A year in a life without refined sugar – Day 7

Keeping it simple, here is what I had on 3/7/12: Breakfast 1 large grape fruits, 2 oranges + Green Tea (no sweetener) Lunch 3 bananas + cliff bar Snack 1 organic almonds Snack 2 Raw veggies (broccoli, red peppers, cucumber, tomatos, carrots) Dinner Fish tacos + chips and salsa at AMC Fork & Screen (date nigh with my wife watching Act of Valor – Unfortunately, Rotten Tomatoes reviewed this movie well) Diet Plan Pescetarian dinner  + raw fruit durring day Supplements none Exercise day off (following 4-hour body weight gain routine) Notes Had a lot of energy all day up until after lunch.  Not sure what was in the fish tacos, chips or salsa, but it made me very sleepy. Not to self: don’t order that...

A year in a life without refined sugar – Day 6

A year in a life without refined sugar – Day 6

My friend and amazing human being, Mark Joyner, launched a new site called aYearWithoutSugar.com and I’ve joined him on a quest to go a full year without sugar.  Fortunately, I’ve been doing this for a few years already; however, I’m tracking what he’s doing b/c 1. I respect him and 2. I’ve been drawn to finding healthier ways to eat even on my current pescetarian diet. He has also cut out alcohol in his diet, and though I haven’t been drawn to that yet, the 80/10/10 Diet (my amazon referral link *wink*) is quite interesting to me. Check out what he’s up to and follow along. Oh… and Its never to late to join in. Since he posts his daily meals, I figured I’d do the same starting today (in a very similar...

Looking for assisted living solutions for seniors in Atlanta? Check out Dogwood Forest

I recently found out about an assisted living facility in Atlanta called DogwoodForest.com.  Now, I’m not about to put my mom in an assisted living facility or anything – as she says, she’s still a “spring chicken,” so no need – but I found out about this company through my job and I gotta say I like their style. They are one of the only facilities using something called Simple C, a non drug alternative to helping make seniors lives happier.  For example, if you have alzhimers, instead of treating you with a bunch of drugs, the staff at this unique community actually create scrap books, scan them and show them to you because science apparently shows it increases brain activity. Dogwood forest also uses their residents favorite...