I got through the evening with a warm cloth covering my face. About 10 o'clock that night, when I no longer felt like throwing up, I opted to eat some yogurt. Now I do have SCD homemade yogurt in my fridge, but I can't remember when I made it. I'm certain it's been longer than two weeks - so the probiotics shouldn't be good anymore. It may even be longer than 3 weeks, but it looked okay, and smelled okay - so I chanced it. It tasted glorious. (I didn't like the yogurt when I first tried it, but I have come to find that the honey makes all the difference. When I'm eating something where I can taste the honey I use the good stuff -$$$-, from the health food store. In yogurt I really like the "flavored" honeys. Now they don't have flavor added - that would be illegal. They are named for the blossoms the bees visit to gather the pollen to make their honey. I really like orange blossom honey, especially with a sliced banana in yogurt. Last night I tried my new bottle of raspberry - yum!) Within 15 minutes I felt better than I had all day. I had a second bowl. Food at last!
The third day, my headache was mainly gone when I woke up. Yea! No need to call the doctor on this one. I chose to take it easy and not wear myself out trying to catch up with all the mess just yet.
Breakfast: Hard Boiled Eggs, Grape Juice
Lunch: Leftover chicken
Dinner: Broiled Hamburgers, French Cut Green Beans
Saturday, Day 4 - I woke up with a slight bit of sinus pressure. When will this ever go away? At least I felt stronger than I have all week. After cleaning the kitchen a bit and stirring up some bread to let rise (for everyone else, not me), I made myself a batch of banana pancakes. The recipe is really simple - 1 egg, 1 banana. I mix it in a blender. I also add an extra egg. This actually doesn't stretch the recipe any further, but I think the pancakes might hold together a bit more. I found the trick for me is to keep them small - silver dollar size. That way my spatula can slide completely under a pancake and pick up the entire thing to flip it. I cook my banana pancakes in coconut oil - yum! I get about 12 from one batch.
Breakfast: Banana Pancakes, applesauce
Lunch: Leftover chicken, heated and sprinkled with more Parmesan
Diner: Broiled Steak, Cinnamon Carrots, Stir-Fried Peppers and Mushrooms served over the steak.
So what are Cinnamon Carrots, you ask? Coined carrots, boiled in water. Drain the water. Glob a generous portion of butter on top, then sprinkle some cinnamon, stir until well mixed.
I think I'll have some yogurt for a snack later. Maybe it will take care of this slight headache :o)
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Day 2
Currently I'm feeling absolutely miserable. I haven't even eaten anything all day except a cup of tea. My sinuses are throbbing. I used my neti pot this morning and I'll try it again this afternoon to see if that will help any. I hope this is mostly because of the diet, but if this is still going on late tomorrow I'll probably break and call my doctor.
Yesterday:
Snack: More grape juice and the last cup of soup.
Dinner: Boiled Chicken breast, sprinkled with salt, basil and Parmesan cheese, Sauteed zucchini (I knew I wouldn't get through dinner on intro, but I stayed SCD!)
Snack: Grape juice, cheddar cheese and pecans
Today:
Breakfast: Tea
Guess I better go find something to eat.
Yesterday:
Snack: More grape juice and the last cup of soup.
Dinner: Boiled Chicken breast, sprinkled with salt, basil and Parmesan cheese, Sauteed zucchini (I knew I wouldn't get through dinner on intro, but I stayed SCD!)
Snack: Grape juice, cheddar cheese and pecans
Today:
Breakfast: Tea
Guess I better go find something to eat.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Day 1
I've been fighting a possible sinus infection, and I know if I can stick with SCD I'll be fine. . . but it's not easy. 2 days ago I didn't even make it through breakfast. Yesterday I survived until lunch. But today I'm determined. I don't have much prepared ahead, so if I just stay SCD legal I'll be happy. It's 3 o'clock and I've not only been legal, I've been on intro.
Breakfast: 3 eggs, scrambled. Tea.
Snack: 2oz Grape Juice diluted with 2oz water.
Lunch: Chicken Egg Drop broth with smashed 3hr boiled carrots.
I suppose I should mention that I've been sick all weekend which is why I haven't much prepared ahead. It started as a typical cold, but now that it's settling in my sinuses I need to come at it with guns blazing, even though I feel like retreating to the couch for a nap. Hmm, maybe after some more chicken broth soup.
Breakfast: 3 eggs, scrambled. Tea.
Snack: 2oz Grape Juice diluted with 2oz water.
Lunch: Chicken Egg Drop broth with smashed 3hr boiled carrots.
I suppose I should mention that I've been sick all weekend which is why I haven't much prepared ahead. It started as a typical cold, but now that it's settling in my sinuses I need to come at it with guns blazing, even though I feel like retreating to the couch for a nap. Hmm, maybe after some more chicken broth soup.
Starting Today
I'm the wife of a bipolar and a Mom of 4. Five and a half years ago we started the Feingold Program. It's a diet used to treat ADHD by eliminating artificial colors, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners and petroleum based additives. In other words, we got rid of many chemicals in our food. It wasn't too much of a change. I had been learning to cook for 10 years, ever since I had gotten married, so I could actually cook from scratch. Basically it was a matter of changing brands. I used to buy "X" brand of potato chips, now I buy "Z" brand.
The Feingold program has two stages. In the first stage you eliminate all of the above along with high salicylate foods. The higher salicylate foods are apparently similar in chemical composition to aspirin and can cause problems for some people. After 4-6 weeks of improvement on the program you add back the higher salicylate foods watching for reactions. We followed the Feingold program for over four years and were never able to add back in the higher salicylate foods without bad reactions. Four years without apples and tomatoes . . . something had to change.
I figured that an intolerance to food probably meant that we had "leaky guts". Our bodies were not digesting food properly, so the undigested portions of the food we ate were causing all sorts of problems within our bodies. Then I found SCD. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet, as written about in Breaking The Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall. As a family we started the SCDiet late last January. Within 4 weeks we were able to add back all of the higher salicylate foods we had removed for four years. But the diet is extremely difficult to follow. We stuck to it for almost 3 months without infractions. Then we were doing so well we decided to eat out. That was the beginning of the end.
So here it is, almost a year after initially starting and I'm looking to start again. I know I need this. I know this will be hard, but I've got to do it. My health depends on it.
The Feingold program has two stages. In the first stage you eliminate all of the above along with high salicylate foods. The higher salicylate foods are apparently similar in chemical composition to aspirin and can cause problems for some people. After 4-6 weeks of improvement on the program you add back the higher salicylate foods watching for reactions. We followed the Feingold program for over four years and were never able to add back in the higher salicylate foods without bad reactions. Four years without apples and tomatoes . . . something had to change.
I figured that an intolerance to food probably meant that we had "leaky guts". Our bodies were not digesting food properly, so the undigested portions of the food we ate were causing all sorts of problems within our bodies. Then I found SCD. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet, as written about in Breaking The Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall. As a family we started the SCDiet late last January. Within 4 weeks we were able to add back all of the higher salicylate foods we had removed for four years. But the diet is extremely difficult to follow. We stuck to it for almost 3 months without infractions. Then we were doing so well we decided to eat out. That was the beginning of the end.
So here it is, almost a year after initially starting and I'm looking to start again. I know I need this. I know this will be hard, but I've got to do it. My health depends on it.
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