A Regimen for Remission
This log tracks my regimen of attitude, exercise, stress management, and SCD foods. Since I started this regimen in 1997, I've been able to keep my Crohn's in a drug-free remission.

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Even though I may have experimented beyond the SCD from time to time, one must remember that everyone is different. Follow the intro diet for 3-5 days, and stick with the SCD until you are completely symptom free for at least one year before experimenting.

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Happy Earth Day! So what have you done for the Earth lately? Car-pool? Electric mower? Recycle? Anyway, after a breakfast of scrambled eggs and fruit, we're off to some Earth Day festivities.
mhs@06:34

Friday, April 21, 2000

Dinner: A totally awesome Thai trout dish!! We made Pla Pao Ubon, or grilled whole fish with lemongrass and basil. We grow basil and lemongrass in our herb garden, so this recipe wasn't too difficult. Basically, it was a whole trout stuffed with basil and lemongrass, a little fish sauce, soy, and garlic. Then wrapped in a banana leaf (keep 'em in the freezer for occasions like this), then wrapped in foil. Grill that puppy for 8 minutes per side, and you've got a taste of Thailand! The recipe we used came from Nancie McDermott's Real Thai - we've used recipes from this book on many occasions. Check it out! Alongside our Thai trout we feasted on grilled zucchini with spicy bean sauce, and a stir fry of French sting beans and garlic. Ah yes, and a small glass of fino seco.

Lunch: leftover grilled ribeye, veggie stir fry, and some salad. Oh yeah, and cauliflower "mashed potatoes"! I love three day weekends!
mhs@19:35

Breakfast: fruit!

Dinner (last night): we bought a roasted chicken, pulled it apart, and devoured it while watching TNT's Don Quixote on tape. Along with the chicken: a stir fry of broccoli, scallions, and garlic in a Penang sauce, and a tossed salad.
mhs@10:24

Thursday, April 20, 2000

Lunch: Very tasty lunch @ La Parilla Suiza. Gee, I've been in Tucson for 4 years..and just today (finally) got to this place and ran into my guapa friend Ana.

Breakfast: boring. Fruit, figs, and flew out the door.
mhs@13:49

Wednesday, April 19, 2000

Dinner: grilled turkey and chicken sausages (Gerhard's, from TJ's), cauliflower "mashed potatoes", and a nice tossed salad.

Lunch: a BACTLT from Daggwood's Cafe. I peeled most of the bread off of it, I swear! :-) It was delicious--bacon, avocado, cheddar, turkey, lettuce, and tomato on rye. My mouth still waters just to think of it! (No effect, yet...)

Breakfast: an apple, and some scrambled eggs.
mhs@21:02

Tuesday, April 18, 2000

Lunch: Laura's roasted chicken and vegetables, topped with leftover curried Swiss chard. Mmmm!
mhs@14:03

Breakfast: fruit, some nut mix, a few figs... not enough time to make something more substantial. I'm going to be up on my feet, facilitating a JAD session today--I'm going to be mighty hungry this morning!
mhs@08:11

Monday, April 17, 2000

Dinner: cheeseburger with guacamole and bacon @ Fuddruckers in Scottsdale
Lunch: grilled chicken salad @ Il Forniao
Breakfast: fruit
mhs@21:47

Sunday, April 16, 2000

Another awesome dinner @ Mike & Laura's :-) Appetizers: brilled Italian brown mushrooms, stuffed with shallots and garlic. Followed by a tossed salad (with organic raisins!) and a balsamic vinaigrette, leftover curried Swiss chard, and grilled salmon fillets with garlic and black bean sauce. We get our fish at Wild Oats, but who knows how much longer one will be able to get the variety of fish one would like? I bring this up because there are many species of fish that are so overfished that voluntary (and mandatory) reduced "takes" have been imposed. Wild Oats is conscious about this and has removed at least four types of fish from their stores. But is that enough? Others are still being over-caught, sold, and consumed. Check out what the EDF has to say.

Much of the problem stems from our growing population's demands on the earth's natural resources. However, the ways fish are caught can also play a large role in the problem. For example shrimp trawlers in the Gulf of Mexico catch red snapper and other types of fish, but throw them away (long since drowned), as well as many types of sea turtles and other marine creatures. To learn more about this important issue, check out the NRDC (search their site on the key word 'overfishing') or follow this link to one of several articles on the overfishing and bycatch problem.
mhs@20:33

Gee, what have I been eating for the last 24 hours?! Let's see:
Lunch today: grilled ribeye steak with a tossed salad. Out on my back porch, wondering how the sky can stay so blue out here in AZ.

Breakfast today: fresh fruit and scrambled eggs. Jarlsberg cheese.

Dinner yesterday: grilled whole trout, stuffed with pimientos, mushrooms, black pepper, and butter.

Lunch yesterday: leftover roasted chicken, tossed salad.
mhs@13:30

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