Please find the October 5, 2011 Wholly Macro Delivery Menu below, as you scroll down through our Weekly Article to the Weekly Menu / Order Form section. Or, you can click on the Weekly Menu link above to go directly to it.

Wholly Macro specializes in diagnosing other people's health problems and in cooking healing cuisine to remedy and / or prevent said problems. And we get so wrapped up in our work that we don't always take enough time to take a good look at our own selves, although we do always eat (our own cooking) exceptionally well. So recently, we began taking a little closer look at ourselves, and to our shock and dismay we found that we are showing some symptoms of a malady we like to call Vacation Procrastination!

Throughout the year there are many seasonal afflictions, such as Spring Fever, Seasonal Mood Disorder, Winter Blues, even Summertime Blues. We address these various afflictions via our newsletters during their appropriate seasons quite often, but Vacation Procrastination is not especially seasonal. In fact, it can strike at any time, and is cumulative. In other words, the longer you procrastinate in taking a vacation, the worse your symptoms of Vacation Procrastination can become.

Common symptoms include but are not limited to: Workaholic tendencies, guilt, panic, anxiety, impatience, inability to relax, impaired performance, inability to handle stress, low energy, and foggy memory of what it feels like to relax.

Early diagnosis is key. Prevention is even better! 

Preventative measures to help avoid Vacation Procrastination Include:

Letting someone else plan a vacation for you. Please be sure that it is the type of vacation that does the work for you. A tour or cruise is best. Let them do the cooking, navigating, "driving", and cleaning while you simply have fun and work on your rest and relaxation skills! There are many health-oriented options to choose from.

Taking a "Staycation". Vacation Procrastination and its various symptoms can sometimes restrict your ability to plan and / or travel and you may find that you need to "get away" without really getting away. This age old remedy allows you to enjoy the benefits of a vacation without having to actually travel because we all know that in this post 9/11 era, travel can sometimes be stressful. You have to be up for it. Taking a stay at home vacation may be just what you need to recharge, regroup, reboot, and reduce your stress.

Taking a vacation that is sufficient in length. Every several vacations, you simply must plan one that "gets you away from it all" long enough to be completely therapeutic and re-energizing. Take the time to plan it appropriately. Be creative. Make it work for you. Experience a complete change in latitude / attitude, and return home with a whole new outlook, appreciation, and perspective on life, and enjoy experiencing whatever and wherever that may take you.  

Building in short breaks. Create "mini-vacations". Take long weekends in between planning an international tour! Divide and conquer instead of taking one long vacation with too few breaks in between.

Faking it! One of our personal favorites is to rent a place somewhere, anywhere, for a week, a month, an entire season, and pretend to live there. Set up (temporary) "house". Shop and explore. Cook and create to your hearts content. Be a local, live the life, but without the pressure of the daily grind. Please Note: In order for this remedy to work you must turn the phone and computer off. Do not have your regular mail forwarded, and whatever you do, do not check your email!!

Please keep in mind that it is best to treat Vacation Procrastination with a diverse selection of the above preventative measures. As with everything, it does not have to be an all or nothing approach. Mix it up. Stay at home for one break. Take a nice relaxing cruise for another. Take a few short trips / long weekends to local destinations for another, and every several vacations plan "the big one" and go all out on a full blown (R & R optional) adventure.

  Wholly Macro has been known to work for as many as six months at a time without a break in the past. That is not balanced and does not allow us to set a good example for all of you. And especially when we find ourselves exhibiting some of the very symptoms of Vacation Procrastination we have listed above!! So we are going to follow our own advice (in our advancing years) and seek balance, taking regularly scheduled "vacations" of various kinds, be they restful re-groupings, or grand adventures.  

Please read on below to where we have devoted an entire section of this newsletter to how to best continue to utilize and enjoy the convenience and health benefits of the Wholly Macro food, even while we are closed, because we intend to continue taking good care of you just as we always have, even if we do take a few extra breaks per year (to take good care of us too), and will always give you plenty of advance notice before we close so that you can order extra food and freeze it.

And with that said:

Wholly Macro will be closed October 19, and October 26, 2011.

We will reopen November 2, 2011 and will remain open until

the end of December when we will close once again for

Christmas / New Years, so:

Order Extra Food and Freeze It !!!

Suggestions and Tips On How To Best Utilize

Wholly Macro's Food While We Are Closed:

We have a few more weeks of wonderful menus planned for you, with lots of dishes that are very conducive to freezing.


We suggest that you order a few extra dishes each of these weeks, and freeze them, to hold you over until we re-open. This will give you a nice variety of super convenient, already prepared, excellent quality foods to select from, from your handy, frozen, Wholly Macro stash!

We encourage you to always do the very best that you can for yourselves each and every precious day of your lives. Your best may not be perfect. But, if you have been putting forth your best effort, and if you have been ordering from us fairly consistently, you should be in very good shape, having been eating the best possible food, as fresh as possible, just full of energy, vitality, and nutrients, each week. Eating our fresh, freshly frozen food is the next best thing in our opinion. (To Thaw: Simply move the frozen containers of food to the refrigerator a day or so before you want to use them. They will thaw out gradually and evenly in this way, and be all ready for you to heat up and enjoy per your usual method).

We think this far surpasses eating canned or packaged food. And also far surpasses eating lesser quality frozen food from the grocery store that has been frozen for many many months before you ever purchase it. And yes, we think it even surpasses eating the prepared "health food" from the deli counters too, because first of all, that food is not fresh. It is all pre-assembled in a central facility and then shipped to each store where it is then re-heated or reconstituted. The ingredients used are far from pure, and it is just loaded with bad quality salt and oils. We do not mean to sound like we are criticizing, or competing, because we are not, we just want you to be well informed and aware.

Our dishes freeze really well. If you have our nice hardy soups, beans, tempeh dishes, various rolls, pasta's, grains, and a nice selection of desserts (especially the desserts!), freshly frozen, you can always steam some fresh veggies, cook a nice piece of wild fish, make a salad, and have yourself a very fine, simple to prepare meal.

Using the extras that you purchased from us in advance, and some fresh foods that you prepare on your own, we think you can get by for a few weeks quite well without us, and hope you will take
our suggestions to heart (and hearth), because we care about you, and don't want you to suffer in any way while we are closed. By giving you a few weeks advance notice of our closing, we hope to be allowing you plenty of time to prepare.

So please take a look at the October 5 menu below. It's got plenty, plenty, plenty of GREAT dishes to choose from that just so happen to freeze exceptionally well!!

In Health and Gratitude,   

Gayle and Jaime / Wholly Macro

VIRTUALLY ALL INGREDIENTS ARE ORGANIC

PLEASE PLACE ORDERS BEFORE NOON ON MONDAY!!

For our out of town clients we have recently negotiated significantly REDUCED SHIPPING RATES with UPS. Please contact us directly as we do ship Overnight or Two Day Delivery.

NATURAL LIFESTYLE HEALTH CONSULTATIONS

Health consultations offer compassionate, therapeutic listening related to any and all emotional issues, combined with visual diagnosis you will receive information on selecting, balancing, varying, and preparing natural foods in a practical way based on oriental medicine to strengthen organ function in order to improve your health. 

To read more about Natural Lifestyle Health Consultations see our website,

www.whollymarcrobiotics.com 

PRIVATE COOKING CLASSES

   LEARN NEW COOKING SKILLS

   IMPROVE WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW

 LEARN NEW RECIPES

Private cooking classes are held in the Wholly Macro kitchen. This is an excellent hands on natural foods cooking class. You will leave the class feeling confident in knowing that you can now cook with unprocessed whole grains dried beans, a wide variety of healthy vegetables including sea vegetables, the proper amount of good quality sea salt, and so much more. Instruction is based on oriental medicine/macrobiotic principals. Start with a basic class  with soup, beans and grains or try a dessert class for a real treat! You choose, or we can choose, depending on your needs.

Classes can be in a group or individual.

Call to schedule your next class.

SPINEALIGNER

www.whollymacrobiotics.com 

Here's some feedback from a consultation client.....

" three years ago I discovered that I had breast cancer.  I had heard of Macrobiotics years ago. I didn't understand the concept but immediately I knew that that would be the route that I would pursue. But where to go and who to see was the question. Thank God for reading the macrobiotic newsletter. For in the newsletter there was  an article about Gayle Stolove. I just felt her strength and passion burn through the page that I was reading. I immediately made an appointment to see her and although I was still so frightened,  I felt so comfortable talking with Gayle. Gayle  guided me through the whole process. I thought that the macrobiotic way of life would be boring and just eating rice. Well, I love the foods that I eat and I just feel good about it all.  You see, after the surgery, you are sort of left on your own.You have to make your own decisions, etc. Everyone gives you different advice as what to eat, what to do, etc. Doctors don't understand what the patient is going through nor do they understand what kind of diet they should follow. I adopted Gayle as my guardian angel.  You can't find that with any nutritionist or doctor. I love receiving her weekly e-mailed newsletters. They are so full of wonderful knowledge and beautiful healthy recipes. Gayle is a remarkable human being. She truly cares for her clients and gives them her all, one hundred percent of the time. Gayle has been there and therefore she is so compassionate and dedicates her life to helping people like me....."     a cancer survivor