1. Let’s call a spade a spade. Forget dieting, short-term change hoping for a big result from an unsustainable effort ending in frustration. Call it change. Change for economics, efficiency, the environment. Change to live longer and feel better, inside and out. Change as example. You already are living green.

2. Don’t count calories. Buy real food. Cook three meals instead of buying quick junk and snacks of packaged food products. Eat more slowly and stop when you’re full. Feel a little hunger, a message from your body. Listen and let it work for you. Begin and end every day with fresh fruit (and comedy). You know when your clothes fit better, you’re driving less and walking more, eating less meat, using less packaging, more aware. Measuring, counting, fretting; it’s all too stressful! Use your energy wisely; make a tote bag for someone. Good becomes an integral part of your life because you want it to.

3. Local farmers may not be Certified Organic even though they may be farming organically. Certification takes 3+ years after beginning organic methods. Exploiting plants’ inherent pest-inhibiting qualities remove the need for pesticides. Soils rich in organic nutrients don’t need chemical fertilizers like conventional farms that ultimately sterilize the soil. Talk to your locals about their farming methods. That’s one of the benefits of buying locally: you can know where your food comes from and how it’s grown just by asking.

Rock on, Shelly! (Sorry for going on, but I’m more than a little impassioned about this stuff.)
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