Maggie, I have always had a huge sweet tooth. It is revolutionary for me to be eating this clean! I have never done it before. So, never say never, anything is possible. For the first few weeks it was mind over matter. Now it is easy. Just want you to know that it is not impossible for a self-proclaimed sweets lover as I thought I was!
Briee, I am using the Mittleider method for gardening. In the grow boxes, we mix our own soil (you can use combinations of sand and peat moss; sawdust and sand; sand, peat moss, and perlite; coffee hulls and fine sand, or other similar materials), so it is fluffy, lightweight, porous, loose, yet stable enough not to blow away or erode. This beats the weed problem because the soil doesn't have weed seeded into it and the few weed seeds that blow in are easily destroyed by merely rubbing the soil surface due to the loose and porous nature of these materials. This way there is no reason to abandon the garden to the weeds! Of course, we have to add all nutrients necessary to fertilize since the soil is deplete. Anyway, that was probably a little too detailed! We are thoroughly enjoying our house and where we live. I just wish there was more time to garden and I hope I am not getting in over my head now that I have a 2 year old and baby requiring most of my time. This is why I am getting so few workouts in. Hopefully, that will change sometime in the future. I think that is why I am so sold on my new eating habits. I am not gaining back any weight despite not working out much. I know my strength will decrease, but that is something I can deal with - I carry the little ones around so much anyway. But, I must say, the one workout I have done this week was the P90X legs workout (I skipped the pullups since I don't have a pull up bar) and my legs have been the most sore I can remember - going on 2 days and still very sore!
Melanie, I am looking forward to your take on the book. It is very surprising what he has to say about animal protein (not just the fatty stuff). Let me know what you think!
I"m starting to get more focused on healthy diet too.