As you may know, I joined a  CSA (community supported agriculture) so it’s probably only a matter of time before I start wearing pachouli.   Since I don’t get to choose what goes into our veggie box it’s always interesting to see what each week will bring.  This may sound inconvenient or even scary for […]

I think I may have overestimated my will power.  Maybe I’m not ready for chapter three of The Great Sugar Experiment. Tuesday night, my husband mentioned he had been wanting ice cream all day.  We were sitting on the couch and he looked so tired, sweet, and cuddly.  I wanted to do something nice for […]

Enough of the gloom and doom from yesterday’s post.  So what are some things we can actually do aside from moving out in the middle of nowhere to grow and raise our own food while wearing dresses made from feed bags.  We are all at different stages of change in our lifestyle.  (Assuming none of […]

Over Christmas break, I finally got around to watching Food Inc. and last night I read this article about Monsanto’s GMO corn being linked to organ failure.  If you haven’t seen Food Inc. I’d like to suggest you do.  It’s powerful, thought provoking, and it might even change your perspective on food or make you […]

As some of you know I had a secret affair with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. A serious sugar addiction. On December 31st, 2007, I decided I would not eat candy, cookies, ect. for a year.  A year rolled by and I surprisingly kept my promise to myself.  So I decided to spend another year […]

It’s not just me, those other “health nuts”, or dentists who think Americans need to reduce their sugar consumption.  The American Heart Association released a statement on Monday saying sugar can contribute to heart attacks.  From CNN.com (CNN) – A sweet tooth could lead to a heart attack, the American Heart Association warns. Americans are […]

The Cabinet is the cabinet above my fridge,  It is where we store my gum, back-up coffee, party trays, loads of napkins from Costco, our kid’s income (No allowance in this house…they earn money with chores.) and……The Sugar Saturday Candy.  Not long ago, there were some candy corns in a zipplock baggy in The Cabinet. […]

I talked about the how’s and why’s of sane meals but I think it’s important to discuss the meal/day after.  For some of you this won’t apply.  You can have your sane meal or day and the happily return to your healthy plan no problem.  For people like me, the song of the siren gets […]

On Monday I wrote about why I decided to call what most people refer to as cheats or free days “sane meals”.  To recap, sane meals takes on two meanings serving two purposes.  One including sane meals in my weekly plan makes it easier more enjoyable to stick to a healthy food plan all week.  But […]

Many people use free meals, reward meals or cheat meals (or days) as a way to indulge in fun foods or enjoy Aunt Sally’s apple pie a la mode without guilt.  I use this strategy too but I don’t like to refer to them as free, rewards, or cheats.  The opposite  of free is imprisoned or […]