Locavore on Core

Eating Local on Weight Watchers

Friday, September 21, 2007

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About Me

Momaste: I'm a Locavore on Core, eating local, organic, fresh from the farm foods while following the Weight Watchers Core program, avoiding "Frankenfoods," and loving it!

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Inches lost - 43.25 as of 9/15/07
Total Pounds Lost - 30.6 lb. on 1/12/08
Current Weight - 281 lb. on 1/12/08
Starting Weight - 311.6 lb. on 5/21/07

Goals

First 10 lb. by 7/4/07 - Accomplished!
10% (31 lb.) by 9/23/07 - Accomplished!
Goal Weight of 155 by 5/21/10 (Three years to lose 156 lb., with a detour to have a baby!)

Sources for Local Foods

Bay Area Meat Growing CSA
Chileno Beef
Clover Stornetta Farms - dairy
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (Bay Area Buy Fresh, Buy Local guide)
Conexions/Valley of Heart's Delight "Eating Sustainably" guide for the Peninsula
Country Sun - natural foods store in Palo Alto
Full Belly Farm - our CSA
Green Oaks Creek Farm and Retreat
Happy Quail Farms - Peppers grown in East Palo Alto
Hare Hollow Olive Oils and Vinegars
Hodo Soy Beanery
Lundberg Farm - rice grown in Richvale
Marin Sun Farms
Morris Grassfed Beef
Phipps Country Store - dry beans in Pescadero
Rancho Gordo (beans. corn, herbs, and chili peppers)
Straus Family Creamery
Swanton Berry Farm
TLC Ranch
Willotta Ranch - Kiwi fruit

Local, Sustainable Eating and Food Politics Links

100 Mile Diet
Center for Informed Food Choices
Conexions/Valley of Heart's Delight (Palo Alto based sustainable eating)
Eat Local Challenge
Eat Well Guide
Eat Wild (sources for pastured meats and dairy)
Fair Trade Certified
Food Politics - Marion Nestle
Food Routes
Local Harvest (find your farmer's market here!)
Locavores
Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma"
Organic Consumers Association
Seafood Watch - guide to eco-friendly seafood
Slow Foods USA
Sustainable Table

Weight Loss and Healthy Eating Links

Ban Trans Fats
Grains and Beans cooking chart
Health Discovery, a Weight Watchers support network
Heather's Recipe Site (mostly CORE)
The ABCs of Essential Fatty Acids
The Dark Side of High Fructose Corn Syrup
Weight Tracker
Weight Watchers official site

Blogs

A Veggie Venture
Becks and Posh
Cincinnati Locavore
Ethicurean
Good Food Comes from Happy Cows
I Heart Farms
Life Begins at 30
Livin' La Vida Local
Mighty Foods
One Block Diet
Urban Hennery

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