My Relationship with Food

I am in between due dates, wrapping up today's work and decided to pig out with my bf and Netflix. Feeling cerebral, so, I picked "Food, Inc." to go with our fries, sodas, big mac, and big-n-tasty. Yep! What a "bad" (but good) choice of movie... I really wish to eat less meat (again)... My wish to become a vegetarian is ON - again.

It has been VERY VERY difficult to go 100% vegetarian - and I am not up for that challenge. But, I have been doing pretty all right with cutting down my meat consumption. Meat just tastes... so good... I really need to learn some yummy vegetarian recipes and adapt a good cooking+eating habit. Not easy, coz 1.) I am STILL trying to fight my internet addiction which is realllly effecting my sleep (oh look at me! its 1am! n i m waking at 7am! i m still on BLOGGER!) 2.) lack of sleep makes me... dumb, unmotivated, n unfocused - pretty hard to kick a bad habit w/ this state of mind!

Regardless, my internet addiction/sleep shall be a whole different post.

On the topic of food...

I have noticed my emotional eating pattern. I do eat a lot more when I am stressed/feeling emo.

Luckily I still have a pretty fast metabolism. Though, It has slowed down in these past few days and I know it, because I have been rushing my deadlines/stress levels are high/quality of sleep suffered a little/eating and watering consumption pattern has changed too.

So yea, knowing that I eat my emo's (lol) I shall at least eat organic and keep nothing but organic products in my fridge... and tunnel vision on just organic food - ignoreeee other's "Bad" food. ignooooreeeeeee other's yummyyy heavily processed food!

And, yea, if you haven't already checked out Food, Inc. Give it a try. It is a very great documentary that can really put

the weight on your conscience next time you decide to have a chezeburger.

FARMERS MARKET AROUND ARCADIA

Tuesdays-Villa Parke Center

363 East Villa Street at Garfield Avenue Open Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Wednesdays-Shoppers Lane

Del Mar Blvd and Shoppers Lane, Open Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Friday - Old Town Monrovia

Saturdays-Victory Park

Sierra Madre Blvd at Paloma Street Open Saturdays,8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.(Very close to the dog park!)

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Special Notice on:

South Lake Avenue Summer Market

Another couple evenings opportunity to get fresh and local from our farmers. Del Mar Blvd @ shoppers lane, behind Walgreens, Wednesdays 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., thru September. Fish, Breads and Cheeses are also on hand at South Lake along with our usual fruits, honey and flowers.

Fruits Galore

It's time for the lucious stonefruits to come into the market. Peaches, Nectarines, and cherries are abundant, and the Pluots are just coming in also. What better way to start the summer!

Our Farmers Market Chef Bree Ann Cassiday will be regularly at the market with samples and recipes with our produce at the market. Our recipes will be paperless on FaceBook, and also information on the Pasadena Slow Food group meetings.

Grass Fed Beef & Chicken Now Here

We've added the Best Ever Beef to our market, with Dey Dey's coming from the Lompoc area with their grass-fed beef for so many different cuts of beef and soon their hormone-free chicken, you'll be thrilled to shop with them every week. They also take credit cards for your purchases.

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To Check what veggie/fruits are in season:

http://www.pasadenafarmersmarket.org/pasadena_farmers_market_seasons.html

Getting Ready for the Beach~!

This will be my last fast food meal before the beginning of my workout/diet routine.

LOL! This picture looks very hypocritical. *Licking the sweet and sour sauce off my fingers*

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For the next 2 Weeks:

--- Sleep ---

I have been sleeping from 3am-11am. And, I am not too proud of it.

I am gonna fix that with this plan:

Start: 1am-10am

Then: 12pm - 9am

Get to: 11pm-8am

--- Diet ---

:: Meal One (Breakfast) 10am ::

Complex Carb

Protein

Veggie/Fruit/Nut

Morning Tea

:: Meal Two (Lunch) 12pm::

Complex Carb

Protein

Veggie/Fruit/Nut

:: Meal Three (Snack) 2pm::

Some Complex Carb

Protein

Veggie/Fruit/Nut

Smoothie

:: Meal Four (Dinner) 4pm::

No Carb

Protein

Veggie/Fruit/Nut

Smoothie

:: Meal Five (Snack) 6pm::

No Carb

Protein

Veggie/Fruit/Nut

Smoothie

:: Meal Six (Snack) 8pm::

Veggie/Fruit/Nut

ZZZ Tea

--- Work Out ---

Before Meal 1: Stretching/Yoga/Meditation

Between Meal 1 and 2: 2 laps around the track - +0.25 lap per day, builds up to 4 laps

Between Meal 5 and 6: 5 mins p90x, BABY!!! - + 5mins per 3 days, builds up to 15 mins/day

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Whee~ Summer Time~

::*15 Billion Things* I ♥ to do for this Summer~::




♥ Plant some herb and succulent, Chicken wire my plants,

♥ harvest my plants, cook, buy organic.

♥ sleep before 11/12am, get up at 8/9am

♥ Get an Air Purifier,

♥ Potty Train Puppy, Hike with doggies, Go to Dog Parks regularly,

♥ Have a Reading Corner, Move my Books out to the Living Room, Have a desk/study area in the living/dinning room, find the perfect desk,

♥ change all bulbs to green bulbs, take out excess bulbs, green my house

♥ make my kitchen look like a cafe, maybe its time to start on coffee too...(?)

♥ Go to Norcal, Go to Canada(?),

♥ have fun in LA, flea markets, museums, BEACHES!

♥ Reach lvl 80 and get me some nice gears, lan party,

♥ sale/recycle excess belongings,

♥ start paying more attention to my appearance, Have a make up table in my room,

♥ look into my thesis topic, register for classes, full-time/part-time job for networking and make some MONEY!, research/practice,

♥ yoga, meditate, exercise

♥ paint, arts and craft, jewelry making,

♥ change my credit card, random errands.

♥ oh n WORLDDDDDDD CUPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!

My "Trying Since College" Diet

I have started to eat healthier gradually since 2nd year of college. The whole health-conscious-organic-love-and-peace-let's-be-more-aware atmosphere in the Bay Area got me to reflect on the way I fed myself: ... Ahh.. Okay... I ate a lot of fast food. I ate no greens like a carnivore. I adored highly processed food. (Umm~ I kinda ate like Eric Cartmen from South Park. "Whatever Whatever! I do(eat) Whatever I want!")

OKAY! Yeah! I gotta eat healthier!!!

It was difficult to pass on eating out, especially living in the city of Berkeley; It was a foodies heaven! Topdogs, Nann' Curry, Cheeseboard, Bongo Burger, La Note, La Burrita, Zachery's... The least I could do was to eat plainer and more nutritiously at home to help balance things out. So, I started to take pictures of my homemade food to keep track of what I fed myself at home.

I know these might not be the healthiest food on earth.

But, hey! We all gotta start somewhere, and that was my "Trying Since College" diet's honest humble beginning.

Ways to Start Our 2010 Greener- Healthier- Cheaper Eating Habits!

Hey! We all gotta start somewhere~!

"8 Ways to Eat Green by Slashing Your Grocery Bill" is an easy-to-read and practical article. It is loaded with tips and related links to motivate us to support our local businesses, make our own easy (lazy) tomato sauce, mix our own nutella, start our own little container veggie garden, and even "reuse" our leftover food!

Hmmm... this article got me interested in growing my own little zucchinis~ Ha~!

I sense some zucchini planting pictures coming up!! ; )

Zucchinis... tbc~!

[imagine linked from http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-slashing-grocery-bill.html]