I started cooking more the past couple of months and I have a few reasons for doing it.  The biggest reason is I live in the middle of nowhere.  The closest store or restaurant is a 10-15 minute drive so I’ve been stocking up on groceries and trying to eat more meals here at home.  The second reason is I think it’s healthier.  I’m able to control my diet easier.  For the most part I try not to eat pork and beef.  I’ve been doing this for quite a while now, but like I’ve said in earlier posts I’m not always that strict on diet.  I’ve heard some people cook because they enjoy it.  I’m not one of those people.  I don’t mind it, but I don’t really get any enjoyment out of it.  I used to cook back in college with my friends Ann and Michaela, and I enjoyed it, but I think it was more the aspect of hanging out with friends as opposed to the cooking part.

One thing that has allowed me to cook more is that I don’t work as many hours.  Over the last couple of years I’ve been putting in about 12-15 hours a day more or less and there really wasn’t much time for other things.  It was much easier to pick something up and keep working to get things done.  I was wasting time preparing meals when I could be being productive and earning money.  I think things in my life have changed.  My lifestyle is a lot slower.  I find myself playing with my pets and watching TV instead of going out all the time.  I’m also working less hours.  I reached certain goals I was looking for when I started the company and I think I’m at a point where I need more balance.
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I saw a link to this article on Times Online and I started thinking could I live off a raw food diet?  Over the last couple years for the most part cut out red meat and pork from my diet and try to be more conscious in what I throw in my body.  I’ve cheating on the diet at times, but I figure I used to eat a lot of unhealthy things all the time and if I do it once in a while it’s probably okay.  I’m not on the diet to lose weight, just be healthier.  I’ve definately cut back quite a bit and I don’t know if I am healthier, but I feel healthier and I’ve had a lot better scores during my physicals.

I just don’t think I could do a raw food diet.  I think I would always desire other foods and when I go out to eat I wouldn’t choose the raw food dish.  When they say raw food diet it states that it’s a vegan style diet.  I think I may be able to get away with that and say raw fish.  I may be able to do that, but then again I usually like eating the sushi with rice.

I think cutting back and eating what I eat now has been a pretty big struggle.  I think I was able to sacrifice some things, but still able to enjoy others.  In the raw food diet to me it seems like I’d be sacraficing almost everything.  I guess right now in my life that’s not something I’m willing to try.  That may change in the future though.