Learning as I go along

(10:49 AM) Whew, lots going on in my head today so far. Lets see, I went to bed a little after 2 am. I woke up around 7:45 and got up around 9:45. Sometime after nine I had a small BM that got me out of bed again. It was small, long and narrow. I was surprised that it was so small. But just a few minutes later, I got out of bed for another BM and this one was of regular width, very solid, and very large in amount. I was excited about that! Its been at least a few days since I had such a large BM. I love getting rid of stuff thats been building up. I'm am puzzled, though.

(11:43 PM) Around noon I had two oranges and then 8 oz or so of chocolate milk. I felt weird after that. I also had about 8 candied walnuts. My head felt weird and headachy. I didn't feel energized, thats for sure. Then I got low low energy around 3:00 or 3:30, but I had to help out with gardening at the school. When I got home around 5, I was too hungry, so I had a beautiful large salad w/ 1/2 avocado, some hemp oil, 1/8 c soaked pumpkin seeds, and honey mustard dressing. Then I had 5 thick triple seed crackers with Nur's leeks. Then another 1/8 c pumpkin seeds w/ 1 T almond butter, 1 t honey, and some cacao nibs followed by an 8 oz glass of chocolate milk. This made me very full. I still had a few sips of sweet tea and 1/4 cup of halvah w/ honey on top after this. So by 7:00/7:30 I was uncomfortably full and needed to lie down. I got up around 11, still full. I gotta really work on eating throughout the day. Perhaps I will try to have my salads earlier. On days I work at the school garden, I will try to skip my fruit breakfast and eat a small salad just before noon. I am trying to drink a lot of water right now to help with the digestion. Well, I'm certainly learning as I go along here...Note: had a small BM around 11.

Nur's leeks (I'm crazy about 'em)

(1:08 AM) Another late night, it looks like. I woke up around 5:30/6. I had a basket of cumquats and one small orange for breakfast before one. I had a large salad w/ 3/4 avocado, 1/8 cup pumpkin seeks, honey/mustard dressing around 4. I also had 7 triple seed crackers with Nur's leeks (see photo) and a 6-8 oz chocolate milk. I had a BM around 5:30 or so. Pretty solid, average amount. Before six, I also had a 16 oz glass of very sweet tea. I got drowsy from it around 8 or 8:30 and I felt a slight headache. Around midnight I had a 12 oz chocolate milk to help get me through the kitchen work I still had left to do. I guess that was emotional eating since I wasn't exactly hungry. Oh well, it could have been much worse. The chocolate milk gave me some minor discomfort in my tummy. I had another BM around 11:30. Medium size, long and narrow, fairly solid. Despite the fact that I only got 4 or 5 hours of sleep, it was fairly easy to wake up this morning. There is one more observation I would like to note: I didn't get to eat my salad until 4 and I had been hungry since before noon. This made me want to keep eating even after I had eaten a lot of food. I am going to try harder to eat meals throughout the day instead of focusing on one huge salad. I would have prefered to have eaten the same food I ate today, but not all at once. In intervals. I was full for quite a while. I dont' think it helped that I was mixing all those foods: greens, crackers, leeks, chocolate milk, tea.

I went to a lecture on edible and useful wild local plants this evening. I'm excited about the new book I have on this subject.

In between time

(11:23 AM) I went to bed around 11:3o and woke up around 7. I didn't get out of bed until just before 8, but I felt pretty awake the whole time I was lying there. I like lying in bed after I wake up. I'm used to getting up right when I wake up. So much goes through my mind during this in between time, including dreams and new ideas. Its also makes me feel really well rested. Plus, it feels so physically pleasing to cuddle up with myself during that time of half-awake, half-asleep. I can feel and touch my body using my hands and fingers, stretch a little, and snuggle up to my pillow, the sheets and my own body and it feels so nice. Actually, I got out of bed a little after seven for a BM!!! That's another thing that has been happening to me lately. I've never done that before, but its happened several times now. It was a medium amount, long and narrow, but pretty solid. And yet another observation, usually my BMs are stout and wide, but lately they have gotten long and narrow. Go figure. I ate two oranges around 11 and just now I had another solid BM of kind of a small amount. I'm puzzled by the timing and amount of this one.

(12:48AM) I totally have a market tomorrow and should not be up this late, but here I am wide awake. I didn't have any more BMs today. I had a 16 oz. glass of sweet tea and then around 3 I ate a large salad w/ 3/4 avocado, hemp oil, 1/8 c pumpkin seeds and honey/mustard dressing. Then I had 5 triple seed crackers w/ the rest of Paul's Pesto and some of my own cilantro dip. Around 6 I had another 16 oz glass of sweet tea and at 8 I had 5/6 more crackers with Nur's leeks and 20 garlic almonds. I also had a cacao brownie w/ 1 t almond butter, 1 t honey and some cacao nibs sprinkled on top. Then feeling a little mucussy, so lots of water. Maybe I just had too much caffeine today in the form of tea and cacao?

Paw-paw and I went to the park today. We had a nice time. There were so many animals out: chickens, ducks, birds, turtles, alligators (just kidding....)

Yesterday and today my legs have been sore. From dancing, I guess. My intestines are feeling better today:)