I uploaded two:
1) Go Paleo
2) Finish my master's degree
The first one is about improving my body. The second is about improving my mind. They are both about food.
My month of Paleo went really well in December. Meats and veggies. Nuts and seeds. Some starch. Few fruits. No dairy. No sugar. Nothing processed. Down seven pounds and four inches in my waist.
Worth it.
I want to keep both resolutions. Paleo will start when I come back from vacation. I'm not sure what I'll have access to until I get home. In the meantime, I'm compiling a list of resources and recipes to make sure I have a plan in place for my return. One friend suggested Paleo Table but I haven't checked it out yet... Anyone else have suggestions? If you do, please leave a comment for me :) or if you're interested in a lifestyle change, let me know and we can tackle this resolution together!
My thesis is going to be about food, too. I am going to learn a lot about food over the next year. I want to learn about the way people write about food. Think about how many bloggers focus on specific types of food or food critics in the newspaper. There are magazines dedicated to recipes and evaluating recipes. There are new cookbooks out all the time and critics on those as well.
I'm not sure what specifically I'm going to look at but I'm planning on analyzing either a blog, book or series or set of blogs or books. I'm taking suggestions.
Periodically I'd like to post portions of my research here for your feedback. And I welcome it. The whole point of research, from my perspective, is that it is meaningful-- not just written to make the author sound smart or to satisfy a graduation requirement -- and helpful-- it allows others make better informed decisions or directs them to useful information.
What do you think I should focus on? Writings about the Paleo diet? Texts (not the SMS variety-- texts as in the literary kind) about the trend toward eating organic? Something else? Should I focus on blogs? Magazines? A book? Newspaper columns?
Hopefully I'll be able to start my thesis when I kick off my Paleo resolution! Let me know what you think!
