October 6, 2019
New Food Pledge
Change is hard. It’s really hard. But, after about four months in the hospital, I am scared enough to not want to go back. And I’ve seen family and friends languish in hospitals, and that motivates me to to turn it around. Someone asked me: “After almost dying, do you eat whatever you want as if you’re dying, or super carefully?” I’m definitely in the camp of super carefully. I am making some significant changes to my relationship with food. These changes are to reduce inflammation to reduce the risk of another auto-immune illness. And I’m basing many of these[…continue reading]
October 1, 2019
Runway Run Race report
First race report inn a long time. I hazard to even call this a “race” , but I guess I have to (re-)start somewhere. The Pearson Runway Run has always been on my radar for many years. But its placement in late September never quite worked out: Too short a distance so close to major half and full-marathons in October. But, since I’m essentially re-learning how to walk, a 2k didn’t seem like too much of a stretch. I signed up online for my wife, our infant daughter, and myself. This would be our daughter’s first ever “running event.” The website[…continue reading]
September 30, 2019
“Total Cleanse” Juice Cleanse Review
As part of my ongoing recovery and health improvement journey, I went to see a naturopath a few weeks ago. He made a lot of really good suggestions, and gave a lot of really valuable advice. One suggestion was for me to try a juice cleanse. I’d heard about this before, but never tried it myself, until now. I told my wife about this plan and she agreed to do it along with me. Honestly, this would have been much, much harder if I was doing juices while smelling her eating regular food. We ordered two packs of the 3-day[…continue reading]
