holldoll Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Hey all! I am currently on day 21 of my first Whole 30, and starting getting several unpleasant symptoms a few days ago, disrupting my "Tiger Blood" phase. It started with a faint itching in the...uh, rear area, and then followed with a small itchy rash under my arms that grew into a larger one on my legs and arms. I also have been unable to go #2 as frequently as usual, and have noticed my tongue is yellow. What began as a search for the relation between yeast infections and Whole 30 ended in a long research session on Candida Die Off. After spending a considerable amount of time reading about this, I'm almost convinced I am struggling with it. Has anyone else out there dealt with this? I'm honestly not sure if I should cut back on the probiotics since my body is having a hard time flushing out the bacteria, or if I should amp them up. I tried kombucha for the first time tonight, so I'm hoping to see results from that. Any advice is welcome! (Just in case, here is a three day sample of what I've eaten: Today- coffee, 2 eggs, lemon larabar, roasted beet, roasted carrot, roasted rutebaga, roasted sweet potato, chicken, avocado, tomato, red onion, and kombucha Yesterday- coffee, 2 eggs, tuna, avocado, garlic, onion, lettuce, cashew cookie larabar, almonds, strawberries, carrots, asparagus, filet mignon, new potatoes Day before- coffee, 2 eggs, Apple, cashew butter, peach, chia and flax seed, banana, chicken, avocado salsa (tomato, red onion, garlic), bell peppers, baked russet potato) Please help, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted March 28, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 28, 2016 It's very hard to tell your meal composition from the way you've written it. Can you post what you eat for each meal including approximate portions (palm size for protein, 1-3 cups for veg, thumb size for fat as per template). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holldoll Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 It's very hard to tell your meal composition from the way you've written it. Can you post what you eat for each meal including approximate portions (palm size for protein, 1-3 cups for veg, thumb size for fat as per template). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holldoll Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Absolutely. Today- 2 cups of coffee, 2 eggs, 1 lemon larabar, 1 cup of mix roasted veggies (rutebaga, beets, carrots, sweet potatoes), palm sized amount of chicken, 1/4 an avocado, dash of red onion, and 1/2 a tomato, and for dinner about 1.5 cups of mixed roasted veggies (leftover from above), 4 oz of tuna, 1/4 avocado, dash of red onion. 16 oz bottle of Kombucha. Yesterday- 1 cup of coffee, 2 eggs with a tablespoon olive oil, tuna salad (12 oz of tuna, 1 avocado, 1/4 red onion, 1 clove garlic) over three beds of lettuce, small handful of almonds, 5 strawberries, 1 cashew cookie larabar, 6 oz filet mignon cooked with about a teaspoon of olive oil, 10-12 asparagus spears light coated in ghee, 1.5-2 cups of new potatoes cooked with about 2 tbsp olive oil Day before yesterday- 1 cup of coffee, 2 eggs, 1 medium Apple, tablespoon of cashew butter, smoothie (1 peach, 2 tablespoons chia and flax seed, banana), for dinner about 1.5x Palm sized chicken with avocado salsa (probably about 1/4 sized avocado, 1/4 tomato, dash of red onion), cooked in olive oil over the grill, 6 slices of bell peppers, one palm sized russet baked potato, mine baked in about a tsp of olive oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I'm not medically trained and have no great advice on the itching issue other than that coffee, tomatoes & citrus fruits are common causes, as are nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers like chillis, paprika etc) so you might want to cut back on those to see if symptoms subside...I just wanted to ask though, are you eating just two meals per day - one of which includes either a lara bar or a smoothie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holldoll Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thanks for your advice, I'll try to cut back on those! I am eating three meals a day (eggs for breakfast) with smaller snacks in between. I know snacking is not encouraged, but I get hungry in between meals. I'm finding that the more protein I add to my lunch (like when I had the tuna salad), the easier it is to avoid afternoon snacks. The smoothie was kind of a one time deal. I was traveling that day and threw it together before leaving. I also wanted to sneak some flax and chia in my diet to see what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thanks for your advice, I'll try to cut back on those! I am eating three meals a day (eggs for breakfast) with smaller snacks in between. I know snacking is not encouraged, but I get hungry in between meals. I'm finding that the more protein I add to my lunch (like when I had the tuna salad), the easier it is to avoid afternoon snacks. The smoothie was kind of a one time deal. I was traveling that day and threw it together before leaving. I also wanted to sneak some flax and chia in my diet to see what happened. This will apply for all of your meals, and you'll see MUCH better results. You're not eating enough in general IMHO - I could only make two meals out of the foods you've listed even with the snacks. Try adding a couple of extra eggs to breakfast, or mix up your protein sources - something like ground beef or salmon work well with eggs... And don't let fruit push the veg off of your plate - at ANY meal. Maybe try adding the seeds to a salad if you want to include them, but remember that nuts, nut butters & seeds are recommended to be eaten in moderation only as they can be particularly hard on the digestive system. A bigger breakfast will be a good place to start though. And ditch the larabars - they're for emergency use only - like you're on a life raft having just jumped ship from a sinking Titanic with rescue only a pipe dream at present kind of emergency. And since there only was one Titanic I know you've not had that kind of emergency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holldoll Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 This will apply for all of your meals, and you'll see MUCH better results. You're not eating enough in general IMHO - I could only make two meals out of the foods you've listed even with the snacks. Try adding a couple of extra eggs to breakfast, or mix up your protein sources - something like ground beef or salmon work well with eggs... And don't let fruit push the veg off of your plate - at ANY meal. Maybe try adding the seeds to a salad if you want to include them, but remember that nuts, nut butters & seeds are recommended to be eaten in moderation only as they can be particularly hard on the digestive system. A bigger breakfast will be a good place to start though. And ditch the larabars - they're for emergency use only - like you're on a life raft having just jumped ship from a sinking Titanic with rescue only a pipe dream at present kind of emergency. And since there only was one Titanic I know you've not had that kind of emergency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holldoll Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 I'll try adding more and see what happens. Thanks so much for your help. I'll definitely take your advice and lay off the larabars. They're so delicious though, but that's my sugar dragon talking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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