Fasting, Flabbing, and The Great Green Ganja

hey lovelies,

day 2ish of fasting proved O-K, but I had WAY too many solids:

1 bowl miso soup

1 plum

1 bowl bean/broccoli/pea soup

gum

lots water

and also a lick of weed butter. Shit's tasty! I meant to ask you all though, what is your stance on the ol' Mary J, anyhow? I like how it increases my heart rate and makes me feel light. I don't like how sometimes food gets paired with it, a la the Munchies of Doom.

and now, I guess here are some body pictures. Prepare yourselves.

--ughh---

these are the Cheap Mondays I cannot properly squeeze myself into, as you may note by the bulging button fly. Mostly the lack of fitting-properly derives itself from this area:

[edit: picture removed, I couldn't stand it]

butt/thighs. Don't know if the thunder thighs came outta doing hurdles in track and field, or the Pill, or a curse from the Gods. Either way. bane of my existence, and my desire to fit into skinny jeans properly.

--end ughhhh--

Tomorrow I am planning an all-liquid day. Can't decide what it'll consist of yet. Probs green tea, lemon juice, and kombucha. And TOMATO JUICE NOM NOM

xxxooo Eva

It's Official

I'm fasting!

Yesterday I started (ostensibly), had two cups of Fiber One, a cup of Miso with bean juice and zucchini, and a plum.

Today:

Miso soup

lemon juice

miso soup/zucchini/sauerkraut (for digestive health y'all!)

Just got back from yoga and the scale says 134! So that's my starting weight on the fast.

Heightsshhhh

What's everyone's height? (No pressure to post of course)

Any tall people? They say taller heights hide weight but not on this body. I have the hugest thunder thighs ever. And a fattttt ass.

Starting a fast today, so far with Eibbroc and Vicki and Ixia!

Today is Fiber One for b, l, and dinner with tea, kombucha, apple cider vinegar, and 3 liters of water interspersed.

The Fiber 1 should add up to about 240 cals total. Strength, my good ladies and gentlemen!

xxxooo Eva

I Battled the Bulge, the Bulge Won

"How are you feeling?"
Like a whale.
"Comment vas-tu?"
Comme une baleine.
"Ni hao ma?"
(don't know how to answer "I feel like a whale" in Mandarin yet)

So guess who went to the buffet and binged like a budai. ME


I ate better than I would have in past years, forgoing (most) starchy things for seafood and veggies, but I let a few things slip, especially with sushi. So much fucking sushi. GEE!

Anyway my tum is distended and I probably gained like ten fucking pounds and I even made friends with Mia on my front lawn for a few minutes but I doubt that did much (maybe a crab leg, or a few prawns if I'm lucky). Finished off the night with a sickening two cups of the good ol' Green Box tea, otherwise known as "Diet Tea", "Dieters Tea II", "3 Ballerina Tea", et cetera. Shit is nasty but it works great to clear the innards out, no?

And how's everyone else's weekend? Would anyone like to begin a 7-day fast with me tomorrow?
As for me I'm rolling myself off to bed. Or like, flopping there.
xxx(XL)ooo
Eva

Fermenting is superFly!

Does anyone engage in the crazy, risky and fun process of fermenting food?

There are many examples of this practice:

yoghurt

kombucha

vinegar

sauerkraut

miso

honey wine

tempeh

kimchi

beer

making kimchi in Korea

basically a lot of dishes that are kind of "weird" foods by American standards, haha.

The thing is, most of these foods are better for you fermented than they are as their original products because the process creates really awesome little bacteria that eat up carbohydrates. Like, for example, when making Kombucha you add a lot of sugar to black tea, but then add the kombucha culture which proceeds to EAT all the sugar until the caloric content is tiny!

I make a lot of kombucha and sauerkraut. They take a few weeks but hey it's a "reward" goal to have your kimchi or kombucha ready after you check your scale for the most recent weight loss.

Wiki has some good info on uses/benefits...

But for me the biggest benefits are:

fermented foods are LOW CALORIE

fermented food is good for your digestive system

fermented food is fun to make when you're restricting

MISO! sip it up.

--Kombucha recipe (you can just buy a bottle at the store and use it for your first batch, instead of getting a "mother)

--gorgeous Kimchi instructional

--Sauerkraut tutorial: I make mine in littler glass jars covered with a plastic bag, usually works fine.

--some health site on the benefits of fermenting

--great miso soup recipe; just take out the tofu and it's way low cal.

--"what to eat after a gluttonous meal?": detox

I have also read that eating fermented foods before/after fasting is like the very best thing for your system.

Any questions? What's your favorite fermented food? What's your least favorite?

xxxooo Eva