Sunday September 4, 2011

watched some tv last evening, the hoarding show

Last night an aspect of myself did not want to sleep. I find it highly interesting to hit this mind space. It comes slightly attached to cling on feelings of not knowing what to do and sweet tastes eating. Because I felt like it I ate a couple of Me-jool dates around 1:14 AM and thoroughly blissed out with the piece of coconut cream peach flan I had picked up earlier in the evening at Bliss Cafe, around 4:00 AM, together with a cup of red raspberry leaf tea. Although I thought I would go to sleep much earlier, more like 2:00 AM, I didn't do so until after 5:00 AM. My reaction is merely of curious mindfulness.

Peppermint leaves… I must go to our local fabulous herbal medicinals store today for bulk peppermint leaves, that I plan to cold brew in the sunshine. I did not get to the Herb store. Will do so tomorrow, today is a stats holiday.

late afternoon- 18 oz of water then a bended matcha tea that looked like this: hemp seed a couple of teaspoons, almond milk, 1/2 tsp matcha tea, added hot water. wow! then indigestion eeewwww, possibly because my digestive system was not ready for food yet today, minor distraction.

'Sweet Rhythm, The Healing Feeling'
-Djembe Mug by pottery artist Goldie Sherman, Guelph ON

4:45 PM spanning over the next 2.5 hours I staggered my eating, it wasn't a decision to do so. When jotting down the time I noticed my eating behaviour.

smoothie of blackberries, carrot, butternut squash, kale, almond milk, celery, phytogreens pwd. with 6 phytogreen caps and 2 orti C. 2 blackberry tarts, some pecans, a small dish of mango chutney with veggie chips.

Eating day ended at 9:00 PM with a grapefruit and some pecans.

Lymph, keep it moving

For many many years I had dry skin brushed as a mostly daily routine, on off throughout the years. Then about a year and a half ago I stopped and haven't gotten back to it even though at times I think to. Dry skin brushing is wonderful to keep the lymph moving. For a number of months now I have been ending my morning shower with alternating hot/cool flows of water which also helps to keep lymph moving. Do you do anything to help your lymph to cleanse?

A few years back I did the 5 Tibetan Rites for about a year and a half. I liked the effect the rites promoted and I am keen to get doing them once again. The 5 Tibetan Rites work with aligning the chakras. Another practice I incorporate when I feel a need is hands on chakra alignment cleanse. It is transformational with releasing blocked energy. The profundity of this simple self-treatment never ceases to amaze me.

The morning captured me experiencing the enjoyment of drinking warm matcha tea.

12:18 PM salad plate of romaine, red onion, mustard dressing, red pepper, sunflower pate

2:45 PM frothy icy cantaloupe smoothie

3:17 PM blackberry tart
at this point I realize how fast the day is going and how much more I want to accomplish today!

5:00 PM butternut squash salad

9:14 PM salad of romaine, tomatoes, pecans, mustard dressing

9:45 PM two blackberry tarts

11:00ish PM dish of frozen fruit homogenized topped with pecans

33 oz of water today

a young friend painted pictures for me today, this is one of them.
I call it 'Flowers, Trees and Them'. She painted it while standing and prefers to sit.

'Wild Waters' Painted while sitting

so little to verbally say today :)

mango Chutney ready to stir(by hand)

lunch

new batch of chia pudding with blueberries, blackberries, coconut water which I ate some of after lunch. Chia causes my lips to chap, overnight. Prolly overdosed myself. My stomach felt a strange full feeling, small yet hard full. Definitely a food to eat small portion of. It would be great to mix with fruit and add as layers to fruit & veggie cakes.

some nutritional information regarding Chia.
15 x more Magnesium than broccoli
5x more Calcium than milk
8x more Omega 3 than salmon
2x more Iron than spinach
More Potassium than Banana
More Antioxidants than blueberries, strawberries and cranberries
20% Complete Protein
40% Fibre content
Gluten Free
Pesticide free
It contains all 9 essential amino acids making it a complete protein.


evening- supper large garden salad

Greetz!

water 20 oz. first thing this AM

7:14 AM a small bowl of chia pudding with added almond milk.

1:10 PM nori rolls using raw nori sheets from Japan(purchased before the tsunami), julienned beet, cucumber and carrot, sprouted sunflower pate, green onion, mustard dressing, a side of the pate, sweet yellow pepper and pecans. mmmmMMMM! then a bowl of chia pudding … it all smacked of the very finest of food.

2:50 PM macha tea with almond milk, coconut water and a wee bit of coconut crystals

1.5 hour brisk walk at the beach where the scenery is always interesting, fresh, full of nature breathing, moving, playing, living

a greyed down day yet the sun dazzled the water

6:32 PM veggie chips with mariana sauce and almond/pecan cheese. a smoothie of carrot, beet, cucumber, coconut meat, coconut water, blackberries, phytogreens pwd., orange, plums, kale, icecubes. 6 caps phytogreens and 2 orti C caps, and some pecans.

sometime during the evening a large pink grapefruit and a small bowl of the pudding made me a happy eater.
It was so cool/cold out today that I wore a heavy wool sweater under my denim jacket. Seems the one month of summer has come and gone.

Island View Beach, a long walk

She's come undone, and that is good

10:26 AM 2 7/8 cups of water. I wasn't the least bit interested in any water or food until this time.
following the water: a large pink grapefruit and a handful of nuts (walnuts/pecans soaked and dehydrated)

12:50 PM lunch pizza and a tart. The pizza: wrap dehydrated more than usual used for the base, almond/pecan cheese, mariana sauce, raw olives, fresh from my garden- basil leaves, sun dried tomato, red onion, sunflower pate(of sprouted sunflower seeds with fresh parsley and minced dill pickles> all surrounded by fresh from my garden, beans; a WOW(!)echoes from the chambers of my pleasure.

It was a shared lunch. A 'more please'(!)lunch.

3:30 PM matcha tea, a bliss ball and small lemon macaroon

8:00ish PM a tart topped with almond/pecan cheese, a couple forks full of the spectacular sunflower pate.

10:00ish PM a pink grapefruit

made a batch of almond milk and chia pudding for maybe- breakfast.

Tally Ho!

Hari Om Tat Sat

8:24 AM smoothie of yam, turnip, kale, blueberries, blackberries, phytogreens pwd., carrot, hemp butter-- it is more like a pudding than a smoothie; it is smooth.

1:02 PM Salad of garden lettuce, parsley, spinach, roma tomato, red onion, pecans added part way through eating it, with mustard dressing (yes, I really really love that dressing and it is quick and easy to prepare).

Following the salad, a blackberry tart.

water 16.5 oz.

6:00 PM Strawberry peach cobbler I also purchased last night from Bliss Cafe

6:46 PM mango chutney, falafels, veggie chips; the chutney was so spicy hot that I added a dill pickle.

7:52 PM blackberry tart with cheese and a side of grapes

I get hungrier and eat more when the weather gets colder, like a bear preparing to hibernate, she says as she fills her face full of the rest of the grapes. It is good to see from this perspective what I eat. It shows me how little I need.

Today, a 1 hour brisk walk.

A really creative video

This Day is Given Me

I think I am eating too much the last two weeks. It feels like food is stuffing me up, stuffing me up as in making my body feel dense. So I am going to notice when gluttony sets in and what I reach for. Nuts for sure especially in combination with avocado are more difficult for me to utilize the energy of.

8:00 AM a pink grapefruit :)!

1:37 PM a smoothie of (now pay attention to this combination, eh) heh… I cleaned up the fridge, to use up bits of foods. Carrot, spinach, celery, kale, zucchini, orange, fresh picked this morning blackberries, phytogreens powder. (with 6 caps of phytogreens and Orti C-- I aim to soak up the mercury).

5:47 PM 2 tarts, Blackberry tarts that look like raspberry because of the orange juice added.

I made 22 Blackberry tarts today. The shell is almond and pecan based. All raw of course.

9:00 PM a chai tea with almond milk and a coconut macaroon from Bliss Cafe. I was out and about heading home and had this snack waiting for me, in my car. (I picked the tea and macaroon up before running errands)

9:13 PM salad of garden lettuce, lemon thyme, chives, parsley, green beans, added almond/pecan cheese, pear and mustard dressing(sounds like last night, huh). It is a repeat of last night only with pear instead of tomato. I was hungry and it tasted so very fine. :)

Water intake is down to 24 oz. today… I need a bigger bladder.