Health! And also, fitness!

Yes, this blog has been created for the fulfilment of a journalism class requirement, which is to document the happenings in said class as well as our own personal forays into the world of health and/or fitness.

But that doesn't mean it can't be fun! I promise to not make this a mundane rehash of class lectures and readings. I can't promise my daily life is all that exciting, but I will say that each meal is an adventure for me (more on that later.) The title is meant to be funny, not offensive and, obviously, I do hope the content of this blog does its title justice in some way.

Since this is the first post, I suppose an introduction is in order. I'm a first year grad student of journalism at the only school that matters, the University of Florida. When I went to school at the University of North Florida, where there is no football or social atmosphere of any kind, I was a gym nut. When I transferred to UF I tried to keep up my routine, but living off campus put a damper on my motivation. Still, I manage to make it to my apartment complex's gym several days a week, which I'm pretty proud of considering I no longer eat typical college fare like beer, pasta, pizza and fast food. At least, not the traditional beer, pasta and pizza...

This is because in May of 2008 I was diagnosed with the auto-immune disease Celiac, meaning the consumption of gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, is damaging to my body. Many of the posts in this blog will likely chronicle new recipes I come across or new items in the grocery store that relate to maintaining a gluten free diet. For example, tonight I made homemade spaghetti sauce over rice spaghetti. Yes, spaghetti made of rice.

The sauce helps.

I'll leave you with a link that serves as sort of a complement to this blog: www.thisiswhyyourefat.com
Enjoy.