praxisproject Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 [i'll update this later with a proper intro] This log will be to track various experiments in improving my health and achieving sustainable weight loss (I have a lot to lose). Whole30 has given me back more than my basic health, but now I want more I have started seeing a naturopath who is putting me through various tests to measure what's going on. Something is wrong and Keto (like many things) gave me weight loss for awhile, but then I got sick and all my lost weight came back on in a few days (no bad eating, there is something going wrong in my body - possibly an undiagnosed deficiency or malfunction, we don't know yet). There's no point in doing the same things over and over again without positive results, so I'll be doing a few experiments, some (or all) of which may not show improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Note: juices are not Whole30 compliant! Day 1 of juice experiment: Organic fruit: 2 x green pears 2 x tiny juicing apples (gala?) 1 big granny smith apple 1 large lebanese cucumber A handful of small, very crunchy unpeeled carrots (approx 1 large carrot?) Made about 750ml of juice, including froth, which fit into my KOR water bottle. Juice for breakfast, but drank at work. Made without a recipe as I misread the one I had and didn't have most of the ingredients. Taste: okay, cucumber not yukky (not a fan of it) Breakfast: Juice Lunch: Ginger Nut Paleo Bar Dinner: Indian Curry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 Quite surprised at blood measures this morning, was expecting them to be higher after the juice, but it could be a fluke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Doing well on new supplements, haven't had time to post in detail, still don't have time lol I will get around to it eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 I have been totally crap at updating this log, but experiments are progressing well. Not a comprehensive list, but the supplements which seem to have kicked me into a health high gear include: Repairase (Orthoplex) Sinupret Forte (Flordis) Insulex (Metagenics) Inflavonoid Intensive Care Vitamin A Meta Zinc with Vitamin C (Metagenics) Metagen B12 Folate (Metagenics) Vitamin K2 (Metagenics) I've also had excellent paleo meals delivered from local Melbourne supplier: Natural Wholefoods (most of their meals are Whole30 compliant, they list all ingredients, so it's easy to check - to start, all have no grains and no dairy! Forage would not meet the template) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Cookup today: New roast chicken, based on this recipe: http://www.cookincanuck.com/2013/01/southwestern-roast-chicken-cumin-chili-powder-cilantro/ Used one bunch of coriander (cilantro) - half minced, half stuffed inside, chile powder (USA style - NOT Aussie chilli powder), cumin, red onion, olive oil. Baked in pan with a few organic white potatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Loved this chicken so much, making it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 New recipes! Cooked up The Spice Taylor's Southern Pepper Curry, with lamb mince. It's all spices except for some sunflower oil. Smells amazing. Tried the Silky Zucchini Ginger Soup from Well Fed, love it! I just did it with a stick blender so it wasn't very silky but it tasted amazing (I think it was the best chicken stock I ever made as well). Have lamb and pork prepped in the fridge for making meatballs (just need to roll em and bake em). Partially cooked the Chocolate Chilli as well, but crisis, have no cumin! So put that in the fridge to finish later. Have chicken wings coated in baking soda naked in the fridge, for baking later. This is supposed to make them super crispy, we'll see. Have a whole chicken dried and salted in the fridge, as well as some beef strips for a red curry. Busy prepping day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Wow, I am a total slacker at posting updates. Here's a quick one. The Chocolate Chilli was nice, but for the amount of work, probably not a regular one for me, not spicy enough, but quite tasty. The chicken wings were super crispy, if you are missing crispy, that is the way to do it! Made a salmon dish I haven't made since I first went Whole30, as it's normally made with soy (asian style). Made it with coconut aminos and it was delicious! Should not have waited so long, but I think I was worried it was going to be horrible as the soy was a big part of the dish. Seeing some big improvements in skin healing at the moment, with some scarred skin that hasn't healed for a few years now making radical progress in turning into new skin. I think the zinc, vitamin a and vitamin c are now playing a bigger part now my vitamin b is stablising.Vitamins failing to convert has clearly been a bigger health issue for me than I had anticipated, the changes are so dramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Oh, I completely forgot, the reason for all the supplements was my test results (still some more to come, but measuring progress at the moment). I was clearly not metabolising B12 and Folate, so I had an additional test done and I have a gene issue, with a crazy-long name, usually referred to as MTHFR (aka The Fat Gene). I honestly can't pronounce the full name past the Methyl, but it's full name is Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase and it's a key enzyme required to metabolise homocysteine (my homocysteine results were odd but "within range" occording to the original test - so many doctors will dismiss it and not test for MTHFR) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylenetetrahydrofolate_reductase I have two mutations, haven't learned the details of what this means yet, but some people only have one, so I need to keep that in mind.Some links I have found interesting. There's a lot of latin words in some articles that are hard to follow when you don't know the meaning, my naturopath is very good at explaining it simply. http://www.mthfrsupport.com.au - actually an Australian site! This is my favourite summary - it's so simple! http://www.mthfrsupport.com.au/what-is-mthfr/ There is also this beautiful but scary map of MTHFR health problems http://www.mindmeister.com/12694596/mthfr-related-health-problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Yesterday: Breakfast: Sleep in Lunch: Two pieces of bacon 3 scrambled eggs Baby kale cooked in bacon fat Bulletproof coffee (coconut oil) Dinner (yum!): Grassfed porterhouse steak Huge leafy salad Green & Red Capsicum Purple Onion Tessemae Red label mild hot sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Every time I see the MTHFR abbreviation, I think it's for a very naughty word How is your skin now, a month or so after you noticed some healing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 lol I thought exactly the same thing, it's good, it helps me to remember how to spell it I hear Samuel L Jackson saying it when I read it Skin is making radical progress, this was some very deep sun damage which would not heal for several years, it's now more like a surface-smoothing activitity. It's mostly like normal skin now, smooth, very few "lumps" left, although the colour is still a bit pink. This is how it should have healed a few weeks after it happened. Breakfast: Sleep in (again! yay!) could have had food when I got up, but really wasn't hungry. Lunch: Chicken drumettes Medium leafy salad Tessemae Red label mild hot sauce Pork belly is just out of the oven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Haha, yes perfect! Wow, that's fantastic that you're making such great progress with your skin. And where on earth have you sourced Tessamae's dressing from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 Haha, I imported it via myus.com - they are awesome for USA-only available stuff. Anything which might irk customs, send via FedEx (you can choose your shipping), they have their own customs (still need to obey the rules). Don't think we can get the new mayo though, sounds perishable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Made some really awesome "chopped liver" yesterday, I winged the recipe, as I didn't have all of the ingredients in the recipes I found. 1 kilo of organic chicken livers 3 yellow onions 1 purple onion goose fat duck fat salt Need to freeze it in portions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I put balsamic vinegar in my last batch of chopped livers - was so good! raspberry vinegar was even better but had sugar in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 My next Tessemae order I want to get the raspberry one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Since I'm doing a Whole30 for September, moving to a new log: http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/21504-aussie-whole30-for-september/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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