Hello Klara, and thank you for your much appreciated reply. I had to smile when you wrote, “Hey there lil miz (notice what I left off).” I knew when I picked that user name I might get some raised eyebrows, and maybe should have used lil miz tofu cake.
You are correct on the excitement assessment, I am really exited but often that exited turns in to a bit of impatient-ness. When making such a large life transition it can be very frustrating, irritating, with a feeling things just aren’t happing right, or fast enough. I know I have to go about this one step at a time for success but sometimes it feels as if I am making one step forward and two steps back. I am sure that is normal though. The one thing that does relax me about macrobiotics is that there is a lot of flexibility, especially in the beginning, and I can take a deep breath and say, “Its ok-better luck tomorrow.”
I have been having difficulties finding local stores in my area that are not a very far driving distance, and then when I am in those stores finding ingredients and supplies that I need, but…I suppose that is one of the non-benefits of living farther out, (live in sticks.) I try and be positive though, and although there is a lot of frustration driving around it is nice to find new places and explore things that I have never knew existed. I think that a lot of this frustration comes because I also have two small boys in tow who do not especially enjoy shopping.
On the subject of coffee, I was wondering that myself, “I think like everyone else who transitions to mb, all those things that you think you can't live without change as your diet changes - and in turn, as your body changes.”
I have noticed since I have been eating more grains, brown rice and oatmeal, and vegetables, that I have fewer cravings already, and often when a meal choice of lets say, pizza or other, it does not appeal to me or sometimes doesn’t even sound yummy. I think this is a combination of eating better and also reading more about different foods, dairy, meat, ect. This morning I woke up after a good night rest and didn’t feel like I needed coffee to “wake up” but felt a lot better than I have in awhile. (Good sign!) So I am hopeful that this coffee feeling I have will hopefully be gone with better diet and some exercise.
I have only cooked brown rice one way, boiled, so I suppose many different options will make it much more appealing, and I love wild rice so that will be great to try. I have been hunting around for a nice stainless steel presser cooker but amazingly enough most regular stores do not carry them at all and if they do they are in these gigantic sizes made for canning. I am going to hunt down some specially cooking supply places and if I have no luck then I will be ordering one from on line. It will be really interesting cooking with a presser cooker because I have had no experience with them or have never even seen one in action. My mother swears against them because of one of those bad -pot exploding, lid sticking in ceiling, food splattered everywhere, experiences her mother had. It seems presser cookers have come a long way since then.
Even with the little bit of frustration and not feeling as though things are coming together fast enough, I am having fun and enjoying transitioning into macrobiotics. I feel the rewards are greater than suffering a little frustration here and there, and I am just so thankful I accidentally came across macrobiotics. Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply and I hope you find yourself well today.
Lil Miz Tofu Cake (he he har har)
