Wonderful Wheatgrass

Really. Sometimes I am SO slow. I've been buying and enjoying the virtues of wheatgrass for a couple of months now. I only purchase a flat occasionally (they are not cheap), and I usually just add it to my salads or Nori rolls, because my centrifuge-style juicer isn't very efficient at extracting juice from these type of greens. It was only this past week that I finally figured out I could keep a flat growing after I cut it. Sheesh! It IS grass after all! Clearly the mental clarity that comes from eating a lot of raw foods hasn't kicked into high gear yet.

Today's food log:
*NOT RAW

Last night-1 cup of smooth move tea (laxative tea)

Meal 1
1 cup of Chai Green Tea

Meal 2
3 cups spinach
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 Tbsp of Caesar dressing*
2 Tbsp Miso, 3 heaping spoonfuls of veggie pulp
2 ounces coconut meat

Snack
2 Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted tortillas
2 Tbsp peanut butter*
1 Tbsp Honey *

Snack
2 ounces raw aged cheddar

Meal 3
8 ounces Fruit Juice
Ingredients: 6 kiwi, 1 orange, 1 persimmon, 6 pears

I think I'm overdoing the cheese and certainly the tortillas. In a way, I think I'm using them as a way to feed my cravings for carbs and fats. It's wreaking havoc with my digestive system, though. I may end the day with another salad. I just dread drinking more laxative tea (and waking up to cramps), but the lower right quadrant of my abdomen has been tender all day and I feel like I need to empty out my colon some more. I had my appendix out a couple of years ago, and I swear I've had pain there ever since. Did they leave something in there? Damage some nerves? I'm not sure, but it's starting to get annoying. Ever since going on hormone replacement therapy (early menopause a.k.a. premature ovarian failure), I can hardly eat anything without getting bloated either. I suppose I traded hot flashes for bloating. At this point, I'm just not sure which is worse.

Today's tip: I recently came across some information describing how a person should eat salads at the END of a meal, rather than as a first course. Duh. Although this is contrary to what is considered customary, it makes sense when you think about the "sweeping" role fiber plays in digestion.