J.H.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Yes, I sinned
Well, what can I say? There is actually no good reason to explain my sinful weekend, only that our lovely routine of International Dinners took place on Friday and since Asian-Pacific cuisine cannot live without rice, I gave in to my cravings. And how good it felt! It definitely is true: you only know what you have once you lose it. And I now surely know what I have in rice. And maybe in chocolate, too. Yes, my hardest sacrifice has been broken! A lovely warm chocolate desert marked the final low point of my personal experiment. Once we were back from the woods into town, we also realized that Saturday night is not the best night for sustainable consumption... With markets closed at 2 pm, it is needless to say that the first thing we did on Monday was buying food - a lot of food. This week has to be really strict now!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Some days into the experience....
Well... I am not doing as good as I would like to.
1: Food variety is not as good as I am used to. It is sad to discover how limited the Bio-regional-veggie options are in Freiburg. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy eating locally produced food, it is just that there are not that many options... but well... it is only a month right? :/
2: cold showers are deadly while they last, but as soon as you go out of the shower you feel like a million!!! I didn't use to consume to much hot water but using ZERO how water is another story... good for the circulatory system they say... let's hope so.
3: I don't want to blame the nutrition aspect of the Experiment but I got a cold. Yes.. there seems to be a small epidemic of this virus/bacteria (who knows?) and I got it.
Because of this I already broke some rules. I bought some Acerola juice (extra high Vitamin C concentration) obviously not from the region, at least I bought in a glass recyclable bottle. I also bought some 'bonbons' (german for little pieces of candy) to help my throat through the day, these 'bonbons' come in a plastic bag (fail!) inside a carboard box (double fail!) not to mention manufacturing costs (triple fail!!). Sorry people but being sick was not considered in the original rules was it? LMAO.
It is also fair to comment that even though I have been eating something around 2 to 3 tons of berries every day I still got this cold. :(
Also I had slightly hot showers during these last days... I don't think it is even intelligent to have cold showers with a cold... is it?
So far I haven't inspired anyone (that I know) but I (still) feel good doing it. I hope after the cold everything can flow more smoothly....
I'm out
LB
1: Food variety is not as good as I am used to. It is sad to discover how limited the Bio-regional-veggie options are in Freiburg. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy eating locally produced food, it is just that there are not that many options... but well... it is only a month right? :/
2: cold showers are deadly while they last, but as soon as you go out of the shower you feel like a million!!! I didn't use to consume to much hot water but using ZERO how water is another story... good for the circulatory system they say... let's hope so.
3: I don't want to blame the nutrition aspect of the Experiment but I got a cold. Yes.. there seems to be a small epidemic of this virus/bacteria (who knows?) and I got it.
Because of this I already broke some rules. I bought some Acerola juice (extra high Vitamin C concentration) obviously not from the region, at least I bought in a glass recyclable bottle. I also bought some 'bonbons' (german for little pieces of candy) to help my throat through the day, these 'bonbons' come in a plastic bag (fail!) inside a carboard box (double fail!) not to mention manufacturing costs (triple fail!!). Sorry people but being sick was not considered in the original rules was it? LMAO.
It is also fair to comment that even though I have been eating something around 2 to 3 tons of berries every day I still got this cold. :(
Also I had slightly hot showers during these last days... I don't think it is even intelligent to have cold showers with a cold... is it?
So far I haven't inspired anyone (that I know) but I (still) feel good doing it. I hope after the cold everything can flow more smoothly....
I'm out
LB
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