Food Rules

Hello everyone!

As I was sitting here, waiting for Nick and I's homemade macaroni and cheese to finish cooking I began to feel inspired. Spring Break has officially started! Our plans have been uneventful so far, but beginning Monday I will be headed home to see my parents and Nick will be on his way to Dallas. Early Thursday morning, my family and I will be taking a road trip to Lubbock to look for an apartment for the summer. There is a lot of pressure to find the right one, because we will have to sign a lease by Saturday. Talk about rushed!! We are both very excited for the opportunity to spend time with our families though.

This semester I have been taking environmental health and my teacher read an excerpt from Michael Pollan's "Food Rules" the other day. The book consists of a list of various guidelines to follow when trying to eat healthy. They are very enlightening! For example, "Rule #7: Avoid food products containing ingredients a third-grader cannot pronounce." For all of you that know me, these types of books are right up my alley! With all of that said, Lauren and I decided to watch Oprah on Friday and guess what the show was about!? Food 101! One of the featured guests was Michael Pollan himself and I was thrilled as expected. I decided after so many encounters with the book, I should probably buy it for myself. I purchased the book today and I cannot get enough of it.



Needless to say, Nick is not excited about my new endeavor to eat healthy and eat more veggies. In fact, trying to explain to Nick that not every meal has to involve a huge slab of meat has been a chore! We had a minor outburst in the bookstore where Nick exclaimed that "He loves meat and he feels fine eating it for every single meal!" I am sure with more exposure to the idea of eating healthy and cutting fats, he will begin to warm up. We will see...I am expecting more tantrums. I am wasting no time though! We started following some of the rules tonight by having a meatless dinner of mac n' cheese and peas. It was delightful! My goal is for us to become what the book calls "flexatarians." This means that we would only eat small portions of meat two to three times a week. I am sure Nick will fight it every step of the way, but come on! What did he expect when he asked a health major to marry him?

Ok, I am sure all of you are wanting wedding details so hear it is.....we still do not have an official date. We should be figuring this out soon, so hang in there! We are going to get married someday, promise! We were supposed to take our engagement pictures this week, but because College Station has experienced snow, sun, and rain all within the past few weeks the grass is still brown and nothing has bloomed, so we are going to wait a few weeks until the landscape more attractive. I am going tomorrow to find a sun dress or nice shirt for the pictures, so wish me luck and pray that Nick will have patience while we shop!