The month of January here in New England has been a month of snow storms, hitting us with 4 to 24 inches of snow at a time. I am enjoying the days off due to school closings but my back is chronically sore from all the shoveling and snow blowing. I look at it as my exercise for the day.
The elimination diet has ended and I have been adding back some foods to my diet. I'm not quite sure if I would say that I feel fantastic as some allude to after they eliminated gluten and such from their diet. The first 3 weeks of the diet I had a nasty cold that kept me in bed quite a bit. I know, you probably think that it's the detox that happens when you eliminate so many foods from your diet but, my soul mate and hubby had been sick for a month.
I have added a cup of regular coffee back into my diet with no ill effects. I am swaying more towards drinking naturally decaf. coffee with a treat on the weekends of regular coffee. I am still using splenda because I haven't gotten my nerve up to use stevia (which I think has an awful aftertaste.) or brown rice syrup ( I have a jar bought and it's sitting in my pantry)
I also added wine back in. This I know is not a good thing for me. It makes me crave potato chips and other not so good food items. I will cut back on this and save the wine for special events.
I tried adding oranges back in and the one time I ate an orange, it made me feel very bloated and gassy. I will try it again to see if it was a fluke or not.
Eggs are back in my life. I had them a few mornings with no ill effects. Thank goodness because that was my source of protein for my salads. There's nothing better than a sunny egg and 1/2 of an Udi's bagel to start the day.
I am remaining gluten and dairy free (with the exception of eggs) along with being sugar free. Beginning in March, I will go back on a strict elimination diet to see if I will continue to feel better. I heard that it could take a few months for your body to respond.
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