Comments on lifecandy: MEM: Going Organic... Again

@harmzie -oh, so true! I can't tell you how many t...

2008-05-05T15:10:00.000-05:00

@harmzie -
oh, so true! I can't tell you how many times I've ended up with either no apples (because I thought I'd ordered it organic but hadn't) or too much (ordered online and shopped)... I'm just not organized enough to be on top of that all the time. :)

In addition to the health thing, you can't put a p...

2008-05-05T14:49:00.000-05:00

In addition to the health thing, you can't put a price on simplicity. If juggling figuring out what to buy where ("oh, that just looks soooo good!" wait, did I buy it already?) takes time & adds muddle to your life, then what have you gained?

@harmzie -Yes, I emailed you and the rest of the v...

2008-05-05T13:44:00.000-05:00

@harmzie -
Yes, I emailed you and the rest of the village a list of the most to least pesticide-riddle stuff. :)

I already tried buying only the high risk foods organic, but it actually complicated things and didn't really make a difference in the budget.
It was easier going full-organic and non-organic than going somewhere in between.

I used to get all of our veggies, fruit, eggs, milk, rice... okay, almost everything organic every week. I'd order it online from EatIt.ca and pick it up.
We only got chicken, soda water, juice, fish, and kids' treats from Sobey's.
Falling off meant getting everything from Sobey's non-organic selection.

As for the boy's recent bout... he just caught the cold from one of the kids in his class - there are a couple of them who are sick right now. The poor guy was up all night last night coughing. No allergies... :)

@gypsy girl -thanks for the kind words :) yes, it'...

2008-05-05T13:15:00.000-05:00

@gypsy girl -
thanks for the kind words :) yes, it's a slippery slope once we fall, isn't it? but getting back on the wagon is so incredibly worth it.

Can you give some examples of how badly you "fell ...

2008-05-05T12:43:00.000-05:00

Can you give some examples of how badly you "fell off"? I mean if the only thing you changed was from organic lettuce to regular, then that's alarming, but if you were eating chicken fingers from a box as opposed to organic bl/sl chicken breast, then the deep fried crap might be more of a culprit! You already said that you maintained calories, so I assume it's not that dramatic. Just examples of what I'm looking for.

As far as the cost goes, somewhere, I've read of a hierarchy of "bang-for-your-buck" for organics (if it was here that I read it, my apologies! Can't remember/too lazy to find where - it might have been the paper) e.g. potatoes & other root vegetables aren't really worth seeking out the organic kind for, but some things (tree fruits w/o peels?) absorb more (and therefore take more into you). The point is, if you need to cut back, you could partially cut back, still staying at the higher-return end (or at least know what to avoid all together)

Seasonal allergies? ;-) I've just discovered that I suffer from them, and I've decided to pin all my problems on that! I'm actually only HALF joking - with all the illness, you may want to consider it :-)

"reintroducing a good green habit that I dropped, ...

2008-05-05T12:24:00.000-05:00

"reintroducing a good green habit that I dropped, idiot that I can be sometimes."....why is it so easy for us to drop good habits and so easy to fall back into bad habits????
I never can figure this out.
You are SOOO right about health being so important. AND about the crap that they pass off onto us as "food"
But disciplining myself to stay on the really healthy path...whether it be CRON, yoga, organic food, exercise or whatever...once I fall off the wagon its easy to go astray!!!
That is why I read YOU and others that are trying to be on the same healthy path. Love your blog...you make me look at myself and take notice!!!
Excellent post!!! SO TRUE!!