A Healthy Dose of Documentaries.

I joke that you’d think my husband was a triathlete if you viewed his collection of magazines, books, and documentaries.  He loves cycling and running magazines, organic books, and anything related to the food industry.  Also, lots of books & magazines about wine (both an interest and his job!!!!)

We started off 2012 vowing to get healthy this year and of course, go on a diet.  Ugh, and I despise dieting.  To inspire us, he talked me into watching a documentary a few weeks ago, which I mentioned in my New Year’s Resolutions post, called Forks Over Knives, which I really enjoyed and has encouraged me to eat more vegetarian.  On a scale of 1 – 10, Will has scored a 10 on this little venture.  I give myself a 7 because I haven’t totally cut out meat, but am certainly eating a lot healthier than I have in the past (which is the real goal).  I NEVER ever EVER thought I’d consider being a vegetarian, and I’m still not, but these documentaries really present a very compelling case for a plant-based diet.  Honestly, I really just want to fit into the clothes from my “skinny closet”.

Here are the documentaries we’ve watched & enjoyed so far:

• Forks Over Knives
• Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead
• Super Size Me (I really REALLY didn’t want to watch this one, but actually liked it)
• Foodmatters
• Food Inc.

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead and my friend Rachel have really made me consider getting this Breville Juicer:

So, if you’re into that whole organic, healthy lifestyle thing – those are the documentaries I recommend!!