Beetroot Blues

The Bf's parents grow everything and in huge quantities to boot.

Red and yellow and PINK

Pink for beetroot in fact.

http://www.lovebeetroot.co.uk/

This is just to say

I succeeded with day 1 of the healthy eating regime, oh and

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast.

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold.
William Carlos Williams

Ok, I admit to eating the plums primarily to post that poem, I could have had an apple or banana instead. Surprisingly enough, despite studying Literature for 4 years at University, thats the only Wiliam Carlos Williams poem Ive read. Luckily there are still a few plums left to eat whilst I google him.

I love the unrepentent tone of the poem, sure hes admitting to eating your breakfast and asking for forgiveness but at the same time he's painting you a picture of just what you missed, rubbing it in so to speak. "Forgive me" but this is what you missed out on, the softness, the sweetness, the deliciousness, which implies that he isnt particularly sorry in the slightest.

5 Alive

I keep reading about various campaigns to make us eat more fruit and vegetables. Its something Ive always taken for granted, after all eating healthly makes perfect sense. The other night however, I got a bit distracted and actually started thinking about how much I eat, or rather dont eat a day.

Suddenly 5 pieces a day seemed like a lot, maybe 4 and in some cases 5 pieces more than I was consuming. So obviously I need to fix this, but how...

When Im busy with work related stuff, we eat really badly. One meal a day kind of badly and fitting that much fruit and veg into one meal is pretty tricky. But then if Im being strictly honest with myself, even when Im not busy we tend to only eat one meal a day. Ive skipped breakfast ever since my secondary school days when my mother could no longer force ready brek down me in the morning. Lunch tended to be an optional extra that again usually ended up missed (so many more useful things to spend your dinner money on when you are sixteen). Then I went to University and lived on cigarettes, tomato cuppa soup and red wine for four years and by that stage my eating habits were pretty much set in stone.

So now I need to find a way to sneak those fruits and vegetables into my diet.