melbournegirl Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Late night last night, dinner at friends but they provided lots of compliant food for me - yay (roast beef, olives, carrot and egg salad, tomato and lettuce salad, olive oil and vinegar and a fruit platter and sparkling water) Off to the farmers market... got a recipe for how to make my own bacon, thinking about giving it a try...... Breakfast late 9am the last of the lamb and vegie soup and some kale chips M2 chicken almond and vegetable pie, soup M3 carrot, tomato, walnuts, cucumber, nectarine M4 beef and veg stir fry M5 blueberries and coconut milk and walnuts Enjoyed a nice sunny one hour jog today, and a 20 minute walk to a bike shop and a 20 minute rollerblade with my son so feeling better and full of energy, but stomach is still severely bloated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Day 32 today Pilates M1 chicken and pumpkin curry with coconut, half an orange Bike ride M2 raw carrot, boiled egg, steak, ghee sauteed zucchini and bok choy with parsley and seaweed, wilted greens in coconut oil 1500m swim M3 baked sweet potato and walnuts M4 pork and apple mince, cos lettuce, carrot egg salad and cauliflower rice, blueberries and coconut milk Lots of exercise today... Still getting stomach pains after I eat... Wondering if I should consider trying the AI protocol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahEmily Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 wow lucky you having friends with all the whole30 food!!!! what is the AI protocol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 I don't know much about AI, it's in the ISWF book which I don't have but it means auto immune protocol and cuts out eggs, ghee, coconut and the nightshade plants (tomato, eggplant, peppers.. I don't eat these last two)... I might just try keeping my fat to one thumb full and having an enzyme tablet with each meal first as it might just be the fat amount getting more than I can cope with... I read in posts about some people having stomach pain after eating then trying this... I get similar pain when I have dairy... So I guess it could be the ghee also... I always thought the dairy pain was from the protein though. The friends are argentinian and were very happy to provide plain food... Will definitely see them again! Glad my studying days are well over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Day33 so whole third completed LOL 40 minute jog M1 chicken curry and nectarine, coffee, coconut milk M2 carrot and egg, cauliflower rice with almonds, pork apple mince with coconut oil, sweet potato Yoga M3 roast chicken, sweet potato, carrot, pumpkin,,snow peas, pineapple, coconut flour Goals for next third: to be more mindful of what and how much I eat and to get back to my usual amount of cardio etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janette Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Congrats on your first third!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Need more sleep - less than 7 hours last night and not much more the night before! Pre WO some cooked chicken and a few nuts (body combat) Post WO 2 dates and 20g of cashews while shopping then a mandarin M1 not very hungry not surprisingly... raw carrot, boiled egg, chicken vege soup, coffee with coconut cream M2 ghee and vege soup, cooked chicken, boiled egg, nectarine, weak coffee M3 salad, roast chicken, thick cut red sweet potato slices, olives, some watermelon and pineapple Lots of small bits of fruit today but hasnt seemed to affect me, maybe I needed it due to the activity Rollerblading for an hour or so with my son, we both fell over once each, no real damage but first time for at least 5 years (tripped on some lumpy concrete nearly kept my balance but ran out of path so soft landing on my butt into the dirt)... at least I am well padded by all the extra eating this last week. Interestingly today feels like the first day since day22 that I havent been hungry or wanting to snack nearly all the time. I am a bit hungry but cant be bothered eating / happy to wait till the next meal.... I have been waiting and waiting for this, hope it continues! Also its been nearly two weeks since my scalp flared up. Its all better now despite having fruit, cocoa and coffee so I would have to guess it was the fish... or a general overload.... or possibly pineapple - had some pineapple last night so should be able to rule that out by tomorrow... My face has been a bit dodgy the last few days but not too bad... thats probably the cocoa and coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Try some peppermint tea if your stomach is still sore. I know lots of people who find salt very good for nausea too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks P, I have some green tea with mint?? Hey I have been craving and eating lots of salt these last few days... Who knew? I bought Maldon salt flakes today for my bacon and had to stop myself eating more than a few flakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Yep, peppermint, spearmint, any mint. The oil soothes irritation. Have plenty of salt if you're craving it and add some extra magnesium. You use heaps more when you're sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Thanks P! I am feeling a bit better this morning and I am going to commit to doing everything in my power this coming week to get back to a healthy tummy... Well maybe not everything.... I am still going to have some fruit and coffee this week and see how that goes, and I have one or two meals already cooked that do contain some of the below which I will still have but here is my list of changes to act on : 1. No coconut whatsoever (cream, oil, meat) 2. No ghee 3. No nuts 4. A digestive enzyme with each meal when I remember This will help me understand how much nuts/ghee/coconut are contributing to my issues. The next step after that will be to review coffee and fruit, and after that maybe meat fat versus ghee versus coconut oil. I am also going to pose some questions on the troubleshooting thread regarding fat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Day 1 of test 1 Sleep 9 hours Stomach better than yesterday... Out of 10 (10 = bad) 7-8 for bloating, 6 for lower pain, 7 for aches M1 left over chicken veg curry at 9am... This does have coconut meat and cream in. Some cantaloupe scraps and black coffee. DE (digestive enzyme). M2 at 1300 left over chicken veg soup - no coconut but quite fatty (forgot the DE), 1/2 mango, weak black coffee (BC) felt a bit of discomfort under the ribs - classic bile duct spasm.... M3 at 1800 raw carrots, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, baked red sweet potato slices and pork carnitas - it worked a dream, quite fatty so might not be able to have it often but nice for the novelty - havent had anything like it before ever... Enough raw in the freezer for another go and some cooked leftovers for tomorrow, might also make a soup from the pan drippings. Also had some melon and remembered the DE, contemplated taking 2! still a bit of pain under the ribs. Looking forward to an early night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Do you make your coffee hot? I really like the cold brew from Stuff I Make My Husband. I make it in the plunger thingy at night and it's ready in the morning (you can have it hot or cold, but the brewing is cold). Make sure you stir it well, I had one crappy batch the 2nd time I made it, I forgot to stir it reminded me of weak Maccas coffee lol pale and tea coloured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Wow, I will have to try it. Not sure I want more excuses to drink coffee but I am keen to suss out the acidity. I wonder though if the overnight steeping increases the caffeine dramatically. Thank you, going to set some up now for tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glimmer Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Mmm coffee. I hope your experiment has you feeling less bloated soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I really like the cold stuff for iced coffee, it doesn't have the same less-fresh quality that hot-brewed-then-cold does. I find my Whole30 iced coffees are light on the coconut milk, heavy on the ice and I often water the coffee down with more water, refreshing They remind me of the asian coffee drinks you get in Springvale (without the sugar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 So not sure about the cold coffee press, it was much smoother in taste, I didnt make it too strong because I was worried it might get really strong overnight but it didnt so it may have been a bit weak. Also I think I might kinda like the acidic bitter taste of hot brewed coffee. But I love trying out new things so thankyou! Got my bacon cooking in the oven right now... I dont think its going to work out too good as I sort of combined two recipes.. with the result that I think its going to be too salty and not cured enough but its a good learning process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Day 2 9 hours sleep with only one wake up Bloat = 5-6? Got worse after my Post WO (coffee? meat fat? earlier fruit) No pain atm and aches are about a 4 M1 vegie soup and some chicken and half a mango (damn this is a fodmap fruit - forgot) Circuit class, a bit of tennis Post WO carnitas (too much probably) and 2 slices of sweet potato and 2 cups of weak coffee Feeling sluggish now, might go for a short run! Yep, 7km helped. M2 small lunch of my bacon which didn't really work but tasted yummy and carrot and some cucumber M3 more bacon, lamb, salad and fruit. I feel like I have overdone the salty meat these last two days but with the DEs seems easier on the tummy than nuts at least. Lucky I did a bit of exercise today, not helping my get thinner cause much! Had two cups of cocoa while everyone else was scoffing cheese and biscuits and milo and port... When I went to be I noticed my eyelids were puffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Day3 8 hours sleep, eyelids were even puffier this morning - the salty meat or the cocoa??? hard to know. Bloat is about a 4, pain is zero and aches still probably a 4 - from the exercise yesterday. Decided not to go for my usual; walk/run this morning, maybe later. M1 the last of the salty bacon and some vege soup and a mandarin plus a BC M2 a salad with tomato, lettuce, olives, cucumber and some left over lamb M3 pomegranate, raspberries, sunflower seeds and some coconut oil... I think I was supposed to exclude this but am at my beach house and the ghee was unopened and there was just a bit of coconut oil left so I thought Id finish that... I think my coconut problem is with the meat not the oil..... have been feeling itchy all day which goes with the puffy eyes but cant tell if its something Ive eaten or hayfever related so far...... M4 carrot, veges sauteed in chicken fat, steak, big bowl of strawberries... and couldnt resist finishing the last packet of ?coconut butter I had at my beach house! Naughty. Also had some more cocoa today, its all finished now too. Hopefully tomorrow wont have any triggers...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahEmily Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hey there, sorry for some reason I thought the other topic you started was your journal so I have been posting in there! Hey i have been feel alot better since cutting the coconut too (only 3 days so far) but i think there must be something in it that dosent mix well with alot of people... I figure this because there is coconut milk in curry right. And what happens after everyone eats curry?? hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 I guess I am greedy, this is my daily post and the other one is my whinge post LOL. My stomach pain has gone - that must have been the nuts! Glad you are seeing an improvement without coconut, thats great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 How do you get the pomegranite seeds out Juz? I threw part of my first one away as I was getting too much "styrofoam" in the good bits. I've seen packs of just the seeds, but I don't know if they're preserved weirdly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 The good ones dont have so much styrofoam LOL... I just cut the fruit into quarters then break/bend each quarter sort of into halves and suck the seeds out..... over the kitchen sink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 STARTING A NEW 30 count from today! Took ages to get to sleep last night..... so stayed in bed for 10 hours! Thank goodness for Australia Day Still very puffy around the eyes and itchy all over, also everything aches when I move so going to research the AI protocol, and also cut out coffee and cocoa from today! And start a new count! Day1 of new 30 subset: M1 a boiled egg, some vege soup with a bit of carnitas in I think, a bowl of raspberries, green tea. Easy bike ride Decided to take an antihistamine since the aches are so bad and ruining my day! M2 salad of mandarin, tomato, cucumber, 12 olives, and soup with steak, green tea. M3 two small turkey burgers with a smear of ghee and a raw carrot... got a gurgly tummy afterwards... cant remember what was in the burgers (freezer meal) but it could have been the ghee... will check tomorrow when I have the two remaining burgers M4 made a double serve of a breakfast hash - my first - a grated zuchini and sweet potato fried in a little bit of coconut oil with some salt, pepper and spices then a handful of blueberries and 6 beaten eggs tossed in - yum (second serve is for breakfast tomorrow) had some rainbow salad and spinach and rocket also. Today I stuck quite well to the template, I find 4 meals helps reset when I have been overeating. Thought about going to a piloxing class but decided to rest instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournegirl Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Day 2 8 hours sleep but woke up lots in the second half - detoxing from caffeine??? 6 km jog M1 egg, blueberry, carrot, zucchini hash with wilted greens cooked in a tsp of coconut oil, tea at 7am Yoga M2 or post WO 2 turkey patties and a raw carrot, weak tea at 11 am M3 some fruit scraps (mango, watermelon, canteloupe) beef burger, vege soup and some pumpkin and sweet potato and two big sticks of celery, licorice tea. Have made a pumpkin spread to go with the big bunch of celery I bought .. To replace nut butter sniff... M4 BBQ lamb, carrots, cauliflower rice, pumpkin baked with pineapple, green beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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