Kathryn Rem, editor of the State Journal-Register's food section, wrote an article about this blog, Family plans to keep diet close to home, which just went online, so presumably it will be in the print edition on Wednesday.
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Now that the harvest season has begun, I plan on blogging here nearly every day about what we've been eating, sources that we've found, what we're still searching for, etc. (For example, I found local butter today, and I might have just found a source of local wheat today! Yes, local flour is a possibility!)
Of course, we have plenty of non-local food still in the house, so we'll be using that up for awhile as the harvest starts getting up to full speed. Fresh salads are nice, but we'll need some starches, too!
Check back regularly and see how well we succeed -- or how entertainingly we fail -- at sticking to our 100-mile diet!
Hello Wally,
Enjoyed the SJR article this AM, which is where we learned of your local eating efforts. Was especially interested in learning whay/how is was you lost weight by eating locally.
Looking forward to hearing more and making our first stab at "local-voring" this summer.
Posted by: Joe Eby | May 20, 2009 at 07:57 PM
Hi, Joe! Thanks for dropping by!
I could lose weight by counting calories, but it's always been a hassle. Every time I want to eat something, I have to figure out how many calories it has! Eventually, of course, I would start to forget to look up the calories, and that would be the end of the weight loss!
By eating locally, you're eating plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, which is exactly what dietitians keep saying we should be eating! If your lunch is broccoli, carrots, and strawberries, you probably aren't going to take in nearly as many calories as you would eating, well, just about anything the average American eats for lunch.
On top of that, if we had to make our own junk food, how much would we actually eat? If we had to make our own potato chips, pretzels, french fries, ice cream, candy, etc, I think it is unlikely that we would find ourselves eating nearly as much as we do when we can just buy them at the grocery store.
As a result of things like this, even without going to the effort of counting calories, you'll probably lose weight almost automatically.
I haven't yet been posting my weight on the blog, but I should start doing that soon. Thanks for the reminder!
Good luck with your own locavore efforts! If you have any questions or find any good sources of local foods, please share!
Posted by: Wally Hartshorn | May 28, 2009 at 11:13 PM