April 2011
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31-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
brunch - whole wheat pita w/ falafel, lettuce, onion, cucumber, sprout, pickle, hot pepper, feta, tzatziki sauce, and mustard and a glass of water
dinner - rice box w/ veggies, sprouts, falafel, and hot sauce, and a couple glasses of water
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30-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 142.6lbs
breakfast - whole wheat raisin bran muffin
dinner - oatmeal w/ brown sugar (I didn’t use the milk, though I did have a sip of it as it’s been quite some time since I’ve had any and I wanted to see if it’d taste different to me - it didn’t - and I only used a little of the brown sugar), potatoes w/ a bit of ketchup, that cheese + corn +...
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29-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 145lbs
breakfast - whole what bran muffin
dinner - rice box w/ veggies, falafel, sprouts, and hot sauce and water to drink
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28-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 147.8lbs
breakfast - homemade oatmeal w/ cinnamon and a whole wheat raisin bran muffin
snack - a banana and an oatmeal raisin cookie
dinner - bowl of brown rice w/ green beans, broccoli, and squash and a glass of water
snack - craisin toast w/ apple butter and a glass of apple juice
the banana doesn’t fit a recovery diet and would be regarded as a food to minimize or...
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27-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
I forgot to get photos, but we went for breakfast at Backstreet Pub & Pizza West following party clean-up. Surprisingly enough I wasn’t hungover.
breakfast - jamie sandwich w/ lettuce, mayo, onion, hot pepper, and black olive, french onion soup, and a caesar
snack - iced black tea w/ lemonade
dinner - falafel whole wheat pita, pita chips w/ dip, and a bottle of water
snack -...
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26-Mar-2011
breakfast - homemade oatmeal w/ apple + cinnamon
This night was my Fraternity Chapter’s Spring Formal, so dinner, as you can see, definitely doesn’t qualify as recovery diet material (indeed, following a regular macrobiotic practice, once balance has been achieved, a meal like this would likely be had no more than monthly or quarterly). With this in mind I skipped lunch, lol!
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25-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
I actually didn’t sleep, so after midnight
snack - raisin bran muffin and whole wheat toast w/ apple butter
and later in the morning I performed a ginger compress followed by a ginger bath
morning weigh-in 145lbs
breakfast - homemade oatmeal w/ dried cranberries
lunch - small won ton soup, veggie samosas, a lunch (small) black bean stir fry w/ shrimp and hot sauce, and water to...
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24-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - cranberry whole wheat (not homemade) toast w/ apple butter and a glass of apple juice
snack - handful of popcorn, glass of water
dinner - black bean stir fry from wok box w/ shrimp, wonton soup (shared with steph), two spring rolls, and a green tea latte w/ soy milk
while extremes were avoided for the most part, most of this is outside the boundaries of the recovery diet :s
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“Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors...”
– Michael Ellner (via oceanofmind)
It would appear that way, wouldn’t it? Of course we have to ask ourselves, why is this so? What is it about us that causes us to often do the opposite of what we should? Is it intentional? Is it human nature? Or is there something else going on?
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23-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 147lbs
brunch - homemade oatmeal w/ dried cranberries and some water
dinner - wrapper jack’s original whole wheat wrap w/ falafel, corn, peas, carrots, peppers, onions, and rice and water to drink
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I’m feeling a bit nostalgic after posting...
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22-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 145lbs
breakfast - blueberry muffin + bowl of homemade oatmeal w/ apple + cinnamon
snack - pretzels, cheezies + soyorgurt
dinner - brown rice, cabbage, tofu, and green onion w/ soy sauce and a glass of apple juice
snacks - homemade oatmeal/pumpkin puree cookie, nachos (shared), and a raisin scone w/ apple butter
not bad, minus the cheezies and nachos.. and I suppose the...
March 2011
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“So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know...”
– The Eagles (via thereluctantrawfoodist)
Reminds me of lyrics to another song I’ve heard, which many of you probably haven’t, by the Canadian band “Furnaceface” called “Nice Suit, Asshole!” (it’s the first line in the lyrics below).
I was born, born in a...
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“The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a creative mind to spot...”
– Sir Antony Jay
I recall hearing another one, something like “If you’re asking the wrong questions, the answers don’t matter,” and I have to agree… the problem is, what ARE the right questions? For me, they seem to be the ones that lead to more questions than answers. ...
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headshave for cancer
Today my son and I will be shaving our heads to raise money for cancer research. This will be Stephen’s first hair cut, and my first since my wedding (August). If you’d like to donate (even $5), you can do so online here: http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR?px=3802793&fr_id=9435&pg=personal
If we raise enough, my wife will join us being bald (we’ve set the bar at $2,500...
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I’ll catch up on food posts soon, have work to catch up on first and will be limiting my time on here and other social sites for the next couple/few days. I haven’t been doin’ toooo bad with my diet, and I’ve been noticing more how certain foods and drinks make me feel.
With the arrival of Spring and warmer weather, we’re going to have to decide what we want to...
thereluctantrawfoodist asked: I like the variety of your posts not just the food ones
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21-Mar-2011
morning weigh-in 144.2lbs
breakfast - oatmeal raisin cookie, bowl of homemade oatmeal w/ apple slices, ww toast + ww cranberry rye toast w/ honey
lunch - rice balls + boiled vegetable salad (Steph and I shared the dishes pictured)
following lunch I had a bath w/ tea tree oil
snack - glass of apple juice, blueberry muffin, and some tostitos + salsa
dinner - brown rice + azuki beans,...
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20-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - bowl of homemade oatmeal w/ apple slices
lunch - mucho burrito veggie burrito w/ rice, beans, veggies, hot peppers, and hot salsa on whole wheat and Steph and I shared a pomegranate orange julius (pictured below)
dinner - brown rice w/ carrots + broccoli
snacks - whole wheat toast w/ onion butter + honey and an oatmeal raisin cookie
In the evening Steph helped me perform a ginger...
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19-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - bowl of homemade oatmeal w/ apple slices and cinnamon
lunch - bread w/ oil + vinegar, salad w/ italian dressing, tempura green beans w/ dip, and a fishbowl caesar (triple) - our fraternity chapter initiated new members today and afterward we went for lunch at the local Cheesecake Cafe (one of our new initiates works there)
afternoon weigh-in 148.6lbs
dinner - wrapper jack’s...
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18-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - oatmeal cookie, bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal w/ almond milk, and whole wheat toast w/ peanut butter + apple butter
afternoon weigh-in 145.4lbs
lunch - wrapper jack’s rice box w/ falafel, veggies, sprouts + hot chili sauce
dinner - a couple cans of keystone and a few slices of veggie pizza and one slice of meat lovers (to offset the beer)
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17-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 144.4lbs
breakfast - whole wheat toast w/ apple butter and a bowl of homemade oatmeal w/ apple slices - I’m noticing that I haven’t really been having a lot of variety in my breakfasts lately, I’ll have to work on trying to at least alternate what I put in my oatmeal, and occasionally having porridge or other cereal.
snack - oatmeal cookie
lunch - extreme...
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16-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
Today deviated a bit as Steph and I attended a donor appreciation event at the Galt Museum.
morning weigh-in 143.4lbs
breakfast - ww cranberry rye toast w/ onion butter + apple butter, a bowl of homemade oatmeal with apple slices, and a ww raisin bran muffin
snack - starbucks green tea soy latte and half of a pomegranate bran muffin
lunch - wrapper jack’s original wrap w/ rice,...
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15-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - raisin oatmeal bran muffin and a glass of water
snacks - oatmeal cookie and slice of squash pie
dinner - brown rice, boiled cabbage, tofu w/ roasted sesame seeds + scallions and a glass of water
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Onion Butter
Pretty much the same as the apple butter, except there’s no pureeing involved. Peel half a dozen or so onions, slice into thin half-moons, add water (barely cover onions), bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer, for hours and hours, until onions are brown and liquid is pretty much gone. It’s both better and not as good as I expected.
“Changing the world begins
with the very personal process of changing yourself,...”
– Gary Zukav (via heartmindspirit)
Amen.
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Radiation and Macrobiotics
I thought it prudent to post this in light of recent events in Japan…
NUCLEAR RADIATION With the beginning of the atomic age in 1945, nuclear energy became a major personal and planetary health issue. Atmospheric atomic and hydrogen bomb testing, as well as nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl in the 1970s and 1980s released radioactive particles into the...
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14-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - kashi cereal w/ almond milk
snack - oatmeal chocolate chip cookie
lunch - whole grain bagel w/ herb + garlic cream cheese and a med green tea
snack - glass of water, mug of beer
dinner - jamie sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato, mayo, black olive, banana pepper, onion, and chili pepper and draft beer
snack - whole wheat raisin bran muffin + oatmeal cookie
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Squash Pie
While I can’t really share the recipe as it’s straight out of one of my macrobiotic diet books, I can say that this pie has only ingredients it needs - whole wheat flour, sea salt, sesame oil, water, squash, kuzu (cornstarch), and brown rice syrup. The pie crust is essentially the same as making whole wheat bread, but without as much kneading, and the filling is almost like making...
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Macrobiotic Whole Wheat Bread
Macrobiotic whole wheat bread is pretty simple to make.
Put some whole wheat flour in a bowl (preferably organic), mix in some sea salt (like 1/8 tablespoon sea salt to 4 cups flour), sesame or corn oil (~1 tablespoon), and enough water to form dough. Knead LOTS. Like THREE HUNDRED TIMES or more… we didn’t, which is why it didn’t rise so much (we think).
Anyway, once...
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13-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - homemade oatmeal w/ apple butter and a glass of apple juice
morning weigh-in 146.2lbs
snack - grande green tea latte w/ soy
lunch - homemade whole wheat toast w/ apple butter + whole wheat rye cranberry toast w/ apple butter and a glass of water
snack - oatmeal chocolate chip cookie
dinner - brown rice, corn, broccoli, kale, and fried tofu w/ ginger + shoyu and a glass of apple...
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12-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
snack - oatmeal chocolate chip cookie
lunch - rice balls, carrot, onion, kale + sesame seed, and a glass of water
snack - some pretzels and a tall green tea latte w/ soy milk
dinner - vegetable fried rice, bowl of carrot soup w/ onions + nori, and a glass of red wine
dessert - half an apple and an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie
damn cookies.. need to find macrobiotic cookie recipe that works...
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11-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - homemade oatmeal w/ apple slices, ~1/4 of an apple, and a bottle of water
snacks - two whole wheat bran muffins
dinner - whole wheat pita pit pita w/ falafel, lettuce, onion, cucumber, pickle, black olive, sprouts, banana pepper, feta, tzatziki, and dijon mustard and a glass of water
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10-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 145.0lbs
breakfast - whole wheat bran muffin, ww rice toast w/ apple butter, and a glass of water
dinner - rice croquettes w/ shoyu-ginger sauce and a glass of apple juice
snacks - can of ginger ale and a bottle of kokanee
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9-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - homemade oatmeal w/ dried cranberries
lunch - whole wheat spaghetti w/ carrot, onion, sesame seed, and a bit of soy sauce and a glass of water
snack - oatmeal raisin cookie + ww rice bread w/ apple butter
dinner - brown rice
dessert - whole wheat bran muffin
Wow, I definitely got my grains this day
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8-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 146.2lbs
breakfast - ww rice toast w/ apple butter and a bowl of organic oatmeal
snack - two oatmeal raisin cookies and an apple
went for dinner with my family and folks at Joey’s Only
dinner - fish and chips w/ lemon, tartar sauce, ketchup, and coleslaw and a glass of water
desert - oatmeal raisin cookie and a glass of apple juice
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7-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
morning weigh-in 146.4lbs
breakfast - a bowl of millet and a couple slices of ww rice toast w/ apple butter
dinner - bowl of squash + onion soup, rice w/ spelt, carrots, and broccoli and a glass of water
snack - draft beer
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6-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
Today was an important day for an east-indian friend of mine’s son’s Annaprasan, which is the first time he eats solid food. At any rate, as you can imagine, there was much food at the occasion. I find it a bit ironic that I avoided the meat dishes only to eat chicken later on at home…
breakfast - oatmeal cookie
snack - three samosas w/ sauce and a glass of water
lunch -...
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Ginger Compress - Ginger Bath
It’s been awhile since I’ve performed a ginger compress routine, so I finally made the time to perform one (while making apple butter), and followed it with a ginger bath using the same water and ginger.
More on ginger compress and ginger bath can be found here: http://wtfai.tumblr.com/macrobiotics
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Apple Butter
So I needed a healthy spread for my healthy bread.. and in the winter recipes of one of my books I found apple butter! I found a few variations online as well, some which add brown sugar and other stuff, but I opted for straight apples and water. It’s good, really easy to make, and should keep for a week or two in the fridge (I’ll let you know).
Take a bunch of apples (type is...
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5-Mar-2011 (recovery diet)
breakfast - ww rice toast w/ apple jelly and a bowl of homemade brown rice porridge (made with leftover cooked brown rice)
lunch - bowl of brown rice, carrot, broccoli, and sesame seed and a glass of apple juice
snack - a multigrain flatbread cracker
dinner - wrapper jack’s box w/ rice, falafel, veggies, and hot sauce
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MacrobioticGuide on YouTube →
Here’s a YouTube account with videos about macrobiotics. I’ve only watched a couple videos so far, but they do contain some interesting perspectives on macrobiotics.
