Comments on: Candice the Rolfing massage therapist, peace of mind, more raw food

By: susananda

susananda — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:35:58 +0000

Hi! Thanks for linking to me. I think second series is getting easier, but now it only takes a few poses of third to completely knock the stuffing out of me…

By: Arturo

Arturo — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:00:07 +0000

Hi Karen
The boob thing during massage is very funny. I also thought Susananda’s succint sentence was very true and well said. So I guess even the experienced yogis go through those emotions while trying to keep the pace of 2nd series.

You’re a woman, so soy as a base for protein is OK. For men, excess of soy leads to demantia in old age. I consume rice protein isolate and whey isolate. I realize whey comes from dairy and I don’t know if you’re also trying to avoid dairy. I’m being a bit cautious about the amount of nuts I consume. They are a souce of good, unsaturated fat that is heart protective. However, they will show the level of fat higher when you check it out with Cron-o-meter.

Cheers,
Arturo

By: donutszenmom

donutszenmom — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:27:26 +0000

I’m eating a kale salad (with sunflower seeds for extra protein) as I read this comment. Raw kale is very tasty & the texture is nice. Usually with regular salads, I don’t put the dressing on until it’s time to eat — but kale is good if you marinate it in the dressing for a while. Softens it up a bit.

So far, I am coming in close to my target of 46 grams of protein per day (the CRON-o-meter is a handy tracking device). Coming up WAY short (unsurprisingly) for vitamin D and calcium.

It’s kind of interesting, because I wonder how many decades I have devoted to attention to protein, while never paying much mind to vitamins and minerals…

By: oneshotonex

oneshotonex — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:10:46 +0000

This protein conundrum is interesting. I like nuts but not enough to want to eat as many as I’d need to so that I could get lots of protein from them. I’ve never really liked soy that much, either, so I never adopted edamame or soy milk or soy protein powder or tofu or any of that. When I read that soy is not so beneficial for healthy men that kind of closed that deal.

Quinoa has fine protein characteristics and probably would taste good raw, though it would have to be ground. I’ve heard that both vegan and raw-ist bodybuilders eat lots of kale for its proteins. I have yet to try it myself.

One of the ladies that cuts my hair has giant breasts and often she rests them against my shoulder or arm. I don’t think she knows she does it. They’re so enormous that she probably props them against anything that’ll give her a moment of rest. Her body is small-to-average in size and she stands most of the day so her back must need a respite now and then.

By: V

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:42:15 +0000

“her boobs kinda rested on the back of my head when she stood at the head of the table and massaged my back. I realize other people might consider that a plus.”

Thanks for giving me a morning laugh!

By: yogamum

yogamum — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:35:43 +0000

That sounds like a fantastic massage. I have found a new massage therapist who is really helping my upper back. It’s heaven.

By: (0v0)

(0v0) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:57:10 +0000

Like Linda, I consume quite a bit of fat. But for me it’s not a lot of dairy–dairy fat doesn’t seem right in my system though it IS right in Linda’s. For me the fat sources are: nuts, seeds, olive and flax oil, coconut.

The hemp protein, brewers yeast, sprouted quinoa, hempseed plus the nuts are definitely enough protein for me to do the long practice most of the time. If I didn’t have the long practice, I’m pretty sure that would be more than enough.

But now that I’m assimilating these arm balances, sometimes the body does crave protein. The raw people say it’s not necessary, but they’re OCD and I eat what I like. Thus some non-raw things I like: the omlette-eating I did a couple of times a week in March-April. These days, I have tempeh or edamame or tofu, all of which seem beneficial. In the two years previous, I’d supplement with whey protein and while it did really help, I kind of think whey protein is not food. I’d rather eat eggs on occasion and enjoy them than ingest whey just to answer the protein craving.

Sometimes I don’t get all the calories I need in a day, because I don’t want to eat a WHOLE lot of nuts and vegetables and fruits just don’t add up much. So it’s more a matter of practicality that leads me to eat brown rice and sprouted breads. Also, over time I’ve found that straightup carbs from grains make my writing life better. And that’s what I’m really eating for… much more than for yoga.

Of course they also say alcoholism improves your writing…

But clearly given the novels I’ve been writing on people’s blogs today, maybe my writers’ muscles are way overnourished. Oops.