The Daily Diet

Kathy on January 13th, 2011

Before breakfast weight (in pounds):  121.6 pH level:  6.0 (urine), 6.4 (saliva)…Better than 5.5 acid level, but far short of the desired 7.4 alkaline level.  Time for more calcium-loaded foods! Breakfast:  2 eggs scrambled with chopped tomatoes, onions, and peppers, 2 slice of Ezekiel bread, Tangerine tea with Vitality C, water Between meals:  Water Lunch:  Tossed [...]

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Kathy on October 9th, 2010

Sometimes I don’t eat a formal lunch.  I just keep snacking ever so often until supper time arrives!  Breakfast: 4 slices of Ezekiel bread with Earth Balance Buttery Spread, Peppermint Tea with Vitality C powder Snack: Banana, water Snack: Cocoa Cherry Standard Bar, water Snack: Apple, water Snack: 1/4 cup sunflower seeds Snack: Handful of [...]

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Kathy on September 11th, 2010

Breakfast (5:30 a.m.): 147  Nature’s Path Organic Flax Plus Multibran Cereal (from Publix) 99  Almonds (11) 10  Almond Breeze Almond Milk (unsweetened, vanilla) 16  Tablespoon of raisins Leaving for work (7:10): 0  Herbal tea with 1/2 tsp Vitality C powder N/A Supplements 0  Water Snack (9:00): 0  Water 10  2 stalks of celery 95  1 [...]

Continue reading about The Daily Diet – Friday, September 10, 2010

The results are in from following Dr. Siegal’s 28-Day Diet to determine metabolic function, and they indicate that I have hypothyroidism, a condition of low thyroid function that results in slower metabolism.  I suspected as much, but I find it fascinating that doing the math from Dr. Sanford Siegal’s book substantiated the condition. Using the worksheet [...]

Continue reading about The Results Are In! The Conclusion of Dr. Siegal’s 28-Day Diet to Determine Metabolic Rate

Day #28 weigh-in: 118.6, on this LAST DAY of the 28-day diet to determine metabolic rate, down .4 pound from yesterday.  Walked 2.32 miles yesterday, according to my pedometer. Reminder: Our goal is to consume as close to 1000 calories as possible each day of this 28-day diet, while maintaining the high nutrition and 80% [...]

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Day #27 weigh-in: 119.0, down .6 pound from yesterday.  Basal temp: 97.17 degrees.  Walked 3/4 mile, just a stroll around the block. Reminder: Our goal is to consume as close to 1000 calories as possible each day of this 28-day diet, while maintaining the high nutrition and 80% alkaline/20% acid ratio of our OsteoDiet. At [...]

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Day #26 weigh-in: 119.6, same as yesterday. Reminder: Our goal is to consume as close to 1000 calories as possible each day of this 28-day diet, while maintaining the high nutrition and 80% alkaline/20% acid ratio of our OsteoDiet. At the end of the 28 days, we’ll determine our Metabolic Function Index, a measure of [...]

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