Want!

Oh and some food would be nice too.

RRRRRAAAAAAAAAWWWWWRRRR

Day 5 and I'm detoxing the bitch within me! Ok... well not really. But I am really freaking hungry! I am absent minded and slow. It's funny. To others!
I could even eat a giant piece of beef! A piece of beef so big that it's the size of a baby cow! Actually that's a bad idea. Baby cows are cute. And I don't really like beef. Actually it makes me nauseous. Not only that, I don't think it would fit in the juicer. FAWK I am hungry!

Great Lake Swimmers LIVE!

Yep! I just came home from seeing these guys live! What an awesome show! I love em even more now. They make beards sexy too... Rawr!

Yeah, they all had beads, except for the bassist. They also have a lady who's joined the group. It's definitely working for them!

I don't know if I'll be able to sleep now :) I am still quite stoked from the show.

Lettuce Juice

Not such a good idea actually...

So yesterday was day one of the cleanse. It took me about an hour to chop up all the fruit and veggies to make two liters of juice. My morning juice was orange, apple and ginger. My evening juice was carrot, lettuce and ginger. I think I may have over done it with the lettuce. It's pretty darn yucky! My friend Dawson just about threw up when he smelled it (it does smell worse then it tastes). I have some bok choy so I am going to try that today.
I am usually one that cannot function without breakfast. My body was feeling fine just until the point when I was walking out the door. Then it was like my body was telling me "Wait. Where are we going? We haven't had breakfast yet. No, don't keep walking out the door. Hey! Get yourself back in there and have some breakfast!" I had to chuckle :) I convinced myself that everything would be fine and kept going on my way to school.
By about noon I started to get a headache. I drank LOTS of water (about 5L in total over the course of the day) along with my 2L of juice. Once home, I took it easy. Studied pathology. Had more juice. Had a nice lavender mud bath then was in bed before 10pm with Johnny Cash lulling me to sleep.
Today is going to be a busy day. Because class doesn't start until 1, after I am finished studying, I am going to go tanning, then swimming (just to do some doggy paddling in the slow lane or something like that... I want to keep exercising despite the low food intake). I then have class and then clinical internship until 9pm. If I remember from last year day 2 and 3 were quite brutal so I am going to be pacing myself.

A spring cleaning... of the internal kind

So today is day one of my spring cleaning detox. I did this last year and I felt quite good after it despite finishing early. I think I've figured out the secret to lasting longer. Less fruits and veggies in a drink. I should probably stick to two or three kinds to prevent my drink tasting like compost. We'll see if that works :)
So what this detox entails is that I juice fruits and/or veggies and drink said juice at a two hour intervals so to not get hungry. Reading back on my last post I realized there was a phase 1 of this detox... which I completely forgot about. So I am going straight into the 2nd phase because I already bought a whackload of vegetables (if I laid them all out it would look like last years photo). Out of curiosity I weighed myself (which only happens once a year at about this time. Last year I weighed 146) and I now weigh 154. Woah damn! What have I done in the past year?! See this is why I don't weigh myself because then I worry about numbers instead of just focusing on the fact that I feel and look healthy. Luckily I forget numbers easily and will most likely forget this one :)
Time to go make my juice for the day!

Ssshhhhhhh!!!

Damn house! So loud! Ok so the basement is and that's where I study, sleep and basically live when I am not at school. My bro and his fiance are in the room next door studying and talking while listening to trance and now Mom has started to work out on the treadmill. Normally this wouldn't bother me too much except I am getting freaking fed up with studying so I need peace and quiet so that nothing is bothering me and so I have nothing to complain about.
It's getting frustrating! During the weekend I work, study and play a little and prepare myself for the exam that I have in professional development and my afternoon class (which varies, but always has an exam). Tuesday night I study for anatomy and physiology which I have on Wednesday with clinical rotations in the afternoon. At night, I study for the orthopedic treatment exam which is on Friday. Thursday clinical rotations with a little bit of studying and here I usually swim. Friday, orthopedic treatment exam followed by an afternoon of clinical rotation until 9pm. At some point and time I find time to study for systemic pathology and systemic treatment exams which are both on Saturday. By the end of all that it's time for the weekend and I get to do it all again the following week.
Yes, we have an exam in EVERY subject in every class on every day. Each exam ranges from 30 to 100 questions and is always on a different section. It's tough to study for one thing then just as you're getting into the groove, you write the exam, do not so good to alright on it and then you have to move on to an other subject.
Bah! Tonight I am frusterated! I want to vent and so I did. Now I am going to sleep and tomorrow I am going to wake disturbingly early so I can study what I didn't get to study tonight. At least it'll be quiet tomorrow morning. Yay silence.

A tiwist on an old desert

My Grand Maman used to make this recipe on the farm. It was easy and cheap because there were always milk and eggs and raisins and rice were inexpensive. It can also be done in a larger batch to feed a family of 11. I've completely changed the recipe but the rice and milk remain the same (must try with almond milk though!). There's actually no recipe for the rice pudding that I make because it's a dum dee dum (my dad's words for a recipe that I am making up as I go along). Here's my best shot at writing it out.

2 eggs at room temperature
1 cup brown rice
2 cups water
pinch of salt
2 cups milk
1 tsp cinnamon
itty bitty pinch nutmeg (freshly ground if possible)
1 tablespoon honey (or more to taste)
1/2 cup raisins (other dried fruit can be used... apples, cherries, prunes, apricots
1 tsp vanilla

Remove eggs from fridge and let them warm to room temperature.
Get a pot. A large one if you're an enthusiastic aka messy cook (like me) or a medium one if you're neat and tidy.
Measure out 1 cup of brown rice, 2 cups of water and a pinch of salt (Himalayan salt is wonderful in this. It's also better for you.)
Bring water, rice and salt to a boil then bring down to LOW heat. Let cook until all water is absorbed (size of pot makes a difference in cooking times so just keep an eye on it).
Once water is fully absorbed into brown rice, add 2 cups milk (and a glug of cream if you're making this for desert or want to make it fancier). Turn the heat up to the max.
Add a teaspoon of cinnamon (a heaping one if you like cinnamon) and a itty bitty pinch of nutmeg (freshly ground if you can) to your rice/milk mixture. Add a tablespoon of honey (the original recipe calls for plain white sugar so that works as well) and mix until honey is dissolved.
Cover and stay near your pot because if this boils over it's an epic mess! Once it's starts to boil, bring down to the lowest temperature. Simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes.
There will still be some liquid left but it will start to look thicker. If it is not yet at this stage, keep cookin'.
Remove from heat. Add 1/2 cup dried fruit and 1 tsp vanilla and stir.
In a separate bowl beat eggs until slightly fluffy (before soft peak stage). With the egg beater going, add a spoon full of pre-rice pudding to the egg mixture. Do this again a couple more times so that the egg mixture is warm. Fold in egg mixture to rest of rice pudding.
Enjoy warm or cold. Keeps refrigerated for up to a week.

I thought I'd post this here because... well I won't lose it now! And it's delicious! So anyone who would like to try this recipe, feel free. Feedback would be welcome.