Quick Food Blog: Changing Habits

So I made some changes in my diet that I think may change my body weight trajectory.  Along with doing the 30 day crunch routine, which I will be posting about shortly, I eliminated adding half & half to my morning coffee.  I started using Almond milk instead.  It doesn't help that I've been grabbing a McDonald's coffee and 2 cookies during my mid-morning break at work.  But I haven't been to a McDonald's or fast food drive-thru for anything else in quite a while.  I think that's a big step.

I've found myself going to the Lambert's Grocery store during lunch to either grab a salad or a deli sandwich.    But that's only when I don't bring my lunch to work.  It's even cheaper than anything I'd order at McDonald's too.

I'm also trying to eat more black beans.  I tried making a black bean hummus for me to snack on.  It's so god damn delicious.  My parent's love it.

I also went to my local health food store and picked up a couple of things that I think are delicious.  Pederson's Natural Farms Uncured Cherry Smoked Bacon.  Holy crap is this amazingly good.  I cook two slices at a time and use the left over grease in the pan to fry some eggs.  The bacon doesn't shrink like Oscar Meyer bacon does, it's free of all the bad stuff that normal bacon contains and the taste is amazing.

The only troubles I find with shopping for healthy natural foods is the price.  I'm sure that as more people begin to buy brands away from corporate, manufactured foods that aren't healthy, the price may go down.  But I also like the idea of cooking with better ingredients.

Day 14: My Earliest Memory

Wow.  Thinking back to yesteryear.

Thinking back, I think my first memory is prior to me going to preschool, at Mrs. Woolf's.  I'm trying to think back to before my younger brother Matthew was born.  I was 6 then, which is before we had to make bunk beds out of normal beds.  I was in kindergarten, so before then.  I was 5 in preschool.

I remember being in preschool with a couple of my friends from around the neighborhood; James, Andy, Travis, Matt, and Tim.  I remember this one day in preschool, we got to walk to a man's house that was bright pink. I don't know why we went there, but I remember the teachers all walked with us there.  Back then, my best friend was a kid named Charlie.  I don't know Charlie's last name or what he looked like really.  I just remember that he moved to Abington and I didn't get to see him in Preschool.

In fact, when my Mom was pregnant with my younger brother, she said that they were going to name him Matthew.  I wanted him to be named Charlie because of my friend that moved away.  I didn't know anything about who has a say in naming their children, but I remember being pretty upset over it.

I also remember being in Braintree Youth Basketball being on a team and always running down one end of the court and making sure my foot was on the block.  I don't remember ever scoring any points, but I remember always making sure my foot was on the block.  I didn't even try to pay attention.  My coach was Mr. Dave Ryan, who is sadly no longer with us.  I remember he was my Uncle and Dad's friend, and he always called me and my brother Harry.  We still laugh about it today.

But the preschool days are somehow still in my head.  I remember walking up to the local Fire Station and getting to sit in the truck.  I also remember having a cookout with my preschool friends.  I remember being a Transformer for Halloween.  It consisted of a mask and this plastic muumuu-type covering that had the logo on it.  I thought it was cool.  Most people were something like a pirate or a fireman or a cop or whatever.  I had imagination.

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Day 13: Someplace I'd like to Move or Visit

Well, I have always thought of moving to a different city or region of the country.  I would definitely like to visit some of the other landmarks in this country that I have yet to see.  Although I don't see myself moving to one of the Dakotas anytime soon.  But, here is a short list of places I would want to live/visit sometime in my life:

Los Angeles

Austin, TX

Seattle

Portland

Chicago

New York City

Oakland

Dublin, Ireland

Madrid, Spain

Paris, France

All of these places I would want to at least visit.  I don't know if I could live in a foreign country unless I was tempted by another.  Oh and I would also want to visit Japan.

Japan