Comments on: Clean Slate http://againstthegrain.nourishedmagazine.com.au/2008/01/09/clean-slate/ My awakening to true health and how it effects and sometimes offends my family and others around me. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:24:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lisa Z http://againstthegrain.nourishedmagazine.com.au/2008/01/09/clean-slate/#comment-548 Lisa Z Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:33:19 +0000 http://againstthegrain.nourishedmagazine.com.au/2008/01/09/clean-slate/#comment-548 I hear you on all these resolutions! Good for you and your husband. My husband and I share many of the same resolutions. We are thinking about signing on to The Compact, a Yahoo group which started their year Jan. 1 but I don't think it's too late. Our local paper just did an article about it. The Compact is a promise to buy nothing new for one year (with the exception of groceries, underwear, and a few other things). It's hard to make that promise, so we're still thinking on it. I figure even if I just stock up on a few things first, however, and then buy nothing new for the rest of the year I'd be doing really really great! I like your point that nothing is so valuable it's worth putting on the credit card. I'm going to remember that one. It will help. I just stuck my one credit card in a cup of water in the freezer the other day. It's now frozen in and I'll have to really think about thawing it out before I can use it. Good luck with your resolutions. Don't be too hard on yourself if you cheat. Just get back up and try again. Isn't that a personal trainer's advice? Lisa in Minnesota I hear you on all these resolutions! Good for you and your husband. My husband and I share many of the same resolutions. We are thinking about signing on to The Compact, a Yahoo group which started their year Jan. 1 but I don’t think it’s too late. Our local paper just did an article about it. The Compact is a promise to buy nothing new for one year (with the exception of groceries, underwear, and a few other things). It’s hard to make that promise, so we’re still thinking on it. I figure even if I just stock up on a few things first, however, and then buy nothing new for the rest of the year I’d be doing really really great!

I like your point that nothing is so valuable it’s worth putting on the credit card. I’m going to remember that one. It will help. I just stuck my one credit card in a cup of water in the freezer the other day. It’s now frozen in and I’ll have to really think about thawing it out before I can use it.

Good luck with your resolutions. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you cheat. Just get back up and try again. Isn’t that a personal trainer’s advice?

Lisa in Minnesota

]]> By: Lacey http://againstthegrain.nourishedmagazine.com.au/2008/01/09/clean-slate/#comment-546 Lacey Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:03:47 +0000 http://againstthegrain.nourishedmagazine.com.au/2008/01/09/clean-slate/#comment-546 Don't get me wrong, I'm far from vegan! I suppose having chocolate chips adds some fat to the cookies! Wouldn't the fat from the walnuts help in digestion? I know it's not animal fat. I do like your idea of serving with cream though. I think I'll take you up on that when I sit down for my tea and snack this evening! As for my resolutions I, too, am excited to finally grasp on to a cause that I feel will have a positive impact on the world. I feel a sense of duty and propriety in doing so, since the first part of my life was lived very wastefully and unconsciously. Thanks for being my sound board, nourishers! Don’t get me wrong, I’m far from vegan! I suppose having chocolate chips adds some fat to the cookies! Wouldn’t the fat from the walnuts help in digestion? I know it’s not animal fat. I do like your idea of serving with cream though. I think I’ll take you up on that when I sit down for my tea and snack this evening! As for my resolutions I, too, am excited to finally grasp on to a cause that I feel will have a positive impact on the world. I feel a sense of duty and propriety in doing so, since the first part of my life was lived very wastefully and unconsciously. Thanks for being my sound board, nourishers!

]]> By: Joanne Hay http://againstthegrain.nourishedmagazine.com.au/2008/01/09/clean-slate/#comment-545 Joanne Hay Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:35:01 +0000 http://againstthegrain.nourishedmagazine.com.au/2008/01/09/clean-slate/#comment-545 Never mind how to convert to metric. How about how to convert to omnivorous. Maybe serve with a big dollop of cream. You need fat to digest all these carbs. I feel great love when I read that you're taking responsibility for consumerism. I hope to do the same also. I takes more time scouring through the second hand options but it's so much more fun to grab a bargain. And the feeling of saving the world another 1/2 ton of greenhouse gas emissions and probable exploitation of some underage worker in China is enormous. I look forward to hearing more about your adventure. Never mind how to convert to metric. How about how to convert to omnivorous. Maybe serve with a big dollop of cream. You need fat to digest all these carbs.
I feel great love when I read that you’re taking responsibility for consumerism. I hope to do the same also. I takes more time scouring through the second hand options but it’s so much more fun to grab a bargain. And the feeling of saving the world another 1/2 ton of greenhouse gas emissions and probable exploitation of some underage worker in China is enormous. I look forward to hearing more about your adventure.

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