weight & food, Wed. 21 Jan. 2015

Posted on 21/01/2015 by Etsuko

before breakfast: 54.20kg

breakfast: my daily companions with haskap jam, chestnut roll cake by rice flour
☞ today’s fruits: Ponkan & Mikan mandarines, kiwi, pare, strawberries & blueberries

after 70 minutes’ swimming: 53.85kg

before lunch: 53.80kg

lunch: Hirousu, rice & toasted Bancha tea and
leftovers ☟
Okara croquette, braised Kon’nyaku, burdock, carotte,
soup with Japanese leek & Syungiku

I wanted to eat many things today. I dished up leftovers in small cups.

before dinner: 53.50kg

dinner: beef steak, grated Daikon with Ponzu,
Brussels sprouts & potatoes boiled by stock,
salad with avocado, mushroom & watercress with yogurt sauce added cumin, cardamom & Japanese chili powder Ichimi,
red wine

before going to bed: 54.35kg

sometimes snowing cloudy then rainy in Tokyo

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women’s rhythm

Posted on 21/01/2015 by Etsuko

Women’s hormone balance depends on the period.
In luteal phase between ovulation and the next menstrual period, the body tends to store water or moisture.

I interpret it like this. If a woman gets pregnant, her body tries not to drop the baby, it’s natural, isn’t it? So, it’s not easy to loose weight, as a result, in this period when we don’t have a new small life inside.

I’m sure the condition is different from individual to individual. But I think that this natural flow and function make sense, actually I have recognized heavy annoying feeling and light clear period before starting watching the weight & food.

After I started watching the weight & food, weight zigzagging and the feeling are still telling the female standard.

From my experience, as well, loss weight doesn’t go well in luteal phase even if I eat less or more food with rich dietary fiber. Nonetheless I stick to loose weight to go against natural situation of my body, I get constipated.
It’s easy to understand, the body is making effort not to loose anything even body wastes.

That’s OK. Don’t be too nervous or desperate.
One week or 10 days later, the next light clear period is coming up.
Keeping on watching the weight & food as usual will give you a pleasant result soon.

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weight & food, Tue. 20 Jan. 2015

Posted on 20/01/2015 by Etsuko

before breakfast: 54.30kg

breakfast: yogurt with Azuki milk jam, pumpkin milk jam & puff cereals from Hokkaido, fruit salad(Mikan mandarine, pare, strawberries, blueberries), café au lait

Yesterday the jam and the puff cereals are yummy and my stomach is not good condition, I took more yogurt and toppings.

But it was too much. More than enough is too much. Actually less is more…

after 75 minutes’ swimming: 54.25kg

lunch: Okara croquette, Gammodoki with mixed vegetables, rice & toasted Bancha tea

before dinner: 53.75kg

dinner: braised oysters with Japanese leek and Syungiku with Ponzu,
braised Shirataki, Daikon & beef,
Wakame seaweed soup with egg,
tofu with Shiso by sesame sauce,
sake

before going to bed: 54.80kg

a fine windy day in Tokyo

weight & food, Mon. 19 Jan. 2015

Posted on 19/01/2015 by Etsuko

before breakfast: 54.60kg

breakfast: yogurt with Azuki milk jam, pumpkin milk jam & puff cereals from Hokkaido, fruit salad(Mikan mandarine, pare, strawberries, blueberries), café au lait

swimming: 60 minutes

before lunch: 54.40kg

lunch: leftover braised Daikon, rice, Nori, toasted Bancha tea

dinner: grilled chicken tenderloin with wasabi & Daikon sprouts,
braised burdock, Kon’nyaku, eringi(king trumpet mushroom) & carrot,
miso soup with bean sprouts,
pickled Chinese cabbage, sake

dessert: canelé & green tea

before going to bed: 54.95kg

a sunny day in Tokyo

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weight & food, Sun. 18 Jan. 2015

Posted on 18/01/2015 by Etsuko

before breakfast: 54.35kg

breakfast: yogurt with haskap jam, fruit salad(Mikan mandarine, pare, strawberries, blueberries), café au lait

The haskap jam is looks like blueberry in color but the taste is lighter and sourer, so processed style like jam or sauce is a joyful approach. It’s coming from mountains, Hokkaido in Japan, Nova Scotia in Canada.

swimming: 65 minutes

before lunch: 54.15kg

lunch: leftover hot pot and braised Kon’nyaku & tofu

dinner: Caciocavallo di Hokkaido, Chèvre, Emmental, boiled cauliflower, rape blossoms with tuna flakes by Ponzu, salad with grilled yellowtail, celery, cherry tomatoes, baguette, red wine

dessert: canelé & green tea

before going to bed: 55.15kg
I feel bloated…

a fine day in Tokyo

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small changes & a big opportunity

Posted on 18/01/2015 by Etsuko

Which jam do I buy?
Which swimming pool do I go?
Which shirt do I need?
How do I spend winter vacation?

I didn’t have any clear answer to the question.

Now I’m more interested in food, activities, health, life and…
I recognize I’m more active and positive than 2 years ago at least.
The happening of watching my weight & food is the biggest opportunity. But without small changes, I’m sure the big change didn’t come up.

Now I have spontaneous answers.

I buy this haskap jam today, will get pumpkin jam for the next order.
I go to that pool today.
I want this bag (for skiing / swimming / …)
I do cross-country skiing in winter.

It’s fun! That’s all in other words.

I note here my small changes.

my time line around health and life

November 2014: After a health checkup I think of a diet.
☞ Metabolically getting better but I got on weight! I know now the weight was about 10kg more than 5 years ago.
2014: To go to swimming pools, I get more interested in outfits.
☞ I don’t like shopping, it’s enough to manage stuff I had. I noticed that the sneakers and the wind breaker are very functional and charming as daily outfit in the city as well.
October 2013: I buy a swimming suit, a cap and glasses and finely start swimming.
late September 2013: I buy a bicycle.
☞ I had already got the sneakers and the jacket, I was ready to ride a bicycle, as well, at this time.
early summer 2013: I buy a pair of sneaker & a wind breaker.
☞ I had not had them. Remembering a couple of friends, they are walking for health in the city, I tried to get ready to walk.
early spring 2013: complete physical examination
☞ The results are not very good but my body don’t need urgent treatment, that’s tricky.

Try to make your small changes!

local food in an imported way

Posted on 18/01/2015 by Etsuko

pumpkin milk jam, Azuki milk jam & cereals from Hokkaido North Farm Stock

I like Japanese food, sure, as my mother sense of taste. And I like western, asian cuisine, as well.

Especially for breakfast I prefer western style twisted into my original arrangement. Recently variation of processed foods made of local products by authentic cookery loyal to original way, has been getting more and more.
Jams made of local vegetables originally from the land, like Azuki beans, for example.

I don’t want to have food which passed a long way journey though domestic travel is inevitable, I’ll come to eat local food as much as I can because it’s more delicious discovering the local background!

weight & food, Sat. 17 Jan. 2015

Posted on 17/01/2015 by Etsuko

before breakfast: 53.85kg

breakfast: yogurt with haskap jam from Hokkaido, fruit salad(navel orange, Mikan mandarine, pare, strawberries), café au lait

after 60 minutes’ swimming: 53.7kg

Today’s schedule is tight around noon, I will have no time to choose a place to have lunch outside. I prepared simple stuff before going out.
A shot after the meal as I forgot to make a picture before eating.

lunch: boiled egg, apple, banana, mixed vegetable juice & black tea

snak Awazenzai 粟ぜんざい — snack Sat. 17 Jan. 2015

snack: Awazenzai(steamed millet with red bean paste made with Azuki beans), green tea

dinner: hot pot with salted cod from Hokkaido, Chinese cabbage & Enoki mushroom by Ponzu & sesame sauce,
fried Shirataki & sakura shrimp,
pickled Daikon and sake then green tea

I got chilly, ate a lot to warm myself up. I feel full and heavy.
Voilà.
before going to bed: 54.85kg

mild sunny in the morning, cold windy in the afternoon in Tokyo

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weight & food, Fri. 16 Jan. 2015

Posted on 16/01/2015 by Etsuko

before breakfast: 53.80kg

breakfast: yogurt with haskap(blue honeysuckle fruit) jam from Hokkaido, fruit salad(navel orange, Mikan mandarine, pare, strawberries), café au lait

lunch: cod with mushroom sauce, braised Daikon(radish) & dried young sardines, boiled spinach salad with hum, Wakame seaweed & egg soup, rice, green tea @ Cafeteria Tanita in Marunouchi, Tokyo
calory: 396 kcal, salinity: 3.2 g

dessert: biscotto giapponese, green tea espresso(thick green tea by powdered tea leaf) @ Ippodo in Marunouchi, Tokyo

after dessert: toasted Bancha tea after thick green tea espresso

I try to wight myself as I didn’t check it before lunch today.
before dinner: 53.80kg

dinner: grilled yellowtail with mustard green,
leftover braised Daikon, Kon’nyaku, tofu & kelp,
pickled Chinese cabbage,
sake from Hokkaido

before going to bed: 54.45kg

a fine and mild day in Tokyo

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weight & food, Thu. 15 Jan. 2015

Posted on 15/01/2015 by Etsuko

before breakfast: 53.95kg

breakfast: yogurt with pumpkin jam, fruit salad(Dékopon mandarine, Mikan mandarine, pare, strawberries), café au lait

swimming: 75 minutes

before lunch: 53.75kg

lunch: leftover braised pumpkin, boiled egg, broccoli sprouts, rice & green tea

dinner: braised beef, Daikon(radish), Kon’nyaku, kelp & tofu,
boiled rape blossoms with Japanese mustard + soy sauce,
pickled Chinese cabbage, sake from Hokkaido

before going to bed: 54.40kg

rainy in Tokyo

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