Here's a good read! These folks helped me get motivated.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Emma's favorite breakfast
Here is one of Emma's favorite breakfasts. She would also be happy with pancakes, or cake and ice-cream. That's okay too. Of course I would rather she would always want to eat the healthiest things possible, but so far a cup of broth for part of a meal doesn't do anything for her. I don't push. Stress is far less healthy. When I am on top of things, and there are groceries in the house, if I make her a nice platter she will eat most of it. And when her friends come over she always wants me to put out a nice platter like this, so it's having some influence on her.
I seriously doubt I can persuade her to give up grains. Bless her heart, she's willing to try. I think if I can just keep up on the FCLO (http://www.greenpasture.org/public/Products/ButterCodLiverBlend/index.cfm) and raw milk, that will be good for now. She has chocolate milk nearly every day, so I put gelatin (http://www.greatlakesgelatin.com/consumer/CollagenFAQ.php), vitamin D and magnesium in there, unbeknownst to her. I'm working on switching her peanut butter to almond butter. She has no problem with it, except I bought the crunchy kind.
She loves chocolate. I am glad she prefers that over most other candy, and she likes quality chocolate so that's good.
I'm not going to bother talking about what foods I've eaten the last few days. No grains, though. Lots of black beans and turkey. Not paleo, which is what I'm working toward, but it's what I have available. I'll go grocery shopping today. What's interesting is that without grains, I'm not feeling needy or starving or like I have to eat whatever bread products are in the house just to feel full. I feel okay. We have kind of a big day ahead of us, and I don't feel worried about getting shakey or so hungry that I get cranky. I'll have my cup of broth, with gelatin and 1/2 a stick of butter, which I put in the blender just like I do the bulletproof coffee -- it's yummy -- and I'll have a bowl of black beans with turkey and I'll be set for quite a few hours. Emma, on the other hand, will have some toast (I'm guessing) and will likely feel hungry when we get there!
I have not been doing any push ups because every inch of my floor is dirty after dog sitting. Sweeping and mopping will be good exercise today! Oh! And going to the mall. That's like doing a marathon!
Hope every one has a Happy New Year!
I don't make resolutions, but I plan to keep working toward my goals: Happy, Healthy, Energetic and Fun! I am so much closer than I was just a few months ago. Soon I'll have to change my goal to: Make life freaking awesome!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Dog sitting
We are dog sitting a friend's dog. Her name is Crush. I have always loved this dog, so I was happy to bring her home for a couple of days.
Normally, or what used to be normal for me, I would be getting severely cranky with the two dogs wrestling all over the house, making a mess, farting, the cats growling, Emma hiding in her room......but, none of that is bothering me.
This is what Jack does when Emma is in her room.
Flame is pissed that there is another dog here.
Going grain free is like taking a drug. A good drug. It's funny that omitting something has an effect similar to taking something. Only better -- no awful side effects and no come down.
Today's diet and exercise:
Butter (Bulletproof) coffee
1 cup broth with gelatin added
2 egg omelette with bacon, cheese, salsa
big salad with cheese & olive oil
1 cup broth with gelatin and butter added
Handful of hershey's kisses.
20 push ups
I'm a little mad that I'm eating the candy. I wasn't even craving it for the last couple weeks. Don't know what's going on with that.
Two more days until I can get some groceries, but I'm not starving. Now that I know to add good fat to everything, I don't need so much.
Even though I feel a bit whiney about my lack of money sometimes, I'm not really complaining. I totally, consciously made this choice. I want to work the least amount possible in order to spend more time with my daughter. There is nothing that money could buy that is as important to me as she is. So, we're occasionally in this situation. Not much food, no gas. But, you know, we have a cozy warm home, each other, money coming soon. I have the option of working more if we need it. Life is good.
Normally, or what used to be normal for me, I would be getting severely cranky with the two dogs wrestling all over the house, making a mess, farting, the cats growling, Emma hiding in her room......but, none of that is bothering me.
Going grain free is like taking a drug. A good drug. It's funny that omitting something has an effect similar to taking something. Only better -- no awful side effects and no come down.
Today's diet and exercise:
Butter (Bulletproof) coffee
1 cup broth with gelatin added
2 egg omelette with bacon, cheese, salsa
big salad with cheese & olive oil
1 cup broth with gelatin and butter added
Handful of hershey's kisses.
20 push ups
I'm a little mad that I'm eating the candy. I wasn't even craving it for the last couple weeks. Don't know what's going on with that.
Two more days until I can get some groceries, but I'm not starving. Now that I know to add good fat to everything, I don't need so much.
Even though I feel a bit whiney about my lack of money sometimes, I'm not really complaining. I totally, consciously made this choice. I want to work the least amount possible in order to spend more time with my daughter. There is nothing that money could buy that is as important to me as she is. So, we're occasionally in this situation. Not much food, no gas. But, you know, we have a cozy warm home, each other, money coming soon. I have the option of working more if we need it. Life is good.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Grain Free
I tend to say gluten free, but what I'm really aiming for is Grain Free. And here's a good article about it:
http://nourishedkitchen.com/against-the-grain-10-reasons-to-give-up-grains/
I knew this was probably right for me because I had been having this addiction to tortilla chips. That is really all I wanted to eat. Sometimes, that is all I would eat. So tasty. But every time I ate them, it felt like my cheeks would swell up. It's the same feeling I get if I eat a lot of sugar.
I think since I started taking gelatin, the craving are easy to give up. When I was having my daily smoothie with gelatin in it, I had no trouble. But today, after five or so days with no smoothie, I'm eating candy and wishing I had some chips. I will try to have some broth or tea with gelatin in the mornings for awhile. Maybe that will help.
http://www.gmap-gelatin.com/about_gelatin_comp.html
Today:
2 eggs, sweet potato, bacon & onion
1 banana
4 pieces of candy (2 kisses, 2 pieces of chocolate bar)
2 cups sweet potato soup (sweet potato, onion, broth, coconut milk, gelatin)
1 mandarin orange
Tea with a bit of milk
Omelette with ham and raw milk cheddar, salsa
10 push ups
1 1/2 hour walk with Emma(daughter) and Jack(dog)
I felt much better today than yesterday. I didn't even do too badly on Christmas, I thought. But must have had just enough of something to give me the bitchies.
Obviously didn't stick with the dairy-free idea today. Maybe I'll try that one later. Not much food in the house, and can't go shopping until this weekend. Thankfully, my nice Daddy brought us some bacon and eggs.
http://nourishedkitchen.com/against-the-grain-10-reasons-to-give-up-grains/
I knew this was probably right for me because I had been having this addiction to tortilla chips. That is really all I wanted to eat. Sometimes, that is all I would eat. So tasty. But every time I ate them, it felt like my cheeks would swell up. It's the same feeling I get if I eat a lot of sugar.
I think since I started taking gelatin, the craving are easy to give up. When I was having my daily smoothie with gelatin in it, I had no trouble. But today, after five or so days with no smoothie, I'm eating candy and wishing I had some chips. I will try to have some broth or tea with gelatin in the mornings for awhile. Maybe that will help.
http://www.gmap-gelatin.com/about_gelatin_comp.html
Today:
2 eggs, sweet potato, bacon & onion
1 banana
4 pieces of candy (2 kisses, 2 pieces of chocolate bar)
2 cups sweet potato soup (sweet potato, onion, broth, coconut milk, gelatin)
1 mandarin orange
Tea with a bit of milk
Omelette with ham and raw milk cheddar, salsa
10 push ups
1 1/2 hour walk with Emma(daughter) and Jack(dog)
I felt much better today than yesterday. I didn't even do too badly on Christmas, I thought. But must have had just enough of something to give me the bitchies.
Obviously didn't stick with the dairy-free idea today. Maybe I'll try that one later. Not much food in the house, and can't go shopping until this weekend. Thankfully, my nice Daddy brought us some bacon and eggs.
Monday, December 26, 2011
A journey
I think gluten makes me cranky. Or maybe it's all grains. Or maybe it's just my personality.
So, I am going to try to keep a daily journal on what I eat and other things going on to see if I can get to the bottom of it.
I've been mostly grain free for about a week. I've had some teff, and on Christmas, although I was careful, I probably had some grains in there somewhere. Oh, and I had that beer. Green's gluten free beer.
What inspired me to start the daily journal was that I had been feeling really great. Healthy, energetic. But today, the day after Christmas, I didn't feel well, and have been feeling cranky and acting bitchy. Those are all the things I'm trying so hard to get away from.
It could just be the day after Christmas blues. But, it could be some other things. I haven't been having my daily kefir smoothie (with banana, coconut oil, gelatin, vit. D, magnesium and a raw egg yolk) for a few days, maybe five days. So that's a lot of things I'm not getting by not drinking that. We are low on milk, and I also thought it might be good to go dairy free for awhile. So maybe that's a problem. I had sugar on Christmas, and I hadn't been eating any candy for a week or two previous. And there was that beer. Could be that.
So, we'll see.
Today I had my butter coffee & ham and eggs for breakfast. For dinner, some hamburger, kale, onion and chicken broth. Two or three pieces of candy throughout the day. Huh, well, that could be a problem too. I don't think I ate or drank enough. One thing about the more meat & fat eating -- I rarely feel like I'm starving. Still, I'll have some broth with gelatin and coconut milk now, before I go to bed. I don't like waking up hungry!
One of my big goals is to figure out how to enjoy eating liver. Or even tolerate it. I know for now I could just buy the desiccated liver, but eventually I won't be able to and I'll have to know how to eat it. But, I'll have to get more into the variety of meat next payday.
With $2 in my bank account, this will be a lean week. I'm not even sure how I'm going to get milk for Emma. And I was just on her case about eating healthy, but I can't really afford to feed her healthily this week. Poor girl. I try to never pressure her about food anyway, it was just part of that bitchy thing I was doing today. Whenever I'm feeling bitchy or out of sorts, I'm kind of awful to her. That's actually what helped get me motivated to become healthier. If I gain nothing except the ability to not be bitchy to my daughter, it's all worth it. Let the journey begin!
So, I am going to try to keep a daily journal on what I eat and other things going on to see if I can get to the bottom of it.
I've been mostly grain free for about a week. I've had some teff, and on Christmas, although I was careful, I probably had some grains in there somewhere. Oh, and I had that beer. Green's gluten free beer.
What inspired me to start the daily journal was that I had been feeling really great. Healthy, energetic. But today, the day after Christmas, I didn't feel well, and have been feeling cranky and acting bitchy. Those are all the things I'm trying so hard to get away from.
It could just be the day after Christmas blues. But, it could be some other things. I haven't been having my daily kefir smoothie (with banana, coconut oil, gelatin, vit. D, magnesium and a raw egg yolk) for a few days, maybe five days. So that's a lot of things I'm not getting by not drinking that. We are low on milk, and I also thought it might be good to go dairy free for awhile. So maybe that's a problem. I had sugar on Christmas, and I hadn't been eating any candy for a week or two previous. And there was that beer. Could be that.
So, we'll see.
Today I had my butter coffee & ham and eggs for breakfast. For dinner, some hamburger, kale, onion and chicken broth. Two or three pieces of candy throughout the day. Huh, well, that could be a problem too. I don't think I ate or drank enough. One thing about the more meat & fat eating -- I rarely feel like I'm starving. Still, I'll have some broth with gelatin and coconut milk now, before I go to bed. I don't like waking up hungry!
One of my big goals is to figure out how to enjoy eating liver. Or even tolerate it. I know for now I could just buy the desiccated liver, but eventually I won't be able to and I'll have to know how to eat it. But, I'll have to get more into the variety of meat next payday.
With $2 in my bank account, this will be a lean week. I'm not even sure how I'm going to get milk for Emma. And I was just on her case about eating healthy, but I can't really afford to feed her healthily this week. Poor girl. I try to never pressure her about food anyway, it was just part of that bitchy thing I was doing today. Whenever I'm feeling bitchy or out of sorts, I'm kind of awful to her. That's actually what helped get me motivated to become healthier. If I gain nothing except the ability to not be bitchy to my daughter, it's all worth it. Let the journey begin!
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