Can't Believe I'm Doing It

[Feathers and Fins]

Its amazing what no soda will do for you very quickly.

[fishinwrench]

I had to hunt this up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFpr-qAWHo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Justin Spencer]

I had to hunt this up...

funny

[Mitch f]

Boy I dunno. A day without meat of any kind.... I think I'd go into a seizure or something.

Honestly, I thought that myself but I just did it and decided to stick to it and not cheat ( I did eat some fish the other day). I'm 52 with a 3 year old at home and decided I needed to get control of my health and not die of a heart attack when she is 12 years old.

[Justin Spencer]

Honestly, I thought that myself but I just did it and decided to stick to it and not cheat ( I did eat some fish the other day). I'm 52 with a 3 year old at home and decided I needed to get control of my health and not die of a heart attack when she is 12 years old.

All kidding aside, I think it's great that you are trying to eat healthy. This country has a big problem with our fast food society and obesity is killing our people and hurting the economy. I have done week long "cleanses" with my wife eating nothing but fresh fruit and veggies, and it does melt the pounds away. We try to eat healthy, and while we eat lots of meat we are fortunate enough to grow our own beef (which is only grass fed) and lambs (grass fed) as well as venison and fish. Look up some articles on grass finished beef and you will find it is much healthier than the normal grain finished product we are used to. Be careful when buying meat that the grass fed label includes finishing because one nice trick growers use is to grass feed them for a while (to get the label), and then finish them on grain, which gets rid of all the health benefits. If you purchase grass finished steaks be sure you cook them with much lower heat and don't overcook, or you may end up with a piece of shoe leather.

[Old plug]

Well i can understand your reasons for wanting to get ahold of your health. What made you think you were going to die at 61. Not a male in my father side of the family seen 50 yrs of age. Had a cousin died at 19 of heart disease. Most of them were tall and thin. My father was 6 ft and never weighted 150 lbs in his life. There is a lot more to this health thing than not eating meat. I think there needs to be a balance. And that includes your life style as well. Then there is the thing hereditary. It does not care what you do It is going to do its thing if it can. Only reason I survived to the age I am is pure luck and modern science.

[Greasy B]

Mom had 2 acres of garden at the house, and dad planted sweet corn in the field too. If I could get veggies like those again, I could ignore me a little meat.

Food from the self proclaimed "food manufacturers" is poisoning us. If you eat anything from the middle aisles of a grocery store you are surely harming your health. Even the produce, dairy and meat sections of the store contain things that hardly resemble real food. Frankly I think most Americans don't even know or in the case of us older folks hardly remember what real food taste like. In my work I have visited many food factories. You honestly can't tell the difference between the facility that makes the packaging from the facility that makes the so called food product that goes in the packaging. A good example is high fructose corn syrup, these plants look and smell exactly like a smaller version of the oil refineries in Roxana Illinois.

[Mitch f]

Food from the self proclaimed "food manufacturers" is poisoning us. If you eat anything from the middle aisles of a grocery store you are surely harming your health. Even the produce, dairy and meat sections of the store contain things that hardly resemble real food. Frankly I think most Americans don't even know or in the case of us older folks hardly remember what real food taste like. In my work I have visited many food factories. You honestly can't tell the difference between the facility that makes the packaging from the facility that makes the so called food product that goes in the packaging. A good example is high fructose corn syrup, these plants look and smell exactly like a smaller version of the oil refineries in Roxana Illinois.

Yea, the GMO debate is a big one. I agree we need to get back to the basics and stay away from the processed food in the middle of the grocery store. Even the parasites don't want that stuff!!

[Wayne SW/MO]

I don't buy into the glucose from one plant is a lot different then from another, whether it's from beets, cane or corn I don't think is as important as volume.

[Feathers and Fins]

Here is what I have learned.

1. Butchers meat beats store bought every day. I don't know why but I can taste a difference and I don't feel bloated after.

2. Farmers Market beats store bought and always has.

3. Soda's are bad no getting around it.

4. Coffee will never be off the list

5. Moderation in eating and you can still have the foods you like

6. Exercise is very important.

7. The more fish the better

8. Corn looks the same coming out as it did going in so cant be that good for you but its tasty.

9. A snake of apples or peaches is better than a Twinkie but I like Twinkies so one a week is ok.

10. Do not tell the wife how much you loose or you will be sleeping on the couch!