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Grass | Dirt | Corn
http://www.grassdirtcorn.com
A junk-food eating girl tries to go good. Read as I try to stop my bad eating habits and start good ones, and learn to love the vegetable.
Recent Posts
I’m coming back, I promise!
Tomorrow we leave for Portland, to visit family and have the Thanksgiving Day celebration we missed having with them last week, thanks to a few of us being sick. I’ll return on Sunday, and write up some about what I’ve been doing! I̵...
I’m sick
I'm taking a break. Like this guy. And my little kiddo is sick, and last week was a total bust when it comes to tracking or even halfway paying attention to healthy eating or exercise. So I’m going to take a week or two off. I’l...
Milk elevates insulin levels
According to Loren Cordain’s blog: Milk elevates insulin as much as white bread. Constantly elevating plasma insulin levels may lead to insulin resistance, which is at the root of several metabolic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes or h...
Week #5 Summary – Turning my slow boat around
The last week went very well, even though I wasn’t posting about it: I tracked my food on several days, and got a good picture of what eating less looks like (and eating more, heh). I upped my protein levels, and I greatly lowered my fat and s...
Week 4 Summary
This is the end of my first month of moderation! I updated the progress page to reflect this week’s achievement of staying pretty nearly in the exact same place. And it’s okay! It doesn’t look like anything is happening, and yet I j...
Nifty calorie-counting iPhone app: Lose It!
I downloaded Lose It! a couple weeks ago, and I’m happy to give it a glowing review. It’s an app for your iPhone that lets you track calories, weight loss and exercise, and it’s incredibly easy to use. I’d been using another a...

