Well, today was my first day of food, so I decided to be creative and try some new food. I had granola and banana for breakfast, a delightful tomato pesto panini on multigrain bread for lunch and for dinner, Max and I shared a quinoa salad. It was simple to make (Max and I played GameCube while the quinoa was simmering) and very delicious. For us two (a little left over for lunch), I used 3/4 cups rinsed quinoa, 1.5 cups water, 1/3 of a tomato (more is better, chopped coarsely), 1/2 of an avocado (chopped into bits as well) and some chopped cilantro. Simply bring the quinoa and the water to a boil, and then slowly simmer until all the water is gone, then cool and add the vegetables and cilantro and mix with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil to keep from getting to clumped. We also had some carrots and a dollup of hummus on the side, with a few almonds and a sprig of cilantro for a garnish. It was very tasty and simple to make, here’s a shot of the salad, and us having fun plating it up.

Good eats!

Ranok

So, today I finished my second day of fasting, I felt very nauseous this morning and vomited up a rather bitter yellow fluid this morning, then felt better. My hunger pains are gone, just a soreness in my calves. I’ve really been enjoying my teas, I have a Yogi Detox tea steeping next to me as I write. Energy wise, I feel only a little more cloudy than usual, but I have no problems walking around campus or socializing. I finally got to a scale today and I weighed 145.6 pounds and when I took my blood pressure after walking to Kinney’s yesterday, it came out to be 124/76 (not too bad). Today when I went to the food co-op I came across some excellent ideas of foods for phase II. Again, if you’re interested in more regular updates you can follow me on Twitter.

Peace and no chow for me,

Ranok

Tomorrow Max and I start our fast, and while it’s for fun and to see if we feel better after it, I think I’ll be trying to take some more objective measurements. Tomorrow I’ll try to get weighed (I was 145.5 lbs last Tuesday) and get some other simple tests (BP, %BF, Cholesterol) and then after the fast and after the month I’ll repeat and post the results along with photos. Today, I’ve been thinking of a sample day of food, and I came up with granola and soy milk in the morning, carrots, humus and tomatoes and pesto for lunch, and either quinoa salad or curried quinoa for dinner.

Wish us luck,

Ranok

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After reading ‘The Way of the Peaceful Warrior’ by Dan Millman, Max and I have decided to try a more natural diet, starting with a 7 day water + herbal tea fast. After we’ve cleanse ourselves out, we’ll be eating vegan (maybe we’ll have honey) but no refined sugars or enriched flours. After a month of this (we’ll keep you posted as we go, with how it’s going and good recipes, etc…) if we feel great, and want to stick with it, we will, or we’ll slowly move back to a more conventional diet. If anyone has any suggestions or comments, please feel free to reply and let me know, as I’ve never done anything like this before. If you’d like to keep tabs on how I’m doing, I’ll be updating my Twitter regularly.

Peace and not-chow,

Ranok