October 2010
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What Do Humans Need? →
I came across this while searching for something completely unrelated, but gave it a read and rather enjoyed it. What do humans need anyway?
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WatchHmmm. There are flood stories from cultures around the world… and the passage of comet NEAT is on NASA’s website (http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/2003_02_12/) though I don’t recall hearing anything about it in the news (though I do remember all the hullaballo about other comets that have passed in my lifetime, and even waited in line at a local observatory as a child to...
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24-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
brunch: wrap w/ rice, corn, beans, red pepper, green pepper, onion, and sauce on whole wheat and half a bottle of water
dinner: boiled brown rice w/ scallions, chicken, cabbage, red pepper, carrot, onion, and a bowl of miso soup w/ wakame, carrot, daikon, and onion and a glass of water
dessert: slice of pumpkin pie
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21-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
morning weigh-in (nude): 147 lbs
brunch: bean taco w/ sprouts, lettuce, onion, hot pepper, black olive, hot sauce + sour cream and tropical V8 splash
dinner: fish (cod) w/ tartar sauce + chips w/ vinegar and a bit of ketchup + beans + bottle of ginger ale - the fish was VERY tasty, but overall the meal did NOT sit well AT ALL.. next time I think we’ll split one (and not any time soon).....
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22-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of spelt flakes w/ rice milk and bowl of organic oatmeal w/ raisins
lunch: half order of potato patties w/ ranch and a jamie sandwich w/ chicken, black olive, and hot pepper and a bowl of baked french onion soup (from backstreet pub)
snack: coffee w/ honey + half an activia yogurt, glass of gin + lemon water, slice of whole wheat bread w/ olive oil + balsamic vinegar
dinner:...
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23-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: pint of rickard’s white, glass of lemon water, two eggs sunnyside-up, slice of bacon, one sausage, cubed hash browns, two slices of toast w/ jam/pb+honey, and a cup of coffee w/ 1/3 pack of raw sugar
lunch: half grilled vegetarian wrap, three bean salad, cous cous salad, two types of vegetable roll w/ soy sauce and half a green tea smoothie (mall food)
dinner: falafel pita w/...
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20-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
morning weigh-in (nude): 148.4 lbs
brunch: grilled falafel wrap w/ lettuce, tomato, onion, black olive, cucumber, feta cheese + coffee w/ honey
dinner: half bowl of wonton soup w/ noodles and orange chicken, honey garlic pork, spring roll, and rice (from manchu wok) and half a bottle of water - this was a mistake, though we didn’t finish the soup.. we hadn’t ate chinese in awhile...
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19-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: Heritage heirloom whole grain cereal w/ rice milk
lunch: carrot creme muffin + coffee w/ honey
dinner: boiled brown rice w/ red pepper, onion, shredded carrot, celery + cabbage
snacks: organic maple cookies, bowl of crisp rice cereal w/ rice milk + coffee w/ honey
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18-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
skipped brakfast and lunch
dinner: boiled short grain brown rice w/ cabbage, onion + red pepper and saigonese take out: special wonton soup + one and a half crispy fried spring rolls stuffed w/ seasoned pork wrapped in lettuce and dipped in fish sauce
late snack: jamie sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato, mayo, cheese, black olive, hot pepper + italian sausage (jamie sandwich = small pizza turned into...
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17-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
morning weigh-in (nude): 148.8 lbs
brunch: falafel wrap w/ lettuce, cucumber, onion, black olive, pineapple, and feta w/ italian and tzatziki sauce on whole wheat + coffee w/ honey
dinner: whole wheat wraps w/ boiled short grain brown rice, adzuki beans, red pepper, carrot, onion, pickles, snap peas, celery, mustard + italian and a glass of water
snack: organic corn tortilla chips w/ organic...
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16-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of millet rice cereal w/ rice milk
skipped lunch
dinner: super bean taco + mexi fries w/ hot sauce (taco time)
dessert: cheesecake empanada
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15-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
morning weight-in (nude): 148.6lbs
skipped breakfast
lunch: small veggie sub w/ mustard + italian on whole wheat (mr. sub)
dinner: falafel wrap w/ rice, onion, peas, carrot, corn, pineapple curry sauce on whole wheat
snacks: two coffees w/ honey, fruit explosion muffin + green tea, buffalo chicken wrap + coffee (black)
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14-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
morning weigh-in (nude) 148.8lbs
breakfast: bowl of millet rice cereal w/ rice milk
snacks: apple cinnamon creme muffin w/ coffee w/ honey, coffee w/ honey
dinner: boiled brown rice w/ leftover malai kofta and chana masala, broccoli, carrots, and celery and a glass of water
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13-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
morning weight in (nude): 148.4lbs
breakfast: bowl of Heritage heirloom whole grain cereal w/ rice milk
lunch: grilled falafel wrap w/ lettuce, tomato, black olive, onion, pineapple, and feta w/ italian + tzatziki sauce on whole wheat
dinner: brown rice (homemade) w/ malai kofta (vegetable dumplings made from Indian style cheese and almonds, cooked in a flavourful butter sauce), chana masala...
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12-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
morning weigh-in (nude): 148.8lbs
breakfast: coffee w/ honey
skipped lunch
dinner: falafel wrap w/ rice, carrot, peas, corn, onion on whole wheat w/ orange ginger sauce
dessert: half of a dessert wrap (basically smores in a wrap)
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How to Avoid Forbidden Foods on the Macrobiotic... →
I found the link to this article on twitter via @natural_chef, and it’s quite good, though I’d like to say that, as far as I understand, no food is actually forbidden on the macrobiotic diet, but there are many foods that should be minimized or avoided for a time, especially when working toward recovering balance (post transition to the macrobiotic way of eating from the standard...
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11-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of millet rice w/ rice milk
I skipped lunch, knowing I might stuff myself at thanksgiving dinner!
dinner: turkey (dark meat), cranberry sauce, stuffing, potatoes + gravy, sweet potatoes, squash, brown rice, brussels sprouts, and a whole wheat bun w/ a glass of rose and a can of ginger ale
snacks + beverages: glass of water, organic blue corn tortilla chips w/ organic medium...
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10-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: chorizo bowl @ ricky’s restaurant w/ two cups of coffee w/ 1/2 brown sugar packet each
skipped lunch, but did have a matcha booster juice
dinner: two homemade wraps w/ brown rice, carrots, celery, red peppers, onions, squash, and sauce (ranch + thai chili sauce on one, ranch + mustard on the other), and a small bowl of blueberry soygurt for dessert
snacks + beverages: one...
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8-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
started the day with a ginger compress, followed by a ginger body scrub (using ginger water from ginger compress), then a hot + cold rinse (shower - no soap) - then weighed in at 150lbs nude
brunch: bowl of spelt cereal w/ rice milk
skipped lunch, but snacked
dinner: cauliflower + lemon soup, boiled rice w/ carrots, snap peas, red peppers, onions, and celery, a glass of water w/ lemon slice,...
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9-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
weighed myself first thing in the morning: 150.6 lbs nude
breakfast: bowl of organic apple cinnamon oatmeal
lunch: skipped, but had snacks
dinner: boiled short grain brown rice w/ sauteed carrots, butternut squash, snap peas, and onions
snacks + beverages: glass of water w/ lemon slice, lg coffee w/ honey, mandarin orange, organic blue corn tortillas w/ organic medium salsa, tim...
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wtf is this? →
flickr user “jtolber” found this “thing” in a piece of thigh meat that he got at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Marshfield, MO - can’t tell if it’s a worm, brains, or something else altogether.
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the Ginger Compress
First off, let me say that this ginger compress has nothing to do with red-haired people, except that they may perform this procedure just as anyone else.
What is it?
The ginger compress is a macrobiotic remedy (at least it’s been presented in most of the books I’ve read on macrobiotics) which consists of placing hot towels which have been soaked in ginger water on the stomach and...
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7-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of w/ rice milk
bottle of Arizona green tea
snack: one garlic dill pickle + a handful of plain lays chips
dinner: two wraps w/ pressure-cooked long-grain brown rice, steamed cabbage, red pepper, carrot, and celery w/ italian + sweet onion mustard
snack: 1/2 bowl of w/ almond milk + ~10 dark chocolate chips
performed a ginger compress before bed @ ~3am
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I particularly enjoy this song, it promotes bit of...
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6-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: rice crisp cereal w/ rice milk
lunch: 1/2 lg smoothie (vanilla soy protein, vanilla soy milk)
dinner: miso soup w/ wakame, carrot, green onion, and onion + boiled short grain brown rice w/ carrot, green onion, onion + squash w/ a glass of water (“sun-filtered”)
snack: bowl of spelt flakes w/ rice milk
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Macrobiotic Concepts + Principals →
Here’s a pretty good run-down on macrobiotics by author Simon Brown. I have his book “Macrobiotics for Life” but I have yet to read through it fully as a friend has borrowed it while I’ve been reading the other books I have on the subject.
Today I gave one of those to my mother, as both my folks are getting on and heath is beginning to become a pretty major issue....
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Laptop Radiation →
Today as my son grabbed my cellphone while I was checking it, and I let him take it, a friend brought up the idea of cellphone radiation, and wireless radiation in general. I mean if the ultimate goal is to be as happy and healthy as possible, then this sort of thing does need consideration.
So I did a quick search and google came up with this as the top result. After reading it, it seems to me...
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5-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
I skipped breakfast and lunch, though I did have half of a smoothie (iced coffee, soy protein, chocolate).
dinner: miso soup w/ wakame, onion, and carrot, and wraps (whole wheat wraps, boiled short grain brown rice, and sauteed tomato, red pepper, carrot, celery, and onion (we had two wraps each and did add a wee bit of sauce - I had italian + mustard on one, italian + sweet chili sauce on the...
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4-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
lunch: charbroiled pork + spring rolls on rice w/ fish sauce and green tea (pictured above, on the left, Steph had the noodles w/ ginger beef and bubble tea on the right, of which I had a bite or two and vice-versa)
dinner: 6” veggie sub on 9 grain whole wheat (subway)
snack: greek salad (pictured above) and beers (backstreet pub)
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1-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
no written record - for lunch we had wraps (mine is on the right - they didn’t have falafel so i just had extra veggies) - this night was my first driving taxi for the fall (I drive taxi once or twice a week to supplement my income while in school) - that’s a McDonald’s buffalo chicken snack wrap; hard to find anything healthy to eat at 1am
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2-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
We went to a pot luck housewarming at a friend’s place for lunch/dinner - I had some beef and beans on a bun, along with some beans and pasta salad on the side. I drove taxi again this night - 7-Eleven coffee + muffin on the left, McDonald’s coffee + muffin on the right… I’m going to have to start packing a lunch when I drive.
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25-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
ack, all I have recorded for this day is a cup of coffee at 1pm and this photo…
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29-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
When I woke, my tummy was still felt a bit warm. I began the day with another ginger compress (1/2 hr) using the water from the night before, re-heated on the stove, but not boiled.
I have no record of what I ate this day, though I do know I had a piece of pizza (forget what kind) and a half piece of the dessert pizza pictured above.
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30-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of 7 whole grain honey puffed cereal w/ rice millk
med coffee w/ honey
not record of what was for lunch or dinner
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3-Oct-2010 (transition diet)
no record for this day - that was dinner pictured above (super bean burrito w/ hot sauce, small mexi-fries supreme w/ hot sauce, and an order of crustos - I only ate about half of the crustos)
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28-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast (9:30am): bowl of toasted berry crisp w/ rice milk
dinner (6pm): greek veggie wrap + mind over matcha booster juice
at about 1 am I did my first ginger compress for a bit over half of an hour - it felt good falling asleep with a warm tummy
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27-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of kamut crisp + corn flakes w/ craisins + rice milk
dinner: super bean burrito + blueberry cheesecake empanada (from taco time)
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21-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast (~11:30am): bowl of rice crisp cereal w/ craisins + rice milk
lg dark roast coffee w honey (~1:40pm)
dinner: bowl of soup (canned), steamed kale, baked squash, boiled rice w/ scallions
dessert: baked apple w/ apple-raisin-kuzu sauce
also had a couple small pieces of white chocolate and dark mint chocolate
oh, and everything was cooked on the BBQ - according to macrobiotic...
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26-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of spelt w/ rice milk
dinner: veggie burger w/ fries + pint of rickard’s white
first veggie burger i’ve ever had + it was quite good, though i should have had it sans cheese
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22-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
lg coffee w/ honey
sm coffee w/ sugar
brunch: crisp rice + honey almond flax cereal w/ craisins + rice milk
dinner: whole wheat pita w/ iceberg lettuce, red onion, banana pepper, olive, pickle, pineapple, and falafel
dessert: coconut ice cream
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24-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
poor record for today
lunch: bean taco
dinner: saigonese #3 (spring roll) + #49 (spring roll + charbroiled pork on rice vermicelli)
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23-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast: bowl of toasted berry crisp w/ rice milk
snack: 1/2 kashi 7 whole grain + almond bar
dinner: cauliflower soup, steamed kale, boiled rice, baked squash, squash + adzuki beans, and a glass of white wine
snack: 2 mini bagels w/ philly (1), jam (1/2) + pb (1/2)
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19-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast (~12pm): bowl of 1/2 millet rice flakes + 1/2 mesa sunrise cereal w/ rice milk
dinner: 3 pieces of tandoori chicken pizza
snack: some sweet potato chips
my record for this day is quite poor, so I may have missed something(s)
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17-Sep-2010 (transition diet)
breakfast (11:30am): bowl of mesa sunrise cereal w/ raisins + raisin milk
afternoon snack (2pm): small piece of apple-caramel-cranberry-crumble pie
lunch (5pm): wrap w/ jasmine rice, peas, carrots, corn, onions, and green pepper w/ orange ginger sauce, on whole wheat
dinner (~10pm): two pieces of pizza (roadhouse)
I also had 3 keith’s red between 8pm and 2pm
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a bit of insight from a little-known canadian band...
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a few changes
I’ve fallen behind again, but before I catch up, I’d like to mention a couple things about how we’ve been eating, and a couple changes we’re going to make.
I’m no longer going to be naming daily dietary posts “new diet, new life,” instead, they will be titled as per the date, and subtitled as per the current dietary regimen: transition diet (a diet moving...
