Starting OGO! Intro

Hello and welcome to my first entry! My name is Owen and about 3 months ago I set out to organic-ize my life. It didn't work out well. I took on too much too fast, and wanted to video blog it all! Between my camera girl/editor's schedule and mine, we only got 2 episodes done and up. I wanted to start with beauty- trying to see if organic beauty (skincare, make up and hair) products exist and if they're worth it. Basically they say your skin absorbs at least 60% of what you put on it! That's a lot of chemicals going directly into your blood stream and then going elsewhere! So I wanted to purify it a bit - but after some research it looks like organic beauty is going to be too much to take on right now! It would require a lot of research, testing, money and time. So I am putting beauty on the back burner. I am using some products that are not 100% organic but they are more than 70% organic, and I am making sure they're as free of additives as possible. Basically, I trust Whole Foods judgement in what they stock in their Whole Body, and that their "all natural" products are actually natural, so I am letting them choose for me.

So now I have decided to get back to the basics: food! I always choose organic produce- I have been doing that for about 6 months now. But, as far as eating all organic, well that's not happening. I am going to write -not video- a blog about getting into "cleaner" eating and..wait for it...COOKING!! If you know me - I am not a chef. I used to love my microwave- I have slowly been weaning myself off of it, but I used to use it twice a day at least, and couldn't imagine living without a microwave!! Now, I am eating much healthier. I read somewhere, when you dictate your eating habits by calories rather than nutrients it's the unhealthiest thing you can do for your body. Now I am sure I am deficient in some vitamins and don't get enough protein or whatever, but one thing at a time!

My main concern is really focusing on what I eat, where it comes from, and what it's doing once it's in my body. I eat out a lot! It's bad for my diet and bad for this mission, but I'm super social and have to go out or I'll lose my mind. I find people who are really dedicated to eating organic, raw, vegan, whatever (not that I'm fully raw or vegan) can be a bit snooty, condescending or will try to make me their "project." But then I feel bad if I openly talk about not eating what's on somebody's plate because of my chosen diet. So until I figure out how to incorporate my social life into this mission, I am going to be breaking a few rules.

This is where I am starting from- I'll be interested to see where this mission takes me. I don't see it ever "ending," since healthy eating should be a lifetime mission.

Hope you enjoy! If you have suggestions - please comment!!