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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Feel free to contact me if you still have questions.

I'm waiting for the newest book about online communities, Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places. Written by Derek Powazek, this should be a nice addition to my collection of collaboration and online community books! (The cute cover is by Loobylu.)
mhs@11:08

Breakfast: SCD yogurt, fruit, nuts. I'm browsing...is it time to get a DVD player?
mhs@10:05

Last night we rented Unbreakable, and really enjoyed it! I really enjoyed Samuel L. Jackson (he is so enjoyable in this kind of part!), and Bruce Willis was pretty cool, too. The ending surprised me, left me hanging a little bit, but it was a great story in what appears to have been set up for a sequel or more. Something I found curious was the 3-5 minute promotion for the DVD version at the beginning of the VHS tape. I wonder, do they promote the VHS version at the beginning of the DVD? :-)

Dinner, yesterday: grilled salmon with a garlic and black bean sauce, steamed artichokes, tossed salad with mustard vinaigrette, and a glass of merlot (followed by another gorgeous Tucson sunset)!
mhs@08:07

Friday, July 20, 2001

A nice morning jog, followed by breakfast: SCD yogurt, apples, a banana, and some pecans.

This morning's Bizarro:

mhs@07:53

Thursday, July 19, 2001

Dinner: grilled chicken sausages, chilled beet and citrus salad, tossed salad with vinaigrette dressing (and another gorgeous sunset during our after dinner walk!).
mhs@20:14

First: happy birthday to my brother Scott!

Lunch: a buffet of leftovers: Carcassian chicken, beet salad with walnuts and citrus, sauteed spinach in garlic, and lentil salad.

We watched the sun set last evening while we cooked, ate, and long after we finished our after-dinner walk--we love these 90+ minute sunsets! Dinner consisted of: tossed salad of green leaf lettuce with a delicious mustard vinaigrette, grilled yogurt-and-spice marinated chicken, and sauteed spinach with garlic. During our after-dinner walk we were delighted by the tiny toads that come out at this time of year. Less than a half-inch long, they hop along at sundown; one hopped onto Laura's foot as we passed by!
mhs@13:00

Wednesday, July 18, 2001

Breakfast: fruit, cheese, nuts.

Following our yoga class with Lucy (our new instructor): fruit & SCD yogurt "smoothie", nuts, cheese. Beforehand: chicken and veggies.
mhs@06:46

Tuesday, July 17, 2001

Experimentation in the SCD Labs: making something akin to 'bagel chips' with lentils. So far I've been successful in making a delicious garlicy-oniony-cheddar-lentil 'round'. They are quite tasty, but unless I add some egg they seem to fall apart quite easily. The search for a unifying, stabilizing ingredient continues. Stay tuned.
mhs@16:01

Lunch: leftover Carcassian chicken, tossed salad, and a banana.
mhs@12:14

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt, pecans.

We have been enjoying dinner on our back patio. Usually it is too hot during the summer, but the afternoons cool off during monsoon, and yesterday was no exception. It is wonderful to eat outdoors where there are few buzzing insects and watch the rainbows, sunsets, and colorful cloud formations above.

Coincidentally, we had a Turkish meal before watching the 1964 theif classic, Topkapi. Laura made a delicious cold salad of steamed beets, beet tops, citrus, and capers; I made Carcassian chicken (chicken in a sauce of onion and finely ground almonds and walnuts). Delicious!

mhs@08:30

Monday, July 16, 2001

Undue punishment for already painful colons:
I recently learned that Nestle has come up with a product for IBD-ers. Unfortunately, it does not appear to be any more than a copy of the already-existing 'liquid nutrition drinks' on the market, and is complely full of sugars which will aggravate the heck out of one's colon. Read on >>
mhs@07:52

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