Finally I had the opportunity for a real meal. DietGourmet offers freshly prepared meals that taste wonderful. Last night after couple of weeks I have been eating frozen dinners, and shelf stable foods, I decided to give them a try. Last night I actually had a dinner that was tasty, and filling. For a little over 500 calories I had a curried chicken salad, fruit, crackers, couscous stuffed with nuts, fruit, and more, and even pineapple pudding!! I set the fork down completely … [Read more...]
Diet Purgatory
December 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So I find myself in "Diet Purgatory", actually I am going to be there awhile. With the New Year coming along, got to me thinking what do I want out of the next New Year? Well my first and foremost would be I would like to start dating again. It has been almost 18 months since Michael passed away, and now that I have moved back, gotten settled, and gotten a few other things in my life on track, the dating thing came into mind. So that brought about the whole I am really not happy with my … [Read more...]
Book Review for Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
August 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon It isn't often enough when a cookbook gives you more than just recipes. Nourishing Traditions is filled with fact based nutrition that counters some of what we see in the trendy news everyday. Someone really hit the nail on the head when they said this was like 'Joy of Cooking' in the sense it was a textbook as much as it was a cookbook. Honestly this book as been on my … [Read more...]
Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition
August 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford is an amazing book. It is amazing for the depth that it goes into in how asian traditions combined with modern medicine can be used in making you healthier by what you choose to eat. This book is well over 600 pages, and while it is thick, he does a wonderful job of boiling down this vast amount of information and will help you to customize a diet that works well for you. Since reading this book I have made many changes to my diet, and I feel better. … [Read more...]