Day: February 16, 2012

On New Year’s Day I made one resolution: to take three weeks and follow Michael Pollan’s credo “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”.  I’d had a busy holiday season, and a somewhat sedentary summer and fall; needless to say, I was not in my best shape.  How difficult could it be? I write a blog on cooking healthy food, and work at a company whose mission is to help people eat more fruits and vegetables, so for me this is a way of life. Yet, a week into my reboot I understood three things: how far I’d strayed from my own core principles, how difficult it can be to continually live this way, and why I will do it regularly.  I want to share with you the biggest lessons I took from this experience.  Come and eat food, not too much, mostly plants with us!  Continue reading “No Coffee, no Chocolate, no Pasta, no Life!”