Many of my gut health books shout the benefits of a 12 hour fast from the rooftops, with a lot of science-backed evidence to support intermittent fasting. Interested, I started to study it.
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I'm learning to listen to my body: Quietly altering things when I feel it's right for me.
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I came across an article for the Wahl's diet and was intrigued. Dr. Terry Wahls was able to put her MS into remission and is very passionate about spreading the word of her success. She feels it will help many other autoimmune diseases, which was hopeful for my Celiac disease. Much of ....
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I am organizing my life today! De-cluttering, filing papers, and making lists. October is going to be a big month for me: I have resolved to soothe my financial worries and I’m determined to fix my gut health. So, today, I typed up lists of approved foods on the diet plan I have chosen, which is the Wahls Paleo Plus eating plan. I have heard, through the grapevine, that it has helped others who are Celiac and suffer from leaky gut. It is a bit like Paleo and a bit like Keto but different from both. So far, I feel…
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It's time to take my power back. It's time to give myself permission to move forward. Enough of feeling powerless and hopeless. I wake up frustrated and feeling defeated. Also, I have been jealous of everyone's everything lately, a sure sign that I'm feeling stuck and need to change things- drastically, if possible. Josh agreed to be with me in sickness and in health. Right now, it's sickness but I want to go back to health.
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I hand my unhealthy self a bottle of water and take away the can of pop she's holding. The first small step, I indicate, without words. My unhealthy self nods in silent agreement and gratefulness. I hug my unhealthy self in a warm embrace. "I'm here for you," I whisper, "I'm always here for you".
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Today was not great. It wasn’t a good day, health-wise. Sometimes I have to adjust my whole day around my health and it’s really frustrating. The weather called for rain- the perfect day to clean! Right? Wrong. My health tanks sometimes when the weather changes. When I woke up, I had so many plans to be productive…. Instead, I woke up feeling off. This happens sometimes when the weather changes. It can also happen when I’ve eaten something that doesn’t agree with my gut. In fact, I’m still working on figuring out what my gut does and doesn’t like- it’s…
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I have to eat gluten-free, due to a severe gluten-intolerance. Eating gluten-free isn’t cheap, so here are three quick ways to shop more affordably. Here are my three easy tips to save while shopping gluten-free: Buy frozen!! Frozen is cheaper, lasts longer and is quick to prepare. Often picked at the peak of ripeness and flash frozen, they are just as nutritious (sometimes more so) than fresh. We love frozen veggies, fruit and fish. Shop at the end of the day. Sometimes when you shop after 6 p.m., things like meat are usually on sale. I buy hormone AND antibiotic…
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Food! Eating! As human animals, we can’t escape it. My mom always jokes that she wishes that we could just take a pill every day, instead of thinking of meals three times a day. I like food, especially comfort food on long days or during bad weather and there has been a lot of that lately. We are coming out of a winter funk- out of hibernation, maybe? But, I am ready to feel healthier and eat better. Longer days give me a sunnier disposition. Since I am feeling more optimistic lately, I thought it was time for an April…
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You guys, I don’t know why I do this to myself. I get my health back on track and feel great, then I backslide. WHYYYYY?! I’m so sick of feeling sick. I did an 8 week stint of eating clean and slowly adding foods back into my diet. I felt awesome. I wasn’t bloated, addicted to sugar, snacking mindlessly or lacking energy. Things were great. Things were so great, I forgot how bad they had gotten. So I added chocolate back in. And some dairy. And the occasional gluten-free snack (I’m looking at you GF crackers). And 1 cup of…