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Date: 23 November 2009 04:04:43
It's hard to type when the tip of your index finger is cracked and tender. I'm typing more slowly than usual to make up for the pain... I hope, dear reader, it was worth the effort! lol
So it's Thanksgiving this week - a holiday filled with family and friends, a wide variety of traditions, usually involving large quantities of specific autumn foods (like pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes/yams, cranberries -- my family & I prefer "can shaped" -- and baking a turkey). This year I'm going to mix it up a bit by making a sauteed kale dish (with a tahini sauce), cranberry cobbler, sesame broccoli, and a salmon spread appetizer served on crackers.
I haven't posted in a while, but I have been lurking - hello, hello : )
Not sure if it's the change in weather (moving into winter) or the change in time (went off daylight savings time) or change in diet designed to give increased energy (a whole food approach to eating, seasonal eating, etc.) but I am exhausted. My health counselor says it's because my body is restoring itself of depleted minerals and excreting toxins, which causes me to feel tired. Not sure, I'm following the program fairly closely... we shall see. I'm concerned that I have not lost weight (yet). She says I could be losing weight around my organs, which is not visible to the eye. Another thing is, we did a urine analysis, and my body is not breaking down carbohydraes into energy... it's storing carbs as fat. And causing carb-related cravings. So I need take a digestive enzyme specifically for carbohydrates...just haven't started the new routine yet. She utilizes an eclectic bag of theories (blood type, metobolic rate, Ayurvedic dosha to name a few) and some Chinese medicine theories, too. All of which is new to me, all of which has been around much longer than I on our green earth... so it's a work in progress, our journey together. Overall, it has been a huge blessing. Although, I have not lost weight. It's a 6-month program, so maybe...? We shall see. I'll keep you posted, of course.
We're trying to go low(er) maintenance this year re: holiday gifts, which is a blessing. So I'm making some, buying a few others, but overall it seems fairly manageable. I think starting early really helps me not feel so frazzled mid-December. So just a few more things to accomplish, then I can wrap and send some gifts. Can't wrap the presents for my parents & brother's family... because I"ll need to take them on the airplane, and they will not allow wrapped gifts (even in carry-on, which doesn't make sense to me) so there will need to be a major wrapping session after I arrive to my parents' home before Christmas.
I've also been kindof in a funk recently, lots of thinking, sort of reevaluating many aspects of my life, asking myself 'what are you doing with your life?", wondering if I'm missing the big picture, if my ship has sailed on many levels... and what am I going to do about it? you know, regular light thoughts. hahaha. I'll keep you posted if I come to any firm conclusions. Until then, please know that I'm thankful for you - have a great week ahead.