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.

Monkey-see,
monkey-don't
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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Laura and I love to take walks around our neighborhood after dinner. It is good for one's digestion and it is a pleasant time of day to be outside.

We always get to enjoy something wonderful, but this evening was extra special. First, the crescent moon was setting over the Tucson mountains. We watched it slip behind the clouds, only to reappear on the other side, a deeper shade of yellow. Then as we continued to walk, we saw the biggest, brightest object, flaming through the sky. It started out above us, to the northwest, a bright blue-green flame. It sped across the sky, lost some of its luminance, and then expired in an orange flash. Meteor? Shooting star? Space rubbish entering the atmosphere? Who knows.. perhaps we'll read about it tomorrow in the newspaper?

We kept walking, talking about what that shooting object might have been. The moon came into view again, a bright orange color (the Blogger orange, perhaps?). It was breathtaking. We watched it until it had almost disappeared. Finally, when we got home, there was a teeny tiny baby banded gecko running around in the area by the front door. Tucson is such a wonderful place to live!
mhs@20:31

Dinner: leftover grilled cornish hens, tossed salad, sliced organic avocados.
mhs@20:26

Quite a few additions to the Research, FAQ, and Testimonials sections.

Lunch: Pad Thai, from Trader Joe's (no, it wasn't very SCD-legal but I wanted to have it).
Breakfast: fruit.
mhs@15:42

I just added myself to bloghop.com.
mhs@08:58

More on what people spend on lunch (see yesterday's post @ 3:36 PM):
Juan (in Alicante; a non-SCD-er with no bowel problems) writes:

Sometimes I eat a sandwich at home and just keep working. Sometimes I spend $6 on a three course lunch at any of a zillion places around here serving "menus" (the Spanish working-class value meal that may cost up to $10 or more-- but consider how low the peseta is in comparison to the dollar) The menu usually consists of salad, paella, and desert, or soup, steak or fish and ice cream, etc.
mhs@08:37

Friday, September 29, 2000

Dinner: big-time SCD feast, with Sheila Shea. Spinach salad, grilled leeks and cornish hens Provence-style, and Sheila's red lentil hummus with basil (instead of cumin).

Dessert: walnut banana bread.
mhs@22:11

The Economist reports "The British working lunch has become more like America's. According to a Datamonitor report, the majority of Britons take just 25-30 minutes and often eat sandwiches at their desks. Germans, among Europe's richest folk, spend an average of just $2.69 a day on lunch. Spaniards on average spend $6.30 on lunch, take up to three hours to eat it and often need a sleep to recover."
I asked a fellow SCD-er (Mik, in Denmark) what he does for lunch. Here is his reply:

For years, since I started SCD, I have been having the same lunch every day - and STILL enjoy it: In the morning, I make a fruit salad of 1 apple, 1 orange, 1 ripe banana, almond flour, almond paste (from roasted almonds), dried fruits such as figs and dates, sometimes a mango, grapes, etc. I eat half right away, and the other half goes in a jar and is put in the bag - my lunch. :-)
Price: somewhere between 2-3 dollars, I'd think.
mhs@15:36

Lunch: leftover grilled trout, leftover chicken tandoori, and steamed squash.
mhs@15:30

Breakfast: an apple, a banana, some nut and raisin mix.
mhs@07:57

Thursday, September 28, 2000

Noticia: superchango ha vuelto!
mhs@20:22

Dinner: chicken tandoori, curried cauliflower with eggplant and raisins.
mhs@20:12

Lunch: tunafish salad, tossed salad.
mhs@13:31

Breakfast: fruit, cheese, nuts.
mhs@09:05

Wednesday, September 27, 2000

Dinner: grilled ruby trout, steamed artichokes, and sauteed carrots with butter.
Lunch: leftover turkey burgers, tossed salad.
Breakfast: fruit.

Yesterday was a big travel day--up at 5am, off to San Jose, and home at midnight. I did not eat well (not very SCD-legal), and ended up paying for it much of the night in trips to the bathroom. So, boys and girls... what did we learn here? Do as Elaine says, not as Mike does! :-)
mhs@20:02

Monday, September 25, 2000

Dinner: grilled salmon with butter and pepper, tossed salad, and baked acorn squash.
Lunch: leftover turkey burgers, tossed salad.
Breakfast: fruit, nuts, cheese, walnut-almond-cranberry muffins.
mhs@20:47

Sunday, September 24, 2000

Dinner: leftover grilled turkey burgers, steamed summer squash with butter and pepper.
mhs@21:00

Lunch: grilled turkey burgers with salsa and garam masala (don't knock it until you try it!), tossed salad.
Breakfast: fruit, nuts, leftover dinner from last night.
Dinner (yesterday): P. F. Chang's, a way over-rated Chinese mini-chain. Yes, it's nice but when you get down to it one can eat far better food elsewhere for the same price or less. And their service was horrible. I had eaten at this place in Denver and was not that impressed; they opened a place here in Tucson a few months ago, Laura wanted to see if it was really as I had described.
Yup, it was.
If they want to bring a mini-chain to Tucson, they should bring Il Fornaio, or however it is spelled.
mhs@14:28

I archived a bit of doodie humor on scdiet.org -- check it out!
mhs@08:48

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