A Healthy Fall Update

It’s feeling like Fall here in Western North Carolina. The nights are getting colder and the mornings are frosty. The leaves are changing to bright reds and golden yellows.   Some of the mountain areas, here in NC yesterday even saw the first snow fall of the season. I woke up this morning to it being 28 degrees which is really chilly for NC  this time of year. It feels more like Winter than Fall, around here, but it can only lead to one thing, our temps will get cold now, and be warm again for Christmas, which I hope it’s the not the case this year. I would love to see a nice snowy Winter this year, than a mild green Winter that we’ve saw years past.

On a healthy note, I’m keeping to my New Years resolution of losing weight and almost have met my goal too. I started getting serious about  losing weight in July and so far I’ve made a lot of progress in almost 4 months of steady exercising and eating healthy.

I’m still eating all vegetarian meals with lots of fresh or homegrown veggies, fruits, and organic foods. I’m eating more and more home cook foods, than pre packaged frozen meals, going to fast food or restaurants.

Recently, I found out that I’m not getting enough protein in my diet from just eating beans, soy products and other things that substitute  for meat protein. So I’ve been trying reintroduce a little meat back into my diet, by eating a little bit of  chicken with certain dishes I fix, at least once a week.  I’m hoping to find a good protein supplement that will give me that boost of protein that I need, so I can get back on track with my vegetarian diet .  It’s been hard trying to reintroduce meat back into my diet, but hopefully it won’t have to last to much longer.

Anyhow Happy Fall  Everyone!

Is it Winter or Fall?

I just posted over at my blog at purplestars.com. This post is how Winter has made an early appearance in Western NC this year and an update about my progress of keeping to my new year’s resolution of eating healthily and keeping fit is paying off.

“It’s feeling like Fall here in Western North Carolina. The nights are getting colder and the mornings are frosty. The leaves are changing to bright reds and golden yellows.   Some of the mountain areas, here in NC yesterday even saw the first snow fall of the season. I woke up this morning to it being 28 degrees which is really chilly for NC  this time of year. It feels more like Winter than Fall, around here, but it can only lead to one thing, our temps will get cold now, and be warm again for Christmas, which I hope it’s the not the case this year. I would love to see a nice snowy Winter this year, than a mild green Winter that we’ve saw years past.” [Continued]

Go Pink!

A New blog post I posted over at my blog at Lockergnome.com:

“October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a lot of people are changing their web site’s color schemes to go Pink for October. Pink for October is a web event started in 2006 by Matthew Oliphant. Pink for October is a web event to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, get people talking about breast cancer, and raise money for research.

As most are aware I  also help out  my  local Komen affiliate: Laugh for the Cure, by donating my time and design knowledge to help with website design, etc.

Laugh for the Cure,® (LFTC) is a grass-roots effort founded in 2002 in Charlotte, NC by a group of friends whose lives had each been touched by breast cancer.  The event has grown into one of the most highly anticipated and unique fundraising events in Charlotte and is quickly spreading to cities across the country! Laughter is the best medicine and the PG comedy shows have universal appeal to all audiences and keep the crowd ‘laughing for a cure’!”