So I've started my anti inflammatory diet. Dairy free besides plain yogurt, gluten free, red meat free, corn free, soy free, peanut free, unnatural sugar free...am I missing anything else? Oh yeah. Nightshade free. You know what those are? Family Solonaceae (from my archaeobotany days). This includes tomatoes (meh), peppers (no Mexican???) and potatoes. Mother effing potatoes. Sure I can still eat sweet potatoes but I'm sorry, they just aren't the same. A baked sweet potato is meh. But maybe it's good because if I could have a baked potato then I'd want sour cream and bacon.
The food is good so far. I really like the mindbogglingly expensive everything free bread. One tiny slice with some almond butter and I'm stuffed. I get to eat lots of Japanese type stuff so I'm jazzed about that. Tonight is cilantro chicken, quinoa and mixed greens with a lime vinaigrette. Maybe this will become a sort of anti inflammatory food blog.
Oh yeah. Weight yesterday was 148.2. So close to pre-second baby weight! And I actually don't feel like a blob anymore. I finally rewarded myself with a hair cut and colour. So I'm a redhead now and I am LOVING it. Super confidence booster. I felt so good after the hair change that I went and acquired some super bright blue skinny jeans. Trenderific!
Around the house: we are sick of clutter. So we picked out some play room storage furniture. We have a trip to Vancouver coming up in a month so we can hit up IKEA. Should make a huge difference in the basement.
This week's challenges:
-fifteen minutes of declutter everyday in all the hot spots
-get rid of baby stuff we don't need anymore
-order some contacts and glasses with the right prescription
-stick to my diet! and maybe share some recipes
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Oops
Well I haven't been around in a while. We went on holiday. That was pretty fabulous. Nephew squish! And then of course there was Easter. I'm not religious but I like a good egg hunt.
Here's what's up with me: I have had a huge flare of joint pain in the past few weeks. My knees are particularly bad and I am pretty sure I have some sort of arthritis. I know, go to the doctor. I have to psych myself up for it because of how nasty they were when this first came up almost 8 years ago. One can only be told she's crazy so many times before she actually does go crazy.
In the meantime I'm going to start transitioning to an anti-inflammatory diet. This will eventually mean veganism, but not while breastfeeding. I just need animal product right now. This month I will work on dropping coffee. Next month I will nix tomatoes (not a problem for everyone, but definitely for me) and start phasing out dairy. This pretty much blows, but if I see improvement in pain then it's worth it.
On the money front things are going well. I just want to keep saving to pay off a student loan in the summer. Definitely on track.
On the home front we need blinds!!! It's making me nuts. And now that littlest lovely can amuse herself for a few minutes, time for a cleaning schedule. That will help me feel better too. Small jobs are easier than doing everything at once.
So this weeks challenges:
-coffee only in the morning
-heck, let's do another: red meat only once
-order those freaking blinds
-start back with the flylady program for cleaning
Here's what's up with me: I have had a huge flare of joint pain in the past few weeks. My knees are particularly bad and I am pretty sure I have some sort of arthritis. I know, go to the doctor. I have to psych myself up for it because of how nasty they were when this first came up almost 8 years ago. One can only be told she's crazy so many times before she actually does go crazy.
In the meantime I'm going to start transitioning to an anti-inflammatory diet. This will eventually mean veganism, but not while breastfeeding. I just need animal product right now. This month I will work on dropping coffee. Next month I will nix tomatoes (not a problem for everyone, but definitely for me) and start phasing out dairy. This pretty much blows, but if I see improvement in pain then it's worth it.
On the money front things are going well. I just want to keep saving to pay off a student loan in the summer. Definitely on track.
On the home front we need blinds!!! It's making me nuts. And now that littlest lovely can amuse herself for a few minutes, time for a cleaning schedule. That will help me feel better too. Small jobs are easier than doing everything at once.
So this weeks challenges:
-coffee only in the morning
-heck, let's do another: red meat only once
-order those freaking blinds
-start back with the flylady program for cleaning
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