Well, it's been a couple of days since the stomach virus ended the worst of its activities and today I decided that it was time to start eating well again. I watched that documentary Forks Over Knives last night, and though I will never give up meat or animal products, I think there was some decent information there.

I've tried to eat vegetarian in the past and was always starving. I hate beans and soy products and I dislike lentils. That pretty much screws up the idea of any kind of healthy vegetarianism.

I am going to lean towards more vegetables, though. My go to veggies tend to be green beans and organic instant potatoes. It isn't because I don't like other vegetables. I do. It's just always been easiest to open a can of green beans and nuke them for 2 minutes and instant spuds are self-explanatory. But it's probably the least healthy option, what with them lining cans today and plastic packaging.

To that end we bought lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, broccoli, radishes, green cabbage, purple cabbage, scallions, onions, potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes, oranges, pears, and strawberries. We got some dried mango and dried bing cherries and some raw almonds.

My goal for dinners is going to be a plate that is half lower glycemic vegetables, 1/8 other type of vegetable like corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, or carrots. 1/8 fruit, and 1/4 animal protein from as natural a source as I can find. If I have room at that point I might add 1/4 cup of oat cereal. I'm not particularly worried about whole grains and bread for the most part. Hopefully it won't get too expensive and I won't get too lazy to actually cook.