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Kat--it's actually really hard at the moment with the non-smoking thing due to the onset of spring. Everytime I walk outdoors, I want to spark up a butt! I always smoked outdoors and never polluted my house. Part of my motivation to lose the habit was because I could not bear to freeze my butt off at four in the morning in the dead calm cold of winter. Ooooh, yes, it is good smoking weather. However, I just walk faster past my tobacco sullied past self. I have conversations on my walks through the woods behind my house with "smelly Kate." And then, I get a buzz from walking so fast which gives me the whole endorphin cycle and later excites my dopamine receptors so brain goes through it's happy cycle.

I hit the HFS on my trek today and stocked up on Hemp seeds & Pumpkin seeds and Brazil nuts and Black Sesame Seeds and Hazelnuts to add a certain elven vegan quality to my warped creations. I also found a really twisted zucchini cookbook.
I also picked up some smoked tofu! I think I must be low in zinc and selenium, so...I'll add some seeds.

Yes, I had a salad for lunch, but I put it (raw) in the food processor and did not suffer. I wish I had an organic banana with which to blend it, however, I improvised with steamed carrots and scallions and avocado and used a few asparagus tips as dippers. I know beets would have been divine in this. It's funny how much raw lettuce shrinks!

This is a fun board--each of us unique in our food styles and all trying to express our sense of healthfulness in the moment and co-manage IBS. I must say, though, I did pay in quite the "raw" bum feeling, today, due to that salad binge.
I'm funny--greens are so nerve calming that I lose attention and just eat them. Generally, though, I stick to cooked/food processed.

Now, I can hardly wait to go nuts with my greens, etc. Very finely ground, i.e. like a flour, they should be safe in moderation.

Okay, enough health babble. I like being able to walk faster and longer without huffing and puffing. I think I will sleep deeply, tonight and snore--a bonus of just moving my butt for no special reason beyond that it feels good.

Kate.

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