Macrobiotic day log – 08/03/25
6:00 get up
6:50 shoyu + kuzu drink; my lower lip is swollen (classic reaction to the extreme yin state of my large intestine)
9:55 – 10:25 porridge – rice+barley (yesterday) with water; 15 minute stewed cabbage
11:45 – 12:00 the same
12:20 – 12:45 seitan fried on sunflower oil + shoyu + rice with barley; roasted seeds
18:00 – 18:40 rice + barley + onion + sunflower oil (1 spoon)
23:00 sleep
I would say, perfect day from the eating regime point of view. But the reason I haven’t overeaten is pretty visible. I was out from 16 am to 22 am and I couldn’t sit at home while eating unconsciously while watching some movie or reading internet. It’s a big change when I am occupied by something interesting. But because I am working from home and many times not going out at night, I have problems not to think about food, when my energy slows down and I have no idea what really interesting to do. I am single also, and this adds up a lot. When having gf I would have plenty ideas to conduct with her 
I need to build my discipline more, it was not such a big problem in the history. But now I am trying not to be so hard on me and rather watch consciously what my body needs/craves and not to restrict anything, but be more in the yin/yang flow of energies. If I see I do crave for sweets, I am trying to find the real reason now. I hope this overeating experiment, with no push to be disciplined, will show me some new path to my problems.
I was doing a lot of stretches through the day – the “Sun greeting” set many times and many other stretching styles.
I also met a girl by accident that is going to Iceland for 5 month and we were chatting in the Shopping store for 3 hours about her and my life.
And I bought my first new rucksack – Deuter Aircontact Pro 60 + 15. The price is in the highest range of the rucksacks prices, but I decided not to spare on two things – rucksack and boots. Because I don’t see no logic in saving $125-$200 bucks on rucksack if my backs will hurt on a long trip, the same with boots. I am slowly getting more ready for my planned future trip. I want to live in a nature for a while. I see a healthy/spiritual aspect in this trip. I want to eat and cook and chew and exercise and meditate for few days/weeks in the mountains. One of the reasons is, that I hope I will be occupied by many interesting things and the food will be no more my top daily priority. Also the food reserves will be low, so I won’t be able to eat and eat and eat.. I will need to think and spread my foods over the whole trip. That’s what I call real life discipline, not the artificial part that I would achieve at home.
Tags: binging, Cooking, craving, Macrobiotic, overeating, Recipe, rucksack, stretching, Traveling