So, I'm a bit confused. I'm not really getting much die-off, apart from the headache, no digestive upsets or anything, and the headache was gone today. I upped my sauerkraut, to even eating pieces of it, and nothing. nada. zip.
I'm starting to wonder if the state of my gut is as bad as I thought it was. I'm doing an experiment tonight. I just ate 2 small crust pieces of pure organic spelt bread (obviously with no rubbish in it) with butter, vegemite and sliced banana, and a cup of tea. Let's see if that does anything. I don't want to wreck my hard work, but I want to see if I'm doing this for a good reason, or if I just need to keep away from the white stuff. (well we all need to keep away from the white stuff but will that be enough to make me feel well?)
Time will tell, I'm off to bed. Had a good rest day today with the kids at mum's, even went to the shops with hubby before we picked them up and felt ok. Headache was dull this morning but is all but gone now. No panadol today.
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Day 3 Intro
I was really tired this morning, Pixi woke me at 10.30 to ask me to make him a bottle, and was dragging myself around. I went back to bed but then they started coming in every five minutes to ask me to put things on the computer for them to watch on you tube so I got up. Mum came over at 2, I was very cranky, the poor kids had to deal with that. I went back to bed a few times but only stayed for a few minutes before I had to do something else. I wished mum had taken them yesterday, as I thought this was how it was going to be today. I'm usually a gentle mum and I hate the way I've been treating them, yelling and getting angry. I didn't want them here for that reason.
Still had a hideous headache, couldn't take it anymore, and took another 2 panadol rapid, which dulled it to bearable. Had a cup of soup, a bowl of very fatty soupy stew, with 2 teaspoons of ghee and two teaspoons of sauerkraut juice added. Also had scrambled eggs with ghee for breakfast. Tonight I really wanted something else so I looked at stage 4 and that had GAPS bread, so I looked in the Gut and Psychology Syndrome book for the recipe, and made the GAPS cake! almond meal, eggs, ghee, honey, dates and walnuts. Oh my! so yumm, especially slathered in butter!! Didn't seem to affect me yet so I'll have some more tomorrow.
I'll try the roasted meat too, which is also stage 4. Maybe i'll go get a chicken..mmm
We're looking around for a dehydrator but can't find one for the price we can pay so am thinking about looking at thehealthyhomeeconomist.com to see if she has a way I can do it in my gas oven... I want to soak and dehydrate some nuts so I can make nut butter in my sister-in-law's Thermomix and then I can make the nut butter crepes featured on Stage three. They are butternut pumpkin, eggs and nut butter. Sound loooovely with butter and honey hey??!
Panadol has well and truly worn off now, and the headache is a very dull ache so that's good I think. Hope it doesn't get any worse overnight. I was going to do a yoga class tonight but there's something wrong with the TV and hubby has unplugged it for some reason, so I'll do it tomorrow during the day hopefully. Hubby gave me a neck and shoulder massage tonight even tho he was really tired and cranky too. Poor luv, I can't wait to be done with me so I can start him, he so needs this too.
Kids have gone now to mums so I'll hopefully sleep a lot tomorrow, I feel like I need it.
I feel like I've maybe gotten over the worst of it..? We'll see.
Still had a hideous headache, couldn't take it anymore, and took another 2 panadol rapid, which dulled it to bearable. Had a cup of soup, a bowl of very fatty soupy stew, with 2 teaspoons of ghee and two teaspoons of sauerkraut juice added. Also had scrambled eggs with ghee for breakfast. Tonight I really wanted something else so I looked at stage 4 and that had GAPS bread, so I looked in the Gut and Psychology Syndrome book for the recipe, and made the GAPS cake! almond meal, eggs, ghee, honey, dates and walnuts. Oh my! so yumm, especially slathered in butter!! Didn't seem to affect me yet so I'll have some more tomorrow.
I'll try the roasted meat too, which is also stage 4. Maybe i'll go get a chicken..mmm
We're looking around for a dehydrator but can't find one for the price we can pay so am thinking about looking at thehealthyhomeeconomist.com to see if she has a way I can do it in my gas oven... I want to soak and dehydrate some nuts so I can make nut butter in my sister-in-law's Thermomix and then I can make the nut butter crepes featured on Stage three. They are butternut pumpkin, eggs and nut butter. Sound loooovely with butter and honey hey??!
Panadol has well and truly worn off now, and the headache is a very dull ache so that's good I think. Hope it doesn't get any worse overnight. I was going to do a yoga class tonight but there's something wrong with the TV and hubby has unplugged it for some reason, so I'll do it tomorrow during the day hopefully. Hubby gave me a neck and shoulder massage tonight even tho he was really tired and cranky too. Poor luv, I can't wait to be done with me so I can start him, he so needs this too.
Kids have gone now to mums so I'll hopefully sleep a lot tomorrow, I feel like I need it.
I feel like I've maybe gotten over the worst of it..? We'll see.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
My Stew Recipe
Brown a kg of cubed gravy meat, or similar, in ghee or coconut oil.
Put in slow cooker with 2 quartered onions, 5 peeled and chopped carrots, 2 peeled and chopped zuccinis, a peeled and chopped parsnip, 4 chopped celery sticks, and a chopped red capsicum.
Set the slow cooker on high for 5-6 hours adding 3 chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper after 3 hours (or set the slow cooker on low for 12 hours, adding the tomatoes, salt and pepper after 6 hours) Don't salt and pepper too much, you can add more later if necessary.
You can also add some bone broth at the start to make it more soupy, this is good during intro as the more animal fat you consume, the faster you will recover. I also add ghee to it when I'm reheating to eat, to add more animal fat and taste.
Put in slow cooker with 2 quartered onions, 5 peeled and chopped carrots, 2 peeled and chopped zuccinis, a peeled and chopped parsnip, 4 chopped celery sticks, and a chopped red capsicum.
Set the slow cooker on high for 5-6 hours adding 3 chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper after 3 hours (or set the slow cooker on low for 12 hours, adding the tomatoes, salt and pepper after 6 hours) Don't salt and pepper too much, you can add more later if necessary.
You can also add some bone broth at the start to make it more soupy, this is good during intro as the more animal fat you consume, the faster you will recover. I also add ghee to it when I'm reheating to eat, to add more animal fat and taste.
Stage Two Intro Protocol
First Thing in the Morning:
cup of warm or room temp. water with slice of lemon
*drink slowly, chewing every mouthful
Rest of the Day:
warm meat stock
warm soup
raw egg yolks added to meat stock or soup - start with 1 per day, gradually increase until you are having one egg yolk for every bowl of soup.
soft boiled eggs in soups (yolks runny, whited cooked)
stews and casseroles (pg 143 gaps guide or Internal Bliss Cookbook for recipes)
increased amount of juice from fermented vegetables
homemade ghee starting with 1 teaspoon a day and gradually increasing
cup of warm or room temp. water with slice of lemon
*drink slowly, chewing every mouthful
Rest of the Day:
warm meat stock
warm soup
raw egg yolks added to meat stock or soup - start with 1 per day, gradually increase until you are having one egg yolk for every bowl of soup.
soft boiled eggs in soups (yolks runny, whited cooked)
stews and casseroles (pg 143 gaps guide or Internal Bliss Cookbook for recipes)
increased amount of juice from fermented vegetables
homemade ghee starting with 1 teaspoon a day and gradually increasing
Stage One Intro Protocol
First Thing in the Morning:
cup of warm or room temp. water with a slice of lemon
*drink slowly, chewing every mouthful
Rest of the Day:
warm meat stock
warm soup
boiled meat
boiled veggies
teaspoon per day of juice from fermented veggies
ginger tea with or without a little honey
cup of warm or room temp. water with a slice of lemon
*drink slowly, chewing every mouthful
Rest of the Day:
warm meat stock
warm soup
boiled meat
boiled veggies
teaspoon per day of juice from fermented veggies
ginger tea with or without a little honey
Day 1 and 2 of Intro
Day 1 started ok with a few glasses of filtered water with a slice of lemon. Then I heated up some of the soup from the night before and had a lukewarm cup with a teaspoon of juice from the sauerkraut in it. Tasted delicious! Waited til it was hot and had another cup. Just rested for the rest of the day, waiting for some symptoms. Had none til late afternoon, when a band of pressure formed around my forehead, which developed into a headache and lasted into the night. So I did some of the die-off relief methods I had read about - Wade gave me a head massage, I put my feet into a hot epsom salts foot bath for a while, and on going to bed, I tried the magic sock method - you put a pair of wet cotton socks on then over them, a pair of 100% wool socks. Leave overnight and in the morning the cotton socks will be dry. Apparently, the body's efforts to dry the wet socks will draw toxins out through your feet!
After being in bed for a couple of hours and being in so much pain, I decided it was more important for me to sleep so I took two panadol rapid. I fell asleep and when I woke up this morning, the headache was gone! yay! I was expecting it to be back as soon as the panadol wore off. So, I went to my friend's Tupperware party and took soup in my travel mug and another serve in a freezer bag to heat up if I got hungry later. It was nice. I ended up drinking the second serve of soup with an egg yolk in it, but started to feel nauseas, which has stayed with me for the rest of the day.
I still feel nauseas, have been having ginger tea with a little honey, but not really working. And the headache came back this afternoon, but in a different place! Now it's the back of my head, and down into my neck. I'm thinking about doing a yoga session (I have it on DVD) to help stretch everything out and hopefully get some relief.
I've also been EXTREMELY cranky today. Yay for my family, I tried to explain myself to my kids tonight, my 6 yr old is sort of understanding. My mum was meant to have them from this afternoon, but since I was ok this morning, she said she'd come over instead and see how it all went tomorrow and if necessary, she'd take them then. I wish she had taken them today. I think the crankiness is the headache, I do NOT cope when I have a headache, I just can't function, especially when there's heaps going on, like the kids are being themselves - NOISY, or my husband wants to discuss the weekly budget with me, which is a sure fire way of getting me cranky ANYWAY!! I can't even sleep when I have a headache, so it totally sucks.
Well, I'm probably sabotaging myself, but my husband just made me cup of tea. Yep, real tea. I'm terrible, but I just need it right now.
So I'm going to enjoy it. Bye!
After being in bed for a couple of hours and being in so much pain, I decided it was more important for me to sleep so I took two panadol rapid. I fell asleep and when I woke up this morning, the headache was gone! yay! I was expecting it to be back as soon as the panadol wore off. So, I went to my friend's Tupperware party and took soup in my travel mug and another serve in a freezer bag to heat up if I got hungry later. It was nice. I ended up drinking the second serve of soup with an egg yolk in it, but started to feel nauseas, which has stayed with me for the rest of the day.
I still feel nauseas, have been having ginger tea with a little honey, but not really working. And the headache came back this afternoon, but in a different place! Now it's the back of my head, and down into my neck. I'm thinking about doing a yoga session (I have it on DVD) to help stretch everything out and hopefully get some relief.
I've also been EXTREMELY cranky today. Yay for my family, I tried to explain myself to my kids tonight, my 6 yr old is sort of understanding. My mum was meant to have them from this afternoon, but since I was ok this morning, she said she'd come over instead and see how it all went tomorrow and if necessary, she'd take them then. I wish she had taken them today. I think the crankiness is the headache, I do NOT cope when I have a headache, I just can't function, especially when there's heaps going on, like the kids are being themselves - NOISY, or my husband wants to discuss the weekly budget with me, which is a sure fire way of getting me cranky ANYWAY!! I can't even sleep when I have a headache, so it totally sucks.
Well, I'm probably sabotaging myself, but my husband just made me cup of tea. Yep, real tea. I'm terrible, but I just need it right now.
So I'm going to enjoy it. Bye!
Sunday, 29 May 2011
TOMORROW!!! eeeeeeeeeee!!!
My beautiful hubby gave me a fabulous massage tonight and while he was doing it he asked me if I was nervous about tomorrow. I thought for a bit, and said, " No. I'm actually really excited. I acknowledge it's going to be really hard at first and I'm going to hurt, but I know it's for the greater good, I'm looking forward to healing."
I love the fact that he understands how important this is, and he isn't thinking it's just a fad. He could think that. I wouldn't blame him, I am the worst person for never finishing anything I start. But I think this will be different. I am driven this time. And mostly for me but also partly to show others what good nutrition can do for your health, but also what GAPS can do for people with all sorts of problems.
My problems, as far as I can remember, are these:
*arthritis in left elbow
*heel spurs (from excess weight I think..)
*excess weight (I am 83kgs, I should be more like 50-60 according to my frame and height)
*many aches and pains in my upper back, shoulders, neck, head on a constant basis
*a history of depression and a fear of returning PND when I have another child
*many food intolerances, with symptoms ranging from bloating, cramping, gas, diarrhoea, nausea, dermatitis on my fingers and hands, headaches etc.
*poor eyesight that seems to be getting gradually worse - I am shortsighted and wear strong prescription glasses from when I wake to when I go to bed. I'm not thinking this will be corrected, but perhaps it will halt the gradual deterioration I am experiencing.(?)
*foggy brain, a feeling of wading thru the day, every part being a lot of effort
*tiredness, sometimes overwhelming
*poor memory, very bad short-term memory, my 6 yr old son frequently tells me he is going to build me a memory machine when he gets his science lab going!! (LOL)
*sore feet, dodgy knees that dislocate easily. (again, I think this is a weight and/or poor amount of exercise issue)
Well, that was a huge list!! Once I started, I kept thinking of other things!!
I made up another batch of beef stew this morning using beef broth, it was a good one as it had lots of marrow from the split marrow bones in it which I cut up small and popped back in, and it tasted very nice, I also used the Osso Bucco from the Boy on the Hill meat pack, which went verrrrry tender, melt in the mouth beautiful! Then I put on another pot of beef bones in the slow cooker this afternoon (I wanted chicken but had run out) and I just put them on the hob tonight with some veggies and am now making my first lot of soup for intro. It will be ok not using chicken as they say that the marrow and fat is very good for healing and this soup has tonnes of that in it.
So now I have made up a sheet of paper with Stage 1 etc on it, so I can see at a glance what I'm up to and what I can have and what I need to pull out of the freezer for the next day or meal.
Oh oh! I forgot to say I got my books from Nutrivene.com yesterday - the Gut and Psychology Syndrome newest edition by Dr Natascha Campbell McBride and Internal Bliss GAPS cookbook. The cookbook is so good and full of very useful recipes. I'm very excited to get over intro and try some of them out!
Well, I'm off to bed now, see you tomorrow!!
I love the fact that he understands how important this is, and he isn't thinking it's just a fad. He could think that. I wouldn't blame him, I am the worst person for never finishing anything I start. But I think this will be different. I am driven this time. And mostly for me but also partly to show others what good nutrition can do for your health, but also what GAPS can do for people with all sorts of problems.
My problems, as far as I can remember, are these:
*arthritis in left elbow
*heel spurs (from excess weight I think..)
*excess weight (I am 83kgs, I should be more like 50-60 according to my frame and height)
*many aches and pains in my upper back, shoulders, neck, head on a constant basis
*a history of depression and a fear of returning PND when I have another child
*many food intolerances, with symptoms ranging from bloating, cramping, gas, diarrhoea, nausea, dermatitis on my fingers and hands, headaches etc.
*poor eyesight that seems to be getting gradually worse - I am shortsighted and wear strong prescription glasses from when I wake to when I go to bed. I'm not thinking this will be corrected, but perhaps it will halt the gradual deterioration I am experiencing.(?)
*foggy brain, a feeling of wading thru the day, every part being a lot of effort
*tiredness, sometimes overwhelming
*poor memory, very bad short-term memory, my 6 yr old son frequently tells me he is going to build me a memory machine when he gets his science lab going!! (LOL)
*sore feet, dodgy knees that dislocate easily. (again, I think this is a weight and/or poor amount of exercise issue)
Well, that was a huge list!! Once I started, I kept thinking of other things!!
I made up another batch of beef stew this morning using beef broth, it was a good one as it had lots of marrow from the split marrow bones in it which I cut up small and popped back in, and it tasted very nice, I also used the Osso Bucco from the Boy on the Hill meat pack, which went verrrrry tender, melt in the mouth beautiful! Then I put on another pot of beef bones in the slow cooker this afternoon (I wanted chicken but had run out) and I just put them on the hob tonight with some veggies and am now making my first lot of soup for intro. It will be ok not using chicken as they say that the marrow and fat is very good for healing and this soup has tonnes of that in it.
So now I have made up a sheet of paper with Stage 1 etc on it, so I can see at a glance what I'm up to and what I can have and what I need to pull out of the freezer for the next day or meal.
Oh oh! I forgot to say I got my books from Nutrivene.com yesterday - the Gut and Psychology Syndrome newest edition by Dr Natascha Campbell McBride and Internal Bliss GAPS cookbook. The cookbook is so good and full of very useful recipes. I'm very excited to get over intro and try some of them out!
Well, I'm off to bed now, see you tomorrow!!
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