I haven’t had a soft drink yet this year. For me this is a big accomplishment, as I used to drink 2-3 cans of Diet Pepsi per day. My motivation was that I recognized that soda is just a big can o’ chemicals that wasn’t doing me any good. Now I drink water pretty much everywhere I go. Beer? All-natural goodness.

Just recently, I finally saw the movie “Super Size Me,” which I thought was very well done. I didn’t think it was particularly surprising or enlightening, but it’s kind of a confirmation of stuff I already knew, and inspired me to try to remove even more unnatural food from my diet. After being low-carb for several years, I really don’t have any problem avoiding snack food if it’s not within reach; that is to say, I can walk right by it in the grocery store. It’s much harder to avoid when my wife is eating it right in front of me. I’m not that strong. But I will try.

“Super Size Me,” and later, the viral-marketing movie Store Wars led me to seek out and sign up with a local organic farm that delivers organic fruits and vegetables on a weekly subscription basis. We’ll see how it goes when it starts up in a couple weeks. In general, I will cook and eat healthful vegetables if they’re in the house, and this veggies-by-mail subscription will ensure that we have them on a regular basis.

So from now on, I’m going to try to eat my vegetables, eliminate processed snack foods, and continue my 4-5 hrs of volleyball each week, and add in some cycling when I have a chance. The exercise picture will have to change once I take my “sabbatical” in July and August, but that’s another post.