Day Thirty

My tummy did feel better today. The tight band around my middle has loosened. I don't usually eat breakfast before work on Saturday, and today was no exception. My 10:00 appointment cancelled at the last minute, which gave me time to run over to the farmer's market before my 11:00 arrived. While there, I got into a great conversation with a lady who was experiencing a lot of digestive issues herself. I could have stood there and talked for another hour but I had to get back for my next appointment. I gave her the blog address, I hope to see her here. :-)

After work, I ran home and threw some of my farmer's market haul into the pressure cooker for lunch. I had collard greens, carrots, rutabaga, grey squash, and chicken strips, seasoned with my usual garlic powder and sea salt. It was so tasty!

Then db and I headed down to Berkeley to visit my daughter. We hung out for a little while, I lent a hand with an art project she was working on, then we went to the Berkeley Bowl to grab things for dinner. Grass fed sirloin, zucchini, carrots, cilantro, ginger, and Coconut Secret teriyaki sauce (I didn't even know that they made a teriyaki sauce). I was a little hesitant because the very last ingredient was organic cayenne and I haven't reintroduced peppers yet. But they didn't have any coconut aminos, just the teriyaki, it was a minute amount, and we would have had to scrap our plans and start from scratch. So I took a chance.

It was really yummy and so far, so good. No reactions. We will see how it goes. 

I only have two weeks left before I'm due to start reintroductions, and this past week or two I feel like I've let a lot of things slide. I know a lot of it is because I'm feeling so good. Though I still have a few symptoms (a bit of itching, the band around my middle, occasional mild heartburn) it's nowhere near what it was before. On the other hand, I've had quite a bit of blurred vision this week, as well as chapped lips and flaky skin on my forehead. I need to be really careful these last two weeks to clear the last of these symptoms before reintroductions start, because I won't be able to tell what's really a reaction to the food I'm introducing, and what's just more of the same. I'm considering taking out the garlic powder, the coconut aminos (since I react to coconut milk) and the sweet potatoes plus cutting down on the amount of berries and maple syrup (but they're sooooo good!). Maybe I've just been overloading on salicylates. Once I'm able to add more veggies, fruits, and maybe some nuts, it will be easier to cut down on the sals, but I can't add those things in until the symptoms abate. 

I'm just thinking myself in circles now. I think it's time to go to bed. Tomorrow is the Super Bowl and I have to figure out how to make chips and dip out of the limited ingredients I'm allowed to use.