Macrobiotics and Me

Breakfast

Millet porridge with soya milk and steamed greens (cabbage) with ume su

Redbush tea with soya milk

Lunch

No lunch for me today as I wasn’t hungry

Dinner

I haven’t had dinner yet but it will be a miso soup made with onion, cabbage & ginger

Macro blessings

Sharlene

Hey!

Breakfast

Miso soup from yesterday with buckwheat noodles

Lunch

Millet, stir fried kale with garlic & ginger, gherkins, arame & onions & soba sushi

Dinner

Salmon with a shoyu & horseradish dressing with steamed carrots

Grain coffee with soya milk

I may struggle to post tomorrow as I’ll be travelling, however, I’ll be back as soon as I can

Love & light

Sharlene

Hey!

I am VERY happy to report a marked improvement to my thoughts, emotions and wellbeing today! Yayy! It’s amazing what a little bit of time can do!

Breakfast

Miso soup made with onions, carrot, wakame, ginger, shitake & watercress

Mugwort (he he, I nearly wrote hogwort!) mochi fried in some oil and then drizzled with shoyu and rice vinegar…mmmmmm!!

Sauerkraut

Lunch

Sweet rice, hato mugi & sauerkraut (mmm, this was soo yummy)

Twig tea

Dinner

Millet, soba sushi, corn on the cob, arame & onions, stir fried kale with garlic and ginger, gherkins & roasted squash. What a lovely feast! yummy!!

Love & light

Sharlene

Hey!

Well yesterday (day 26) was one of those days where I reckon I should have just stayed in bed…I felt dreadful. It is proof that too much of a good thing (namely tofu cheesecake and cornflakes with rice syrup) is not such a clever idea. 

How many times will I have to over eat before I really learn my lesson? I think this is a loooong process we have to go through sometimes in order to learn not to do these detrimental things anymore. I can relate it to when I gave up smoking. I smoked for a number of years and it got to a stage that when I was smoking I was like ‘why am I doing this, I know it’s not right, it makes me feel like crap and it’s not evening giving me any pleasure anymore’ (that’s kind of what it feels like when I over eat). But then, I got sooo sick of feeling like that that it eventually lead to me quitting once and for all. I think I became so tired of quitting quitting that there was no other way other than to quit. I hope I will be able to do the same with over eating.

So, I had planned not to eat yesterday but I felt really hungry whilst I was at work and then realised I had a cornflake stash at the office. So, I ended up eating lots of cornflakes with rice syrup which, whilst it satisfied my hunger, it left me feeling a little guilty that I’d broken my fast eating cornflakes of all things and that just added to my existing feelings of crapness…

But hey ho, there is much to be learnt from this experience & maybe next time, when it comes to crossing the over eating bridge I might choose not to walk over it and instead choose a different path. It also reminds me that I can’t get too hung up about these kinds of things, I’m only human and it is just a step by step journey. A year ago I probably would have been over indulging in chocolate or breaking my fast with something more sinister (he he!) so some tofu cheesecake and cornflakes is not really that bad!!

It feels like with healing that you need to go through the really dark, murky terrible stuff before you can come out the other side. C’est la vie! I guess sometimes you have to just hold tight and trust that whatever difficulties you face will come to pass…it’s a law of the universe!  

On the subject of emotional stuff (and it reminds that it can also be quite useful to look at the reasons why overating occurs in the first place…) I have some news to share. If you have read my posts from way back when (when exactly I’m not too sure!) you will know that I was participating in a weekly bioenergetic therapy group. I have decided to discontinue with this type of work as I feel it has taken me as far as it can for the moment. It has been very healing and rewarding for me on many levels and has allowed me to understand and get to know myself more deeply and for that I am truly truly grateful.  But now it feels like it’s time to move on and to find something new that will support me in my quest for self growth and development. It feels kind of strange leaving this behind and not having that regular support or what has felt like a bit of a safety net. But it also feels quite liberating and strengthening when I realise that it is time to move on and put to good use what has been unravelled in therapy. I think I will have a little ceremony to give thanks to bioenergetics and to welcome in the opportunity for a new path that I shall now walk. :O) Ahhh!

And of course, it is always possible to return to therapy in the future if need be.  I think I see that life, it seems, is just one long therapy session anyhow!!! ;o) and therapy is just another tool that we can use in this life to piece together bit by bit whatever our soul needs at the time in order to move forward with life and to get on track with its purpose.

Much growth and soul on track love to you all!

Sharlene

p.s. oops, I was so engrossed with all that I almost forgot:

Breakfast

No thing!

Lunch

Flakes of corn with syrup made from rice

Coffee made from grain

Dinner

More flakes of rice

Hato mugi tea…mmm. This was lovely and felt very soothing

Hello!

I will use one word to sum up the food I consumed today: macromonotonous…

Breakfast

Last night’s brown rice balls, red lentil pate, soup, tofu cheesecake (what’s wrong with tofu cheesecake for breakfast?!! he he!)

Grain coffee with soya milk

Lunch

Grain balls, lentil pate, tofu cheesecake

Dinner

Grain balls, lentil pate, tofu cheesecake

Red wine

I am looking forward to fasting tomorrow and to NOT having any tofu cheesecake!!

I wonder if this eczema type rash thing is going go hang around my elbow for much longer. I feel kind of intrigued by it, especially since I thought I didn’t have any particular discharge from the brown rice fast (it seems now I have something to show for it!)! I think I feel another fast coming on. Maybe a grain and vegetable fast rather than just brown rice. Perhaps I will begin this next week sometime. Ooo la la!

OK, the clocks changed today and I’m determined to get myself to bed early so I can get up earlier…

Tomorrow I must fill you in on some emotional stuff!

Love, light & magic

Sharlene

Hola!

I think I’m in macro heaven right now…ahh! I cooked dinner tonight for a friend and it turned out really well. :O)

I’ve had a feeling that I’ve been a little out of tune in the kitchen the last few weeks but now I feel I’m getting into the swing of it again. Phew!

Breakfast

Miso soup made with onion, squash, wakame & watercress with sweet rice and oats

Mugwort mochi with shoyu and brown rice vinegar (mmm…I LOVED this!)

Cashew nuts (oops!)

Lunch

Redbush tea with rice syrup

Dinner

Haricot bean soup made with onion, sweetcorn, carrot & celery

Brown rice balls, red lentil pate, arame & onions, pressed fennel, carrot & cabbage salad & blanched curly kale with ume su

The loveliest tofu cheesecake. I’d never made a cheesecake before and was really impressed by how this turned out. (I’ll see if I can post some photos :O)

A small glass of red wine

Twig tea

I realised something today. I think I have some slight eczema on my elbow. This is mega strange for me since I haven’t had eczema for about 21 years! I am pretty certain this is connected to the brown rice fast…hmm. Very interesting! I reckon it is a discharge from the large intestine since the large intestine meridian pathway is on the arm, and I also feel that my large intestine is stronger after the rice fast too.

I would like to do another fast again soon. Perhaps not a full on rice fast, maybe a grain and vegetable fast. I’m also toying with the idea of fasting one day a week. I am certain my body likes that rest. Lets see!

Now for some photos:

Miso soup

Tofu cheesecake

:O)

Love & light

Sharlene

Hello hello!

Breakfast

Sweet rice and oats with a splodge of rice syrup

Corn on the cob!

Lunch

Millet croquettes, sauerkraut, broccoli (oh I never know how to spell brocolli/broccoli!) & squash from last night

Corn flakes with halva

Dinner

I went out for dinner tonight and ate a very varied selection on grain, protein and vegetables…

Twig tea

A handful of cashew nuts :O)

Love & light

Sharlene

Some looong overdue photos:

A macro lunch at the airport!

Comfort food! Butter bean pie

Delicious desserts!

Buckwheat burgers

Chestnut pie

Dinner from day 21

Muffins

Me with a beautiful fellow macrotarian in a state of post feast bliss!

Greetings!

Breakfast

No breakfast for me today

Lunch

Miso soup made with onion, cabbage, carrot and hijiki

A handful of sultanas (which I wish I hadn’t eaten as they made my stomach a little unhappy!)

Grain coffee with rice syrup

Dinner

Millet, aduki bean & seitan croquettes, steamed brocolli, corn on the cob, nishime squash, tempeh & sauerkraut. Yum!  

Apple, walnut & sultana muffin with strawberry sauce

Twig tea

Mmmm! I shared dinner with a lovely fellow macrotarian & it was such a pleasure.

Check out this lovely video for the macro school where I am studying & see if you can spot me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBT_sbpAQb4 I  feel very blessed to be studying somewhere so special.

Love & light

Sharlene

Hello, hello!

Oh dear, I am feeling absolutely, well and truly stuffed as I write this, it seems I over ate again. Whoops. When will I learn?…I blame the muffins!!! (he he, you HAVE to have something to blame right…ahem!!)

Breakfast

A bowl of nothing…I wasn’t hungry!

Lunch

Croquettes from last night, brown rice and hato mugi, salad & roasted veg

Grain coffee with rice syrup

Dinner

Soup from last night (which tasted even nicer tonight – do you ever find that some things taste better a day or so later?)

Millet, aduki, ginger & squash stew, onion ring tempura & salad made with lettuce, some leftover pressed red onion and gherkins. Mmm, dinner was yummy tonight. I’ve felt like I’ve been out of the swing of cooking for a little while but now I’m getting back into it. Yay!

I made (and ate of course!) some yummy apple, walnut & sultana buckwheat muffins with a strawberry & kuzu sauce. I wasn’t sure how they were going to turn out as I thought maybe using buckwheat might make them a bit heavy but it seemed to work ok. They are more of a heavier kind of muffin but I think that is perfect for autumn. I would like to master making a lighter kind of muffin too though so I think I’ll have to use white flour for that.

It seems I have soo many things I need to practice making as I have exams coming up in January and need to have mastered alot of dishes before then. Yikes! I’ve also got sooooo much cooking I have to do for my homework too. I think I’ll have to invite lots of people round for dinner to be guinea pigs! yay!

Love & light

Sharlene