I love this soup, and I’m making a big pot of it today. It is full of nutrition and medicinal value!
One important ingredient in the soup is the oyster mushroom. The oyster mushroom contains the cholesterol lowering drug, lovastatin.
Here’s the recipe for you to try. This recipe was created by me for my own health needs, you may adjust for taste and your health needs, of course!
We’ve all gone through this experience, and it’s a great time to fall off the wagon when it happens: the extreme, huge, unusual craving…..
The first thing to do of course when this happens is to stop and think about it. You are hungry as hell… why? You get plenty of nutrients, have a well balanced diet, but yet you suffer through moments of ravishing hunger. It’s not very comfortable. And anyone reading this blog knows that I am all about making losing weight as comfortable for yourself as possible. I don’t believe in suffering. Why should I put myself through that… yet, with all of my efforts to make losing weight as comfortable as possible for myself, sometimes it really sucks and I am really uncomfortable. Rare, but it happens. It happened last night. So what did I do?
Ok, today you get to hear me go on today about the superiority of, fabulousness of, benefits of, the very low calorie diet. The 800 calorie a day diet and increasing calories a bit, up to 1000 as you start exercising more. Anyone that tells you that you cannot get adequate nutrition on this kind of eating plan is wrong. They are just, wrong. For the obese, an 800 calorie a day diet that includes 5 or more servings of fruit and vegetables, along with adequate protein intake and adequate hydration, you will feel better than you’ve ever felt in your life. My diet is full of concentrated nutrients that are low in calories. And that’s it. It’s very simple, and I don’t need to pay anyone thousands of dollars to figure this out. And at the end of the month, I save on food costs too.
Check out this article that was on CNN this week:
You’ve probably heard this before: the brain often confuses thirst and hunger. If you are eating every time you are supposed to be drinking, you are getting fat. lol.
But if you are like me, you have an awful aversion to the hellacious amounts of water some of the more popular diets like Weight Watchers recommends. I do a glass or two of iced lemon water and keep myself hydrated with lots of miso broth, unsweetened teas, coffee (although coffee can be a bit dehydrating). HFC free and aspartame/saccharine free drinks, homemade kombucha, and fizzy mineral water. Almost everyday I have a warm pot of miso broth I dip my cup into several times a day until it is gone. I would say that unsweetened teas of all types are the foundation of my liquid intake. But, I really do feel better if I can choke down at least one glass of plain ice water a day.
And How Did You Handle The Holidays?
I’ve heard from other weight loss veterans and those currently trying to lose weight that the holidays are the worst time for them. I used to think the same way. If you’ve got people to entertain at your home, it’s hard to keep your kitchen clear of everything except for the most healthy foods and drinks!
My solution to this was two-fold: Take the party to a restaurant when you can -or- if you have to cook at home for guests, cook the good and healthy stuff! Roasted turkey instead of “fried,” baked sweet potatoes instead of that marshmallow brown sugar nightmare found on most holiday tables, low sugar, highly spiced fruit crisp with minimal crust, and so on… If you don’t present it as “healthy” foods, but instead present it as “gourmet” or “something different and yummy” people are not going to moan and groan about it. Read More »