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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Dinner: grilled trout with butter and pepper; cauliflower "mashed potatoes"; a small glass of amontillado.
mhs@20:32

Breakfast: an apple a banana, and some pecans.

Dinner (yesterday): Grilled fresh Pacific swordfish with butter and pepper, a tossed salad, and grilled sliced zucchini with olive oil, garlic, and a dash of soy sauce. Delicious!! Note: North Atlantic swordfish are endangered due to overfishing--please do not buy them or patronize stores that sell them. According to the NRDC, in 1960, most swordfish caught in the North Atlantic weighed over 250 pounds. Today, three decades after the emergence of an indiscriminate fishing method called longlining, the average North Atlantic swordfish caught weighs just 90 pounds. And with over half the North Atlantic swordfish caught too young to breed, the population is seriously overfished. If you want to read more about the endangered Atlantic swordfish, check out the NRDC.ORG site.
mhs@06:48

Thursday, June 29, 2000

Lunch: turkey burgers and stir-fried broccoli with garlic.
mhs@12:33

Breakfast: fruit and cheese.
mhs@06:29

Wednesday, June 28, 2000

Lunch: leftover grilled chicken with sate sauce, steamed string beans, and a tossed salad.
mhs@12:54

OT: there was a segment on the radio this morning about high gas prices, especially in the mid-west of the United States. Awww, do you really think gas prices are too high?

I don't. I argue that they are not high enough. If people car-pooled, timed their shopping with their daily commute, took public transportation, and oh-so much more, gas prices would lower a bit. But the real point here is that gas comes from petroleum, which is a natural resource. This natural resource, like most, is limited. And what that means, folks, is that it ain't gonna be around forever and it ought to be priced as a limited resource. Snap out of it: start car-pooling, stop running "shopping errands" in your SUV. And read page 4 of this document!
mhs@08:06

Breakfast: an apple and some dccc with mezquite honey. Belieive me, get some mezquite honey--it tastes so much better than that clover stuff! And no, it doesn't taste like that mezquite-flavored grill sauce you find in the store. Mezquite honey has a more robust flavor, and is less "sugary" than the clover honey.
mhs@08:00

Tuesday, June 27, 2000

Dinner: a fine middle eastern dinner at Sinbads, on University. A delicious, albeit dry roasted chicken breast, with steamed veggies. One thing I have found to be quite beneficial when eating out on the SCD is to ask "can I have double the veggies and no [starch]?" They usually have no problem with that! For dessert I had 25 cents-worth of M&M's from a gumball machine. I know, I know I'm setting a bad example for the newbies. Don't eat chocolate, you SCD-ers! Do as I say, not as I do! :-)
mhs@21:04

Lunch: all-you-can-eat Mongolian grill @ Rose Garden. It's fun for the whole family! It's healthy! It's great! And if you don't like what you get, you can only blame yourself!
mhs@13:45

Breakfast: an apple, some dry curd cottage cheese (with mezquite honey), and a banana. Notice a trend here?! :-)
There was a saying that was popular in the last century: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"; it goes for breakfast, too. Listen to your gut. Eat what works for you. And don't stress about it!
mhs@07:00

Monday, June 26, 2000

Dinner: grilled chicken with sate sauce, grilled eggplant, and a tossed salad.
mhs@20:53

Lunch: leftover roasted chicken, sauteed stringbeans with garlic, and sauteed mushrooms with onions.
mhs@13:44

Snacks: a mix of nuts and raisins.
mhs@12:12

Breakfast: apples, a banana, and dccc.
mhs@06:55

Sunday, June 25, 2000

Dinner: grilled Ahi tuna, tossed salad...

Lunch: Veggie burgers from Trader Joe's. TJ's carries all kinds of stuff that is SCD-legal!
mhs@17:10

OK, so this has nothing to do with Flog or SCD, but I'm posting it here just the same. Enjoy!

DOJ announces plans to "break-up" Tiger Woods

On the heels of their victory against Microsoft, the DOJ has announced they plan to "break-up" Tiger Woods. DOJ's lead prosecutor, Joel Klein, claims Tiger uses unfair golfing techniques which stifle his competition. Klein also stated that he doesn't necessarily want to "break-up" Tiger Woods; however, if they can't find some way to handicap him enough to allow other golfers to win then there would be no other choice. Under a break-up plan Tiger Woods would have to play half his tournaments as "Tiger" and the other half as "Woods". Although this may not give other golfers an advantage it would increase the tax revenue to the government.

Tiger Woods said he plans to fight these charges. He has done nothing wrong except practice hard and play-to-win.

Mark Fitzpatrick, anti-trust expert, said, "This "play-to-win" attitude is what started all Tiger's problems. If Tiger would just allow other's to win he would not have a monopoly on the golf course. He really brought this upon himself. He should have known the government couldn't allow this much golfing power in the hands of just one person. If I was Tiger, I would settle out of court. An appropriate remedy might be that he has to wear handcuffs when driving and stand on one foot while putting."
mhs@09:36

More breakfast: scrambled eggs with scallions.
mhs@08:43

Listen To Your Gut, by Jini Patel Thompson.
Brief review by Mike Simons, 6/24/2000:
This excellent inspirational book describes a whole-body approach to overcoming Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis, and IBS. Ms. Patel provides a valuable framework of diet, exercise, stress management, and herbal treatments for quick relief of symptoms; she also includes thought-provoking questions in a worksheet format for further exploration of each chapter's concepts. While the author had minimal success with the SCD, (her personal lifestyle was not compatible with spending 'time in the kitchen'--she became "an irritated, angry person") she does recommend a very SCD-like diet throughout the book. My personal recommendation is to read this book after reading Breaking the Vicious Cycle, and assimilate the best of the two books into your own natural healing methods.
mhs@07:19

Breakfast: fruit, manchego cheese. The SCD listserve is down; check out scdiet.org instead.
mhs@07:17

Friday, June 23, 2000

Monsoon is here; it is raining again. The Arizona Daily Star has made their monsoon articles public. Check them out!
mhs@19:40

Dinner: roasted chicken and a tossed salad.
mhs@19:36

I thought Flog took the whole blog thing to a new level. Now gym really cakes the cake (in more ways than one)!
mhs@17:00

Lunch: a BACTLT (bacon, avocado, cheddar, turkey, lettuce, and tomato) sandwich. I managed to strip most of the bread off this delicious sandwich from Daggwood's.
mhs@16:52

Breakfast: fruit and dccc. Boring, but that's all I wanted.
mhs@06:36

Thursday, June 22, 2000

Dinner: tossed salad and some chicken sausages. We also made steamed summer squash but alas, they were too bitter to eat. Bad batch!
mhs@20:36

I'm eating a banana. It is pouring rain. And I want this Linux book!
mhs@15:06

I went out to the post office box and picked up some chicken wings on the way home.
mhs@13:58

It is time to feed the birds!
mhs@12:40

Lunchtime! Food, glorious food! salsiccia del tacchino ed insalata, which is turkey suasage and tossed salad.
mhs@12:37

Breakfast: apples and dccc.

Monsoon has arrived in Tucson. The night blooming heliocereus cactus are almost ready to show their glory!
mhs@06:38

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

Dinner: sauteed onions and mushrooms, cauliflower "mashed potatoes", and grilled trout with butter, salt, and pepper.
mhs@20:38

Lunch: leftover chicken tandoori and turkey burgers and a tossed salad. A nice, juicy peach for dessert.
mhs@12:32

Hey folks, take this IBD poll!
mhs@06:44

Breakfast: apples, dried figs, and some queso manchego from Trader Joe's. Learn more about queso manchego.
mhs@06:38

Tuesday, June 20, 2000

Dinner: leftover turkey burgers with a nice tossed salad while watching another gorgeous Tucson sunset.
mhs@20:46

Breakfast: fruit and cheese. Check out my movie trivia question in the What's New column!
mhs@06:42

Monday, June 19, 2000

Dinner: turkey burgers and a tossed salad!
mhs@19:44

I was on vacation for a week, and then away on business last week. I should be able to update Flog more frequently now that I am back. Here's Mike and Laura in NYC.
mhs@12:22

Lunch: chicken tandoori, spinach, and sauteed snap peas with carrots and ginger.

Breakfast: fresh fruit.
mhs@12:21

Sunday, June 18, 2000

Dinner: chicken tandoori, tossed salad, and sauteed sugar snap peas with carrots and ginger.
mhs@20:29

Lunch: grilled chicken sausages and a tossed salad.
mhs@14:09

Breakfast: fruit and scrambled eggs.
mhs@08:00

Dinner, Yesterday: broiled wild Alaska salmon with butter, salt and pepper, steamed summer squash, and sauteed string beans with garlic. That, and a glass of merlot :-)

We saw Disney's Dinosaur yesterday! It was really great!! While the plot was simple (made for kids), the special effects were fantastic!!! It is definitely a Disney movie; it speaks of the traditional values of love, caring, sticking together, good versus evil...
mhs@07:36

Thursday, June 15, 2000

Dinner: still in Houston; Cuban-style ropa vieja, asparagus, and spinach in a garlic sauce @ El Meson.

Lunch: veggie wrap, tunafish wrap. I tried to remove most of the wrap :-)

Breakfast: fruit.
mhs@17:22

Wednesday, June 14, 2000

Uhh, kewl: joe coder's blog now.
mhs@18:17

Dinner: still in Houston, tapas @ Mi Luna on University (near Rice University). Awesome! I feasted upon the ensalada de la casa (mixed greens with roasted garlic balsamic vinaigrette, tomatoes, goat cheese, and toasted pine nuts), rabo de toro a la Sevillana (braised oxtail in a Rioja wine sauce), and berenjenas a la plancha con ajo (eggplant sauteed with garlic, olive oil, and fresh cilantro). I highly recommend this place. Only areas for improvement: fewer fruitflies, and I wish my wife could have been there to dine with me!
mhs@18:09

Tuesday, June 13, 2000

Dinner: in Houston, @ Massa's. Awesome seafood. Dined on halibut with artichoke hearts, asparagus, and crab meat. Appetizer of fried calamari (not as good as Mi Cocina's in NYC) and a salad of mixed greens and endives.

Lunch: crummy salad with chicken on top from the cafeteria where I am this week.
mhs@20:28

Sunday, June 11, 2000

Still on vacation, folks. Here's a brief review of recent munchings.

Dinner yesterday @ Black Walnut in Doylestown, PA. Grilled salmon on a bed of Swiss chard, with a Kalamata olive tapanade. Non-SCD dessert: a few bites of a decadent chocolate mousse pyramid.
mhs@07:28

Tuesday, June 06, 2000

Dinner: @ Max's Oyster Bar, in West Hartford. Awesome pan-seared Alaskan char, with grilled fennel. An appetizer of fried calamari and some roasted asparagus. Our last fine meal in CT; off to NYC tomorrow to see Dirty Blonde and have dinner with friends.

Ran into my next-door neighbors @ dinner. Wow...
mhs@18:53

Yes, we're still on vacation, dining like kings @ Betsy and Marv's. It has been raining, quite a novelty for us desert-folk. Great weather for sleeping, reading, or browsing.

Which brings me to sixfoot6, the blog of the week. I rarely link to other blogs here, but this site is way too cool to not share with my visitors (especially since I'm not updating my site as often while on vacation). Enjoy!!

Dinner yesterday: broiled scrod, spinach, and a tossed salad. And nearly a whole piece of non-SCD approved pecan pie. Folks, don't try this at home! :-)
mhs@09:45

Saturday, June 03, 2000

I am on vacation, and not really near a computer. So, be patient.. not sure how many updates I'll be making until June 11th. Read the archives for more food ideas!

Dinner @ Marv & Betsy's: grilled chicken, tossed salad, and fresh strawberries for dessert.
mhs@19:27

Friday, June 02, 2000

Lunch: tossed salad with roasted chicken on top.

Breakfast: fruit, dccc.
mhs@16:42

Thursday, June 01, 2000

Dinner: steak and fried shrimp @ Applebee's.
mhs@20:02

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