About Me
I'm a
(relatively) normal twenty-something with an interest in health and wellness
that might contradict my claim to be (relatively) normal.
I'm a "health nut" who eats plenty of
salads and avoids vegetable oil and trans fat like the plague...but I also love
ice cream and don't ask my local ice cream stand what's in their German
Chocolate Flurry, because I really don't want to know.
I love farm-fresh eggs, organic produce, and
grass-fed meats...but I live in a sprawling suburb and have basically no money,
so none of that happens very often.
I'm a logic-oriented person with a strong
scientific and medical background, who gave up going to medical school to
pursue having a family instead - but I don't have kids yet so people look at me funny when I say that.
I follow several health-related blogs that show various
degrees of intensity, and I’ve tried to find a balance between staying healthy
and being a functioning member of society.
I’m not
your typical health-and-fitness blogger. I never had a drastic health scare, or
a major weight loss journey. I’ve had a general workout routine since high
school, and I’ve had a general sense that I should watch what I ate to some
degree, but I never took it to any extreme. I’ve been a healthy weight my
entire life (a bit too skinny at one point, actually), and the only health
issue I’ve ever had is a recurrent knee injury from being an idiot when I was
in sixth grade and jumping off a play structure backwards.
However,
I got really bored at this boring medical office job that I had, and decided a
while ago that instead of scrolling mindlessly through Facebook at work, I was
going to learn things. And since I’m still a science geek at heart, I decided
to delve into recent scientific research in my favorite medical areas –
nutrition, digestive health, and reproductive health.
And what I found was … disturbing.
And, since my boyfriend (who does
NOT have a medical background) gets annoyed when I talk about my findings for
hours, I started to write them down (again, Bored at Work) for my future
reference.
Annnndddd….since it doesn’t cost me
anything to put my thoughts on the Internet, I decided that since my findings
could potentially be useful to someone…why not? I have no idea if people will actually read this, but if one person is
benefited by something I was gonna do anyway..well, that’s a win!
And then, eventually, I stumbled on homestead and started absorbing information like a crazy person. I decided to start a garden and work on frugal ways to DIY everything. I decided to keep blogging about it because writing is kind of fun, and if anybody finds it helpful - cool. If not...well hey, I'll have a fun catalog of my thoughts. I still read science journals for fun, but now I also read gardening how-tos and old cookbooks.
Check out my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thedoctective/
And to get this info out there, I decided to randomly add myself to a couple of web directories. Hopefully at least one person can benefit from this information!
Web DirectoryAnd then, eventually, I stumbled on homestead and started absorbing information like a crazy person. I decided to start a garden and work on frugal ways to DIY everything. I decided to keep blogging about it because writing is kind of fun, and if anybody finds it helpful - cool. If not...well hey, I'll have a fun catalog of my thoughts. I still read science journals for fun, but now I also read gardening how-tos and old cookbooks.
Check out my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thedoctective/
And to get this info out there, I decided to randomly add myself to a couple of web directories. Hopefully at least one person can benefit from this information!
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