Macrobiotics and Me

Hello strangers!!

It’s almost December and another year is coming to an end. Bring on 2012! I’m sure it will be an amazing year for macrobiotics!

Lately I have been pondering the importance of having purpose in one’s life. Without it, life is meaningless and dull. With it, we can feel more vibrant and alive. The beauty is that we all have differing purposes according to who we are. Some of us know what our purpose is or purposes are, some are just discovering and some haven’t got a clue. Which do you reckon is the healthiest of these? Having a purpose and taking steps regularly towards the fulfilment of that purpose, however big or small they may be, contributes to increased health and vitality. So today I would like to urge you to take a step and do just one thing that can move you closer towards a purpose or discovering a purpose in your life.

I didn’t have breakfast today because of some serious over indulging yesterday so I wasn’t hungry. But for lunch I had:

Chickpea soup, brown rice & barley, a mixed vegetable dish (with kale, squash, onions, cabbage & carrots) and a really lovely salad made with tomatoes, avocado, coriander, red radishes & daikon

A delicious pear & hazelnut tart that I made yesterday with oat cream

For dinner

More chickpea soup
A bowl of greens with a mustard dressing and a chilli & sprout stir fry

Washed down with a cup of twig tea

Snack
Sesame & hazelnut crunch

I passed my macro exams – yayyyy!! But now I have about 12 hours work to do before I complete and qualify so I must focus on this last hurdle. I can’t wait to complete. I’m so excited about the future!

Love & increased vibrations
Sharlene

Hello!

Today I had:

No breakfast as I wasn’t hungry

Lunch:
Blanced kale, baby corn, half an avacado, mixed sprouts with a lovely balsamic, garlic and shoyu dressing

Cranberry tarts with oat cream (mmm – I am rehearsing for Christmas You can see the recipe for these & a photo on the www.macrobiotics.org.uk website

Hot soya milk & cinnamon drink

A handful of peanuts

Dinner:
Aduki soup

I am finding that I seem to function much better with less grains and have been reducing my grain intake which feels soooo good. For so long I think I was stuck in thinking that I HAD to have whole grains as often as possible but now I realise that doesn’t work so well for me. This journey sure is an interesting one!! I love exploring and finding new ways of feeling healthier Long may it continue.

Sending love & light to you
Sharlene

Bonjour!

Today has been a delightful feast of macro wonders:
Breakfast
Miso soup made with carrots, sweet potato, daikon, shiitake, wakame & cabbage & some creamy oat & almond porridge followed by a cup of redbush tea and a slice of the nicest cheesecake in the world made by a beautiful macro friend

Lunch
Brown rice & squash, white fish with fennel & corriander, sweet potato & chilli mash, nishime lotus, daikon & pumpkin, daikon pickle & broccoli & asparagus with a really yummy dressing

Dinner
Aduki bean soup
Cranberry tarts with oat cream

Snacks
A cashew nut bar

Do you ever hear some really funny comments about what people mistakenly think macrobiotics involves? I have heard all sorts from isn’t it a cult? (ha ha ha!), is it a raw foods diet, is that that thing with computers! and the latest, is that where you only eat steamed vegetables!!!! Hmmm. There is much to be done with communicating clearly what macrobiotics actually is. The trouble is, I think we all interpret it to mean different things depending on our own experience of it which might not necessarily be really what it is, if that makes sense?!

OK, time for a couple of photos of today’s miso soup in front of the fire (ahhh!) and lunch

A whole load of love & light
Sharlene

Greetings!

It has been a while! I have been taking some time to have time to have some time!! It seems time is not so abundant these days so I have been making the most of having time to have time!!

How’s your macrobioticness going? I have been venturing far and wide, mostly on the macro track but I have to confess to voluntarily stepping off of it. What does that mean? Well, it means I have been a bit more relaxed in a way about eating recently. Over the weekend particularly I enjoyed some dairy, meat and sugar – foods which are typically avoided in macrobiotics.

I would not like to eat these foods regularly but my health is good right now so I feel like it’s not a crime or a sin to indulge or to eat typical non macro foods (like tomatoes, tropical or non local foods). I really hate there being any judgement or stigma associated with eating non macro foods. I have sometimes felt like that even about tomatoes, or non local foods etc because that feels kind of unhealthy to me so I’m exploring different options.

Today my food was as follows:

Breakfast – half an umeboshi plum (I love these little magical nuggets!)

Lunch – it was more like lunner…ha ha – that’s a combination of lunch and dinner!!

Brown rice, red lentils, cabbage, carrots & onions stewed, roasted squash and a lettuce & beetroot salad

Followed by a very generous serving of soya custard

I have drank no liquids today…omg!! ha ha. But I don’t feel thirsty or dehydrated.

I’m going to really try to post as regularly as I can so I’ll see you tomorrow

Big macrobiotic/healthy eating & living love
Sharlene