FODMAP, anyone.....anyone...

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Anyone heard of this or tried it for relief IBS.

FODMAPs are osmotic (means they pull water into the intestinal tract), may not be
digested or absorbed well and could be fermented upon by bacteria in the intestinal
tract when eaten in excess.
Symptoms of gas, bloating, cramping and/or diarrhea may occur in those who could be
sensitive to the effects of FODMAPs. A low FODMAP diet may help reduce symptoms,
which will limit foods high in fructose, lactose, fructans, galactans and polyols.
The low FODMAP diet is often used in those with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The
diet also has potential use in those with similar symptoms arising from other digestive
disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. (from Stanford Hospital PDF)

I am still having bloating issues even with trying different probiotics and digestive enzymes. I do not eat wheat (confirmed celiac) and have very limited dairy.

Saw this on am episode of The Food Hospital and I might try this for a while but I think that this would be even harder and more restictive then giving up wheat since most of my favorite veggies are on the avoid list. Eating is becoming a pain in the arse!!!!!!!!

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True hunger is OK

Friday, April 26, 2013

Wow this week has been a real eye opener for me. Ever since I worked out a couple of weeks ago and the pants started fitting tighter, I started to take a real hard look at what was going on and revisiting some of Robin’s videos. I realized that I was not truly letting myself get hungry or truly full ( getting to a 3-3.5 and up to a 6 on the hunger scale). I was still eating when I was “supposed” to and I think this was not letting the natural hunger hormones (leptin) work.

I have been letting myself get truly hungry before I eat and eating till I am pretty full but not stuffed. I have tried this for the past 4 days and it has been amazing. I am just not that hungry in the morning so I just have some coffee with some coconut milk or cream in it. I get up at 5am and usually about 10 to 10:30 I am getting hungry. I eat a full meal with lots of protein and some steel cut oats and a handful of nuts. Enough to be full and then that’s it, I am satisfied for the day till dinner about 6:30. I eat a full healthy dinner and if I still do not feel full, a little dessert of berries and cream. I do not do any snacking at all. If I get to a 3.5, then I need to eat a meal. I guess for me, 2 meals a day is all I need and the body seems to be agreeing, the pants are already loosening up or at least they seem like they are. Last night, I had a tomato and a little chicken for supper, just was not hungry. I need to learn to trust that my body will fuel itself properly.

I will no longer eat when someone tells me I am “supposed” to eat, eat the food that someone tells me that I am “supposed”, eat a certain amount that someone tells me that I am “supposed” to or follow any particular eating style. Now, I will eat when I want, what I want (whole good foods of course) and how much I want and will not eat when I am not hungry. I will listen to my body and let it get hungry, real hunger is OK!!! More importantly I will eat till I am full, and I mean really full (not stuffed) and not just enough to take away the little hunger I have had. I have to get out of my head that hungry=skinny, full=fat.

I also read a bit on Jack Kruse’s Leptin reset and some of what he said makes sense, especially about the exercise. I realized that I am not hormonally ready for exercise and it might be 6-8 weeks till I can try to start again. Now, that’s not to say that I will not go out for walks this weekend (it is suppose to be in the 70’s and not 30’s) with the DD but no real cardio or weights. I need to get balanced again after years and years of exercising too much (yes there is such a thing for a non professional athlete). I will not follow his plan per say, as in that I will not eat 50g of protein 30 minutes after waking or keep the carbs to absolutely under 50g. I will eat a good portion of protein when I am hungry and have some carbs when I feel I need them. I have stopped weighing and tracking my food and vowed to pretty much never do this again.

So this week I think I had a break though and we will see what comes of it. Never know, maybe I will not need to do another round in September.

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The Dress and jeans......(pics)

Sunday, April 07, 2013

I did have some non-scale victories as well. A couple of weeks ago we went to Nordstrom’s and just for fun, I tried on some clothes. A goal of mine was to be able to go into there and try on a pair of ridiculously expensive designer jeans and have them fit. I found a pair of size 31 Citizens of Humanity jeans that were $228. I was very nervous but I took them in the dressing room, tried them on and WHOOOHOOO they fit and actually, they were a bit big in the waist. There was NO WAY I would pay that much for a pair of jeans but it was good to know that I could finally get in them. I did go to Macy’s and buy a pair of size 10 jeans. I had told myself that I would not be buying that many new pants until after P3 just in case my body wanted to put back on some weight but a lot of my pants were baggy and just looked sloppy.







This booty shot is all about the angle cause it does NOT look like that....hahaha

Then there was the dress. I saw Ali from the Biggest Loser with this AWESOME black leather dress on and I so wanted to find it. The hubby and SIL said that I would look really good in that style of dress. I was unable to find who the designer was online but when we went to Nordstrom’s, there is was. It was the exact one that she wore and it was a Diane Von Furstenburg leather dress. I grabbed a size 10 and went to the dressing room to try it on praying that it would fit. I almost cried, it did and it did not look too bad. Not like on the model on the website or Ali, but I am not their size so it would not look the same. It was beautiful but it costs….drumroll……………………….$795. There was absolutely no WAY I would pay that much for a dress even if I did have somewhere to wear it too. I would have to wear it at least once a week for a couple of years to justify the cost and there is just no where to wear it to. I know that the hubby would have let me buy it if I really wanted it but still, that’s too much for my taste.



I had a pair of Old Navy white jeans that fit so good in size 14’s but cannot wear those anymore unless I plan on showing everyone a full moon. I found a size 10’s on ebay and I am so happy since they look and fit so good. Did a little happy dance when I put them on.

I am still having a hard time seeing the weight loss and that I am finally fitting into some size 10’s which was my ultimate goal. I am sure that it will take time and hopefully I start seeing it.

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Food blog 4-6-13

Saturday, April 06, 2013

I think I might start posting dinner blogs with recipes since I love to cook good easy healthy food.

Supper last night was Fish tacos with chipotle mayo on coconut tortilla.



I used tilapia for this, and just cooked them in a little coconut oil with a little chili powder on them (could have used more). Found some chipotle salsa that I mixed with light mayo. Put some red pepper, green onions and lettuce on.

Here is the recipe for the coconut tortillas.

Coconut Flour Tortillas

Ingredients:
■1/4 cup coconut flour
■8 large egg whites
■1/4 teaspoon baking powder (optional, I like my tortillas thinner so I leave this out)
■1/2 cup water
■Coconut oil

The Process:
1.Whisk coconut flour, egg whites, water, and baking powder (optional) together in a large bowl.
2.Preheat small skillet on medium-high.
3.Melt 1 teaspoon of coconut oil in the pan and swirl around to coat.
4.Pour about 3 tablespoons of batter into the pan. Tilt and swirl the skillet to spread out the batter into a round thin tortilla shape.
5.Cook until golden brown on one side and then flip. (Careful! If you try to flip it too early or too quickly, it will rip. Be gentle and make sure the tortilla is not sticking to the skillet before you flip.)
6.Cook the other side until golden brown. Remove to plate.
7.Repeat the steps 3-6. This should make 8-10 tortillas.


Tonight is pork pesto with home grown spaghetti squash with tomatoes and maybe some creme brule made with coconut sugar.

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Update.........

Friday, April 05, 2013

It has been three weeks since I moved into the next phase of my weight loss journey and took a break from Spark (missed my peeps though) and here is how it has gone.

• My goal for the past 3 weeks was to eat when hungry and stop when full and TRUST that the body would let me know. I have done that fairly well. There have been a couple of times that I probably ate a little too much and I need to get over the idea of wasting food by finishing the last couple of bites even if I am full. If I want a healthy dessert I make sure to not eat as much for supper then wait 30 minutes to make sure that my body is truly hunger and it is just not my head wanting it.

• I needed to stop micromanaging my food intake. This has meant no weighing my food, no measuring my food, no counting calories but just eating good whole no sugar, no starch foods. This too has been pretty freeing. I still have the thoughts of am I eating too much food, am I eating too little food. Again, goes back to trusting the body and if I am eating junk free whole foods it will let me know.

• I have not got on the scale in almost a month and it has been both scary and freeing. When I saw Robin, she said that I needed to be prepared to gain all my weight back if I ate with hunger if gaining weight is what my body wanted to do. I needed to have this mentality to get my mind healthy. I am not sure if I have gained or not. Most of the pants are still fitting the same and I can check this weekend, but frankly, I am not sure if I want to. Will my self worth change if I am not 165 anymore? No it will not. I will NOT let my emotional well being be tied to the “gravitational pull” of my body.

• I have been dealing with some gut issues though. I do not think that my body like almonds and Greek yogurt. I seem to bloat up after I eat them and this makes me sad. I have a big jar of almond butter and lot of Greek yogurt. I am still validating that I have issues with them but if I do, I will eat these sparingly and make sure to wear pants that allow the belly to expand and probably have to give them up totally. Hopefully this will be get better but not holding my breath.

Now I am about to transition into the last phase of the protocol and this one scares me the most, maintenance. I can add back in some carbs and some sugar but not sure how much I will do that. I need to keep trusting the body and just eat when hungry. I need to stop moralizing food.

Then there is the exercise. I was NOT to exercise at all for the past couple of weeks except for short walks outside due to my exercise addiction. I have been opening up to some people about this and everyone I have talked to said DUH……… it was obvious but I did not see it. The next 5 months will be a challenge for me. I need to learn to exercise just because it makes me feel good and NOT to want to lose weight. I want to start running again (have not in almost a year) since my sister and I want to run a couple of 5K’s this summer. The biggest thing for me with starting to train again is to NOT wear a heart rate monitor, a Garmin or even a watch. No recording minutes worked out or what the heart rate was or how many calories I burned. Just run to run and stop when I feel like it, again listening to the body. I have been so mean to my body in the past that it is sad.

I can start working out again this weekend and will start with some light treadmill work with a little bit of running and strength training. I am going to try really hard to mainly do strength. I want to be strong to still be able to care for our disabled daughter. I still have the voices in my head that say “whoohooo, you can work out again so let’s do an hour of strength and an hour on the treadmill” and burn some major calories. I CANNOT do this again, it did not work in the past and it will not work now and only do harm.

So there is my update. I still have a lot of work to do mentally but I will get there. I am not ruling out doing another round of the protocol but it will not be until September. I just have too much stuff that I want to do this summer (biking, races, mowing lawn, vacations) that trying to stick to protocol and doing what I want to do will just not be ideal to try again. We will see how the summer goes with the extra activity and eating to the hunger scale. Plus, I have been getting some flack from the family about not needing to lose any more. REALLY!!!! According to the charts I am still over weight but luckily, I do not believe in the charts. I no longer see my body with disgust because I do not have thin thighs or narrow hips. That’s not to say that I would not like to see the thighs a bit thinner but I am no longer hating them.

This is the body that God gave me and I need to start learning to love it and trust it and to stop abusing it with exercise or startvation. As Robin said, you would not allow anyone to treat your child this way so why are you treating yourself like s#@t.

Another blog to come about THE DRESS.

TTFN and thanks to everyone for their support, miss you guys.

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