Bye Bye Sourdough - For Now

Notes from The My Plan: This morning when I stepped on the scale...

The good news is I didn't gain any weight. The bad news is I didn't lose any. The worst news, I tested sourdough bread yesterday. Sourdough is one of my favorites (I am from San Francisco after all). :(

I've been on such a good non-reactive streak. Why my sourdough? I shouldn't complain. I'm so grateful  for all the other foods that I've tested NR. When I read about other people that are reactive to so many of their favorite foods as well as staple foods, I feel so bad for them. How can I complain?

Up and Then I'm Down - But Its a Good Thing

Notes from The My Plan:

First thing I did when I woke up was weigh myself. I was up .2. :( At first I thought it might have been the bread I ate yesterday. Silly me, thought it was wheat white bread (which I had tested non reactive) but it turns out it was whole grain white bread. But then I remembered I didn't go to the bathroom yesterday. Can you say constipated? So I'm wondering if that's the reason I'm up .2.? 

Before drinking my lemon water and dandelion tea I took a hot Epsom salt bath. Then after I went to the bathroom (I know tmi, but I need to journal everything). I weighed myself and I'm down .6 pounds. AWESOME!! I'm down and I tested another food that is non-reactive.

I would never have even thought about all of this before. I love how I'm getting to know how food and my body play together. Thank you Lyn-Genet for the "The Plan" and all your knowledge. I love reading her facebook and forum posts, Lyn-Genet and her staff are always feeding my brain, while I'm learning to feed my body with the right foods that work for me. 

For breakfast I had a Blueberry Pear Smoothie (I just love these).

1/2 cup frozen Blueberries
1/2 Pear, chopped
1/2 cup Silk Coconut Milk
1 1/2 tbsp Chia Seeds
A dash or two of Cinnamon and/or Nutmeg (I use both).

Blend until fully blended.

For lunch I had a avocado and goat cheese sandwich with sunflower seeds and mixed lettuce. This was so good.

1/4 avocado

.5 oz (about 2 Tbsp) crumbled goat cheese

sunflower seeds

lettuce

2 slices of bread (I used white whole grain)

I went to a friends going-away happy hour and ate french fries (the only thing on the menu I could eat besides salad. I was not going to pay $13 for lettuce). I had tested fries before so I went for it. On the bad side, the fries were very salty. :( On the good side I also had 3 glasses of red wine. :) When I got home I was planning on eating some leftover zucchini but ended up just going to bed.

I woke up this morning with very puffy eyes and up .6 lbs. Thanks salt!

Today I'll take a break from testing and the only salt I'll be using is the Epsom salt in my bath.

My First Reactive Food, Mangos, and Marinade

Notes from The My Plan: 

Yesterday for lunch I had Spaghetti Squash, with a little butter and grated Manchego cheese. As soon as I finished my stomach started to hurt and continued until dinner time. My first reactive food.

For dinner I wanted to eat something that was light and easy on my stomach so I had 1/2 a chicken breast with mango salsa mixed with carrot and beet salad (chopped) to add some veggies to the mix.

When I woke up this morning I lost .2 pounds. I was surprised since I reactive so bad yesterday, but I'm not complaining. I'm also not testing a new food today. 

For breakfast I had a Blueberry Pear Smoothie with Chia Seeds. For lunch I used the leftover Chicken and leftover Mango Salsa with the Carrot and Beet Salad and 1/4 avocado to make a Chicken Salad.

For dinner I had French Roast Balsamic marinaded Roast Beef and steamed Zucchini.

I also had a rye cracker with almond butter, and a Skinny Dark Chocolate Truffles earlier.