Dirty 30 8/21 Start

[Sissy13]

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[Laurie]

Hello my friends. I wanted to share some wonderful news.  Steve was discharged from the hospital yesterday.  He survived chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant.  His body was broken down and now it's time to build it up.  My gift to Steve - lots of love, support and encouragement.  Alone life can be very difficult and painful; together life can be beautiful.  I know the road ahead will still be very difficult.  Life after transplant is usually never the same but the bottom line - Steve Is Alive and We Love Each Other. 

 

Thanks for all the support and kind words!

[jump4life]

Laurie-  it is so great to hear that news!    Have a beautiful day together today!    

 

Lynn 

[Laurie]

Lynn - thank you.  Steve is not home yet.  He is living at an extended stay hotel 20 minutes from the hospital.  It is recommended that transplant patients live near the hospital for a while just in case..............and he also needs to go back to the hospital for blood work and doctor's appointments about 3 times a week. 

[Ann@HowcrossCastle]

Good morning, all. Much rambling here about my food prep and meal planning.

I (and Joni) am now on Day 40, of a planned W90 (for me). I think finally, finally, I am getting into a groove. Or at least more of a groove, and less of a rut. :-)

I have found a comfortable rhythm for shop/prep, and for cook once/eat twice. For example:

Veggies: I cook a few servings of veggies every day. About every three days, I stop at the store for fresh fruit and veggies, mostly organic but not 100%. (This is progress; I started out trying to do one weekly, giant shopping trip, but I got too overwhelmed and bought too much stuff and some stuff ended up going bad before we ate it. Then I was going every day for a while, and that made me very cranky.) I bring home enough for about six servings, wash, slice or chop, and store in the fridge. Then, for meal 3, I cook fresh veggies for my non-W30 sweetie--plus an extra serving or two--with a little salt and a little clarified butter. The next day, I add salt and pepper and herbs and more clarified butter, and heat them up to add to my meal 1. This morning: baby carrots with dill, and broccoli florets with salt and pepper. I find that holding cooked veggies for more than two days is too long for me.

Protein: About once a week, I buy bacon, ground beef, eggs, and one other protein (chicken, pork, whatever). When I can, I buy organic, pastured, and grass-fed. When I can't, I buy regular stuff (without additives, sugar, etc). From a dozen hard-boiled eggs, I make some deviled eggs for sweetie and keep some plain for me. I make a double-batch of chili or taco meat from Well Fed 2. Often I get a rotisserie chicken (no stuff on it), and slice it up. About a week's worth of protein for the two of us will be fine in the fridge. This week, sadly, I overestimated quantities and ended up throwing away almost a whole rotisserie chicken that had gone waaaay to far... ick. I'm learning.

Meal 1: After a lovely, indulgent-feeling yet totally W30-compliant run of a few weeks, I no longer have bacon every single morning... now sometimes I have hamburgers, or eggs without bacon (heresy!), or chili, or sliced cold chicken with salsa, etc. Plus... yesterday's cooked veggies.

Meal 2. Just last week I cleared another self-imposed hurdle... taking food to work and heating it up. I worry a lot about making too many food smells. So at first, I was taking cold stuff only: taco meat and plantain chips; guacamole, salsa, and sliced meat or chicken; fruit; cold, cooked asparagus with lots of lemon; etc., etc. But finally, I took some very garlicky pork roast and broccoli, heated it up, and ate it in my office with the door open. I will admit that I apologized to people near the microwave (Sorry! Lots of garlic!), and they said it smelled good. Oh, and have I mentioned where I work? Yeah, that would be a university Chemistry lab, where there are really BAD smells in the hallways much of the time. Also, most of our students and postdocs are living on very little money, so they all bring their lunches to heat in the microwave... lots of Asian spices, Indian curries, and leftover ramen noodles... my garlic fit right in.

Meal 3: I'm tired at the end of the day (another reason I'm going for a W90; I believe this fatigue can be lessened if not entirely eliminated). I get home, put some rice in the rice cooker for sweetie, or peel a couple of potatoes and nuke them for mashed potatoes, grab some already cooked protein and some fresh, already prepped veg. Once the rice or potatoes are done, I cook the veggies (four to five minutes in the microwave steams most things perfectly), re-heat the protein, grab some fresh fruit, and sweetie's dinner is ready. I eat meal 2 fairly late in the afternoon, so my meal 3 is not huge. Usually I'll have a big bowl of chili with a ton of spinach stirred in, plus some fruit. That's about it.

My meal 1 is very substantial, and my meal 2 is also pretty big. That pattern seems to be best for my body and brain, at least right now.

Things that have changed for the better: no sugar cravings since day 1; hungry when i wake up in the morning; not hungry after meal 3; no snacking at work; veggies, veggies, veggies; joint pain significantly decreased.

Things I believe will get better: headache most of the time, though not too severe; very tired at the end of the day; not sleeping more than two hours at a time (waking up to pee!).

So that's it... more than you ever wanted to know about my shopping and cooking.

I am so grateful for this group!

a.

[MeadowLily]

"So that's it... more than you ever wanted to know about my shopping and cooking."

 

Ann, that's what the thread is for...support for your Whole 30 experience. 

 

Check page 39 out, I think you may have missed some comments written for you.

[Ann@HowcrossCastle]

Thanks, MeadowLily, and all. A bing! Yes indeed.

 

Most of the time I am posting form my phone, which doesn't display page numbers or font controls easily.  

 

I had a wonderful time on Sunday with a dear friend, and we talked about food and change and NOURISH and words for the year (she decided on EXPLORATION... very cool given where she is right now), and between that and dumping how I was feeling here in the forum, I seem to have come out of it all in much better shape... hence this morning's post about the way my shop, prep, cook patterns are becoming easier and smoother.

 

I can't get over the fact that I am actually doing this, and doing it successfully. I have never, ever felt this level of comfort and commitment to this huge a change. Oh yes, Weight Watchers and Diet Center (that's going back a lot of years!) and Jenny Craig and OA and Dr Atkins and Southbeach on, and on, and on all got my money and my time for a little while, but none of them got my attention and my deep-down heart and soul commitment. This does.

 

a.

[dcducks1]

Meadow - I like the pics of St. Michael slaying the dragon.

 

Laurie - so happy for you and Steve.....this is the beginning of a whole new chapter in your lives. Enjoy it!

 

 

Dave

[Deb.]

Laurie, amazing amazing news. I am so so happy that Steve gets to be out in the world, sniffing the fresh air and that you are there for him 100%. Amazing news. What a journey for you both. 

 

Meadow, I do love the story of those two camper gals, really fun. I too love your hotline to the Universe. 

 

Lynn, so glad you had such a great weekend with your daughter!! Super awesome news. 

 

Ann - so much great stuff. I mostly work from home but the microwave at work actually has a sign on it saying "no fish" !!!!!!

I have gotten around this and the whole being in the work kitchen thing (I hate people asking about my food, I like food privacy) but using one of these:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Thermos-Stainless-King-16-Ounce-Midnight/dp/B0017IFSIS

 

http://www.shopthermos.com/product_detail.asp?T1=TMS+B3002VL2&trk_src_ss=TMSPAYPCWEBMACSS&gclid=Cj0KEQjwyrqgBRDepamt-LWA2oABEiQAV7nwwNnInwEPMaOTzDpS-ZoJlrp0kzk64zKW1pfMxOUHtqIaApZf8P8HAQ

 

There are tons of different ones out there, but that way I can heat my food up at home. I also am personally anti microwave, got rid of my home one; but I realize we have to pick our battles and I do the best I can when I'm out of the house. 

 

Dave, you sound good, as always. 

 

Nanny, so glad your tests came out ok and that you are feeling motivated. 

 

Dr Tracy - way to go. I want that ice cream now ;-)

 

CC - LOVE the quotes! Offal is great!!! I can honestly say I think I feel better and DEFINITELY have less of an appetite when I eat liver. Weird huh?

 

Tuni, how goes it? 

 

Miki Mik, what's the haps? 

 

Allright, better late than never on today's IOD - stayed tuned for ALL AMERICAN recipes! 

(oops I thought today was vegetarian!!) 

[MeadowLily]

Day 28: 28 is as good as 30…right?

It’s day 28. DAY 28! You’ve almost made it!  You pushed through all the rough spots, fought off the food boredom, and you’re really loving where you are right now.  You’ve had a solid breakfast, packed a delicious lunch, and planned a stellar new recipe for dinner. You’re primed to make it through day 28 without breaking a sweat. But then you get to work. Today is your department’s monthly birthday celebration, and at the mid-morning break a co-worker teases, “You’ve been so good for 28 days! Isn’t 28 as good as 30? Just have one cupcake with us to celebrate.” You brush the comment off – you’re used to them at this point – but it really gets you thinking. What have you got to lose at this point?  What benefit could two more days possibly bring you? Isn’t 28 days just as good as 30?

The answer is a loud and resounding NO. 28 days is NOT as good as 30, and we’ll tell you why: You owe yourself 30 days. You made a commitment to give yourself 30 full days of Good Food and improved habits. When you make a commitment to self-improvement, it’s a big deal! If you cop out now, you’re telling yourself that the commitments you make to yourself are open to compromise. You’re telling yourself that you are not important enough to honor your commitment to you.  But that’s not true, is it? You ARE important. You ARE worth a full commitment. Require that of yourself and celebrate with a renewed sense of integrity, not a cupcake.

- See more at: http://whole30.com/2013/08/revised-timeline/#sthash.iG1PGNUE.dpuf

[Ann@HowcrossCastle]

I forgot that there is actually an offal dish I will eat, and have eaten: Prarie Oysters. Yum. Been a long time, but I still remember having them in Boulder.

Joni, you're in Colorado now, right? Have you had prairie oysters yet?? :-) Also called Rocky Mountain Oysters. Here you go:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters

You're welcome. :-) :-)

a.

[Ann@HowcrossCastle]

Amen, MeadowLily! This is true and IMPORTANT.

a.

Day 28: 28 is as good as 30…right?

It’s day 28. DAY 28! You’ve almost made it! You pushed through all the rough spots, fought off the food boredom, and you’re really loving where you are right now. You’ve had a solid breakfast, packed a delicious lunch, and planned a stellar new recipe for dinner. You’re primed to make it through day 28 without breaking a sweat. But then you get to work. Today is your department’s monthly birthday celebration, and at the mid-morning break a co-worker teases, “You’ve been so good for 28 days! Isn’t 28 as good as 30? Just have one cupcake with us to celebrate.” You brush the comment off – you’re used to them at this point – but it really gets you thinking. What have you got to lose at this point? What benefit could two more days possibly bring you? Isn’t 28 days just as good as 30?

The answer is a loud and resounding NO. 28 days is NOT as good as 30, and we’ll tell you why: You owe yourself 30 days. You made a commitment to give yourself 30 full days of Good Food and improved habits. When you make a commitment to self-improvement, it’s a big deal! If you cop out now, you’re telling yourself that the commitments you make to yourself are open to compromise. You’re telling yourself that you are not important enough to honor your commitment to you. But that’s not true, is it? You ARE important. You ARE worth a full commitment. Require that of yourself and celebrate with a renewed sense of integrity, not a cupcake.

- See more at: http://whole30.com/2013/08/revised-timeline/#sthash.iG1PGNUE.dpuf

[Deb.]

TODAY our plane touches down in the good ole, USA. Our recipes today will be  all American classics!

 

“Tater” Tots

http://empoweredsustenance.com/cauliflower-tater-tots-paleo/

 

Pot Roast

 

http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2013/01/easy-paleo-pot-roast-whole-30-compliant.html

 

http://www.everydaymaven.com/2013/paleo-pot-roast/

sub apple juice or vinegar for sherry

 

Mashed “Potatoes”

http://nomnompaleo.com/post/1657598867/best-make-ahead-side-garlic-cauliflower-mashed

 

Fried Chicken

http://paleocomfortfoods.com/in-the-kitchen/fried-chicken-worth-a-cover-shot/

 

Sloppy Joes

http://paleogrubs.com/sloppy-joe-recipes

 

Chicken Wings

http://againstallgrain.com/2014/02/04/buffalo-wings-dairy-free-ranch-dressing/

http://paleogrubs.com/chicken-wing-recipes

 

Home Fries

http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2014/07/17/classic-paleo-diner-style-home-fries/

 

Chile

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/02/southwest-cowboy-chili-from-nom-nom-paleo.html

 

Spaghetti and Meatballs

http://www.primalpalate.com/paleo-recipe/spaghetti-and-meatballs/

 

Meatloaf

http://nomnompaleo.com/post/4410757185/super-porktastic-bacon-topped-spinach-and-mushroom

 

Cauliflower and “Cheese”

http://thepaleomama.com/2012/06/paleo-mac-n-cheese/

 

Roast Chicken

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/perfect-roast-chicken

 

Devilled Eggs

http://popularpaleo.com/2014/04/18/paleo-deviled-eggs/

 

Chicken Noodle Soup

http://thecoconutmama.com/2011/09/paleo-chicken-noodle-soup-2/

 

http://www.elanaspantry.com/chicken-noodle-soup/

 

Nachos

http://lexiscleankitchen.com/2013/08/24/loaded-paleo-nachos/

 

http://www.primallyinspired.com/loaded-mexican-nachos-paleo-style/

 

http://theclothesmakethegirl.com/2014/01/31/plantain-nachos/

 

Just for Dave – Roadkill 

http://paleohacks.com/paleo/what-do-you-folks-think-of-road-kill-paleo-10767

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/10246910/Five-roadkill-recipes-to-try-at-home.html

 

and for the dawgies: http://www.paleoplan.com/2012/10-28/how-my-dog-went-totally-paleo-raw-paleo/

[Sissy13]

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[CCLaymon]

Ann, I really appreciate all your detail about your cook ups. In Well Fed she talks about cooking up lots of veg and then freezing it. Do you do that? Anyone? I'm just not sure how for to cook 'em before you freeze. That would be a good skill to learn!

 

LAURIE - WOOT! WOOT!  What an awesome day!!! Do you get to Steve a little more now that he's at the hotel?

 

Meadow - so much wisdom and good stuff from you my friend. Consistent goodness...

 

Deb, my friend, there is some paleo fried chicken in my future! (Make that dinner!)

[MeadowLily]

CC and Rick - Keep on rockin' in the free world.    

[drtracyb]

Doing fine here.

 

Finishing up the last of the kalua pork from my freezer - this is a clean out the freezer whole30.  So breakfast and lunch were carnitas made from nomnompaleo kalua pork.  Kids had cracklin' chicken for lunch.  But today is farmer's market day in Culver City so we - my best friend, my kids and a kid buddy, and I - will be stocking up on delicious fall produce today.  I did do a big freezer cleanout today of food that I did not choose to eat because it had been in there for too long, so it's time for me to finally do a big well fed chili cookup, cook some chicken stock, roast some chicken, and roast some veggies.  And make some asparagus broccoli bacon soup.  Those all are my whole30 stand-bys.  And then a big batch of greek salad to nosh on during the daytime.  And some grated sweet potato to turn into hash with fried eggs for breakfast.  Two weeks into my september whole 30, I'm finally poking my head up.

[jump4life]

Good evening friends!   

 

Weirdly off my routines this AM...  it felt strange having my coffee without chatting with you but I had an early meeting.   I had an interesting insight on my way to work that -   my favorite book is The School of Essential Ingredients....  I am now reading Essentialism...  this word is really resonating with me and is now higher on my list of possibilities.  I am going to watch for how else it shows up in my life.   It was just on a car show my husband is watching but I am not sure that is relevant

 

Miki-  my food without brakes seems to be frozen grapes or anything in chip form (plantain chips, kale chips, apple chips).  I only eat the chips now if I make them myself and I only make one plantain's worth and have to share them so it is self limiting?   Can you make Taro chips?  I dont even know what Taro is!!

 

 

Dave- what made you decide on the Whole90?  I am waffling around on Whole66 (end first week of October) or Whole90 (end last week of October)  Our 25th wedding anniversary is mid October so I am thinking I want a glass of wine but otherwise feeling the need for more time

 

Meadow-  Inspirational as usual!  I love your stream of consciousness and love the camper story.   Lentils may actually be another reason that I stop with the Whole66-  I miss them.  What is ancient rye grain bread?

 

NannyD-  good to see you here again and I am glad to hear you are feeling better.   I love, love, love my FitBit!!   I have the one that has the flower that grows when you are active-  I am much better at keeping this flower alive than real ones!   You inspired me to go back to a habit that I used to have -  walking on my treadmill while I am on the computer so that I can hit my goal of 10,000 steps a day.  My husband built me a platform across the arms to hold the computer and i only go 1.2 miles per hour.  Walking as I type now and only 1400 steps to go.

 

CC-  offal....  I really wish they would not call it offal.... but honestly rocky mountain oysters does not sound any better...

 

DrT-   good to see your head poking up

 

Joni-  oh my I didnt know sites like 100 zeros existed!   this is so cool!

 

Deb-   just by chance we had hamburgers tonight...  All American classic upgraded to local and grassfed with a homegrown tomato!  life is good
 

 

I have another trip this weekend (actually starting Thursday)  but this one will be easier at least for food.   I am going to my sisters CSA organic farm!   They obviously eat lost of veggies and pastured eggs and meat. My sister is gluten free (celiac) and dairy free already and a good friend of hers is big in the ancestral eating community so I am hoping to learn a lot eating with people for whom this is already a way of life.

 

Sleep well!

 

Lynn 

[Geminimik]

Lynn, love your reading list! Yes, taro is a root and I could make it myself and it would probably be amazing - but, I just don't have fun cooking like that for myself. Now, when deb comes over for Jacuzzi Sunday, that's a different story!

 

Had sushi tonight with lemon (deb, it's growing on me) but I still miss Wasabi! I'm loving all the whole 60 whole 90 talk. It seems like those that go that far really see a mind and spirit untethering. (yes, it's a made-up word, but I like it).

 

Dr. T, You're impressive.

[Geminimik]

Ann, I too enjoyed your write up, good info.

[MeadowLily]

[MeadowLily]

[MeadowLily]

[MeadowLily]

Tuna Fish...eat 2 Brazil nuts with your tuna fish

 

 

Tom Denham

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Posted 01 July 2014 - 01:07 PM

You can eat tuna every day if you like if you are getting plenty of selenium. And since fish often has high levels of selenium, you are probably fine without any extra effort. Personally, I eat 2 brazil nuts per day as a selenium supplement. Note, not a handful of brazil nuts, just two individual nuts. I eat salmon or tuna almost every day.

 

Here is a long article that explains why this is safe, contrary to lots you hear about the danger of mercury. Even if you don't read the whole thing, the bullet points at the top give you what you need to know.

 

http://chriskresser....not-eating-fish

 

[jump4life]

Good morning friends!   

 

I woke up my boys this AM with a fire alarm because I burned my sweet potatoes!   

 

Anne-   I cook up my sweet potatoes and my proteins in a big batch on the weekend as they seem to store well through out the week.  But I struggle with the other veggies too.   I went back to read your post in detail and am going to try to implement your approach with veggies next week.   I think it will help me also introduce more variety of veggies for M3 and leftovers...  just shopping for the veggies may mean less shopping fatigue and more willingness to spend time choosing a variety. Thanks for this! 

Veggies: I cook a few servings of veggies every day. About every three days, I stop at the store for fresh fruit and veggies, mostly organic but not 100%. (This is progress; I started out trying to do one weekly, giant shopping trip, but I got too overwhelmed and bought too much stuff and some stuff ended up going bad before we ate it. Then I was going every day for a while, and that made me very cranky.) I bring home enough for about six servings, wash, slice or chop, and store in the fridge. Then, for meal 3, I cook fresh veggies for my non-W30 sweetie--plus an extra serving or two--with a little salt and a little clarified butter. The next day, I add salt and pepper and herbs and more clarified butter, and heat them up to add to my meal 1. This morning: baby carrots with dill, and broccoli florets with salt and pepper. I find that holding cooked veggies for more than two days is too long for me.

a.

 

 

Meadow-   thanks for the info on ancient rye!   I was wishfully hoping it would be a special variety that was gluten free- but alas no.   I love rye bread and it is one of the things I miss most since being gluten free -  probably second only to beer!!   But the itchy skin lesions I get from gluten are just not worth it.   So my friend I will be living vicariously through you as you enjoy your rye bread-   please describe in luscious detail ok?

 

Lynn