Welcome to Mediterranean Living for Beginners by Beginners. This blog is intended to be a place for people to come and share thoughts, ideas, and knowledge on various aspects of Mediterranean living. There are many aspects that make up the Mediterranean lifestyle; however this blog will be focusing mainly on the Mediterranean diet and other relative aspects. It is not easy to change such a large aspect of your lifestyle, such as your diet. However, after much thought and consideration I decided that the long term benefits of centering my lifestyle around a healthy diet will far outweigh the costs. Since I am a Mediterranean Dieting neophyte I hope to gain a new wealth of knowledge on the subject and hope there are others who would like to do the same. I also hope that the experienced Mediterranean dieters will offer their experiences and inputs to further help those new to the diet. I would also like to make clear that my decision to live by a Mediterranean diet is not at all influenced by a desire to lose weight. It is, however, influenced by my decision to live a happy, healthy lifestyle. I believe that what goes into your body is very important in determining what your body can be capable of. The event that sparked my decision to change my diet came about after contracting food poisoning from eating a grilled chicken salad. Since then I have had a hard time deciding what to eat since the staple food in my old diet is what made me sick. After doing some research I decided a combination of a flexetarian diet (a vegetarian who eats meat at less than 20% of their meals) and a Mediterranean diet would be the perfect combination to achieve my goal to live a healthy life. I still eat chicken occasionally, but not nearly as much as I did before getting sick. This is the beginning of my journey into living and learning about the Mediterranean diet and I hope you enjoy!
