Day 76 & 77 Whole30 "Reintroduction"

Day 76 & 77 Saturday and Sunday November 26 & 27, 2016

I introduced non-gluten grains this weekend. I oatmeal for breakfast. It tasted so good! I had almond milk, raisins and walnuts on it. I had some corn tortilla chips with salsa with my lunch. With dinner I had some white rice with my stir fry. The next day I had some of these same things as left-overs.  I didn’t notice that I had any adverse side effects. (I am late about recording this and so maybe I can’t remember it all. I realized I had missed having oatmeal, and the chips with my salsa. I did not miss having rice. I still need to reintroduce dairy and gluten…. We shall see how that goes!

Thanksgiving Whole30ish... style

Thanksgiving was fun because I was super excited to make the things that I knew I wanted to eat. I followed a few of the recipes from the Whole30 book. Near the back there is a holiday meal plan with a turkey and bunch of yummy side dishes. I followed the recipe and directions for the turkey and soaked it in a brine of salt/apple juice/yummy fresh herb bath over night. Then in the morning I put it all in the oven and let the magic happen. I made a sausage/apple/acorn squash casserole, that was dang delicious! Everyone loved it! I also made a balsamic brussel sprout and butternut squash side dish that was yummy. I made mashed potatoes and scooped out a generous helping or two for myself before I asked Greg to mash it up nicely with butter and milk. The gravy was so yummy made from the drippings of the beautifully browned turkey!!  I don't think I have ever tasted a turkey that tasted as good! (I might be a little biased...) I also made a sweet potato dish with the marshmallows and brown sugar (I did not partake of) Ooohhh, I made a couple of pies with my mom's homemade pie crust recipe that Greg loves. I made 2 pumpkin, one banana cream with real honest to goodness homemade pudding. (I really missed not being able to eat that)!! The kids helped me make a chocolate cream pie.  Thanksgiving was so much fun to prepare and watch my family eat! They all helped so much to help it all come together. We had invited a few people from Greg's work. We ended up with 3 extra quests and had a lovely dinner and evening together.

Days 69 & 70 Whole30 "Reintroduction"

Days 69 & 70, Saturday and Sunday, November 19 & 20, 2016

I am reintroducing beans, “legumes”. I made big pot of chili with beans. I added pinto beans, black beans and kidney beans. I ate some Saturday for dinner and Sunday for lunch. It is tasty, rich and full of flavor. I do wish that I was eating some of my yummy cornbread with it, so that might be somewhat of a trigger food for some emotional eating. The cornbread has 3 big ingredients in it that I am avoiding right now, wheat, dairy and corn, so I will not even try that for a while yet. :)

I am feeling fine, no adverse aches, pains or disturbances.

Side note, in my beehive young women’s class I taught about keeping our bodies healthy and why Heavenly Father wants that for us. (The word of wisdom) I shared with the class a little bit about my food journey these past few months. I explained, I feel like I have been handling life and its stressors and the daily trials I encounter in a much healthier and easier way.

Day 64 Whole30 "Reintroduction"

Day 64 Monday, November 14, 2016

After talking with my husband, family and friends. I decided to do more of a slow roll introduction. So… Today I am testing peanuts. I had some peanut butter on an apple again before the gym. Then I have had a couple handfuls of peanuts throughout the day. The taste ok, but I realize that I haven’t really missed peanuts. I have felt good. I have not had any stomach stress. My knees have been sore today. Not sure if it was from the peanuts or the hard leg workout I did at the gym this morning. I also lost my temper a few times with my children.

I read a couple articles on the Whole30 website that really encouraged me today.
If you are interested, here are the links. This first one is about doing a slower reintroduction. This second one talks about how we may be "comfortable" in our whole 30 rules and that once we are being pushed to try reentering the real food world that we want to go back to our safe zone ("training wheels")

Day 62 Whole30 "Reintroduction"

Day 62 Saturday, November 12, 2016

This morning I felt good although I slept in quite a bit. I felt very lazy and did not get my cardio done until after 12 noon. I was hit by a headache around 2pm and it did not go away until I woke up Sunday morning. No medicine helped. I am not sure if it was a reaction to the legumes/peanuts or if I was tired and worn out from taking care of sick kids last week.

Day 61 Whole30 "Reintroduction"

Day 61 Friday, November, 11, 2016

Today is the day I start reintroduction. I am quite nervous!! I am glad to have so much information from my Whole30 books and online. I feel more prepared. They recommend introducing one food group at a time while keeping the rest of your diet Whole30 compliant. The first thing they suggest to reintroduce is legumes, which include peanuts.  I started off the day around 6:30 eating an apple smothered in peanut butter. I felt a little guilty eating peanut butter… It was smooth and creamy and tasted pretty good. After I worked out at the gym. I sauteed zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms spinach and heated up some leftover pork and scrambled 3 eggs into it. I added about 1-2 tablespoons of soy sauce near the end of cooking to reintroduce soy. Although I don’t really like soy sauce I wanted to see how I would react. It was pretty tasty and I was hungry so I ate it all. About 30 minutes later, my stomach started gurgling and feeling uncomfortable. I had to run to the bathroom and I have terrible diarrhea. I am thinking it is the soy sauce, and that my body doesn’t like that. I realize now that it might be beneficial to separate peanuts from soy, but maybe next time. That’s why I want to take these notes.  For lunch Greg and I went to Red Robin so Greg could partake of the free lunch that Red Robin offered to veterans today. He enjoyed his big ole burger and bottomless fries. I enjoyed my Avo-Cobb grilled chicken salad with Italian dressing. Tonight for dinner we had taco salad. I reintroduced black beans, which is usually how I make my taco meat, mixed into the meat. I piled the lettuce on my plate then the meat and beans then some fresh salsa and tomatoes and cucumbers. So far so good. I don’t know what my upset was from this morning. I was reminded by my sister Jen that soy sauce has wheat in it!! I have been looking up soy today on the inter-webs and found this website and now I really want to keep soy out of my diet!! Anyway, today was a pretty good day aside from the bathroom trip earlier. I will see how the next few days go. I am supposed to wait a couple of days before reintroducing the next food group. I believe the next thing to introduce is not gluten grains, for instance oatmeal, quinoa, corn,...
I will keep you posted.