The End. This Girl.

Honestly... I have THE.BEST.Sisters in LOVE... You all WISH you could have the sisters I do... TRUST ME.

 

But honestly... for this girl to give up and sacrifice like she did for the entire 30 days... overwhelms me in a way that I wouldn't EVER be able to put into words. This blog post has taken me SO long to just be able to get my mind around... and stop crying every time I started typing.

Giving up how you eat is so much more than "giving up how you eat"... It is rethinking all that you do, how you take care of your family and required MUCH planning ahead. This gal took it all on JUST to support me. Just so I wouldn't have to do it alone and just to be the person I could lean on who truly understood what I was going through in that very moment because SHE was going through the same thing...

I would throw myself in front of a bus for her babies but I don't know that I would have given up what she did for those 30 days. I love this girl and I am so SO blessed and thankful for her... especially the past 30 days... Thank YOU SIL L

It didn't really answer any questions of what are potential trigger foods for me but as Husband said... "it's not like you are hurting yourself by eating better" :) So now I wait for blood work checking for Lyme and I have an appointment in June with the rheumatologist that Husband will be able to come to as well. Onward and upward and so happy the food chapter is done... for now. ;)

Monday, Day 29 and Tuesday the LAST DAY

Weather: Mostly cloudy 50/60's!!!! Tuesday, mostly cloudy.. .took a while to warm up but got to 80

Food:
(Monday) Coffee with almond milk little syrup
 2 waffles with jam
Pasta salad with chicken and dressing
Strawberries
steak, GF pasta, salad

 

Two waffles with jam

chicken, orange, popcorn, fritos (for low blood sugar)

Leftover Steak, GF pasta, roasted asparagus

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once (didn't take the meds until bedtime Tuesday) did a detox bath on Monday and took 4 Advil before bed hoping to have a "good day"

 

Drs: Monday I went in for my blood work and confirmed that I am getting the Lyme test that "Fletch" says I need :) so everything under the sun I hope... waiting for those results...

Overall pain level and locations: 5/6ish... mostly feet and finger, chest....

Cliff Notes from SIL L:

Friday Day 26, Saturday, Day 27, Sunday, Day 28

Weather:  Sunny 60's

Food:
Coffee with almond milk little syrup
 2 waffles with jam
 Banana for low blood sugar
Orange for low blood sugar
Roast chicken, cukes, strawberries
Skinny Pop and an apple low blood sugar

Chicken and pasta probably.. can't remember now... (Tuesday) 

Saturday
Waffle
Salad with chicken, cukes and dressing
Strawberries
Burgers with avocado and some ketchup to dip

Sunday (Mother's Day)
GF pancakes with raspberries from SIL L and kiwi
Salad with chicken and dressing for lunch
GF pasta with broccoli and vegan butter
Skinny Pop


Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once  I also took 3 Advil in the AM (Friday)

 

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations:  6/7, chest and finger

Cliff Notes from SIL L:

Friday

breakfast same

Lunch

chicken

2 clementines

snack

skinny popcorn

supper

steak

baked potato with approved butter

 

Saturday

same breakfast

lunch

burger with fries

supper

pasta salad

Sunday

breakfast

approved pancakes

lunch

pasta

salad

fritos

supper

waffles with approved jelly

 

Wednesday & Thursday

Weather:  Sunny, Sunny, Sunny 75+

Food: Kinda gave up on the lemon water... tastes yucky and wasn't doing anything
Coffee with almond milk little syrup
No breakfast
Homemade guac with corn chips and leftover steak
Piece of Liz's chocolate

Leftover crockpot pork (was in the freezer) with leftover brown rice pasta
Skinny Pop

 

1 waffle with jam

1 banana
Some strawberries, 1/2 an orange and Skinny Pop for "lunch"

Piece of Liz's chocolate

Tacos, mine were on corn chips with lettuce, quac, and burger

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once Wednesday I also took 3 Advil in the AM

 

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Wednesday was a "BAD" day... I could barely move, I had so much I wanted to get done around the house and it was a battle to not climb back into my bed... thank goodness the weather was nice and I have the two cutest reasons to just keep going. My back, my chest, my finger, my feet... everything. Brutal :( 8/9 ~  Thursday was better... 6/7

Cliff Notes from SIL L:

Wednesday

morning...same

banana

lunch 

salad with steak

blueberries/raspberries

clementines

snack

banana

skinny popcorn

supper

pork tenderloin

brown rice

steamed broccoli

waffle with approved jelly

 

****very bloated early in week from pancakes (flaxseed KILLS me)....

Monday & Tuesday Days 22 and 23

Weather: Monday Sunny 85!!!! Tuesday Sunny and 75 LOVE IT!

Food: Kinda gave up on the lemon water... tastes yucky and wasn't doing anything
(Monday) Coffee with almond milk little syrup
1 waffle with jam
Pasta salad with chicken and dressing
Piece of Liz's chocolate

Pasta salad with chicken, raspberries and blackberries

 

Two waffles with jam

1 1/2 bananas for snack and to treat a low blood sugar

guess... pasta salad with chicken (I'm 'bout done with that meal)

Piece of Liz's chocolate

Steak, brown rice, steamed asparagus FROM MY GARDEN!!! and salads 

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once (didn't take the meds until bedtime Monday)

 

Drs: I spoke to my PCP office and have asked my dr. to give me any and every Lyme test available... I'm waiting for a call back letting me know if she agrees to it or not ~ she called back on Tuesday and said she agreed to the Lyme tests, now I'm waiting for them to tell me when they are ordered at the lab closest to me

Overall pain level and locations: 5/6ish... mostly feet and finger
 
Cliff Notes from SIL L:

Tuesday

morning and breakfast routine same.

Lunch

leftover 'spaghetti'

clementines

snack

fritos

skinny popcorn

supper 

burger

brown rice

Friday ~ Sunday Day 19, 20, 21

Weather: Mostly cloudy 50's-60's, Sunday Sunny 60's

Food:
Breakfast all three days:
Coffee with almond milk little bit of maple syrup
2 waffles with jam and vegan butter

Friday:
1/2 an apple

Leftover spag with meat sauce
An orange to treat low blood sugar
Some of Liz's amazing chocolate

Amy's DF/GF Pizza ~ my review is... I got down two small pieces but there was NO WAY I could eat it for lunch on Saturday... crumbly crust and just couldn't do it.

Saturday:
Olive Oil Popcorn from Trader Joe's
Raspberries
Leftover Bourbon chicken, GF pasta, sautéed zucchini and onions
Blackberries and Raspberries

Sunday:
Juice box during church for low blood sugar
Salad with chicken, carrots, pasta, salad and dressing

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Friday: Really low pain level today, finger not so swollen for sure... keep in mind... 4 advil last night before bed... Saturday: 6? Finger swollen again, chest pain back, Sunday: chest/finger 5/6ish
  

Cliff Notes from SIL:

Friday

cup warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

banana

Lunch

chicken

2 clementines

snack

skinny popcorn

supper

pizza (gluton free pizza crust found in gluton free section.. I think the brand is something like Schar) with spaghetti sauce and broccoli

tortila chips

Saturday

1 cup coffee with almond milk

1 cup tea

2 waffles with approved jelly

Lunch

raspberries and blackberries 

Supper

steak

gluton free noodles

Sunday

1 cup coffee with almond milk

1 cup tea

breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

Lunch

pasta salad with cukes/chicken/pickles and approved dressing

fritos

Snack

skinny popcorn

Supper

gluton free raspberry pancakes with maple syrup

Days 16, 17, 18 (Tues, Wed, Thurs)

Weather: Mostly cloudy 50's/Partly Sunny (ALL THREE DAYS!!!)

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
1 waffle with jam (Tuesday & Wed) Nothing to eat on Thursday

Iced coffee with a splash of maple syrup and almond milk (Thursday)

Attempted the DF/GF Mac and "cheese"... three bites and that was it. Kinda gagging but I  MIGHT be able to do it as a side dish... have it in the fridge to try again...
Banana

Salad with chicken

Snacks:
Few Tostitos

Snack Skinny Pop

Dinners:
Burgers, Salad (Tuesday)

Spaghetti w/ meat sauce, side salad (Wednesday)

Crockpot Chicken on a salad (Thursday)

 

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once, detox bath with salt, cider and frankincense essential oil (Bath only Wednesday) NO SUPPLEMENTS AT ALL ON THURSDAY ~ I did take 4 Advil before bed on Thursday... extra sore all over (see notes on manual labor below)

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: 6ish... mostly knees, ankles, feet, finger and chest ~ lots of "manual" labor, carrying heavy totes up from the basement, lots of cleaning, bending, carrying laundry baskets upstairs and trying to steam clean my carpet... key word... trying.
  

Cliff Notes from SIL:

warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

lunch

chicken

2 clementines

handful fritos

supper

burger

french fries

green beans

 

Wednesday

warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

lunch

house salad with chicken and approved dressing

clementines

grapes

snack

skinny pop

supper

steak

french fries

steamed broccoli

Thursday

warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

lunch

salad with chicken and approved dressing

blackberries

clementine

banana

snack

skinny popcorn

supper

pasta salad....cukes, pickles, little bit of chicken

 

Fun(NY) Friday

Because I'm sick of talking/thinking/dealing with food... but I'll update with one giant blog post soon to keep track of all this HARD work....

 

In the meantime... it is "spring" and yes it IS still cold enough to sled...

but... THANKFULLY the snow has actually melted. I dare you to tell her.

Day 15 Monday

Weather: Mostly cloudy 50's

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
1 waffle with jam
Iced coffee with a splash of maple syrup and almond milk
Banana 

Salad with chicken, grapes and dressing
Few Tostitos

Snack was blueberries and Skinny Pop
Grilled Steak, Quinoa with roasted zucc, asparagus, red onion and raw carrots, dressed with this dressing. I subbed maple syrup for honey because we ran out of honey....and I added some dried basil. It needed more tang so I added more mustard.

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once, detox bath with salt, cider and frankincense essential oil

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: 6ish... mostly knees, ankles, feet, finger and chest
 

Cliff Notes from SIL:

warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

Breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

lunch

chicken

2 clementines

snack

small pancake

handful fritos 

handful skinny pop

supper

pork chops

baked potato

cucumber

1/2 Way to 30 Days

Overall... I am not feeling any better. I actually feel just about the same. I'm paying more attention to pain locations but for the most part I don't feel like anything has changed.

That is frustrating :(

I am still missing what I "used" to eat and find myself getting grouchy when I "can't have" something. Struggling with entitlement I guess... Plus...the cake at the bridal shower looked SUPER yummy and the Sunday morning breakfast I would typically eat with Husband smelled up the whole house and looked YUMMY as usual. That is the part that I have to change my thinking on... eating an amazing weekend breakfast made by Husband, making homemade pizza with my family and watching a movie is a once a week - 3 times a month has been an emotional LOSS for me these past 15 days. I did spend WAY TOO MUCH money on a frozen pizza with a GF crust and DF "cheese" on it. It does have a little cane sugar in it but I'm gonna just roll with it. (and PRAY I can choke it down!) So thankful for all the OPTIONS out there.

I think the Detox baths have been the MOST beneficial to me. It is really hard to sit in that super hot water for 20 WHOLE minutes but it does seem like I have a little bit of a better day the day following a bath. Could be in my head. I dunno.

There was a change in perspective though when I was so super frustrated that NOTHING was making a difference (or so it would seem thus far) but then if nothing is making a difference.... I guess I get to go back to MY FOOD! :) Change of perspective.

I do like the menu planning. Having 30 days of meals all figured out and then taking each week against the circular, what I have in my freezer, and what is going on with our schedule has been really helpful. On the flip side... I don't USUALLY cook/plan/organize meals for Friday, Sat. and Sun. Not that I don't cook but Husband and I usually just fly by the seat of our pants as far as oh let's grill tonight or let's make homemade pizza... Having to do meals on the weekend annoys me. I'm just sayin'. ;)

Here's to cresting the hill and coming down on the other side...prayers appreciated.

Notes from SIL L:

Good morning...will try to share my thoughts on our process:)

overall so far it has been a success as far as my stomach etc... I am not feeling as bloated even though the pounds definitely have not melted away..... I don't think I have lost weight through this process yet..(I don't weigh myself so hard to tell).  Many times through this I have been hungry....stomach growling hungry where as before....I just ate because..... now I feel the hunger.  I need to find ways to eat the things that will stick with me and find foods that are filling that fall in the 'can eat' category.

I do notice a difference in belly after eating spaghetti, pancakes and 'pizza'.  these were the foods that really bothered me before and doing the substitutes has helped.  

Overall, when the 30 days is over...I will probably continue to try to go gluten free as much as possible.  however, I love food and probably won't be able to do it...cereal...pizza etc... but I will take steps.. regarding sugar...I know I can't commit to NOT eating sugar.......but will cut back.

this process has reminded me to think before I just put something in my mouth....very hard when I am starving right now and don't eat breakfast for 2 MORE HOURS!!!!!

 

After this...I will continue with the gluton free waffles and making of gluten-free pancakes...even though pancakes are not easy to cook.  I will probably add peanut butter back in to put on these waffles:)  

I will cook with gluton free pasta for myself...not the family though.....and will try and stay away from gluton stuff...super hard....

Days 13 (Saturday) and 14 (Sunday)

Weather: Mostly cloudy high 40's, windy, raw and COOOLLDDD

Food:

Saturday:
NO Lemon water
Coffee with Almond Milk
No breakfast, therefore no Vits/supplements
Few raspberries on the way up to a bridal shower
Pasta salad packed my SIL L
Tortilla chips, fruit salad and fruit kabobs at the shower
Skinny Pop and more raspberries on the way home
Leftover brocc/caul/brown rice and pork tenderloin

Sunday:
4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
One waffle with jam and a banana

Salad with turkey, red cabbage and dressing

Tostitos
Chicken, avocado, berries

Supplements: NOTHING on Saturday except for 3 Advil, Sunday: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper once, probiotic once, vitamin D once

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Saturday was OK except for driving 5 hours in the car. I was definitely stiff and sore but probably a 5-6 Sunday: again 5-6?

 

Cliff Notes from SIL:

1 cup coffee with almond milk

1 cup tea with honey

Breakfast

2 waffles with approved jam

raspberries

Lunch -hmm tricky with being at a bridal shower

1 fruit kabob

pasta salad

snack

skinny pop

raspberries

supper

chicken stir fry (gluten free soy sauce) with broccoli and brown rice

Sunday

gluten/sugar/egg/milk free pancakes with maple syrup

Lunch

hamburger

pickles

Fritos

supper

pancakes with maple syrup

raspberries and blueberries

 

Day 11

Weather: Sunny high 50's low 60's

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
Two waffles with vegan butter and jam
Banana for snack
Tried to mix tuna with my avocado mayo and put on a salad (just baby greens) didn't do it for me. Not sure if the tuna was too fishy or what but I threw 75% of it away and had a handful of Fritos calling it "good".
Low blood sugar (you don't say?) so I had a "mock" tail of grapefruit/cran/pom and a splash of lime
Dinner reheated turkey, brown rice, salad
100% juice and Skinny Pop for a snack

Took the girls to DQ with free ice cream tokens (from one of Minnie's ice fishing derby's this winter ;) sat sitting at the Blizzard sign... ah well....

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Feet are sore... finger not as much... chest not as much...5-6?

Cliff Notes from SIL:

warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

lunch

salad with chicken and approved salad dressing on side

clementine

snack

skinny popcorn

supper

taco - burger - with a 'touch' of seasoning and corn shell (2) with lettuce.... NO doritoes even though I wanted them with my tacos.

Day 10

Weather: Sunny high 50's low 60's

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
Two waffles with vegan butter and jam
Lunch was turkey "sandwich" on two waffles with lettuce and the avocado mayo, Fritos
Supper was tacos. Instead of spending the $$ for the no sugar taco seasoning packet at Whole Paycheck, I ended up having Husband take some of the burger out and adding just a LITTLE bit of seasoning... I also cooked refried beans (yum!) and had avocado, a little salsa, and I lined each corn taco shell with the avocado mayo. Def. missed my sour cream and cheese... :( but the beans were fun. Not something that I usually do because it makes my sugar go up and I did have to wake up around 2AM to take insulin for a high

Supplements: 3 Advil before leaving for track practice Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper 3 times, probiotic once, vitamin D once, 20 min detox bath with Epsom salt, apple cider vinegar and baking soda

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Brutal morning... both feet, finger... a little bone pain in my chest. I still walked a mile at practice and felt better after that.

Cliff Notes from SIL

warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

Breakfast

2 waffles with approved jelly

snack

banana

Lunch

chicken with mustard

strawberries

snack

tortilla chips

Supper

gluton free noodles with spaghetti sauce

snack

waffle with approved jelly

Day 9 (Tuesday)

Weather: Rain, damp, overcast high 40's

Food: FORGOT my 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
1/2  Bob's Red Mill GF biscuit with vegan butter and jam
Lunch was turkey on a salad with red cabbage, celery, cukes, avocado and dressing
Bowl of "ice cream" frozen peaches, strawberries, tablespoon of maple syrup and a dash of lemon juice in the food processor. Frozen until firm. (I separated the batch and sent 1/2 with SIL L)
Skinny Pop
Supper was grilled steak, and pasta salad that I used the leftover GF corn pasta for...it was HORRIBLE cold. The texture was TERRIBLE and we all HATED it. I did make mine with avocado mayo and that was AMAZING. Loved it!

For whatever reason the biscuits did not agree with SIL or I at ALL. We both had a "reaction" to them for some reason... won't be making those again. Bummer because they really were not awful

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper once, probiotic once, vitamin D once

Drs: I called my PCP and she is on vacation until next week. They will get back to me once they have spoken to her

Overall pain level and locations: Pain was way down... woke up at probably a 4... even with rain


Cliff Notes from SIL:

lemon with warm water

2 cups tea with honey

breakfast

bisquit with approved jelly

lunch

chicken

clementine

banana

snack 

skinny popcorn

supper

Steak on grill

french fries

salad

1/2 cup 100% apple juice

snack

2 tbsp of peach/strawberry icecream Julia made

waffle with approved jelly

Day 8

Weather: Damp, overcast high 40's

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk a little maple syrup
 2 GF Raspberry pancakes with syrup
Snack was a clementine
For lunch I tried to do the leftover sausage/veggie thing but couldn't do the "meatballs". Just made my stomach turn. I heated up some of the leftover pasta and put some marinara sauce on. Had some Skinny Pop for a snack
Dinner was roast turkey Bob's Red Mill GF biscuits and green beans. The biscuits were by far the best GF option for "bread" that we have had. I used all my biscuit tricks and read the reviews on line before making them... put my "butter" diced in the freezer for 1/2 hour, the flour mix with an added 1/2 tsp of baking powder and the almond milk. Used the food processor and these things ACTUALLY rose... a little bit. Couldn't believe it.

Supplements: Fish oil twice, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once, 3 Advil at lunch time, Detox bath

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: When I woke up pain was at a 7-8 today. It never really got better. Most days I can feel it getting better but by lunch time I had to take some Advil.


Cliff Notes from SIL:

coffee with almond milk (2nd try)

tea with honey

Breakfast

2 waffles with 'approved' jelly

lunch

chicken

clementine

snack(s) - hungry today....

tortilla chips

2 pancakes with maple syrup

supper

chicken with garlic

cucumbers

barilla pasta

1/2 biscuit with approved butter

Day Seven (Sunday)

Weather: Sunny and high 50's

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
2 waffles with some jam
Juice box before church to avoid a low
Lunch was tuna on a salad with red cabbage, celery, carrots, cukes, avocado and my dressing
Snack was Liz's AMAZING DELICIOUS PERFECT FOR THE CHOCOLATE CRAVING GIRL homemade chocolate. Equal parts, honey, coconut oil and cocoa. She added peppermint essential oil and it was PERFECT. SO amazing!
Dinner was grilled steak, Barilla Gluten-Free pasta (so the corn blend vs. brown rice) I topped it with my "pizza" topping and had some cukes cut up.

Supplements: Fish oil twice, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once, two deep blue (doterra) and some essential oils

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Pain 6 today


Cliff Notes from SIL:

2 cups tea with honey

breakfast 

2 waffles with approved blueberry jelly

lunch

burger

tortilla chips

clementine

supper

barilla pasta with cucumbers pickles chix with salad dressing approved

snack

skinny popcorn 

Day Six (UPDATED WITH PICS)

Weather: Sunny 60's

Food: Up at 4:30AM with a low blood sugar (41 yikes!) treated with a juice box and tortilla chips back to bed
4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk and a splash of 100% maple syrup (hey! it's Saturday!)
2 raspberry pancakes that I made last Sunday and froze for SIL L and I with maple syrup

Two juice boxes for low blood sugar outside while working on a furniture refinishing project
Lunch was leftovers from the chicken/brown rice/brocc-cauliflower night
1... ONE of my fav. potato chips stolen from Husband's lunch plate
Another low blood sugar so I had some popcorn and took off my pump
Pizza "crust" with roasted zucc, asparagus, sautéed red onion, mushrooms and a LITTLE red pepper. I did put on about a table spoon of the marinara sauce... it wasn't pizza but it was do-able.

Plain crust

Some Skinny Pop with a movie at church
1 waffle with jam when I got home before bed because my sugar was lower than I like it before bed

Supplements: Fish oil twice, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once, 3 Advil first thing in the morning

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: The Advil this morning was mostly for shoulder pain and bone pain in my chest


Cliff Notes from SIL:

not feeling well

2 cups tea with honey

pancakes with maple syrup

lunch

chicken

clementine

banana

snack 

skinny popcorn

supper

pizza with Julia's special crust and broccoli and spaghetti sauce and burger

Day Five

The grouchies are setting in... I miss cheese... and bread... like REAL bread...and cheese... and sugar. And cheese...

Weather: Showers in the morning clearing in the afternoon

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk
1 waffle with some jam
Banana to treat a low blood sugar around 10:00ish
Lunch was leftovers from the spag dinner... so brown rice pasta and a little sauce with a lot of meat and an orange
Snack was "ice cream" so the frozen bananas in a food processor with diced strawberries thrown in and cocoa powder. Pretty much bananas. Pretty much NOT ice cream.
Dinner was kind of made up from a few recipes that Fletch gave me... and a sausage recipe from Liz found HERE (minus the msg) I made the sausage into meatballs, sautéed garlic and onion with some chicken broth, added broccoli, pea pods and asparagus. Put on top of shaved zucchini... sausage was really spicy which Husband and I didn't mind but it took the little ladies by surprise ;) would probably lower the chili flakes next time :)

Miss B called TiTi to tell her that "Mommy ate one of my jelly beans"... :)

Supplements: Fish oil twice, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once, 3 Advil before bed

Drs: Today I spoke to the medical assistant at the Rheumatology office. I told her I wanted to hold off on starting any meds and asked her to explain my x-rays. My feet are showing erosion from the RA but she said there is much that can be done to prevent any more and/or fix some of what has already been done... I'm just not ready for the heavy duty stuff yet. I also rescheduled my follow up appointment so that Husband is able to go with me at the beginning of June.

Overall pain level and locations: Even with the rain I feel like my pain was only a 5-6 today.

Today it definitely hit me. I even cried. Just really struggling with the "I can't have..." and "I want..." hrrrmm.... working through it all and leaning on the Lord for SURE.

Cliff Notes from SIL:

warm water with lemon

2 cups tea with honey

Breakfast

2 waffles with approved blueberry jelly

snack

banana

lunch

chicken with sunflower seeds

clementine

snack

tortilla chips

supper - too late at night

sausage meatballs with peapods broccoli and barilla gluten free pasta

2 rolls from Julia as mine totally didn't come out

Day Four

Weather: Sunny and 60's I love it!

Food: Woke up with low blood sugar 51... had a juice box before my 4 oz of WARM lemon water
Coffee with almond milk ~ really missing my sweet and low and creamer... :(
Skipped breakfast because my sugar spiked from not eating right away and we were running out the door
Clementine around 10:30
Lunch was leftovers from last night
(Dinner was THIS and I subbed maple syrup for the brown sugar and used split chicken breasts. Came out a little dry because I cooked it too long but flavor was yummy. Served it with brown rice and steamed broccoli and cauliflower)

I did have some homemade corn tortilla chips that were AMAZING and then I freaked because I didn't know if there was any sugar in the corn tortilla before she fried it... I checked online and didn't see anything in the ingredients that screamed sugar...

Dinner was THIS with THESE dinner rolls. I used coconut milk (because it was open and I want to use it up) and the vegan Earth's butter. Not a huge fan of the rolls... the pork was AMAZING! SO YUMMY! Side salads

Blood sugar SPIKED after dinner....

Supplements: Fish oil once, turmeric w/black pepper once, probiotic once, vitamin D once, 3 Advil before bed

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Pain was back when I woke up. BUT... tough to tell if it was all the outside raking, cleaning up, gardening I'd done the day before.....discouraging.

Cliff Notes from SIL:

Thursday

Breakfast

2 waffles with jelly

 

Lunch

Chicken with sunflower seeds

1 clementine

1 bowl rasp, blueberries

manderine oranges

 

snack 

handful tostitos

supper

pork

baked potato with the butter stuff

celery

roll - a complete flop...did not mix together..overcooked them because they weren't baking and then awful. 

 

snack

2 little pancakes maple syrup

Day Three

Weather: Sunny and high 60's!!!! AH-MAZING!

Food: 4 oz of WARM lemon water before ANYTHING
Coffee with almond milk
one waffles with this jam ~ yum!
Clementine
Lunch was a salad with romaine, red cabbage, avocado, cukes and roast chicken ~ dressed it with this dressing and 1/2 an apple
Dinner was THIS and I subbed maple syrup for the brown sugar and used split chicken breasts. Came out a little dry because I cooked it too long but flavor was yummy. Served it with brown rice and steamed broccoli and cauliflower

SIL L and I also tried THIS to help with the fact that we are BOTH missing our SUGAR! It didn't work out so well....bleck.

Supplements: Fish oil twice, turmeric w/black pepper twice, probiotic once, vitamin D once, detox bath of Epsom salt, apple cider vinegar and baking soda for 20 minutes

Drs:

Overall pain level and locations: Pain was actually better when I woke up. Got outside with the gals and did a whole bunch of yard clean up and enjoying the sunshine!


Cliff Notes from SIL

Breakfast

pancakes with maple syrup

Lunch

chicken with sunflower seeds

1 clementine

banana

snack

handful tostitos

skinny popcorn

supper

bourbon chicken 

brown rice

steamed broccoli