Reintroduction Wrap-Up

Foods I found out that I'm sensitive to:
-Dairy, esp. cheese
-Corn

Foods with minimal reaction, though not optimal:
-gluten-grains
-legumes

Foods I've added back:
-more fruit
-more nuts
-oatmeal

Foods I don't want to eat again:
-processed things
-artificial color, flavors

Some foods are still delicious and worth a special treat for the sake of celebration. (Tamales and pinto beans at Christmas, I'm thinking of you!) (and a good cannoli!) But there are so many foods I've consumed in my life out of ease or because it would fill me up. So this experience is helping me to change those life long habits.

Foods that I'm ok with, like gluten-grains and legumes, still made me feel heavy and more tired. Getting away from them gave me greater energy and sleep, which I enjoyed.

Now I plan to stay eating this way, and will consider doing a second Whole30 some time in the next few months. I will probably go for long though, as it takes longer than 30 days to get some things completely out of your system.

Interesting experiment. I recommend it.

Legumes evaluation day

Last Friday I sorta did a legumes evaluation day. Should probably do it again.

I had Chipotle with dinner: chicken (w soy in it) and black beans. I felt ok after, but very gassy. They tasted great.

I should try again sometime, as I was (and still am) fighting a sore throat so not my regular self.

Non-Gluten Grain Evaluation Day

Yesterday, I ate oatmeal baked with banana along with bfast, tortilla chips with Guac from Chipotle with lunch, and corn on the cob with ghee with dinner.

The oatmeal gave me no issues. Win!
The tortilla chips. Oy. They gave me a headache. They made my tummy feel terrible. Which makes me almost cry.
The corn on the cob also gave me a slight headache and tummy aches. Like lead in tummy.

It was revealing. And sad how bad these favorite "not so bad" foods are for me.

So I re-read parts of It Starts with Food and re-learned about why these foods aren't good for me. Sigh. But it also strengthened the arguments for why I should avoid them which gave me more determination to diversify my veg intake.

Whole9's Grain Manifesto: http://whole9life.com/2013/02/grain-manifesto/ 

Off-roading Post-Whole30

I've been eating decently. I mean, not quite the square meals like on Whole30, and more nuts and fruit. And less veg in general. But otherwise, decently.

Almond butter! Oh my. I'm in love.

Dates! They can be sugar bombs, so I kept myself from having any yesterday. But yum!

Gluten Results

On Saturday I ate a chocolate croissant with breakfast and a wheat bagel with lunch.

I was entirely surprised that the only side effect that I noticed was feeling tired. No other issues. Will still try to stay away from bread, but even the two days after didn't react any way in particular.

More dairy reactions

I'm glad the re-introduction phase of Whole30 includes 3 days between food groups. I need the recovery time. At least for dairy, I have.

After my dairy evaluation day I woke the next morning super dehydrated. And I've had a low grade headache off and on since. Booo.

Not sure if this counts me as officially intolerant, but I'm not interested in making dairy a frequent part of my diet.

UPDATE: and a ZIT! sheesh. on my chin. showed up the morning after, right on my chin. 

My Dairy Evaluation

Today the research begins! I've chosen to go along pretty closely to what they recommend for Reintroduction. Today I begin with my Dairy Evaluation.

1: Leftover fritatta w ground turkey and veg, 3 dates w almond butter (treat!), some cherries, and chobani vanilla greek yogurt, peacan pieces

• felt heavy after this meal. but ok. I could take or leave yogurt.

2: turkey rolls, mini sweet peppers, carrots, green olives, caprese salad with fresh Mozzarella cheese

• the cheese was so creamy and lovely. But I slowed into a foggy state. turning into a gross headache. throat feels funny, like I've been congested, kind of burning feeling. oh boy.  headache worsened later on and heart burn, too.

3: 2 ckn thighs, squash, sw potato, green olives. free small cup of Bruster's choc chip ice cream.

• heart was still burning from lunch. Ice Cream tasted really amazing and creamy. after I ate it my mouth felt like it was burning. flemmy throat. low grade headache and more heartburn. Oy. Pity.

Whole9's Dairy Manifesto is here: //whole9life.com/2013/06/the-dairy-manifesto/