Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I believe you need to try some new vegetarian recipes with flavor. A macrobiotic diet is boring. I did it for a while. Brown rice, sea veggies, miso. There is a philosophy along with this diet. I think you will find it very blah. Maybe you need to add some herbs and spices to your meals. Try different grains and veggies. Could you have the holiday blues like many and think it's yoiur diet? A vegetarian diet has such variety. Donna Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile " Melissa " <mapalicka Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:04:19 Macrobiotic Diet anyone? I've been veg for a long time and don't plan to go back to meat, but am feeling a little blah. I am looking for another direction or something to inspire me a bit (not a fad necessarily) just some inspiration and something to hopefully help me feel better physically. I have been reading up on Macrobiotic principles. Wondering if anyone has suggestions for that diet and life style? anyone following veg, macrobiotic diet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I've been veg for a long time and don't plan to go back to meat, but am feeling a little blah. I am looking for another direction or something to inspire me a bit (not a fad necessarily) just some inspiration and something to hopefully help me feel better physically. I have been reading up on Macrobiotic principles. Wondering if anyone has suggestions for that diet and life style? anyone following veg, macrobiotic diet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Yeah, the diet looks blah. I'm more exhausted than anything and was thinking that something in my diet was lacking (on top of holiday stress and what not) We've been making lots of different soups that have been good. Maybe it is the lack of sunlight blues. Would still be interested to hear from any macrobiotic fans : ) , thelilacflower wrote: > > I believe you need to try some new vegetarian recipes with flavor. A macrobiotic diet is boring. I did it for a while. Brown rice, sea veggies, miso. There is a philosophy along with this diet. I think you will find it very blah. Maybe you need to add some herbs and spices to your meals. Try different grains and veggies. Could you have the holiday blues like many and think it's yoiur diet? A vegetarian diet has such variety. > Donna > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > " Melissa " <mapalicka > > Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:04:19 > > Macrobiotic Diet anyone? > > > I've been veg for a long time and don't plan to go back to meat, but > am feeling a little blah. I am looking for another direction or > something to inspire me a bit (not a fad necessarily) just some > inspiration and something to hopefully help me feel better physically. > I have been reading up on Macrobiotic principles. Wondering if > anyone has suggestions for that diet and life style? anyone following > veg, macrobiotic diet? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I have adopted some of the principles of the macrobiotic diet/philosphy into my life pretty much permanently, while rejecting others. First let me say I have no rules, only guidelines (well except for the fact I will not eat meat) for my eating (as well as exercise, lifestyle, everything). I like that, no rules just guidelines. I love the macrobiotic concept of eating what is in season and eating what grows and is produced around us. This 'feels' right. You get things fresher and the taste is better. It is growing now so you are in tune with the seasons. It is also cheaper, and also, you are saving fossil fuel by not having something transported long distances to your table after long periods of refrigeration, so it is more ecological. Since I garden this automatically happens, I eat out of the garden, and whatever is growing is both in season and very local! no pesticides! and you develop a special relationship with your land and your food. Now if the garden is not producing enough, or we have more people to feed, I still buy what is in season at the market, and try to shop for what is local, with a few exceptions. Right now the garden only has a few peppers and eggplants left, and a few tomatoes, lots of greens (kale), beans, and the citrus trees are really producing, so I am having lots of citrus. Good time to have citrus, right? vitamin C to fight these pesky colds everyone is getting. The way I see it is nature taking care of us with all the limes (yummy), lemons, tangerines, oranges in season, right at the season when we need them the most! Also, did you guys notice rose hips are ready to be harvested! rose hips have HEAPS of vitamin C. I did mention eggplants, tomatoes and peppers. Add potatoes to this. Acording to the macrobiotic diet these are nightshades and should not be eaten. This is where they lose me. I cannot live without tomatoes, I love eggplants, adore potatoes, and who is going to take my hot peppers away from me? who would dare indeed....oh no do not even try. When I go to Europe I travel with my little cholula hot sause in my luggage....he he he. Also, the macrobiotic diet for some reason shuns salads, and in the spring and summer I almost live from salads, salad is usually dinner in any case. Made with either salad greens we grow, or later from the cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers that grow in the summer garden. Sprinkle a few nuts, olives, and voila! dinner. Not macrobiotic but in tune with the garden and the seasons. So here you go, take some of the principles, and reject what does not make sense for you [like giving up hot peppers for me ;-)] Cabrita @ los angeles , " Melissa " <mapalicka wrote: > > Yeah, the diet looks blah. I'm more exhausted than anything and was > thinking that something in my diet was lacking (on top of holiday > stress and what not) We've been making lots of different soups that > have been good. Maybe it is the lack of sunlight blues. Would still > be interested to hear from any macrobiotic fans : ) > > > > , thelilacflower@ wrote: > > > > I believe you need to try some new vegetarian recipes with flavor. > A macrobiotic diet is boring. I did it for a while. Brown rice, sea > veggies, miso. There is a philosophy along with this diet. I think > you will find it very blah. Maybe you need to add some herbs and > spices to your meals. Try different grains and veggies. Could you > have the holiday blues like many and think it's yoiur diet? A > vegetarian diet has such variety. > > Donna > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > > > > " Melissa " <mapalicka@> > > > > Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:04:19 > > > > Macrobiotic Diet anyone? > > > > > > I've been veg for a long time and don't plan to go back to meat, but > > am feeling a little blah. I am looking for another direction or > > something to inspire me a bit (not a fad necessarily) just some > > inspiration and something to hopefully help me feel better physically. > > I have been reading up on Macrobiotic principles. Wondering if > > anyone has suggestions for that diet and life style? anyone following > > veg, macrobiotic diet? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 This is exactly how I feel. I was on it for a few years and felt better than I ever did. I feel I needed much more raw food, such as salads, also. It is definitely good to eat with the seasons and eat locally grown food. I think if you're on a healing diet (I was) then you want to stay away from nightshades and spicy food. My mother was having achy joints and I told her to stay away from the nightshade plants. The achiness went away. The macro diet also emphasizes brown rice which gives me energy forever. Everyone else around me would be tired and I didn't feel a thing! Whole grains (no processed grains) definitely helps. The other big thing was no refined sugar. It is much easier on the body. I would use brown rice syrup, barley malt and ocassionaly, maple syrup. I think you would feel better adopting 'guidelines' from the macro diet. I am trying to get back there. I had lost about 50 pounds when I did it correctly. *eat in season, eat locally *eat an alkaline die *eat whole grains - including brown rice *no refined sugar I think a lot of it is common sense. It helps one get in tune with one's body. It is about balance in the kinds of food one eats - no extremes. Dawn : roseta_lleo: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:27:04 +0000 Re: Macrobiotic Diet anyone? I have adopted some of the principles of the macrobiotic diet/philosphy into my life pretty much permanently, while rejecting others. First let me say I have no rules, only guidelines (well except for the fact I will not eat meat) for my eating (as well as exercise, lifestyle, everything). I like that, no rules just guidelines.I love the macrobiotic concept of eating what is in season and eating what grows and is produced around us. This 'feels' right. You get things fresher and the taste is better. It is growing now so you are in tune with the seasons. It is also cheaper, and also, you are saving fossil fuel by not having something transported long distances to your table after long periods of refrigeration, so it is more ecological. Since I garden this automatically happens, I eat out of the garden, and whatever is growing is both in season and very local! no pesticides! and you develop a special relationship with your land and your food. Now if the garden is not producing enough, or we have more people to feed, I still buy what is in season at the market, and try to shop for what is local, with a few exceptions. Right now the garden only has a few peppers and eggplants left, and a few tomatoes, lots of greens (kale), beans, and the citrus trees are really producing, so I am having lots of citrus. Good time to have citrus, right? vitamin C to fight these pesky colds everyone is getting. The way I see it is nature taking care of us with all the limes (yummy), lemons, tangerines, oranges in season, right at the season when we need them the most! Also, did you guys notice rose hips are ready to be harvested! rose hips have HEAPS of vitamin C. I did mention eggplants, tomatoes and peppers. Add potatoes to this. Acording to the macrobiotic diet these are nightshades and should not be eaten. This is where they lose me. I cannot live without tomatoes, I love eggplants, adore potatoes, and who is going to take my hot peppers away from me? who would dare indeed....oh no do not even try. When I go to Europe I travel with my little cholula hot sause in my luggage....he he he.Also, the macrobiotic diet for some reason shuns salads, and in the spring and summer I almost live from salads, salad is usually dinner in any case. Made with either salad greens we grow, or later from the cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers that grow in the summer garden. Sprinkle a few nuts, olives, and voila! dinner. Not macrobiotic but in tune with the garden and the seasons. So here you go, take some of the principles, and reject what does not make sense for you[like giving up hot peppers for me ;-)] Cabrita @ los angeles , " Melissa " <mapalicka wrote:>> Yeah, the diet looks blah. I'm more exhausted than anything and was> thinking that something in my diet was lacking (on top of holiday> stress and what not) We've been making lots of different soups that> have been good. Maybe it is the lack of sunlight blues. Would still> be interested to hear from any macrobiotic fans : ) > > > > --- In , thelilacflower@ wrote:> >> > I believe you need to try some new vegetarian recipes with flavor. > A macrobiotic diet is boring. I did it for a while. Brown rice, sea> veggies, miso. There is a philosophy along with this diet. I think> you will find it very blah. Maybe you need to add some herbs and> spices to your meals. Try different grains and veggies. Could you> have the holiday blues like many and think it's yoiur diet? A> vegetarian diet has such variety.> > Donna> > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile> > > > > > " Melissa " <mapalicka@>> > > > Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:04:19 > > > > Macrobiotic Diet anyone?> > > > > > I've been veg for a long time and don't plan to go back to meat, but> > am feeling a little blah. I am looking for another direction or> > something to inspire me a bit (not a fad necessarily) just some> > inspiration and something to hopefully help me feel better physically.> > I have been reading up on Macrobiotic principles. Wondering if> > anyone has suggestions for that diet and life style? anyone following> > veg, macrobiotic diet?> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I have been macrobiotic for over 20 years. I was very strict with the healing diet for several years and then gradually expanded my choices. I can't recommend it highly enough. I believe that is what has kept me alive and relatively problem free for so long. I have a number of health challenges but overall, I handle more stress and have more energy than others with the same issues who do not practice macrobiotics. It does take some discipline and planning. It is lack of time and too much travel with my husband that causes my practice to be less than I would often like. I think it is at least worth a try to see how you feel with it. I noiced changes within several days and had major improvements each week for months. Good luck with your decisions , " Melissa " <mapalicka wrote: > > I've been veg for a long time and don't plan to go back to meat, but > am feeling a little blah. I am looking for another direction or > something to inspire me a bit (not a fad necessarily) just some > inspiration and something to hopefully help me feel better physically. > I have been reading up on Macrobiotic principles. Wondering if > anyone has suggestions for that diet and life style? anyone following > veg, macrobiotic diet? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I beg to differ. If you find macrobiotics boring, I think you are doing something wrong. The strict healing diet is restrictive but the results are worth the effort. One of the reasons Melissa may not feel well may be that her body is stressed from indiscriminate use of herbs and spices. (Most people don't consider the nature of the herbs and spices they use, they just use them because they taste good.) Christina Pirello's cookbooks have amazing macrobiotic recipes that are far from boring. The philosophy behind macrobiotics is simplicity and taking all factors into account. Most people do not consider the seasons of they year when choosing their foods. In olden days, there was no decision because warming foods were the only available foods during the winter. Today, food is shipped in from all over the world. But most people do not consider that when they are freezing in below zero temperatures in Maine it is even more stressful for their body if they drink orange juice for breakfast because orange juice grows in a tropical climate and had a nature that is meant to cool the body in that climate. When you continually stress your body this way, you don't feel well. Macrobiotics makes you aware of that fact. It makes you aware of choosing quality food. It makes you aware of all the factors in both the food and your lifestyle that contribute to a balanced or imbalanced body and how much better you feel when your body is balanced. You cannot get more variety than is available in a macrobiotic diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I gave it a shot for 8 months, wasn't for me. I found it boring too. Just wasn't worth the work and the restrictions. I have no desire for veganism either. All you can do it get info and give it a try. Not every diet or lifestyle is right for every single person. Chico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Thanks for everyone weighing in on macrobiotics. I think everything can work differently for different people for sure. For example, I'd love to be vegan, but seem to get sick constantly when I've tried for extended time periods. I will look into macrobiotics some more and maybe try some parts or all parts of the lifestyle for a while out of curiosity. thanks, melissa p , " chico_trucker " <chico_trucker wrote: > > I gave it a shot for 8 months, wasn't for me. I found it boring too. > Just wasn't worth the work and the restrictions. > I have no desire for veganism either. > All you can do it get info and give it a try. Not every diet or > lifestyle is right for every single person. > > Chico > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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