[AkiNara]

Thanks so much for your reply.

Well, he was a good counselor (Warren Kramer. He was excellent.), but I guess I haven't been keeping in contact with him. I blame myself more than him, really. I guess I'm just kind of embarrassed about not really using his guidelines. And I've been "cheating" (I was eating chocolate up until a couple months ago)... I think it's mainly my fault. I was shy during our meeting and forgot to request a meal plan and didn't ask many questions. I'll try and email him today.

As for cooking in the morning... Hmm. I'm not sure. He works from 7:00-12:00, comes home for lunch, then comes home at 5:00 at the end of the day. There isn't a lot of spare time until he gets home at five. I usually just have rice porridge or oatmeal in the morning, and leftovers for lunch. But maybe with some organizing we can try it. I'll run it by him.

He tends to be slow when it comes to prep work, and tends to burn things if he does too much multitasking. And he needs to use recipes, even if he's cooked a dish a couple dozen times. A chef he is not. Hehe! It's hard to quickly throw anything together. That's why I was hoping for ways to save time, but I obviously don't want things to oxidize too much.

Another problem is lack of recipes. I'd love to take what we made last night and freshen it up, but when it's rice and beans and root kinpira... I'd have no idea how to do that. I have lots of recipes with fresh ingredients, but not many using leftovers. I'm getting sort of disinterested in my food, sadly.

I'm trying to study yin/yang/acid/alkaline, but other than macrobiotics.co.uk, I'm not finding many good macro resources. And reading books can be awkward for me. I want to do courses on macroamerica.com, but they cost money I don't have at the moment.

My mother is still around, but we're in the process of selling the house and moving to separate apartments, then divorce after that. Things will be much better than they have been very soon. My dad is also planning on going macro when we move. I'm very excited about that.

And I was kidding about the joke thing. Haha! I thought I was being too serious. But thanks for trying! Mighty sweet of you.

And I have no idea what could balance out being in bed with no sun or fresh air... But I'm sure my body needs something it isn't getting.

As for my condition/his advice... Well, it's an overly yang condition from too much poultry, meat, eggs, dairy, and also white flour. Lately I'm feeling cold, weak (my arms don't move easily anymore), stiff (3 of my fingers are bending oddly), and anxious/paranoid.

Our notes of his recommendations were:

"Fried Rice – twice per week
Brown Rice once or twice/day (use barley after that)
Cracked Grains 2 or 3 times per week
Steamed bread with tahini and sauerkraut 2 or 3 times per week
Noodles – 3 times per week in broth
Rice and beans every 7 to 10 days
Soup daily
Creamy sweet veggie soup – 2 or 3 times per week

Nishime 3 to 4 times per week
Squash/beans/kombu 3 times per week
Daikon with veggies and kombu 2 or 3 times per week
Roots and tops 2 or 3 times per week
Steamed greens 4 to 5 times per week
Boiled salad, blanched veggies daily
Pressed salad 4 to 5 times per week
Quick sautéed veggies 3 to 4 times per week
Kinpira 2 to 3 times per week
Stewed veggies with Tofu – 2 times per week
Beans – daily
Umeboshi plums – 2 times per week
Sweet Veggie drink – daily"

Just in case you wanted to know.

Thanks for commenting, Klara! Much love for you.