🍕 Diet Check-in 🥦

I think that’d be great as long as we agree to disagree on what “works”.

I’ve recently been testing the waters by going “off diet” to figure out triggers and got almost sick eating some cookies with what I’d consider whole ingredients in them, no additives. The only thing in them that I have avoided skillfully is wheat. Everything else, I’ve had with no problem, but there’s always the possibility of hidden ingredients… I’ve had no weight gain, but awful inflammation and a flare up of arthritic pain.

My daughter bought me Chinese from where she works. It’s a new dish they’re putting on the menu and it was fabulous. It had shrimp, asparagus, onion, peppers, and mushrooms. I’m sure it had the seed oils I’m trying so hard to avoid, but it was really good.

Karla - the wheat cookies I ate were from Scotland, and I’ve always heard that their wheat isn’t poisoned like ours. That’s why I thought I’d be okay. It’s definitely a no.

Back to my (mostly) carnivore diet tomorrow!

It sounds delicious though! Restaurants are my Achilles Heel.

That's too bad about the cookies. I've done pretty good avoiding cookies and cakes with gluten. They sell some of my favorites at a local health food store. I occasionally stop and drool at the dessert case, but then meander over to the juice bar and get something to drink instead.

I've been trying to eat more foods that are good for the gut. So far, my new food adventure has been trying tempeh and kimchi. I tried the kimchi last night and didn't like it. I don't think my dogs would have eaten it and they gobble up everything in sight. I'm going to finish my small bag, but probably won't purchase any more.

The first time I had tempeh, I had to choke it down. I hate to waste food, so made myself eat the rest of the package the next day. I tackled it from a different angle by cutting it into tiny pieces and using it in a stir-fry. I didn't even notice it then. That was a couple of weeks ago. I made another tempeh stir-fry tonight that was tasty. I added Maitake mushrooms since they're good for the immune system.

I managed to stay gluten-free but need to work on making smaller portions of food. I don't know how my meals always swirl into such large portions that I need a pasta bowl :-) Well, actually I know, I just get carried away because I think this or that will make it taste better.

I tried Kimche as well. I believe I might have SIBO because all the probiotics just tear me up. I can do a Bulgarian yogurt I found at Whole Foods (I’ve been adding bee pollen), but even sauerkraut and Kefir make my stomach bloated. I’ve not tried Tempeh, it sounds awful. I do like the taste of everything else in the probiotic area though.

Yesterday was a rough day because I had a terrible migraine with nausea. I used to suffer from horrific migraines several times a week. I started taking probiotics that are formulated without strains known to produce high levels of histamine. The probiotics allow me to eat foods I normally couldn’t eat without triggering a migraine. I hadn't had a severe migraine in a long time.

I’m not sure if it was the migraine was caused by the extreme high heat (it didn’t start until after I did yard work) or the fact that I ate some new cereal (with chocolate) and had a lot of nuts. 🌰 I blame my daughter for the nuts 🤣 She sent me a $20 coupon to nuts.com and I ordered stuff I shouldn’t have. They were delicious though. So while I can eat things now (in moderation) I still have to not overdo -which I did.

On the plus side, I had no problem sticking to my gluten-free diet.

Today I accidentally made another too large stir-fry. I couldn’t throw out the excess and there wasn’t enough to save, so I ate it. I will probably have a tomato sandwich later for dinner. This heat is robbing me of my motivation. I have a slight headache today, but nothing too bad. I had to walk my senior dog 🐕 but it was a short walk.

{{Hugs}} That sounds painful. I hope you heal quickly!

I'm going to try to eat Amy's frozen dinners for lunch and a sandwich for dinner for the next week or so in hopes of keeping my portion size down. I had the Tofu Scramble today. However, I fried some broccoli and mushrooms to make it more filling. I buy frozen vegetables. If I buy fresh, part of it usually spoils. Plain frozen veggies are bland and sorta soggy, that's why I fry everything. I'm trying to get away from those hidden calories.

I wasn't totally gluten-free today. We went to Moe's for their Moe's Monday special. I decided to get a burrito because it has less food in it than the bowl. I forgot that the tortillas aren't gluten-free.