tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432990429042115882024-02-19T04:32:46.670-08:00Food Santa CruzUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-20613270818749414312014-09-12T10:24:00.001-07:002014-09-12T10:56:32.294-07:00Good Foods That Protect You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wakame seaweed, kombu, umeboshi salt plums — these are only a few of the unusual foods in my diet that I've come to love. Slowly over the years as I continue my explorations in macrobiotic theory and practice, I'm learning more about the nutritious, preventative, and protective properties of special foods that for most of my life had been foreign or unusual to me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've come to find out that not only are these foods nutritious and alkalyzing for your body, but they also help to eliminate harmful elements from your body. For example, whenever I know that I'm going to get an xray done (2 to 8 mrems of radiation) or a mammogram (100 to 200 mrems of radiation), I'll make sure to eat plenty of barley miso soup with wakame seaweed, onion, carrot or daikon root, and kale on the days surrounding the procedure. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If I were to ever have a CT Scan done or a surgery to remove kidney stones, I would be prepared to be exposed to at least 1,000 mrems of radiation and most likely more than that because of the additional xrays the doctor may need to take before and during the procedure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">More than three years ago on March 11, 2011, Japan had a major earthquake and then a nuclear disaster. Following the event there was concern about the effects of radiation fallout, which can cause radiation sickness and cancer. Julia Ferre wrote a very useful and informative article called <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/earticles/radiation-jf.pdf"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">"Surviving Harmful Radiation"</span></b></a> in the May/June 2011 issue of "<a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/macrobiotics-today"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Macrobiotics Today</span></b></a>." Her article brought things into perspective, calming my initial fears and appealing to my common sense. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All along I've been eating these foods in small quantities and moderation as part of my daily diet to strengthen and fortify my body. And from reading Julia Ferre's article, I realized that they are also very good for me to eat for every day that I'm out and about in the world exposed to radiation from the sunshine, the power lines, the television, and my computer!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's a list of some very special foods:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Leafy Greens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Kale — Green Curly, Dinosaur (Lacinato), Rainbow</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Collard Greens (Collards)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Mustard Greens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Turnip Tops</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fats and Oils</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Avocado</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Coconut Oil</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Miso</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Barley Miso </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Brown Rice Miso</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sea Vegetables</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Kombu</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Mekabu</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Wakame</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Salt Pickles</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Cucumbers, naturally fermented (no vinegar)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Cabbage sauerkraut, naturally fermented (no vinegar) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Umeboshi Plums</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fatty Fish</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Sardines</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Wild Salmon</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2011/03/adapting-our-diets-to-situation.html"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Adapting Our Diets To The Situation</span></b></a> (March 18, 2011)</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-22483731900929419212014-09-01T19:21:00.000-07:002014-09-02T06:00:06.926-07:00My Very First Time At Macrobiotic Summer Camp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally my wish came true! </span></span>I went to <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/french-meadows-camp"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">French Meadows Macrobiotic Summer Camp</span></b></a> this year, and what a wonderful, wonderful experience I had! </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't even know where to begin telling you about it. So, I guess I'll start with the food!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I had already downloaded the <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/french-meadows-camp/camp-cooking"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">camp menu</span></b></a> before I arrived at camp, and I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. About a week earlier, I received a fortune cookie that said "Expect the Best!" and decided that the message was talking about the upcoming camp. Well it turns out that camp and the food <i>were</i> the best, and then it turned out to be way-way more better than the best!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I could not have imagined how wonderful this food would taste, after it had been cooked out in the open air, over a wood-burning stove, at an altitude over eight thousand feet high, by skilled macrobiotic master chefs and their sous-chefs. It was exquisite.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Walking into the diningroom for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised to see our lunch had already been plated and was sitting on the gigantic picnic tables under a canvas canopy at twelve o'clock sharp. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At first glance the portions seemed smaller than I was used to, but then I saw how many different items were included on the plate and realized how balanced and complete the entire plate of food really was. There was a table in the center of the area designated for serving yourself to a bowl of soup, condiments, and eating utensils. And there was a buffet table at the front entrance where you could go back for more food any time during the lunch hour.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For newcomers like me, it was very helpful to be served nine days of excellent macrobiotic food without having to prepare it myself. I was then able to directly benefit from the balanced nutrition and still have time to absorb the concentrated learning and healing from all the lectures, workshops, cooking classes, fun-time in the mountains, and private healing sessions that camp had to offer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now I understand much better what George Ohsawa meant when he said to start with the food and yin-yang theory — "It is a method that guarantees more than just a medical cure (simple elimination of symptoms) and the control of physiological health; it promises peace of soul, liberty, and justice within one's lifetime."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/p/2013-fat-camp.html"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">My Own Fat Camp</span></b></a></span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-32257908932970845682014-08-14T19:15:00.002-07:002014-08-26T14:35:11.375-07:00August 14, 2014 — The End Of My Weight Loss Diet And Beginning Of A New Diet For Life!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am amazed at how quickly these last eighteen months have gone by! I have really enjoyed the focus on creating three well-balanced and attractive-looking meals each day. And I am learning a bit about photographing food too!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I reached my goal of losing 22 pounds several months ago (yay!), and then I continued to lose 8 and 1/2 pounds more — arriving at the final total of 30 1/2 pounds lost on this special diet. Wow. I never could've imagined it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And "special" diet it was too! Very special, in that the food was delicious, nutritious, plentiful, balanced between yin and yang, balanced between carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and balanced between strengthening and relaxing, serious and fun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I learned how to broaden my choices and outlook on everything. (And I am still always learning more.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I made sure to eat vegetables from each of three categories: Root, Round, and Leafy Green. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Root vegetable examples:</b> daikon root, carrot, burdock, and parsnip</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Round vegetable examples:</b> onion, squash, dried beans, lentils, and cauliflower</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Leafy green examples:</b> kale, collard greens, broccoli, lettuce, and dandelion leaf</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I varied my methods of cooking. Pressure-cooked, boiled, steamed, sauteed or pan-fried, baked vegetables, casseroles, breads, and pizzas. High heat, low heat, fast, slow, with oil and without oil.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I learned how to measure out enough food onto my plate that would satisfy me and give me enough strength to last me until the next meal. I practiced my chewing and paying attention on my food and the here and now. I spent time appreciating the delicious ingredients that took so much time and effort to finally arrive at my table.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I discovered good nourishing snacks that refreshed me in the afternoon, like a cup of kukicha tea with soy sauce that replenished my salt reserves lost from perspiration during hot summer days and exercising, or a cup of "Morning Tea" that also included ginger root, kuzu powder, and a bit of umeboshi to revive me after eating a lot of restaurant food. A handful of almonds roasted in tamari (storebought) satisfied my cravings for a little fat and salt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I increased the amount of raw vegetables, especially while we were traveling and eating out in restaurants. I reintroduced raw green salads to my diet after realizing that I had become too rigid in my thinking!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whenever I could, I included seaweed in my diet: kombu cooked with the beans and soups, wakame, nori, dulse, arame, and even mekabu (<a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=109030"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>wakame sporophyll</b></span></a>). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do I want to do next? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, there is one thing that I want to do for sure, and that is learn how to cook all those wonderful dishes they served at <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/french-meadows-camp/french-meadows-camp"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>French Meadows Macrobiotic Summer Camp</b></span></a>! And I want to see if I can find some of the tools they used, like the light-weight square-edged vegetable cleaver, the very practical and useful strainer-ladle, and the Asian grater with the two-directional holes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am also looking forward to visiting the many web sites of all the teachers at camp, and some day I hope that I'll get the chance to visit some of the restaurants around the country that were </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">recommended to me, like </span><a href="http://www.seedkitchen.com/"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Seed Kitchen</span></b></a> in Venice, California!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And so today marks the first milestone of a great idea that I have, which is to design and create my own weight-loss plan, my own diet, and my own life, and I can highly recommend it to anyone! Cheers and Bon Appetit to all of us!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This coming Thursday marks the end of my special 18-month macrobiotic diet that I created in order to focus on losing the last 22 pounds of excess fat from my body. By coincidence, Thursday mornings have been the time that I've been weighing myself each week, and so it is fitting that I will do my final weigh-in on that day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm curious to see how much I weigh since last Thursday, when I discovered that I had lost five pounds while I was at camp, and whether being back home has made me gain some of that weight back. Ahhh, camp! I finally went to <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/french-meadows-camp/french-meadows-camp"><span style="color: #351c75;">French Meadows Macrobiotic Summer Camp</span></a> for the first time. It was so wonderful. I have much to say about it, and will be writing about it in my Camp Review 2014.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Food! Food is good! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For 18 months I have eaten very well. I've been well-satisfied. I have not starved, nor have I felt deprived. I've developed my intuition about food, what to eat, how much to eat, how to enjoy and appreciate everything that I eat and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">how to enjoy and appreciate </span></span>every decision that I make about eating it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can hardly believe that I have finally gotten over the hump! The hump of not being able to lose the weight despite everything that I tried to do. For years! And now, looking back, it seems so easy! So simple! And it is. The key thing that I have learned is that I am constantly changing, constantly adjusting to my environment, to my condition, to my circumstances, and I have the tools to recognize what I need and what I need to do.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've learned from my consultation with Cynthia Briscoe at <a href="http://www.macroamerica.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;">Macrobiotics America</span></a>, from reading Julia Ferre's books on <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/food-and-intuition-101-combo-special-detail"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Food and Intuition</span></i></a>, and from my time at <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/french-meadows-camp/french-meadows-camp"><span style="color: #351c75;">Macrobiotic Summer Camp</span></a>, how important it is to broaden my food choices, and not get stuck in a rut of always eating the same simple foods day in and day out. I've learned how important it is to serve myself a <i>satisfying</i> meal, so that it lasts me to the next meal without feeling hungry or wanting in between. In order to be satisfying, the food has to include carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, it has to taste good, and it has to be enough to make me feel happy but not full.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Exercise and movement is very important and I still have much to learn about it! How not to overdo it, for example, and how to recognize that many of my activities (like housecleaning and gardening) are actually really good forms of exercise! Breathing, deep breathing, of fresh, clean air. Smiling. Laughing. Resting. Reading a good novel. Playing! Working hard. Washing dishes! Cooking. Discovering brave new worlds...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Macrobiotics is all about food and the good life. Cheers!</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-61738067175262255202014-02-24T17:15:00.000-08:002014-02-25T06:47:29.096-08:00Reaching Another Milestone — Valentine's Day — One Year Since I Started My Special Diet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My husband and I have just returned from a 17-day road trip to sunny southern California. During that time, on Valentine's Day, I reached my first<b>-</b>year milestone of being on my special weight-loss diet. Now I have six more months to go and part of that time will be during more road trips. I've reached my goal to lose 22 pounds and have even surpassed it by a little more. More importantly, I'm reaching a higher level of understanding about Macrobiotics. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love the advice, directions, and recipes that I've received from <a href="http://www.macroamerica.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Cynthia Briscoe</b></span></a> for my self-healing journey! I've discovered the incredible taste difference between real twig kukicha tea (twigs only) and kukicha tea bags (twigs and leaves mixed). The secret is in the preparation and the cooking container that's used. I get much better results by gently simmering the tea directly in water without the separation caused by a tea bag, and using a non-reactive enamel-coated teapot. Cynthia gave me a great recipe for brewing it and pointed out that this method releases calcium for my benefit. I buy kukicha twig tea online from the <a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Goldmine Natural Foods</b></span></a> company.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've learned how to make my own Macrobiotic bread, which is unleavened, naturally fermented whole grains and flour. I was amazed at how easy and natural it was for me to make it. I've had many years of baking experience and this recipe (Cynthia told it to me over the phone) was a complete surprise. It was so simple! And really delicious. If you like San Francisco sourdough bread, you would love this bread. And you would be really happy knowing how good it is for you too. :o)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm in love with two miso condiment recipes from Cynthia, "Shiguri Miso" and "Dandelion Oily Miso." I took some of both with me on the trip and ate them with my brown rice. A couple of times I used them to make into an "instant miso soup" with hot water in the hotel room. A lot of chopping vegetables was involved in preparing these condiments for the trip, and the time spent was well worth it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Cynthia, I think I made better food choices in the restaurants we visited. I paid more attention to the vegetables that were available, for example, and I ate more fresh (raw) green salads. Thanks to the warm, friendly people in those restaurants I was able to get more of the foods I wanted. Besides their willingness to accommodate my requests, everyone I asked was more than happy to bring me a cup of hot water with lemon for my beverage, and the water was always delicious.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking back on the trip, I'd say that I ate a pretty good mix of brown rice that I cooked in our hotel room (<a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Zojirushi</b></span></a> travel-size electric rice cooker) versus restaurant food that other people cooked. And I was delighted each time I discovered healthy items on a menu, including some whole grains like brown rice, quinoa and wild rice, whole wheat flour products like tortillas and burger buns, and sometimes even organic vegetables.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was so wonderful to come back home and start my own cooking again. With my new self-healing regimen and all of Cynthia's recommendations, my kitchen is in a constant state of motion. It reminds me of the exhibit I saw at Disneyland's California Adventure Park, by Pixar, called a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSxrVXsfVM&noredirect=1"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Toy Story 3-dimensional zoetrope</b></span></a>! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">More than nine months have gone by since I started my special weight-loss diet on Valentine's Day. My goal was to be on this diet for 18 months and to lose 22 pounds by following my own custom diet based on Macrobiotics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So far, it's working great! I've been very busy these last nine months, traveling on a couple of business-vacation trips, exploring new restaurants, and even going to the county fair. I am learning so much about how specific foods affect me, and how my body uses certain foods to increase my energy and stamina more and more. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whole grains are definitely the way to go if I want to lose weight — they are a sure thing. I've lost 18.6 pounds over this period of time and watched the scales fluctuate up and down in 1 to 2-pound increments each week depending on how much I ate at restaurants versus how much I ate at home. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also key to my weight loss has been a steady and increasing amount of <i>movement</i>, which included gardening, hiking, and walking in the fresh air.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During this time, my <a href="http://gonstead.com/"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Gonstead</span></b></a> chiropractor introduced me to the book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/End-Medicine-Kaare-Bursell/dp/1436369797/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388116305&sr=1-2&keywords=the+end+of+medicine"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>The End of Medicine</i></b></span></a>, by Kaare Bursell, and I consequently started my own special Health Spa with ginger compresses and daikon baths four times a week. Finding daikon leaves in large quantities was quite a challenge and I probably would've had to wait another year to grow my own if it weren't for a produce manager at the <a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-old-new-leaf-market.html"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>New Leaf</b></span></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took that book with me on my trips along with two other very helpful books, <i><a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/food-and-intuition-101-awakening-intuition-detail"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Food and Intuition, Volume 1</b></span></a></i> and <i><a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/food-and-intuition-101-developing-intuition-detail"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Volume 2</b></span></a></i>, by Julia Ferre. Stay tuned for book reports on all three.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My husband and I visited several new restaurants both on our trips and locally. Several stand out in my mind, such as <a href="http://www.takarasushi.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Takara's Japanese Restaurant</b></span></a> in Capitola that much to my surprise is now finally serving brown rice, and <a href="http://kumilasvegas.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Kumi Japanese Restaurant</b></span></a> in Las Vegas, Nevada that not only serves brown rice, it is also excellent, tender, and fresh brown rice! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/geisha.capitola"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Geisha's Japanese Restaurant and Tea House</b></span></a> in Capitola-by-the-Sea was a delightful surprise, serving artistically beautiful food including jasmine-brown-rice vegetarian rolls (sustainable sushi).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Similar to <a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/p/my-dream-diner.html"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>My Dream Diner — Burger Number Seven</b></span></a>, I have a new dream I want to write about, called "The World Macrobiotic Kitchen And Store" in the Glass Pyramid Building, New York City. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next on my To-Do List: My first consultation appointment with Cynthia Briscoe at <a href="http://www.macroamerica.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Macrobiotics America</b></span></a> to begin another layer of my self-healing journey. I can hardly wait!</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-9277613825715561322013-04-23T18:34:00.001-07:002013-05-06T18:42:09.624-07:00More Than Six Weeks Have Gone By Since The Start Of My Weight-Loss Diet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"It takes about six weeks of daily effort to effect a desired change, to reverse bad habits and/or create new ones,"</i> — so says Julia Ferre on page 32 of her book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/food-and-intuition-101-awakening-intuition-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>Food And Intuition 101, Volume 1: Awakening Intuition</i></b></a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And this is why I decided, when I was designing my special weight-loss plan,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> that I would be very strict for the first six weeks of my diet and wait until April 1st before I re-introduced any foods that are not completely whole grains and vegetables. After April 1st, this would include certain foods such as those made with <i>processed</i> whole grains (ground flour, rolled flakes, polenta, etc.) and pleasure foods like pizza.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It turns out that I have been completely and utterly satisfied with eating only whole grains and vegetables so far and I think that I want to continue with this!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can't tell you how great this is making me feel. My body has been healing itself and discharging the toxins and excesses that it doesn't need. At about Week #3 or so, I had all the symptoms of a head cold except my energy levels were still high and my appetite was great! I still jumped out of bed every morning, blew my nose, drank some special tea, maybe chewed some gomasio for a headache to go quickly away, and then continued on with my day!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These days, I love planning what I'm going to eat, cooking it, photographing it, and most of all, eating it! And yet, after I've eaten a meal, I don't feel the need to keep thinking about it — nothing was missing, and I was completely satisfied, and now I have lots of energy to do something else! Each meal has been lasting me until the next </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">meal</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, four or five hours later. I haven't felt hungry or had any cravings or urges to binge on foods that are off my diet. (I think that chewing more than 100 times is contributing to this feeling of satiation and satisfaction.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love the challenge of becoming more efficient in my meal planning and kitchen cleanup, and of making sure that I have plenty of variety. I've even had some successful meals out and about on picnics and in restaurants. Every day, I look forward to trying something new — new grains and vegetables, new recipes, and new artistic ways to plate my food. This is so much fun!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a list of what I've eaten so far and loved it all:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">amaranth (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-41-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Breakfast on Day #41</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">barley, purple prairie</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">brown rice, medium grain (Lundberg Golden Rose)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">brown rice, long grain</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">brown rice, short grain</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">brown rice, Brown Thai Jasmine (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-16-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #16</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">brown rice, wild rice, Lundberg "Jubilee" rice blend </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">millet</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">oat groats </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">quinoa, traditional yellow</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">quinoa, Inca Red</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">teff </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wheat berries, red hard winter </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wild rice</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Processed whole grains:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cornmeal (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-63-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #63</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-64-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #64</b></a>, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-65-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #65</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">old fashioned oatmeal (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/monday-april-15-2013-day-61-of-my.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Breakfast on Day #61</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">polenta, corn (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/monday-april-15-2013-day-61-of-my.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #61</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">rye, Farmer's Market rye bread with cranberries (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-52-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lunch on Day #52</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">veggie burger on whole wheat bread (no lettuce, tomato, onion, or cheese) (<b style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Lunch on </span><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-36-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;">Day #36</a></b>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">veggie patty, h</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ouse-made</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> on whole wheat bun (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-55-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #55</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">veggie patty, made with leftovers and crushed cornflakes (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/tuesday-april-16-2013-day-62-of-my.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #62</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">whole grain crust (wheat, rye, oat), homemade pizza (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-66-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #66</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">whole-wheat, Ak Mak Organic Whole Wheat Sesame Crackers (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-54-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Breakfast on Day #54</b></a>, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-64-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #64</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">whole-wheat 4-seed bagel with butter (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-55-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dessert on Day #55</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">whole-wheat sesame millet bread, Vital Vittles (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-59-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lunch on Day #59</b></a>) </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Processed partial grains:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Plain fettucini pasta (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-56-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #56</b></a>) </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vegetables:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">avocado, guacamole (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-64-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #64</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">baby bok choy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">broccoli</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">broccolini (baby broccoli)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">brussels sprouts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">burdock root </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cabbage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">carrot</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">carrot top greens </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cauliflower</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">celery</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">collard greens (first time, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-63-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #63</b></a>, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-64-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #64</b></a>, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-65-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #65</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">daikon radish</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">dandelion greens from our garden </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">garlic </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">green onions </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">green pimento-stuffed olives (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/02/days-10-and-11-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #10</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">kale, lacinato (dinosaur)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">kale, red </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lettuce, butter</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lettuce, iceberg </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lettuce tofu veggie wraps (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-43-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lunch on Day #43</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">mushrooms, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">homemade pizza (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-66-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #66</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">olives, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">homemade pizza (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-66-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #66</b></a>)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">onion</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">onion, Beer battered Crispy Onion Rings </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<b style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Lunch on </span><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-36-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;">Day #36</a></b>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">peas, yellow split </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">pumpkin, Kabocha </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">shallots </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Squashes with Garlic and Olive Oil (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-16-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #16</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes) from the garden</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sweet potato fries (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-55-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #55</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sweet potato, Japanese</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sweet potato, jewel yam</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">turnip, from the garden</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vegetarian spring rolls, "skinned" (cabbage, shiitake mushroom, carrot with breading removed) (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-43-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lunch on Day #43</b></a>) </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sea Vegetables, Beans, Nuts, and Seeds:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">almonds</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">cashews </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">hazelnuts (filberts) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">kombu seaweed </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">lentil vegetable soup (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-37-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #37</b></a>) </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">lentils, black beluga</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">miso, brown rice</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">miso, country barley</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">miso, mellow white </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">peanuts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">pumpkin seeds </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">refried beans (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-37-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lunch on Day #37</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">sesame seeds</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">sunflower seeds</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wakame seaweed </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Processed partial beans:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">tofu, Wildwood's Savory Sprou-Tofu (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-58-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lunch on Day #58</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tofu Broccoli (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-30-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #30</b></a>)</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Special sauces, seasonings, cooking oils, and condiments:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">basil, fresh</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cheese, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">homemade</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> pizza (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-66-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #66</b></a>)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coconut oil</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lemon garlic tahini dressing</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lemon miso olive oil sauce, Julia's (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-68-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #68</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lemon tahini sauce </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">olive oil </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">peanut butter, hot water, soy sauce (Dinners on <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-48-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #48</b></a>, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-57-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #57</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">seaweed gomasio (daily) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sesame seed oil</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">soy sauce, Ohsawa (daily) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">tomato sauce, from the garden, frozen (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/02/days-10-and-11-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #10</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">tomato sauce, homemade</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> pizza (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-66-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #66</b></a>)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">umeboshi plums </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ume plum vinegar </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yamazaki California Dried Umeboshi Salt Plum, 2004 (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-16-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #16</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beverages:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">bancha tea</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bigelow's Mint Medley tea (spearmint, peppermint, rose hips, lemon peel, hibiscus) (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-56-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dinner on Day #56</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bi Lo Chun Green Tea — "Green curls of Spring" light green tea (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-16-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #16</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">chamomile tea</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coffee latte with whole milk (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/day-55-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dessert on Day #55</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ginger Tea (ginger, lemongrass, licorice, fennel) (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/monday-april-15-2013-day-61-of-my.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Breakfast on Day #61</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">green tea </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">kukicha tea (daily)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kuzu Drink, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/philosophytheory/zen-macrobiotics-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>Zen Macrobiotics</i></b></a>, by George Ohsawa</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-23-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #23</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lemon juice and hot water</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oolong tea (Dinner on </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-30-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #30</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Organic Echinacea Plus tea (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-20-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #20</b></a>) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">peppermint and white-sage tea (<a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/02/day-14-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lunch on Day #14</b></a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ume-Sho-Kuzu Drink No. 325, on page 95, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/philosophytheory/zen-macrobiotics-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>Zen Macrobiotics</i></b></a>, by George Ohsawa (<b style="color: #351c75;">Days</b> <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-19-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>#19</b></a>, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-20-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>#20</b></a>, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-21-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>#21</b></a>, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-24-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>#24</b></a>, <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-25-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>#25</b></a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh, and by the way, I've lost ten pounds. This diet is the BEST!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-51674854433541781162013-02-23T13:34:00.001-08:002013-03-20T16:09:25.453-07:00Alphabetical List Of Foods On My Weight-Loss Diet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These are the foods that I am allowing on my diet for the next 6 weeks (until April 1, 2013) and also for the next 18 months (until August 14, 2014) — provided they are available in season:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Whole Grains, Organic:</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/ORGANIC-AMARANTH-HEIRLOOM-QUALITY-1-LB/productinfo/0129%2D1601/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Amaranth</b></a> (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gold Mine</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Natural Foods)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/ORGANIC-BRONZE-BARLEY-HEIRLOOM-QUALITY-1-LB/productinfo/0112%2D1401/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Barley, Bronze</b></a> (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gold Mine</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natural Foods</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/ORGANIC-ETHIOPIAN-BARLEY-HEIRLOOM-QUALITY-1-LB/productinfo/0111%2D8601/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Barley, Ethiopian</b></a> (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gold Mine</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natural Foods</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/ORGANIC-GOLDEN-WAXY-BARLEY-1-LB/productinfo/0111%2D1601/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Barley, Golden Waxy</b></a> (Gold Mine Natural Foods)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.timelessfood.com/purple-prairie-barley.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Barley, Purple Prairie</b></a> (Timeless Foods) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.lundberg.com/products/rice/packaged_rice/Basmati_Organic_Brown.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Brown rice, basmati</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lundberg Family Farms)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.lundberg.com/products/rice/packaged_rice/Jasmine_Organic_Brown.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Brown rice, jasmine</b></a> (Lundberg Family Farms)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.lundberg.com/products/rice/packaged_rice/Long_Grain_Brown_Organic.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Brown rice, long</b></a> (Lundberg Family Farms) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.lundberg.com/products/rice/bulk_rice/Organic_Golden_Rose%C2%AE_Brown_Rice_-_25lbs.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Brown rice, medium</b></a> (Golden </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rose, available in bulk, Lundberg Family Farms)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.lundberg.com/products/rice/packaged_rice/Short_Grain_Brown_Organic.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Brown rice, short</b></a> (Lundberg Family Farms)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.lundberg.com/products/rice/bulk_rice/Organic_Brown_Sweet_Rice_-_25_lbs.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Brown rice, sweet</b></a> (available </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in bulk, Lundberg Family Farms)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Buckwheat groats</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Corn on the Cob </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Millet</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Oat </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">groats</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Quinoa, traditional</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Quinoa, Inca red</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Rye berries</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Teff</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.lundberg.com/products/rice/packaged_rice/Wild_Rice_Organic.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Wild rice</b></a> (Lundberg Family Farms)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(NOTE: no ground flour, rolled flakes, or polenta until after 4/1/2013)</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vegetables:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Bok choy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Broccoli </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Broccolini (baby broccoli)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Brussels sprouts</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Burdock root</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Cabbage, Chinese </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Cabbage, green</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Cabbage, purple </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Carrots</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Cauliflower</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Celery</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Corn on the cob</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Cucumber</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Daikon white radish</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Dandelion greens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edamame"><b style="color: #351c75;">Edamame</b></a> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Fennel</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Garlic</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Ginger</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> root</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Green beans (fresh from the garden) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Green onions (scallions)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Kale</b></a>, curly</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Kale</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, dinosaur</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Kale</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, green</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Kale</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, red</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Leeks</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettuce" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lettuce</b></a> (including bib, butter, iceberg, leaf, romaine, etc.) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Onions</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Parsnip</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Peas, green split, dried </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Peas, snow</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.timelessfood.com/yellow-split-pea.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Peas, yellow split</b></a>, dried </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Pumpkins (see squash, winter)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Red radishes</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Shallots</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_squash" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Squash, summer</b></a> (yellow, yellow crookneck, pattypan, button, zucchini, etc.)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_squash" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Squash, winter</b></a> (including acorn, butternut, buttercup, delicata, blue hokkaido, kabocha, sugar pie pumpkin, red kuri, turban, etc.) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes) (fresh from the garden) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Sweet potato</b></a>, Japanese</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Sweet potato</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, Hannah</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Turnip</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Yam</b></a>, Garnet</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yam_%28vegetable%29" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Yam</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, Jewel</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Zucchini (see also squash, summer)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beans and legumes:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azuki_bean" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Aduki beans</b></a> (azuki, adzuki, aduki) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Chickpeas (garbanzo beans)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.timelessfood.com/organic-black-beluga-lentils.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lentils, black beluga</b></a> (Timeless)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lentils</b></a>, brown</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lentils</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, green </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lentils</b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, orange/yellow</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Peanuts</b></a> (on special occasions) </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nuts and Seeds:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Almonds</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Cashews</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Hazelnuts (filberts) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Pecans </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Pumpkin seeds </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Sesame seeds</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Sunflower seeds </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Walnuts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>Sea Vegetables:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Arame</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Dulse </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.loveseaweed.com/"><b style="color: #351c75;">Kombu</b></a><b></b> (</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rising Tide Sea Vegetables)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.loveseaweed.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Nori</b></a> (Rising Tide Sea Vegetables)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• <a href="http://www.loveseaweed.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Wakame</b></a> (Rising Tide Sea Vegetables)</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Condiments and Seasonings:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/Nama-Shoyu/products/58/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Ohsawa Nama Shoyu</b></a>, Organic Unpasteurized Soy Sauce, Gold Mine Natural Foods</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=26_48&products_id=104260" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Seaweed Gomasio</b></a>, Eden Foods</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_details.php?products_id=109330" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Ume plum vinegar</b></a>, Eden Foods</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_details.php?products_id=110140" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Umeboshi salt plums</b></a>, Eden Foods</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.celticseasalt.com/Celtic-Sea-Salt-Light-Grey-Celtic-C8.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Celtic Sea Salt</b></a>, light gray unrefined, Selina Naturally </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Special Occasion Spices and Extracts:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Almond extract</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anise extract </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cardamom</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cayenne pepper</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chili pepper</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cinnamon</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cloves </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cream of tartar</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cumin </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nutmeg </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pepper, black</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pepper, white</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vanilla bean </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dried or Fresh Herbs and Teas:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">bancha tea</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">basil</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">bay leaves </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">green tea </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">kukicha twig tea </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lemon balm </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">oregano</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">parsley</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">rosemary</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">sage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">saffron </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">thyme</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Peels, rinds, and juice for flavoring:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">lemon</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">orange </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Related blog articles:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/p/2013-fat-camp.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>My Own Fat Camp</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2012/05/lemon-balm-cheerful-herb.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lemon Balm, A Friendly Cheerful Herb</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2011/03/vegetables-for-centering.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Vegetables For Centering</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-notes-on-macrobiotic-centering-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>My Notes On The Macrobiotic Centering Diet</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-5626552760528314232013-02-22T19:34:00.001-08:002013-05-06T18:51:24.836-07:00My Special Weight-Loss Diet Plan For 18 Months Started on Valentine's Day, 2-14-2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My goal is to lose 22 pounds as I follow a self-customized diet for 18 months</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> based on macrobiotics</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. I'll be keeping a daily record of my diet here in two blogs (<a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Food Santa Cruz</b></a> and <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>My Daily Diet Report</b></a>) and weighing in once a week to watch my progress.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are the key points in my plan:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Drink a hot cup of water when I get up in the morning.<br />• Eat 3 meals per day.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Chew each bite at least 100 times, 200 times would be better.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Eat until I'm satisfied (with no worries about quantity).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Eat whole grains and fresh, seasonal vegetables that are organic and the best quality as possible, as listed here: <a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2013/02/alphabetical-list-of-foods-on-my-weight.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Alphabetical List Of Foods On My Weight-Loss Diet</b></a>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Once or twice a day, have miso (probiotic) in a soup or broth.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Eat wakame or kombu sea vegetables on a regular basis.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Supplement my meals as desired with nuts, seeds, lentils, chickpeas, split peas, aduki beans, and Bio-K+ probiotics.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Drink when thirsty and after a meal — water, tea (</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">kukicha</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, bancha, or herbal), or occasionally water with lemon juice.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Cook with sesame, olive, and coconut oils (organic, unrefined)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Season with unrefined sea salt, natural soy sauce, miso, gomasio, and ume plum vinegar, and occasionally season with lemon, orange, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, black pepper, and other spices. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Exercise as much as possible, especially after meals.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After six weeks, on April 1st, 2013, I will gradually introduce foods made with whole-grain flours (especially organic flours in my homemade products) as I desire. I will also be adapting a more flexible travel-plan to allow for the foods available in the places I visit, so that I won't "tweak out" if I'm traveling and can't find the "perfect" foods to eat — I'll simply increase the amount of chewing and enjoy! </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">About Exercise:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Walking is my preferred mode of exercise — fast enough to work up a sweat but not so fast that it forces me to breathe through my mouth for air. I love to walk!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Gardening is my other </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">preferred mode of exercise — I love to garden so much that I'll often lose all track of time and can be out there for hours!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Housecleaning, especially cleaning floors and windows, is another mode of exercise that I enjoy doing.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• As a backup plan, whenever the weather is interfering, the indoor stationary bike is another one of my preferred modes of exercise.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">About Foods And Beverages Not On My Diet:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Alcohol, such as wine and beer, is not on my diet and I'm okay with that. I'm such a lightweight anyway when it comes to drinking my favorite stout or pinot noir — I can only handle 1 or 2 ounces at a time without getting too tipsy, dizzy, or a zillion hot flashes. So, I won't miss it in the next year and a half!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Coffee is not on the diet. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• White flour, simple sugars, syrups, fruit juices (except the occasional lemon), and all fruits are not on the diet. No fruit!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Chocolate and cocoa, unsweetened, no longer offer any appeal to me, so they're off the list too.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">About Traveling:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• When we're on the road, I will attempt to bring my own food as much as possible.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• If my food choices in a restaurant aren't perfect, I'll either eat it or not, and if I do eat it, I'll chew it very very well.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">About Keeping A Daily Report:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Already I've discovered how much fun this is! I love to take pictures and document everything that I'm seeing — and photographing my meals is already something I've been doing during our travels. Now, I get to do it at home too! and the challenge is to come up with more picture-perfect meals — I'm learning how to "plate" my food in more artistic and creative ways. I fully expect to see a big improvement by the end of these 18 months!</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Related Blog Articles:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>MY DAILY DIET REPORT</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/p/2013-fat-camp.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>MY OWN FAT CAMP</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-76595122737440557452013-02-21T20:21:00.001-08:002013-02-23T11:14:12.342-08:00Day #8 — Leftovers Again?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.timelessfood.com/purple-prairie-barley.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Purple Prairie barley</b></a> that I reheated for my dinner today doesn't really count as "<i>leftovers</i>," I don't think, since I had only eaten a little of it yesterday when it was still undercooked. But whether I call it leftovers, or pre-cooked, or something else, it really doesn't matter to me, because it was delicious!</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I warmed it up with a little of the leftover rice and wild rice from this morning's breakfast in a small frying pan coated lightly with sesame oil. I drizzled a little water (not too much!) over the grains, turned the flame down to low, and covered it with a lid, allowing it to warm up while I boiled some water for my tea </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and heated up a few pieces of the Japanese sweet potatoes in the small toaster oven</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The flavors of the onions and celery with the barley came through, adding a delicate sweetness to the dish. And the sweet potatoes with their faint coconut flavor contributed a more robust, deeper sweetness to the meal. This time, the barley was well-cooked, soft, and tender, and yet it still had a unique texture to it that was fun to chew. In the end, I must say that leftovers can be a wonderful life-saver when you get home late and hungry for dinner!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Julia Ferre gives some excellent tips and recipes for re-using leftovers in her book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/food-and-intuition-101-awakening-intuition-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><i><b>Food and Intuition 101, Part 1</b></i></a>, on page 218. For example, she suggests using a reheating process that is</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> complementary to how the dish was originally prepared</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, such as the oven for my roasted sweet potatoes! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I ate my excellent dinner this evening, I reflected on the other meals that I had today — including a nice meal at <a href="http://www.pfchangs.com/index.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>P.F. Chang's</b></a> where I had a small bowl of brown rice, a few pieces of undercooked broccoli, and a delicious side dish of <a href="http://www.pfchangs.com/menu/PrinterFriendlySection.aspx?menu=144&mid=7" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Lemon Scented Brussels Sprouts</b></a> that had been "shaved" into very tiny slices (that was something new!) — and then I suddenly remembered the great news I received this morning when I stepped on the scales to do my very first weekly weigh-in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've lost 2.6 pounds — and now I feel even more enthusiastic about this plan!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This turned out to be a great day for food, here on Day #7 of my special weight-loss diet!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It started with a simple bowl of <a href="https://www.great-eastern-sun.com/stuff/miso-master-organic-kosher-brown-rice-miso-" style="color: #351c75;"><b>miso</b></a> broth and a freshly cooked blend of quinoa and millet. (I'd say the ratio was about two parts quinoa to 1 part millet.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had more of the quinoa-millet mix for lunch along with two kinds of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato" style="color: #351c75;"><b>sweet potatoes</b></a> that I </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">oven-roasted </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in coconut oil. So easy to make and so extraordinarily delicious to eat!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then, for dinner I cooked up a pot of organic <a href="http://www.timelessfood.com/purple-prairie-barley.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Purple Prairie Barley</b></a>, which according to <a href="http://www.timelessfood.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Timeless Natural Food</b></a>, originated from Tibet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I started with two onions and two stalks of celery, chopped and sauteed in sesame oil, and then added the barley and its overnight-soaking water, and 3 big pieces of <b style="color: #351c75;">kombu</b> from <a href="http://www.loveseaweed.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Rising Tide Sea Vegetables</b></a>. Having cooked barley a lot before, I figured the kombu would help to tenderize it. And for the same reason, I omitted adding any salt, which could make the barley tough. Nevertheless, it still wasn't cooked enough by the time I was wanting to eat my dinner, so I made a small soup with some of it and some <a href="https://www.great-eastern-sun.com/stuff/miso-master-organic-kosher-mellow-white-miso-" style="color: #351c75;"><b>mellow white miso</b></a>, which has a lovely sweet and sour taste, and had that with some more of the leftover quinoa and millet mix.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It took more than two hours to cook the barley to a soft, tender stage and it tasted delicious. I put it away in the refrigerator, thinking of possible ways to fix it for tomorrow's meals. And that got me to thinking once again about the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's annual Clam Chowder Cookoff!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We dug up the last of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot" style="color: #351c75;"><b>carrots</b></a> this morning before the gophers could finish them off. This was the best crop that Michael has grown so far. Fat, juicy, and delicious, and loads of them too! Plenty to share with those pesky gophers? I don't think so! I'd rather if they'd concentrate on eating other things, like poison oak for example! And blackberry roots!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love carrots. Always have. Except that when I was a kid, they had to be raw. That makes sense, considering how much more yang I was then. Today, carrots are one of my most favorite vegetables, cooked, raw, or baked in a cake! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The carrot is one of the most yang of all vegetables, because it grows slowly, vertically under the ground, and it's orange. What else? It's one of the most yang of all the root vegetables too, because of its color, its shape, and its size, and probably for other reasons too. The carrot's yang qualities are especially great during the cold winter months. Carrots are also "generally alkaline-forming," which is good for balancing with acid-forming grains. (See <a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2011/12/acid-and-alkaline-dimension-of-food.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>The Acid And Alkaline Dimension Of Food, Part 1</b></a>.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love cooking and eating carrots "nitsuke" style, as described by George Ohsawa in his book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/philosophytheory/zen-macrobiotics-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>Zen Macrobiotics</i></b></a>. For my lunch today, I grated the carrots into tiny pieces, sauteed them in sesame oil for a few minutes, added <a href="http://www.realsalt.com/101/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>pink Utah sea salt</b></a>, covered the pan, and let them cook in their own juices for about 9 minutes more. I didn't cook them the whole-nitsuke way to <i>juicelessness</i>, because I wanted that bit of juicy yin today. The flavor was incredibly delicious. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carrots are included in the basic macrobiotic diet and they're also in the more restrictive macrobiotic centering diet. Come to think of it, these first six weeks of my special weight-loss diet is very close to the macrobiotic centering diet (with the exception of <a href="http://www.biokplus.com/en-us/biok-probiotics/organic-rice" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Bio-K Plus</b></a>, for strengthening my digestive system).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I like this new diet that I'm on! I get to eat lots of delicious food. Today I had dinner at one of my most favorite restaurants, <a href="http://dharmaland.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dharma's Restaurant</b></a>, in Capitola, California.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dharma's serves all-natural, <i>organic</i>, vegetarian food that's wholesome and delicious, and they've been serving it since 1982. The restaurant has a cafeteria-style arrangement with a counter where you order and pay for your food first, then pick it up when they call out your name and carry it to the table of your choice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Michael ordered a Brahma Burger, which is served on really good whole-wheat buns, and I asked for a small bowl of organic brown rice, and could I have a sweet potato? and a mug of Bancha tea (<a href="http://shop.choiceorganicteas.com/Organic-Green-Teas/c/ChoiceOrganicTeas@GreenTeas" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Choice Organic Teas</b></a>). Michael's grain-and-protein burger came with a small salad and he let me have some of his delicious lemon-tahini dressing to drizzle over my rice. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was surprised by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato" style="color: #351c75;"><b>sweet potato</b></a>; it was so big and served on its own special plate. It was very sweet and it made my meal most satisfying. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One time, not so long ago, we came here for an early morning breakfast on a week-day. (They're open 7 days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.) We got there just as they opened and it had a really nice, quiet, sleepy kind of atmosphere. I almost expected to see people still wearing their pajamas! I ordered their multi-grain blueberry pancakes and wow, were they ever good. I'm looking forward to having them again, only a little later on when I reintroduce whole-grain flour products again to</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> my diet plan</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">. (I'll skip the blueberries, though, until my diet is over, 18 months from now.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They have a two-page menu that you can download from their web site, <a href="http://dharmaland.com/restaurant/dharmas_menu.pdf" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Dharma's Main Menu</b></a>, which is the same one they hand out at the restaurant.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love Dharma's!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What a wonderful day! It turned out that all those leftovers came in very handy today, first for a quick breakfast and then for a quick lunch to go in a thermos.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hadn't put much thought into how my new diet was going to work if we </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">were to spontaneously </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">decide to go on a short trip somewhere and today I got my chance to find out. It works out just fine! Having leftover grains in the refrigerator helped a lot, but I could've taken a little more time to cook up some millet if I had to (about a half hour). And if I had happened to have quinoa soaking in the refrigerator, I could've cooked that up even quicker. Oh yes, and I also have teff in the cupboard, which cooks up pretty fast too. Anyway, it took very little time to warm up the leftovers, cook some fresh broccoli, and put them steaming hot into a wide-mouth <a href="http://www.thermos.com/about.aspx" style="color: #351c75;"><b>thermos jug</b></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We drove down the coast a little, visited the famous Corralitos Market and Sausage Company</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> near Watsonville</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> (Michael likes their sausages!), went for a walk in Moss Landing, and then drove on to San Juan Bautista. After a nice walk around town and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Juan_Bautista" style="color: #351c75;"><b>California Mission San Juan Bautista</b></a>, we walked over to a nice picnic area and ate our lunch. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My thermos jug of leftover soup (wakame seaweed and <a href="https://www.great-eastern-sun.com/stuff/miso-master-organic-kosher-brown-rice-miso-" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Miso Master's Brown Rice Miso</b></a>), leftover rice cooked with sunflower seeds, and freshly steamed broccoli really hit the spot! And the white picnic table, green grass, and tall trees provided a wonderful fresh backdrop. I found that by chewing everything well and breathing in the scenery around me, I was very satisfied and eager to continue on with our travels.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I found some plates and bowls in an antique store to start my new collection. I'll be showing them off tomorrow, I'm sure, in My Daily Diet Report!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Later on, we drove to Morgan Hill and stopped for a coffee/tea break at <a href="http://www.peets.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Peet's Coffee & Tea company</b></a>. (I just learned on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peet%27s_Coffee_%26_Tea" style="color: #351c75;"><b>wikipedia</b></a> that Peet's was founded in 1966 in Berkeley.) I bought their small serving of <a href="http://www.tazo.com/Calm-Chamomile/011024282,default,pd.html?start=12&cgid=herbal" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Tazo Calm Chamomile Tea</b></a> and asked them to keep the tea bag separate from the very hot water, so I could save it for later and use two of my own bags of organic <a href="http://shop.choiceorganicteas.com/Twig-Kukicha/p/CHO-919313&c=ChoiceOrganicTeas@GreenTeas" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Kukicha tea</b></a> instead. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It turned out to be a beautiful Sunday Drive and we were back home in time for me to cook up a pot of quinoa/wild rice and a pan of baby broccoli. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I just
learned that baby broccoli (also called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broccolini" style="color: #351c75;"><b>broccolini</b></a>) is not a young
broccoli plant as I had assumed. It is actually a hybrid of regular
broccoli and Chinese broccoli, and it is more tender than regular broccoli. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The baby broccoli turned out especially nice this time because of the way I cooked it. I cut the stems into one-inch pieces while the pan was heating up, then after the pan was hot, I added a couple of teaspoons of <a href="http://www.spectrumorganics.com/?id=6#j57" style="color: #351c75;"><b>organic, unrefined sesame oil</b></a> and, immediately after that, the broccoli stems. They sizzled and crackled for a few moments and then calmed down to simmer for a few minutes under a lid. Then I added the broccoli flower pieces, some <a href="http://www.realsalt.com/101/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>pink, unrefined Utah sea salt (Redmond Trading Co.)</b></a>, and some water, and simmered it on a slow boil, uncovered, for another 7 minutes or so. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Delicious!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Incidentally, I found an interesting web site about feeding the <a href="http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/redmond.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>pink sea salt</b></a> to animals, which includes a detailed breakdown of the minerals and nutrients for their livestock-grade pink sea salt. The web site is called <a href="http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Wolf Creek Ranch, Home of Whispering Winds Wholistic Animal Sanctuary</b></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Today is Saturday, Day #3 of my special weight-loss diet. I ate leftovers for each of my three meals and still have two containers of grains soaking in water — the purple prairie barley and the quinoa/wild rice/brown rice mix. I can see that I was a bit over-enthusiastic about all the grains I had pre-soaking in water! I also was quite </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">enthusiastic about my exercise today and found by late afternoon after raking leaves that I needed a cup of hot water with lemon for its alkalyzing effect (see Carl Ferre's book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/healthprevention/acid-alkaline-companion-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><i><b>Acid Alkaline Companion</b></i></a>). And I was very hungry so I had my dinner a little earlier than usual and then found that I didn't need anything more to drink, so I skipped my kukicha tea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am really enjoying this diet so far! I have a list of grains and vegetables mounted on my wall that I'm looking forward to eating in the next 6 weeks as well as the next 18 months. I'm also expecting the pictures of my meals in <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/02/day-3-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>My Daily Diet Report</b></a> to start looking different as I go!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some of these whole grains on my list are not always available year-round and so they become special seasonal treats. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Whole Grains:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Brown rice, short</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Brown rice, medium</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Brown rice, long</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Brown rice, basmatti </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Brown rice, sweet </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Wild rice</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Quinoa </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Barley </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Barley, purple prairie</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Millet</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Teff</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Wheat berries</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Rye berries</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Oat berries</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Buckwheat groats</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Corn on the Cob</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Amaranth</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The following are the vegetables that I am focusing on during my 18-month weight-loss diet. Whenever possible, I prefer them to be locally </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">grown</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, organic, and fresh — and, of course, from our own garden is always best!</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Vegetables:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Carrots</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Onions</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cabbage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Kale, curly</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Kale, dinosauer</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Kale, red</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Celery</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Cauliflower</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Broccoli</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Baby broccoli</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Bok choy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Daikon white radish</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Red radish</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Sweet potatoes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Yams</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Turnips</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Leeks </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Parsnips</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Dandelion greens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Burdock root</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Chinese cabbage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Brussels sprouts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Green onions</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Cucumbers</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Corn on the cob</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Squash, summer</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Squash, winter </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Pumpkin, sweet baking</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Zucchini</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And let us not forget the sea vegetables! I prefer wakame seaweed for my everyday miso soup and kombu for my heartier chowders, soups and stews. I'm looking forward to trying new kinds of seaweed too.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sea Vegetables:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• wakame</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• kombu</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• nori</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">While I was walking around San Francisco, I came up with an outline for the final plan of my special 18-month weight loss diet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The key points for the first 6 weeks of the diet — that is until April 1st, 2013 — include whole grains, veggies, and plenty of exercise. Here's my master list for this initial time period:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 1) whole grains</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 2) vegetables</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 3) miso</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 4) wakame</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 5) seeds</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 6) nuts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 7) Bio-K+</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 8) lentils</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 9) water</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">10) kukicha tea</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">11) exercise</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll eat 3 meals a day, eat until I'm satisfied, no worries about quantity, exercise as often as possible, especially after meals, and write about it at the end of each day for 547 days or 18 months!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll cook with sesame oil, olive oil, and coconut oil. I'll use macrobiotic-quality condiments such as Ohsawa Nama Shoyu soy sauce, seaweed gomasio, and ume plum vinegar and plums. And I'll start each day with a cup of hot water. Plus, I'll weigh myself once a week.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the first 6 weeks, I'll reintroduce the following foods as desired:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• whole grain flours and products, homemade or store-bought </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• whole wheat toast, pasta, etc. at restaurants</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• my special nutbreads</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll have to make exceptions, of course, when we're traveling, and I'll make special notes about it as we go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2013/01/designing-my-own-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Designing My Own Weight-Loss Diet</b></a></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-23316764290343491952013-02-14T21:25:00.003-08:002013-02-15T12:39:56.753-08:00Happy New Year Of The Snake — Finally Letting Go Of 22 Pounds Of Excess Weight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Today was the start of my new weight-loss diet, which I've designed for the next 18 months (547 days!) in order to lose 22 pounds and achieve my ideal weight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's what I did in the last three days to get ready for this all-important diet. On Monday, I pan-roasted a cup of sesame seeds following the instructions in Julia Ferre's <i><a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/cookbooks/basic-macrobiotic-cooking-20th-anniversary-edition-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Basic Macrobiotic Cooking</b></a></i>. The seeds had been presoaked in distilled water to remove the oxalic acid, making the calcium available for my benefit. (I learned about this from Carl Ferre in his book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/healthprevention/acid-alkaline-companion-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><i><b>Acid Alkaline</b><b> Companion</b></i></a>, page 45.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then on Tuesday and Wednesday, I played in San Francisco — a lot of walking — and eating and drinking foods some of which I will be letting go of during the next year and a half. For instance, I drank several cafe lattes and ate several croissants and white bread rolls with butter. I enjoyed lots of delicious restaurant food, including a wonderful lunch at <a href="http://www.theplantcafe.com/location/embarcadero" style="color: #351c75;"><b>The Plant Organic Cafe</b></a>. I had a Plant Burger made with lentils, mushrooms, beets, cashews, and bulgar wheat, and the bartender gave me a wonderful pot of hot water with lemon wedges. (It was really good tasting water too — <i>before</i> the lemon was added.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last night I put
three containers of whole grains to soak in water overnight: 1) a
new crop of short grain brown rice, 2) a mix of quinoa, wild rice, and
brown rice, and 3) a container of old crop short grain brown rice. (Plenty
of grains for both me and my husband, who is on his own healthy diet and
shares a lot of the same foods for his meals.) I also had a container of
sunflower seeds soaking in distilled water in the refrigerator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First thing this morning, I started <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/2013/02/day-1-of-my-weight-loss-diet.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Day #1</b></a> of my new diet with a cup of hot water. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">breakfast</span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>:</b> I rinsed and cooked a pot of presoaked short grain brown rice with fresh water and 3 tablespoons of presoaked sunflower seeds in my <a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/products/nsvgc" style="color: #351c75;"><b>3-cup rice cooker</b></a> (my preferred method of cooking for ease and convenience). While the rice was cooking (it takes about an hour), I washed up eleven carrots from our garden, sliced them into thin half-moons, and sauteed them in <a href="http://www.spectrumorganics.com/?id=6#j57" style="color: #351c75;"><b>organic, unrefined sesame seed oil</b></a>. I covered the pan and let the carrots steam in their own juices for about 22 minutes on low heat. I ate a small bowl of <a href="https://www.great-eastern-sun.com/stuff/miso-master-organic-country-barley-miso" style="color: #351c75;"><b>barley miso</b></a> broth first, and then used the same bowl to eat my rice and carrots. I finished breakfast off with a cup of <a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_details.php?products_id=110550" style="color: #351c75;"><b>3-bag kukicha tea</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>For lunch:</b> I cooked up a pot of millet (1/2 cup) with a quarter of a cabbage head, sliced thin into 2-inch pieces. I like cooking millet because it requires very little preparation (no need to soak it in water overnight, just rinse it before use) and it's very yang and alkalyzing. First I dry-roasted the millet in the pot, and then I added 2 to 3 teaspoons of sesame oil, a little bit of <a href="http://www.realsalt.com/101/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Utah sea salt</b></a> and the cabbage. After sauteeing for several minutes, I added about a cup of water, covered the pot, and cooked for a half-hour on low. In the meantime, I drank a small bottle of <a href="http://www.biokplus.com/en-us/biok-probiotics/organic-rice" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Bio-K Plus probiotics</b></a>. When the millet/cabbage was ready, I scooped a generous amount into a bowl and topped it off with sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, and almonds. That was delicious. I finished it off with a 1-cup pot of 6-bag kukicha tea (very strong and alkalyzing).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Afternoon Tea Break:</b> A few hours later, I added </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">about a cup </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">more of boiling water to the</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> pot of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">used </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">6-bag kukicha tea and sipped that while I read my book.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>For dinner:</b> I had leftovers. I warmed up the rest of the carrots, some rice, and some of the millet/cabbage. I topped it off with <a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/OHSAWA-ORGANIC-NAMA-SHOYU-10-OZ/productinfo/0501%2D1010/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Ohsawa Nama Shoyu soy sauce</b></a>. And then I had a cup of 2-bag kukicha tea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have to say that all three meals were incredibly delicious and satisfying. I liked everything I ate a lot! I also enjoyed noticing the flavor changes as I chewed each bite 100 to 150 times. I thought about how important this time of eating was to me. I focused on each food that I was eating and really looked at it. And I thought that for the half hour it was taking to eat a meal, I was fortifying myself for five hours more of activity — and it seemed to me that spending this precious time to eat is well worth it. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-67646742448598053642013-02-01T09:32:00.000-08:002013-02-04T08:24:12.755-08:00Weight Loss Tips From Carol Anne Wasserman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carol Anne Wasserman specializes in losing weight permanently. She wrote a great article in the November/December 2009 issue of "<a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/macrobiotics-today" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Macrobiotics Today</b></a>," called "<i>Lose Weight (and Keep it Off!) the Healthy Way</i>." The article is chock-full of good advice for losing weight. Here are some highlights from her article:</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Weight Loss Tips from Carol Anne Wasserman</span></span></b><br />
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• <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The key to successful weight loss is to find a healthful way to eat that satisfies in every way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• The second key to successful weight loss is proper digestion. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• F</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">or proper digestion, a</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> bowl of <a href="https://www.great-eastern-sun.com/shop/miso-master-" style="color: #351c75;"><b>miso</b></a> is a great way to start the morning with the added benefit of probiotics (good bacteria). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Eat breakfast every day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• At the end of 2 weeks, see if eating breakfast has helped you to eat less food all day and whether your unhealthy cravings have subsided. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Wait until you are hungry before you eat breakfast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Don't eat anything sweet for breakfast (prevents sweet cravings later in the day).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Porridge is Carol's Number 1 Recommendation for Breakfast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Try making porridge by adding water to leftover grains or rolled oats and cooking it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Add toppings to porridge such as toasted nuts or seeds, chopped veggies, scallions, and soy sauce.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Make a conscious effort to eat whole grains every day. Whole grains are not whole-grain products — they are the actual whole grains.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Whole grains fill you up faster and for longer periods of time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• If you need a snack, choose something healthy — like </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">leftovers from </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lunch and dinner, raw veggies and hummus, carrots and celery with almond butter, roasted nuts, or a bowl of soup.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Small changes make a big difference in the long run.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• For healthy and permanent weight loss, you might need to give yourself months or even years to reach your goals.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She has a web site called <b><a href="http://www.gethealthywithcarol.com/index.html" style="color: #351c75;">Get Healthy With Carol</a></b>, and a <a href="http://www.gethealthywithcarol.blogspot.com/2011/08/millet-cake-with-black-bean-tomato-jam.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>food blog of recipes</b></a> that has beautiful pictures of food! (Which gives me an idea: I think I'll start collecting unique and colorful dishware while I'm on my 18-month diet!) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can order a printed or pdf version of the November/December 2009 issue of the "<i>Macrobiotics Today</i>" magazine from the <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation</b></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2013/01/weight-loss-tips-from-julia-ferre.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Weight Loss Tips From Julia Ferre</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2013/01/weight-loss-tips-from-herman-aihara.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Weight Loss Tips From Herman Aihara</b></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-52644483331245422272013-01-31T19:03:00.004-08:002013-02-04T08:40:20.550-08:00Draft #1 — My Weight Loss Diet Plan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I still have two more weeks before I start my weight-loss diet on Valentine's Day. I'll be recording everything that I eat each day in a separate blog (see <a href="http://mydailydietreport.blogspot.com/" style="color: #351c75;"><b>My Daily Diet Report</b></a>) and linking back here for more details. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's my first draft of the diet menu:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS (until April 1, 2013):</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Cup of hot water first thing in the morning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Breakfast:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— bowl of <a href="https://www.great-eastern-sun.com/stuff/miso-master-organic-country-barley-miso" style="color: #351c75;">miso</a> broth</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">— whole grains (leftovers or porridge or freshly cooked)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— vegetable</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> — hot kukicha tea</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Lunch:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— <a href="http://www.biokplus.com/en-us/biok-probiotics/organic-rice" style="color: #351c75;">Bio-K Plus</a> (Organic Fermented Rice probiotic) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— whole grains</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— vegetable(s)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— seeds and nuts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— crackers or unsalted corn chips</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (optional)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— hot kukicha tea</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Dinner </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— Soup </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with wakame </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and crackers or toast (optional)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— whole grains</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— lentils </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (optional)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">— vegetable(s)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">— seeds and nuts</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">— hot kukicha tea</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• Optional condiments with meals</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">— <a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=104260" style="color: #351c75;">Seaweed Gomasio</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">— <a href="http://shop.goldminenaturalfoods.com/OHSAWA-ORGANIC-NAMA-SHOYU-10-OZ/productinfo/0501%2D1010/" style="color: #351c75;">Ohsawa Organic Nama Shoyu</a> or <a href="http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=107310" style="color: #351c75;">Eden Organic Shoyu</a> unpasteurized soy sauce</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• I'll be using unrefined sea salt in small amounts in my cooking. (See <a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2011/05/benefits-of-unrefined-sea-salt.html" style="color: #351c75;">The Benefits of Unrefined Sea Salt</a>.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">AFTER SIX WEEKS, ADD AS DESIRED:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• whole grain breads</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• whole grain pastas </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• organic American cheese and butter (for pleasure)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• breads/waffles/pancakes made with whole grains, eggs</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• whole wheat pizza</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• afternoon snacks, such as soup or leftovers from lunch or nuts and seeds</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">FOODS THAT I AM SUSPENDING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• All fruits, fruit juices, and fruit products</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• All sweeteners, including brown rice syrup, maple syrup, and agave nectar </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• <a href="http://loveseaweed.com/paypal.html" style="color: #351c75;">Chewnami Energy Bars</a> with seaweed (brown rice syrup and maple syrup sweetened)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• <a href="http://www.ecoheavenllc.com/Heaven_Scent/Windmill_Cookies.html" style="color: #351c75;">Windmill Spice Cookies</a> (fruit juice sweetened)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• <a href="http://www.grainaissance.com/amazake.html" style="color: #351c75;">Amazake koji rice drinks</a> (made with koji mold spores called Aspergillus Oryzae)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• All alcohol, including beer, wine, amaretto</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">• All fermented foods except for miso and soy sauce</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-59167993894936303632013-01-20T16:33:00.000-08:002013-02-04T08:17:03.697-08:00Foods That Trigger Hot Flashes — A New Dimension To The Yin-Yang Spectrum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In her book, <i>Embracing Menopause Naturally</i>,
Gabriele Kushi gives us a list of certain stimulating foods that can
trigger hot flashes and a list of cooling foods that can help reduce
them or give you relief during a hot flash. Interestingly enough, most of the
stimulating foods that she mentions are avoided in the basic and centering macrobiotic
diets, whereas most of the cooling foods are included.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From personal experience, I'm adding <i>coffee</i> as a major hot flash trigger, which kept me up all night long one time after drinking only two afternoon cafe lattes in a row! I can attest to every food item on the lists below as to the truth of its effectiveness except for the collards, turnip greens, and the meat. :)</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Foods That <span style="font-size: small;">Trigger</span> Hot Flashes:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">[YIN]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Citrus fruits, including oranges, lemons, grapefruit</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Tomatoes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Strawberries</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Chocolate</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Coffee</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Spices, exotic (such as chili pepper, cinnamon)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Hot beverages</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Alcohol (especially wine)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Crackers</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Chips</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Popcorn</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Hard Cheeses</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Meat </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Eggs</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">[YANG]</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Foods That Help Relieve Hot Flashes:</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">[YIN]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Apples and carrots </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Tofu</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Green and white vegetables, like: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Raw cucumber</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Collards</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Kale</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Broccoli</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Nappa cabbage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Mustard greens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Turnip greens</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Bok choy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Watercress</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Dandelion leaves</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Turnip leaves</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Chinese cabbage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">• Lettuce</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">[YANG] </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The book also includes recipes and useful information about foods that contain oxalic acid, those that don't, and foods that promote bone loss (osteoporosis). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On page 74, in the recipe for "Lentil Soup with Dandelion," Gabriele points out that dandelion strengthens the liver. This is good news for my weight loss diet plan, since Herman Aihara said in his book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/basic-macrobiotics-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><i><b>Basic Macrobiotics</b></i></a>, that "if you have a weak liver, you will tend to accumulate fat"! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Overall, Gabriele Kushi's book is a very helpful and beautiful work of art. I love it! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-73262788659171708662013-01-20T14:02:00.001-08:002013-01-20T18:00:56.724-08:00Grandma's Applesauce Fruitcake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I could never understand what all the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_cake" style="color: #351c75;"><b>fruitcake</b></a> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">jokes were about </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">—</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">my grandma's fruitcake was the best thing I ever tasted! When I was a kid, she used to make it during the holiday seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas. At that time, she made the fruitcakes out of white flour, white sugar, sugar-sweetened applesauce, dried and candied fruits, and a light corn syrup sauce on top.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Later,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> she gave me the recipe when I was an adult and I was surprised at how easy it was for me to adapt it to suit my own tastes. To begin with, it had no eggs in the recipe, and no butter — so it was basically a vegan cake. And because it was made with 1 and 1/2 cups of applesauce, chances were good that it would be sweet enough for me without any added sugar.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The secret to making this fruitcake really great is storing the baked cakes in the freezer for at least two weeks, allowing them to "mellow." They can stay in the freezer for 2 or 3 months and taste even better. Grandma would thaw the fruitcakes first and then pour a boiled syrup she made out of light corn syrup and water over the top, which made them nice and moist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've found over the years of making my own versions that the syrup on top isn't really necessary, but if I want the cake to be more moist, then boiled water alone does the trick just as well! Here is my version of the recipe:</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grandma's Applesauce Fruitcake</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">250ºF oven</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 hours</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 loaf pans, greased and floured</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">STEP 1: Boil 5 minutes and then cool:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 1/2 cups applesauce (I made mine using apples from our garden)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup oil (olive or coconut)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">STEP 2: Mix together:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 1/4 cups flour (any mix of whole grain flours, like 1 cup rye + 1 cup wheat + 1/4 cup oat)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 teaspoons baking soda</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">teaspoon nutmeg</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">teaspoon sea salt, unrefined</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 heaping </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">teaspoon cinnamon</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/8 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">teaspoon cloves</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">STEP 3: Add and mix:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 pound dates, pitted and chopped</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 pound raisins</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/4 pound (4 ounces) dried apricots (unsulfered) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1/2 pound walnuts, broken into pieces (these are even better when I soak them in distilled water first for about 6 hours)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">STEP 4: Add the cooled applesauce-oil mixture (see step 1) and blend all together.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">STEP 5: Spread the cake batter evenly between two loaf pans that have been greased and dusted lightly with flour.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">STEP 6: Bake in a 250-degree (F) oven for two hours. (Check half-way through for burning and cover if needed.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">STEP 7: Cool the cakes in their pans on a rack, and then remove them from the pans. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">STEP 8: Wrap each cooled cake first in waxed paper, and then in aluminum foil, and then in plastic zip-lock freezer bags. Store in the freezer for at least 2 weeks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">STEP 9: Remove from freezer, thaw, and cut into thin slices. (A serrated bread knife works well.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">OPTIONAL TOPPING: Boil 1/2 cup light corn syrup and 1/4 cup water, cool, and glaze cakes. (Other types of sweet syrups will work and so will just boiled water.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is a pretty versatile recipe, allowing you to substitute any kind of dried fruit, nuts, or whole grain flours that you want. The cakes look like bricks of gold and taste just as valuable. Cheers!</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843299042904211588.post-75271572366097668642013-01-09T12:38:00.002-08:002013-01-09T12:38:48.656-08:00Weight Loss Tips From Julia Ferre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">In her new book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/food-and-intuition-101-awakening-intuition-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><i><b>Food and Intuition 101</b></i></a>, Julia Ferre gives a list of twelve tips for losing weight:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />1. Plan meals. Be proactive, not reactive or compulsive.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />2. Eat breakfast. Eat regularly throughout the day. Don’t let your body think it’s starving.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />3. Satisfy sweet cravings with healthy carbs, such as sweet potatoes, winter squash, and grains chewed well.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />4. Sit during the entire meal, at a table, without a television.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />5. Drink water 15 minutes prior to the meal, to moisturize intestines and prevent overeating.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />6. Take a bite, put the fork down, chew it, and observe how you much you like it. Pick up the fork and repeat.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />7. Serve yourself a complete meal on an attractive plate, like in a restaurant.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />8. Have a healthy dessert like fresh fruit, dried fruit, and nuts, or homemade goods.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />9. Take a walk for 5 to 10 minutes after eating to stimulate digestion. Read the section on “Cravings.”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />10. If you can’t take a walk, then get up and wash the dishes to stimulate digestion.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />11. Enjoy your company. Feast on the interaction.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />12. Say a blessing before eating, and smile if you notice your body is ready and starting to salivate.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />This all sounds like really good advice to me! Therefore, I shall be incorporating it into my weight loss diet plan.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Incidentally, to my surprise, I found that her tips for <i>gaining</i> weight (page 200 of <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/food-and-intuition-101-awakening-intuition-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><i><b>Food and Intuition 101</b></i></a>) provided useful information for me too! For example, I could add to my weight loss plan:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />• Eat larger meals less often during the day to decrease number of calories.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />• Eat dry and hard foods such as salads and crackers because they’re harder to digest and they encourage weight loss.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />• Probiotics before meals strengthen the digestive track, and digestive enzymes after meals can enhance assimilation.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">In summary, I'm finding that this book is very useful as an exercise in strengthening my intuition and relationship with food. GOOD BOOK! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Herman Aihara offers some great information about "why people get fat and how to reduce fat" in his book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/introductory-books/basic-macrobiotics-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>Basic Macrobiotics</i></b></a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are his tips for avoiding obesity:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Restrict the intake of dairy and fatty animal foods.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Use vegetable oils in cooking.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Avoid margarine.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Avoid refined sugar.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. Use very little honey, syrups, and other sweeteners — even natural ones.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. Eat as little fruit as possible.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">7. Eat whole grains, vegetables, sea vegetables, and beans. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">8. Reduce animal foods to 10% of total food; fish and shellfish are best.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">9. Do not drink alcohol.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">10. Use no drugs.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">11. Get plenty of exercise, and try to work up a sweat every day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Starting on page 64, he explains how carbohydrates (sugars and starches), protein, and fat are metabolized into energy, carbon dioxide, and water. Then he talks about <i>pyruvic acid</i>, which is created first when carbohydrates are broken down in the energy cycle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In obese people, he says, there is a tendency for the pyruvic acid to stop before it can completely metabolize. A buildup of the pyruvic acid then occurs, which in turn inhibits the body from releasing stored fat, and converts the acid into neutral fats or glycerides, which are then stored in the body.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In his opinion, this halt in the energy cycle is caused by overeating simple carbohydrates, protein, and fat — especially processed carbohydrates, refined sugar, and fruit. (Interesting — I never really thought of fruit as being a simple carbohydrate!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He explains how the only way to</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> induce a change</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is to exercise. Exercise creates </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">enough </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">energy that changes pyruvic acid and completes the cycle, so that fat can be released. (Well what do you know! I never thought that exercising <i>creates</i> energy — I always thought that it <i>used</i> energy.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Herman Aihara goes on to explain the two ways that fat is formed in the body (either the liver or the fatty tissue produces it) — but only the liver breaks down fat. So if you have a weak liver, you will tend to accumulate fat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He also explains how other factors control the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">metabolism of </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">proteins, carbohydrates, and fats in the body. All of what he says convinces me that his tips for avoiding obesity are very sensible! The bottom line is that exercise is very important. The cool thing is that it will give you more energy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In his book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/philosophytheory/zen-macrobiotics-detail"><i style="color: #351c75;"><b>Zen Macrobiotics</b></i></a>, George Ohsawa includes "Obesity" in the section on "Specific Dietary Suggestions for Disease," page 143:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Obesity</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Diet No. 7 with 30 to 60 grams of raw radish, plus a little gomasio (50) for one month or more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the beginning of the section, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">before he gives the directions for obesity, George Ohsawa reminds us — "Don't forget that the following specific, symptomatic directions are not necessary if you are following Diet No. 7 or if your case is not critical."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, my case is certainly not critical! But nevertheless, I want to keep the principles of his dietary suggestion for "Obesity" in mind as I design my own weight-loss plan. Diet number seven is one-hundred percent whole grains, which are the most yang of the plant-based foods. Grains are the most central to a balanced diet. Radish (such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon" style="color: #351c75;"><b>white daikon radish</b></a>) is more yin than whole grains, but not as much yin as most other vegetables, and it's closer to grains at the center of the diet. Raw radish is more yin than if it were cooked. All of this gives me clues for what foods to choose if I want to lose weight.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, I realize that George Ohsawa's dietary suggestion for obesity is a temporary treatment that I would only use as a jump-start for losing a great deal of weight. So now that I'm down to the last twenty pounds of weight that I want to lose, I need something different for my diet plan, something more broader as I become more focused.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Note:
30 to 60 grams of raw radish equals about 1 to 2 liquid ounces, or 2 to
4 tablespoons, or 1/8 to 1/4 cup. Also, for a recipe for gomasio (50) see
page 67 of Zen Macrobiotics.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Happy New Year 2013! Today marks the beginning of a new loop around the spiral, promising to be an even better and more interesting year than the last one! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After reviewing the last two years of eating <a href="http://foodsantacruz.blogspot.com/2011/01/no-more-sugar.html" style="color: #351c75;"><b>No More Sugar</b></a>, I've decided that it's finally time for me to go on a specific weight-loss diet. I intend to custom-design a diet plan that suits my needs personally and I'll follow it for a year and a half, so that it becomes a habit. After I've developed my plan, I think I'll begin the diet sometime next month, perhaps on Valentine's Day!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Over the years of my life, I have gone on several weight-loss plans that were designed by other people to be used by everybody, no matter what their individual situation or condition might be — including a "ketogenic high protein diet," the Weight Watchers Diet, and The Diet Center plan. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By the time I was out of college, I had had enough of all dieting! I decided that I wanted to concentrate on eating good, wholesome, and nutritious food and be done with weight-loss diets. And so it was the perfect time for me to find the book, <a href="http://ohsawamacrobiotics.com/philosophytheory/zen-macrobiotics-detail" style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>Zen Macrobiotics</i></b></a>, on the grocery store shelf!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have lost a lot of weight slowly ever since I started practicing macrobiotics and now I want to lose the last 20 pounds of stored fat around my middle that was the first to accumulate on my body and will finally be the last to leave. And I am more than ready for it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cheers!</span></span>
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