Tuesday, 29th January

29 January 2008

Spiritual Practices

Chant Discipline

Ganesh Mantra

Day 29 (of 40)

Lakshmi Mantra

Day 4 (of 40)

Diet

8:10 am		Water		500 ml
9:00 am		Breakfast
		Scrambled eggs		157 g		231 cal
		Calories				231 cal
		Rating				Good
11:30 am		Brunch
		Citrus and raisin oats		122 g		444 cal
		Calories				444 cal
		Rating				Good
1:30 pm		Lunch
		Kiwi fruit		182 g		111 cal
		Ricotta		100 g		156 cal
		Calories				267 cal
		Rating				Good
3:30 pm		Water		500 ml
4:15 pm		Tea
		Ice cream		150 g		313 cal
		Calories				313 cal
		Rating				Poor
7:45 pm		Dinner
		Rollmops		250 g		375 cal
		Calories				375 cal
		Rating				Fair
8:15 pm		Water		500 ml
10:15 pm		Supper
		Yoghurt		150 g		187 cal
		seeds		12 g		67 cal
		Calories				254 cal
		Rating				Good

Okay, the ice cream isn’t good, but it’s the only really bad food I’ve eaten all month, and it was a planned treat.

No where near enough protein today.

Tim had some questions about water intake, and it’s results.

Q. Have you found that your skin condition has improved?

A. No.

Q. Has your aches and pains in your joints reduced?

A. If anything, they are worse, but that’s because a few ot the exercises back in the first week aggravated some old injuries and there hasn’t been a period of layoff to allow full healing.

Q. Have you had better concentration?

A. No, but that’s largely been due to the slide into depression.

Q. Have you noticed when you have not been drinking enough water?

A. Yes. It was noticable after the bout of depression that I was showing signs of mild dehydration (slightly yellowish urine).

Q. Have you found that your body's “elimination” of waste improved?

A. No change here—still twice a day.

This may seem like a negative report, but a number of factors should be born in mind.

I already had a fairly high water intake—there were no signs of any dehydration. I suspect—but cannot prove—that my average water intake might even have dropped under this regime.

I often had a mug (500 ml) of rooibos or herbal tea with a meal. Because these were banned, I usually didn’t drink with my meals, but had mugs of water while preparing some meals (when I remembered), and between meals at other times. I was drinking a lot of water prior to January, and certainly found it easier/more pleasant to drink that water as tissanes.

Total Calories:		1884 kCal
P/C/F Split:		20% / 37% / 43%
Protein:		96 g.
Carbohydrates:		174 g.
Sugars:		96 g.
Fat:		90 g.
Saturated Fat:		38 g.
Fibre:		18 g.
Water:		1500 ml.

Gratitude

• Jacqueline du Pre’s recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
• iTunes’ Party Shuffle feature.
• Sue dragging me out to see National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Not a great movie—there were plot holes you could drive a road train though—but fun if you turned your brain off.
• Rollmops for dinner. Again, something which is allowable—okay, there’s a little sugar in the pickling liquid, but less than 1%—and can be obtained at the supermarket.
• Dark chocolate ice cream