Netflix is ruining my life.
Every time I turn it on, I cannot stop myself from watching food documentaries, thus making it impossible to eat normal food. In the last month I have watched Forks Over Knives, Vegucated, Food Fight, Food Inc., and Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead. Now, I find myself in line at Ellwood Thompson's buying things like Nutritional Yeast, vegan ranch dressing, and kale. It is like I don’t even know myself anymore.
Sure, I dabbled in healthy eating a couple of weeks out the year (usually right before Fashion Week), but this time it feels different. It is less about what size dress I want to wear and more about how I have been completely brainwashed in to believing that eating vegetables is a good thing. Gross, I know.
Since I have been stepping up my vegetable intake I have become obsessed with the juice bar at Ellwood Thompson’s. Green juice, I cannot get enough. I look forward to waking up early to get my “Greens Supreme” or “Greens Supreme 2” before I go to work. In my pre-Netflix days, I could barely drag myself out of bed for a bagel from Panera and I looooved those everything bagels.
I shop more at Ellwood’s because I can no longer bring myself to walk down the chip aisle at my regular grocery store. I have to run past that row on my way to the cat food. I swear the last time I was there I could hear a bag of Doritos crinkle as if it is was craning to catch a glimpse of me as I rushed by. I miss that bag of Doritos. I miss French fries, and most of all, I miss melty mozzarella cheese on garlic crusty bread.
I know what you are thinking. How can one live without cheesy garlic bread? The truth is, I have no idea. For now, I am just drinking a lot of juice and trying to take a break from documentaries about food. And when I get really stressed about what to eat, I remind myself vodka is vegan.
Haha. I've seen all of those except Food Inc. I'm still afraid to watch it! Not only is vodka vegan but so are the purple bag Doritos which is a tolerable substitute for the blue bag. :)
ReplyDeletePurple Bag of Doritos!!!!! You may have just saved my sanity. Just so you know I blame you for getting me hooked on these food docs. You should have to watch Food Inc as punishment for making me eat healthy :)
DeleteForks over Knives was one of my favorites, I wish everyone would take a few hours of their lives to watch these types of documentaries and learn more about what they are putting into the only body that they are given. We'd probably have alot less health issues on our hands now wouldn't we :) Have you read Eating Animals by chance? That book completely changed my entire diet 2-3 years ago and I haven't gone back since... it's an intense book that def even made me cry but it's so informative and definitely a good read. "I remind myself vodka is vegan", haha yet another quotable my lady!
ReplyDeleteForks Over Knives was a really good one. I have not read Eating Animals. I will definitely check it out, I have a long train ride coming in my near future. I will probably bawl my eyes out.
DeleteThere are SO many good documentaries on netflix! it's crazy!!! And I know exactly what you mean! Now it's less about how you look and more about what you put in your body!
ReplyDeleteso true, so true, I guess that means we are growing up :)
DeleteHaha, vodka is vegan. While I would have a hard time giving up cheese, I fully support this juice habit. Green juice is so good! Food, Inc. and Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead were life-changers for me. And as far as books go, Animal Vegetable Miracle (not vegan or vegetarian) made a big impression on me when it comes to eating local, seasonal food. I highly recommend it.
ReplyDeleteI did read Animal Vegetable Miracle and wish that I could live that way. I just cannot picture myself keeping plants alive. Still it was really inspirational.
DeleteAndrew and I watched Food Inc. as well and it totally changes the way you think about food! If you want some good food blogs, try Style Activist - she's a crossfitter, but also eats incredibly healhy and close to nature (no processed foods there).
ReplyDeleteWill definitely check out Style Activist. Thanks for the rec.
DeleteAren't they GREAT documentaries?! It's hard to resist Netflix! Even though I love Netflix for documentaries in all subjects, I'm hanging in there waiting patiently for season two of House of Cards!
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