Yesterday was a big day in Boston for me! I started with a haircut. My hair provides continual amusement for my hair stylist. She is always amazed at how thick and curly and frizzy it is. And when she cut it - it was like thick, dense patches of rug falling from my scalp. We were both amazed. Now I know the curls are still there, but when Sydney dries my hair, she can get every curl to disappear so that I have straight hair. I never had straight hair, but I did yesterday and today! Tomorrow, I think I'll be returning back to curls. I did buy a lot of product, though, so maybe, maybe the curls and frizz will stay under control.
Next stop: Zakim Center for Integrative Medicine at Dana-Farber for acupuncture, round 2. It's such an interesting experience. How can all of those tiny needles not hurt? How can I not feel them? I don't know, but they don't hurt and I don't feel them. Has acupuncture reduced my hot flashes? It's hard to say. I've had only 2 sessions. Still, I did have several days and nights without hot flashes. On two nights I even had to put an extra blanket on the bed at night. But some days and nights, it feels like a furnace has been turned on inside me. I'd gotten into the habit of keeping a fan blowing on me all night. So now that I've had a second treatment, perhaps I'll continue to cool down.
Last stop: nutrition consult. Oh boy, did I learn a lot! I haven't fully digested it yet, no pun intended! I did, though, walk away with several recipes for highly nutritious mornings shakes. I thought I followed one of the recipes this morning but I think something went wrong. I mixed Chobani Pomegranate yogurt with a cup of blueberries, a little water, some vanilla protein powder, ground flax seeds, and twin omega oil. I whipped it all up in the blender, and voila! - my morning shake was ready! I took a few sips - it was a bit tart but still good. I set it aside and ran upstairs for a bit, I'm not sure how long but it must have been more than a few minutes. When I came downstairs for another sip, the shake wouldn't pour from my cup. I looked in the cup and, lo and behold, the shake had congealed! I stuck my spoon in it and the spoon stood up straight! What had I done??? I stirred up the shake - now it was in chunks. Still not drinkable. I really don't know where I went wrong with this recipe. What would have made it congeal? I don't know but at the end of the day, after the blender soaked for the day, there was still some 'shake' stuck to the side of the blender. Hmmm. I guess I need to go back to square one with this recipe.
Next recipe to try: carrot, green apple, and ginger in the juicer. Another culinary adventure!
