I need to go grocery shopping tonight. I have no paleo-friendly food left in my house.
Breakfast (8am):
Peach juice with 2 tsp Greens+
1/2 hardboiled egg
Tea with milk
Snacking throughout the day:
Trailmix
Lunch (12noon):
Salad (1 large carrot, green and yellow pepper, grapes, strawberries) with balsamic dressing
Snack (3pm):
Fruit and cheese box from Bibliocafe
Snack (5pm):
leftover chicken wings from Fifth Street
5 table water crackers + brie
****This is where the night went downhill****
Written 1 day later, retrospectively:
The evening was a bad food night for me, but put in stark relief my reason for facing this challenge. We went to a friend's house and he had cooked us dinner. Pasta with spaghetti sauce with garlic bread. I hadn't eaten because I thought it would be rude to not eat what he had made us. 5 bites into the pasta I started to feel ill, my skin got itchy, and I developed a massive headache. I stopped eating at that point. I am now understanding the benefit of fasting if the proper food choices are not available. White flour and wheat are NOT good for me. I feel disgusting, my eczema is flaring up, and I am having a "fat day." I am not going to get mad at myself for breaking the diet; if anything this experience makes me realise why I have decided to be more conscious of my food choices. I will get back on track today, which should be easy because I feel so gross that I can't even imagine eating non-paleo foods!
Wow, what a dramatic reaction! I had a similar reaction the last time I ate pizza, but it took 3 slices before I started feeling ill. Unfortunately, by then, the damage was done, and I spent the remainder of the night feeling totally disgusting.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say you were itchy, was it a hives-itchy? I often describe the feeling I get when I eat something I shouldn't have as having insects under my skin--not scratchy-itchy, but very uncomfortable in my skin.
Yeah, that's exactly it--insects under my skin! It was horrible! Now I just feel bloated and awful.
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