Day 2 of rice/bancha tea diet.

[graywarrior]

I'm detaching from the world.

[plcdude]

1. good luck

on your journey.

[graywarrior]

3. Oooohhhhhhmmmmm.

[plcdude]

4. you are such

a tease

[graywarrior]

6. By day 5, I will not care what anyone says to me. I will view you all as projects to keep an eye on.

[plcdude]

7. Projects?

I working on a project right now.

[graywarrior]

8. I'll just bet you are.

[plcdude]

9. I'm

really enjoying it too.

[graywarrior]

10. The visuals are disturbing.

[plcdude]

12. It's the

tea that is causing the visuals. And what are you visualizing madam?

[graywarrior]

13. Detaching......

[plcdude]

21. I hope it was

as good for you as it was for me.

[marzipanni]

36. Speaking of detaching

is the duck making any progress getting out from under the tape?

[graywarrior]

39. He has no fingers to loosen his bonds.

[cwydro]

2. Darn, I forgot to go the the store at lunch

did I already ask you...is it a calming tea?

[graywarrior]

5. Calms me. But it's not like Chamomile. Twig tea soothes.

It come from a Japanese tree. They use it as a blood cleanser.

[cwydro]

19. Forgive me,

but what did you say the twig tea was called? And this time I'll write it down.

[graywarrior]

27. Kukicha. Eden is one company that supplies it. There are others.

[Sanity Claws]

11. Why?

Is this diet supposed to have therapeutic effects?

[graywarrior]

14. I've been out of balance. Too much sugar and flour. Miserable personality.

Rice centers me. Exorcises my demons.

[Sanity Claws]

15. I never heard of this diet before

I'm willing to try anything. Like you, I eat too much wheat. I try to avoid it but it's very hard, particularly if you're eating out.

[graywarrior]

16. It's a macrobiotic "remedy" of sorts.

Very extreme, but I eat close to that diet, so it is not dangerous for me. Even so, by day 3 or 4, I probably will not drive or do anything that requires major decisions. Get Jessical Porter's book on macrobiotics. Gives a great description on how to lose weight on this type of diet.

[Porcupine]

17. Well a regular excorcism is good for all of us.......

or at least you'll be regular. You might consider a few raw almonds with that diet to get a wee bit of essential fatty acids. Otherwise the body will start cannibalizing itself.

[graywarrior]

18. Ahhhh, my counselor finally showed up.

Toasted almonds, not raw.

[crim son]

20. You may not be driving later in the week

but I sure hope you'll be posting. :P

[graywarrior]

25. Of course. What else do I have in my life.

[crim son]

29. If your life is a bit empty these days,

you are in the best company, graywarrior. :hug:

[graywarrior]

40. Indeed, I am.

[billyskank]

22. Detaching even from...

...you know who?

:hi:

[graywarrior]

23. NEVER!

[billyskank]

28. Excellent.

:D

[graywarrior]

31. Obsessions don't die easily.

Where is REV, BTW?

[billyskank]

32. I don't know. I haven't seen her all day

I hope she's okay. :(

[graywarrior]

33. Last time I heard from her was yesterday afternoon.

I miss her.

:cry:

[billyskank]

34. REV!! Come back to us!

:cry:

[graywarrior]

37. WE'RE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU REV.

Just empty shells.

:hide:

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Mmm... I ran out of bancha a month or so ago. Hopefully more is on its way!

I love it!!

I get mine from Ippodo in Kyoto.

http://www.ippodo-tea.co.jp/english/about/index.html

[graywarrior]

26. I can't drink any other tea.

I think I had that once at some famous macro's house. Maybe Michio's. I can't remember.

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Can't drink any other tea because you don't like any other tea?

Or some other reason? Where do you get your bancha from?

I've not seen it anywhere in the states (but on the other hand, I've never looked for it, either)

[graywarrior]

35. Got spoiled by twig tea.

I buy it bulk from the Kushi Institute. Order it from their website. http://macrobiotics.org or http://kushi.org

[Rabrrrrrr]

38. Ah, you drink kukicha, then!

I have never tried it.

I prefer sencha and macha.

I should get some Kukicha from Ippodo next time.

[graywarrior]

41. Yes, try kukicha. It's very earthy. Very very small amount of caffeine