January 16, 2011

a food revolution

Day 1 of eating for health, prevention of disease, and balance within the body. The question is can I adapt and change everything about the way I eat? I don't know.

The rules:
- stick to the foods that go together and never mix foods that conflict
- eat 4-6 times a day
- eat nothing processed
- no protein and carbs at one time, potatoes with veg ok, cereals with veg ok, cereals with fruit sometimes...

Fruits: melons, grapes, cherries, and blueberries
Veg: zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, squash, celery

For a girl used to spice, Thai food, Indian, Korean and all things tasty this may just be the biggest challenge I've faced yet. The questions is: is giving myself the best chance at life worth the culinary sacrifice? Stay tuned....

January 12, 2011

January 4, 2011

quote to start 2011

"...the key to getting started down the path of being remarkable in anything is to simply act with the intention of being remarkable. "

Chad Fowler

January 3, 2011

and then the holidays were over...

January 2, 2011

vacation time

I believe Canadian companies seriously fail their employees. And I would even go so far as to say that the Canadian government also fails the Canadian population due to their lack of action. Most companies in Canada start new employees off with 2 weeks vacation a year after a year of service. This in my opinion is criminal. 10 days a year to recharge, take care of personal matters, spent time with family etc. Two weeks a year hardly encourages a good life to work life balance. In fact I believe our society encourages workaholics and actually makes people workaholics simply by denying enough personal time. I cannot understand how companies think that they get more out of their employees by having such standards. I would wager that if Canadian companies provided more vacation days to their employees not only would they have happier employees, but the would have more productive, well rested, more alert and positive employees.

After a recent visit to England - where I stayed for only one week because of vacation day restrictions - my family and friend in the country were astounded at our vacation allowance. It was often referred to as "archaic". In England every employee gets a minimum of 20 days starting their first day on the job. That is part time and full time employees. And most get more than that. My cousin gets 28 days a year at his job as a CA. Amazing! After further investigation my friend from Hungary gets 24 days a year and that is actually mandated by government. ALL employees receive a country standard depending on age. As you get older you receive more days. AMAZING!

Canada - figure it out one time.

January 1, 2011

2011

New Year, New Ideas, New Dreams, New Possibilities, New Outlook, New Life.

Happy New Year!

Life is what you make it, make it count.