Happy October!
Welcome to the final quarter and last 3 months of 2015. It is a great time to reflect on your goals for the year and see what your scoreboard looks like. If you are behind and the score board for 2015 is not in your favor and you aren’t where you hoped you would be in 2015 then it’s time to refocus, reset and focus for the next 90 days.
Focus on the outcomes you want and commit to those and be disciplined in your actions. Make the last 3 months of 2015 really count and be a period in your life that you look back on as a defining time in your life!
For me, I really want to focus on my diet and figure out the foods that cause me discomfort. I am in the process of doing an elimination diet to help with this. I have been avoiding gluten, diary, soy and egg. It hasn’t been easy, and I haven’t been perfect but I have been trying really hard.
Below is a day of eats so you can see how I have been navigating it all!
Breakfast has been tough. Not eating milk, gluten or eggs really limits my options. I tried to have smoothies but they always leave me wanting more and hungry an hour later. So I eat a lot of oatmeal. It’s super easy to make and eat at work and it keeps me full.
I love apples. They are def my favorite fruit. I prefer to slice them, I like to think it makes them last longer! Sprinkling cinnamon on top makes them nice and sweet. It’s a prefect little healthy treat.
I got this mulitgrain gluten-free bread at a farmers market in Vermont. It was super hearty and made with all kinds of seeds. I reach for this as a snack or for breakfast. It was perfect for when I am craving carbs.
My sister is in town and made us dinner last night. It was an awesome Pumpkin Curry. It was super flavorful and filling. It was full veggies (green beans, butternut squash, tomatoes, and broccoli) and chicken and I topped it with brown rice and quinoa mixture.
While I have been eliminating foods from my diet to help figure out what causes me stomach pain, bloating, headaches and more, I have learned a lot about certain foods, and how to manage a restrictive diet (even if it’s for a short period of time). I am feeling so much better and it has been so worth it! I am starting to add back in some of these foods to see how my body reacts.
Check back tomorrow for a list of confessions and things I learned from doing the first phase of this elimination diet!
