010

So, I stumbled across the video below a couple of days ago and thought I would share it with you. To set up what you are about to see, basically someone bought a McDonalds hamburger and left it out for six months. They didn’t put it in the fridge, they didn’t put it in the [...]

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