September 2010
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Aliens Have Landed, In the Headlines →
ok, wtf is with all this now?
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new diet, new life - day sixty-one to sixty-seven...
I didn’t keep good records for these days, but I did take some pictures, so I’ve extrapolated what I could from them,
10-Sep
breakfast
lunch we actually skipped lunch, but did have a bite to eat at the beer + wine tasting i sponsored, mmm
dinner was picked up from Taj - I forget what the vegetarian balls were, but they were good!
snacks+beverages
11-Sep
breakfast
lunch
...
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new diet, new life - day sixty (9-Sep-2010)
breakfast
bowl of mesa sunrise cereal w/ raisins and almond milk (me)
bowl of mesa sunrise cereal w/ craisins and rice milk (me)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch it looks like we skipped lunch (except stephen of course - breast milk)
dinner
miso soup w/ carrots, daikon, onions, and green onions, boiled rice w/ scallions, yams, sweet potato, and red pepper w/ a glass of saskatoon berry juice (me...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-nine (8-Sep-2010)
breakfast
bowl of organic crisp rice cereal w/ blueberries + rice milk (me)
bowl of organic crisp rice cereal w/ craisins + almond milk (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch
gnocchi (potato pasta) w/ spaghetti sauce + parmesan cheese (me ‘n steph) good, but chewy
breast milk (stephen)
dinner
miso soup w/ onion, carrot, daikon + green onion, boiled short grain brown rice w/ sesame...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-eight (7-Sep-2010)
breakfast
day before first day of classes. we walked over to the university so I could see which texts I was going to need, then wandered around on campus for a bit until lunch (and had lunch on campus before continuing on to downtown and beyond)
breast milk (stephen)
dark roast coffee w/ honey (me) chai tea latte (steph)
lunch
we had lunch at the juicefare in the SU cafeteria
pita w/...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-seven (6-Sep-2010)
breakfast
Nature’s Path Fruit + Nut Bar (me)
french toast w/ syrup (steph)
cubed potatoes, pork sausage, green pepper, onion, red pepper, egg w/ ketchup and hollandaise sauce and brown toast w/ peanut butter, honey + blueberry jam(me)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch
steph and I skipped lunch, I think.
breast milk (stephen)
dinner
Taj cooks again!
rice, veggie samosa, allu naan...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-six (5-Sep-2010)
steph weighed in at 136lbs (in a damp towel) this morning, and I weighed in at 156lbs in my boxers (160lbs fully clothed, so I guess my jeans, t-shirt, sweater, keys, cards + phone weigh about 4 lbs)
breakfast ~10am
bowl of Millet Rice Flakes w/ blueberries + rice milk (me)
bowl of Millet Rice Flakes w/ blueberries + almond milk (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch ~1om
leftover cocunut rice...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-five (4-Sep-2010)
breakfast
crisp rice cereal (me)
brown rice cereal and breast milk (stephen)
lunch
I skipped lunch, though Stephen had some breast milk (from the bottle)
dinner
Taj cooked dinner tonight - Steph went shopping in Calgary
vegetarian samosa, allu naan bread, and butter chicken w/ coconut rice (me)
pureed boiled yams and breast milk from the bottle (stephen)
snacks + beverages
water (me...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-four (3-Sep-2010)
breakfast
peach-raspberry muffin + coffee w/ honey (me) today the ethiopian yirgacheffe was on..
bowl of cereal (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
I skipped breakfast
lunch
Wrapper Jack’s original wrap w/ falafel, carrots, peas, corn, onion, and green pepper on whole wheat w/ orange ginger sauce (me)
two sogurts w/ blueberries (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
dinner
baked vegetarian...
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wow have I fallen behind...
I’m going to blame it on beginning my last semester of classes at the Uni (B.Mgt. Accounting) and my involvement with our Fraternity Chapter’s recruitment efforts. At any rate, Steph and I had been discussing ways we can better track what we’re eating, how it’s making us feel, and when we’re getting rid of what we don’t need and we came up with:
So, going...
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WatchGreat short film on the effects of food imports on the local food system in Canada. How much local fare do you eat?
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new diet, new life - day fifty-three (2-Sep-2010)
breakfast (~9am)
nature’s path fruit + nut bar (me)
bowl of Millet Rice Flakes w/ almond milk + blueberries same as yesterday (steph)
lunch (~12pm)
2 pieces of taco pizza + 1 piece of deluxe (me)
sogurt (steph)
dinner (~7pm)
baked taber corn on the cob, boiled barley w/ green onion, sweet potatoes + yams, beets, and baby bok choy w/ glass of non-alcoholic peach bubbly (me ‘n...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-two (1-Sep-2010)
I weighed in at 156lbs this morning (wearing pajama pants)
breakfast (~8:30am)
Taste of Nature Quebec Cranberry Carnival organic food bar (me)
bowl of Millet Rice Flakes w/ almond milk + blueberries (steph)
breast milk (stephen)
lunch (~12:30pm)
Wrapper Jack’s original wrap w/ falafel, jasmine rice, carrots, corn, green peppers, onions + peas w/ pineapple curry sauce on whole wheat...
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consciousness, perception + reality
Ever wonder why you are who you are? Why you perceive things the way you do? Why you’re you and not someone else? Who or what are you really? Strange things to wonder perhaps, but I have nonetheless. Let’s explore.
breakfast of champions
Ever see the movie “Breakfast of Champions” with Bruce Willis (among others)? What a great, but effed up, movie! In it, Bruce...
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Raw Foodist Celebrates 109th Birthday →
fibonaccispirals:
On August 17, Bernando LaPallo turned 109 years old! This Mesa resident lives on his own, still drives and walks around just fine - it’s incredible, so I asked him to share some of his secrets. [from the article]
i’m determined to be like this when I’m older. None of this assisted living nonsense, or packs of pills to take every day. Why can’t people see...
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our first garden
so we decided that we’d try and have a garden every year (part of macrobiotic practice is to eat foods which are grown nearby whenever possible); this year we planted cauliflower, onions, lettuce + tomatoes (started the tomatoes off in a pot) ‘cause we started late and it was what was available
June 20, 2010
July 20, 2010
August 8, 2010
August 31, 2010
only one of the...
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inside our kitchen cabinets, pantry, fridge, and...
in case anyone was curious, and also for me to compare as we continue along this macrobiotic journey
July 22, 2010
this section is across from the fridge (now used for plates, bowls, glasses and food storage containers, though empty jars still line the top shelf
across from the sink, this section is now better organized and also contains cups
this cabinet has wheels (I think it’s...
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new diet, new life - day fifty-one (31-Aug-2010)
breakfast (~10:30am)
bowl of quaker oatmeal w/ raisins + almonds (me ‘n steph)
half of a taste of nature brazillian nut fiesta organic food bar (me ‘n steph)
breast milk (stephen)
we skipped lunch b/c we were grocery shopping (click ‘see more’ below)
dinner (~9pm)
my folks watched stephen for us for a few hours (steph pumped some breast milk beforehand), so we had...
