August 2010
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new diet, new life - day fifty (30-Aug-2010)
breakfast
I skipped breakfast today, but did get up early enough for a shower and to make it to work on time (I’m training my replacement this week). apparently steph skipped breakfast as well.
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~12:30pm)
Wrapper Jack’s original wrap w/ falafel, jasmine rice, carrots, onions, corn, peas, and green peppers w/ curry sauce on whole wheat (me)
leftover...
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new diet, new life - day forty-nine (29-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~10am)
Nature’s Path Millet Rice Flakes w/ blueberries, raisins + rice milk (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
the cereal would be yang, but close to neutral (or perhaps a bit yin due to processing), as with the rice milk, while the raisins and blueberries would be moderately yin, so overall? < moderately yin.
lunch
we skipped lunch
breast milk (stephen)
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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions,...”
– Oscar Wilde
I’m not sure, but I think I would’ve gotten along well with this bloke.
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Heavy Drinkers OUTLIVE Non-drinkers? →
How many people happened across this one today? By the afternoon I had a few friends that had shared it on fb. Haven’t checked twitter, but I imagine it would be all over the place. At any rate, from a macrobiotic perspective, I think this makes sense given that many in our culture eat meat and salty foods regularly. Alcohol is quite yin on the food scale, so it would serve to set off...
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What booze looks like under a microscope →
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“Today we come across and individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not...”
– Erich Fromm
and it is this sort of behaviour which psychology et al. studies, and only rarely do they encounter an individual who has been “cured”
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enemy within - returns!
ok so it’s been awhile since I blogged about eczema + candida fungal infections, mostly because mine disappeared when I went to vegas (actually i think it was just before). anyway, it seems it’s returned.
so what gives? why did this first appear when we started to eat better, and disappear when we lapsed? and now that we’ve been slowly returning to healthier, more balanced...
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new diet, new life - day forty-eight (28-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~10am)
quaker oatmeal w/ blueberries + blackberries (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
on the yin/yang scale, oatmeal (made from whole grains) would be mildly yang (but close to neutral), and oats would be relatively yin as they are more expanded than most grains, but as this oatmeal was made from processed ingredients its yang qualities may be reduced leaving it with more...
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“Never use a large word when a diminutive one would suffice.”
– Anonymous
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new diet, new life - day forty-seven (27-Aug-2010)
I weighed in this morning at about 155lbs (156.4lbs fully clothed)
breakfast (~8:30am)
yes, I actually had breakfast BEFORE going to work, and on a Friday no less!
bowl of organic corn flakes w/ blueberries + blackberries + rice milk (me)
bowl of organic corn flakes w/ blueberries + blackberries + rice milk (steph) we’re out of almond milk
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~1pm)
wrapper...
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“I was going to pick up a copy of “The Power of Positive Thinking”,...”
– Unknown
exactly. this made me laugh the first time I read it, mostly because it’s so true. change your mind and you change your world.
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new diet, new life - day forty-six (26-Aug-2010)
breakfast
bowl of nature’s path millet rice flakes w/ blueberries, blackberries + rice milk (me)
bowl of organic corn flakes w/ blueberries + almond milk, a red plum + a Nature’s Path Sunny Hemp chewy granole bar (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~3pm)
pita pit pita w/ falafel, iceberg lettuce, tomato, red onion, green pepper, alfalfa sprout, black olive, banana pepper,...
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new diet, new life - day forty-five (25-Aug-2010)
breakfast
one red plum, two apricots, taste of nature california almond valley + quebec cranberry carnival organic food bars (me)
bowl of organic corn flakes w/ blueberries + almond milk (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch
wrapper jack’s original wrap w/ falafel, corn, peas, carrots, green peppers, onions, jasmine rice + orange ginger sauce on whole wheat (me)
one nectarine,...
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“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who...”
– Mark Twain
what’s the last book you read? was it fiction or non-fiction? if you haven’t read a book in more than a year, it might be time to pick one up.
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new diet, new life - day forty-four (24-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~11am)
bowl of hemp plus granola cereal w/ blueberries, blackberries, and almond milk (steph)
bowl of hemp plus granola cereal w/ blueberries, blackberries, and rice milk (me)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~4pm)
went to Calgary for the afternoon/evening to pick up some paper, computer parts, and visit a friend. so i decided i wanted to visit another Jack’s location for maybe...
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“If we do not believe in freedom of expression for those we despise we do not...”
– Noam Chomsky
truth, like it or not. imo, either we’re all free or none of us are.
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“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt and/or Donald Laird
sometimes difficult to do, often we do the opposite
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new diet, new life - day forty-three (23-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~1030am)
one red plum, two apricots, one Nature’s Path Sunny Hemp chewy granola bar + one Taste of Nature California Almond Valley organic food bar (me)
bowl of cinnamon harvest w/ almond milk + a glass of apple juice (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~1pm)
Wrapper Jack’s Original Wrap w/ falafel, jasmine rice, carrot, onion, red pepper, peas + corn on whole wheat...
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tumblr tuesday
so I guess this is Tumblr’s version of follow friday… well, if anyone would like to recommend me, feel free to do so (and I’m flattered, not only by the recommendation but also that you follow in the first place, thank you!), but…….. I do have a question, what category would my blog fit under ?
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healing with food: hot + cold
I came across a few articles online about “hot” and “cold” foods (in Yin/Yang theories, Yin foods have a cooling effect while Yang foods have a warming effect) that I thought were worth sharing.
Do-it-yourself Chinese medicine: the hot & cold food cure
Hot and Cold Foods
Is it true that some foods have cold and some have hot properties…
I also thought it...
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new diet, new life - day forty-two (22-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~11am)
met my folks and one sister and her kids for breakfast at smitty’s in the mall
western skillet - potato, egg, onion, green + red pepper, diced pork sausage + hollandaise sauce w/ toast + jam and coffee (me) I almost ordered the fresh garden skillet, but then I remembered the Humpty’s asian veggie pan-scrambler…
french toast w/ icing sugar + syrup (steph)
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new diet, new life - day forty-one (21-Aug-2010)
breakfast
bowl of Hemp cereal w/ almond milk (steph)
one home-brewed coffee w/ sugar (me)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch
some fries + 1/4 of a burger (me) and by some I mean far less than what’s in the picture below.. probably about 10-15 fries.
one piece of whole grain toast w/ blueberry jam (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
not a healthy lunch at all on my part. i was...
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new diet, new life - day forty-one (20-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~9am)
Nature’s Path Sunny Hemp chewy granola bar + Taste of Nature California Almond Valley organic food bar (me) I’m not sure but I believe these may still fall into the category of “processed foods” ..I like having food like this for hikes and the like, but could definitely work harder to actually have breakfast in the morning BEFORE leaving for work.
bowl of...
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“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. ...”
– Thomas Carlyle
how much of an average day do you spend in silence? can you notice the silence even when there is noise?
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“Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance...”
– Kent Nerburn
words so true they nearly bring tears to my eyes…
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“Nature does nothing uselessly.”
– Unknown
we could all learn more than a few things from nature, but this especially
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“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you...”
– Mark Twain
words to live by, thank you Mr. Twain
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new diet, new life - day forty (19-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~10am)
bowl of Mesa Sunrise cereal (organic corn meal, organic yellow corn flour, organic evaporated cane juice, organic flax, organic buckwheat flour, organic quinoa, organic amaranth, sea salt, tocopherols (natural vitamin E)) w/ blueberries + rice milk (me)
bowl of Mesa Sunrise cereal w/ blueberries + almond milk (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~1pm)
bowl of miso soup w/...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-nine (18-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~9am)
bowl of Organic Corn Flakes (corn meal, millet, sweetened with fruit juice) w/ blueberries + rice milk (me)
bowl of Organic Corn Flakes (corn meal, millet, sweetened with fruit juice) w/ blueberries + almond milk (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~1pm)
Wrapper Jack’s Original Wrap w/ falafel, jasmine rice, corn, peas, green peppers, onions, carrots + orange-ginger...
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this morning’s scale reading: 153.4lbs (nude, fresh out of the shower) not bad considering i was up to 159lbs (I forget if that was clothed or not) a day or two after my wedding.
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10 blog posts away from 100! so what, right? interesting to note that the only reason (as far as I know) that we pay much attention to 10th anniversaries or 100th and such is that we use a base 10 numbering system… I mean, if we used a binary number system, or octal or hexidecimal, then we’d care more about multiples of 2, 8, or 16. Interesting how the number system we uses affects...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-eight...
breakfast (~1230am)
nature’s path pumpkin-n-spice granola bar, blueberries + blackberries (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
I skipped breakfast
lunch (~2pm)
leftover pizza bruschetta (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
dinner (~7pm)
bowl of clam chowder and lettuce, boiled potatoes w/ ketchup, pulled pork + corn on the cob (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
I skipped dinner, except...
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new diet, new life...
ok so we’ve skipped a few more days… Thursday was my buddy’s stag party, Friday was one of Steph’s friends’ bday party, and Saturday was my buddy’s wedding. Between all that and still recovering from our wedding, we haven’t really been able to make the time to make proper meals, that and I didn’t document our meals well, so I’ll try to fill in...
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The Mothers Act: Destroying the lives of mothers... →
onmentalhealth:
This is a great article exposing the truth about the Mothers Act recently passed with Obama’s health care “reform,” which provides for psychiatric screening of all new mothers, for up to a year after birth. Some particularly hard-hitting excerpts:
Mom’s Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act sounds very supportive of new...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-seven (4-Aug-2010)
breakfast
pumpkin granola bar (me)
breast milk (stephen)
didn’t get the details on steph’s meals before dinner, and now we’ve forgotten..
lunch
breast milk (stephen)
wrapper jack’s classic wrap w/ rice, etc. + orange ginger sauce on whole wheat (me) it was supposed to have falafel but i couldn’t taste or see any so i think she forgot
dinner
miso soup w/...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-six (3-Aug-2010)
breakfast (9am)
pumpkin granola bar (me)
breast milk (stephen)
not sure what steph had for breakfast of lunch, or if she did
lunch (1pm)
classic wrap w/ rice, veggies, and curry sauce (me)
breast milk (stephen)
dinner (6pm)
boiled rice w/ thai chickpea stew w/ deep-fried tofu (me ‘n steph)
salad w/ home-grown lettuce, sliced cucumber, and italian dressing (me ‘n steph)
...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-five (2-Aug-2010)
breakfast
corn flakes w/ blueberries (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
skipped lunch
dinner
pasta w/ mushrooms + spinach pasta sauce (me ‘n steph)
roasted cabbage + peas (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
snacks + beverages
organic apple juice (me ‘n steph)
water (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
It’s possible I’ve omitted an item or two,...
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okay, so over the course of the week leading up to the wedding and a couple days after, we found it particularly hard to stick to our macrobiotic diet, though we did make some effort to not go too much overboard (except the night before, day and night of, and the day after the wedding). Unfortunately, we did not make much effort to keep track of what we did consume, so instead I will post the...
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marriage
so now that i’m getting married, i figured i’d touch on my thoughts about marriage.
first, from wikipedia: “Marriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is...
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why macrobiotics?
Now that more than a few people I know know about my “new diet” I get to field some questions here ‘n there. So, in case I get some of the same questions here, I figured I’d provide a brief faq.
why don’t you eat meat?
i do eat meat - i am by no means a vegetarian - i have just decided to bring balance back to my body and to do that i am refraining from eating meat...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-four (1-Aug-2010)
breakfast (11am)
paradise canyon brunch buffet - fruit salad, roasted potatoes w/ ketchup, three pieces french toast w/ syrup, a quesadilla, two small pieces of watermelon, four glasses of water, and a two cups of coffee (me)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~3pm)
wrapper jack’s original wrap w/ falafel, rice, corn, celery, peas, onions, peppers, mushrooms, bean sprouts, shredded carrots,...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-three...
bachelor party night..
breakfast
bowl of Organic Corn Flakes (corn meal, millet, sweetened with fruit juice) w/ sliced strawberries and almond “milk” (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
we got busy running errands and skipped lunch, except stephen of course
dinner
honeydew, strawberries, and cherries (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
I forgot about dinner, which was a bad...
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new diet, new life - day thirty-two (30-Jul-2010)
breakfast (~am) I skipped breakfast today, even though I did have time this morning, I just didn’t think about it in time I guess. Steph skipped breakfast too.
breast milk (stephen) stephen doesn’t skip meals
lunch (~1pm)
Wrapper Jack’s Classic Wrap w/ falafel, rice, corn, celery, peas, onions, peppers, mushrooms, bean sprouts, shredded carrots, tyaki sauce (teriyaki + thai)...
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