A much more successful day today! I hope this means I'm back on track...
Something interesting -- before I started this project, I was beginning to have some suspicions about my ability to tolerate beef. I noticed that I usually got indigestion (and other not-so-pleasant issues that I won't go into here -- TMI and all that...) after eating beef. I absolutely LOVE a nice, rare chunk of beef for dinner, but I think I have developed a sensitivity to it. Years ago, I worked with a nutritionist in an attempt to sort out some of the boy's problems. Through doing elimination diets we determined that he has a sensitivity to proteins, with "cow" being the worst offender -- this definitely explained his trouble with milk and a whole lot of other stuff. I was advised to keep him off of the beef for two weeks and rotate the other proteins, keeping 3 days in between. Well, I have been off beef for 18 days and had my first exposure in that BBQ'd patty last night. No indigestion last night to report but this morning, well, you can probably guess where this is going -- TMI and all that...
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 6 oz vanilla yogurt with lots of strawberries mixed in, coffee
Morning Snack -- missed it -- too busy vacuuming & cleaning/running the stairs...
Lunch -- Dr. Mike's freaking fantastic taco salad, green tea, probiotic supplement
Dinner -- BBQ chicken breast (with Dr. Mike's sauce), lots of broccoli, green tea
In keeping with the festive mood around Canada Day, breakfast today was red and white! Holy cow -- that was one tasty meal! Almost better than the red grape/vanilla yogurt combo -- almost...
I never managed to make it into the yard today -- kept myself very busy running up and down stairs, cleaning, vacuuming, running laundry here and there, organizing the winter gear. Then I spent the afternoon teaching the daughter how to sew while I worked on a valence for the holiday trailer -- lots of bending, etc. I sure hope this counts as exercise -- it's not like I do it every day...
I don't usually have the energy/patience to do this type of thing for a whole day. I've been more alert and calm lately, willing to take on projects that I've been avoiding, and enjoying them. This makes me happy! This makes my family very happy!
I feel....... better.....
