Days 11, 12, and 13

      I almost gave into breaking the diet this week.  So many sweets coming in and out of the house made sticking to the diet really challenging.   But I did it and I'm pretty proud of myself.  I made some good recipes this week that I just need to change a little bit if I want to keep eating them.  I've been eating a lot of the same things for breakfast and lunch.  These include: chicken patties, pieces of whole chicken, salmon, a variety of fruits and vegetables, soups, sauerkraut, and coconut.   For dinners I've been branching out, eating some seasoned pork, and steaks.  I'm going to try a cod recipe this week.  I am also using a variety of seasonings to flavor my foods.  I have a lot of fresh parsley, sage, thyme, and cilantro.  These add a lot of flavor.  I cook a lot in coconut oil, coconut milk, and olive oil.  Garlic and onion always give a nice flavor but are hard for me to digest unless pureed. 

     So I'm realizing more and more since being on this diet that I have extremely slow motility.  My Chronic gastritis (which I am going to have checked for autoimmune responses) will not go down unless I eat strictly pureed foods that have little acidity to them.  I ate a little meat and a bowel of sweet potato soup and felt the best I've ever felt in a long time. 

   Joint/fibro pain has gone way down so far on this diet.  I know the diet is a huge part of the reason this has gone down.  I tried doing an exercise program without being on the diet and could only do it for a few days because the pain would get so bad.  Now I feel I have enough energy to keep going.  I've been working out every day, mostly with my kids, but doing my own toning exercises.

I'm so excited to be playing with my kids, with energy and some freedom.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M ILL ALL THE TIME!!!

WEIGHT:  145 POUND

I've lost three more pounds this week. :)

 

Sweet Potato soup.  I'm going to make one similar with Butternut squash.

This was good but I think I needed to cook the shrimp in olive oil instead of coconut oil..  Just for flavor purposes.