I mentioned in this post a few weeks ago my goals for "spring cleaning" my/our lifestyle. One of the major changes we've made lately is to follow a restricted GAPS-style diet in an effort to jump-start our gut flora. (You can read more about the GAPS diet here, and the importance of healthy gut flora.) What does this look like on a day-to-day basis? Matt's following it more strictly than I am, but here's what we're eating now:
Breakfast:
Scrambled eggs (usually 3 each) topped with a pat of butter. Yum!
Tea
Lunch:
Me: Smoothie with homemade yogurt, frozen fruit, sometimes a cooked carrot or two, and coconut milk (for healthy saturated fat)
Matt: salad and a cup of homemade (chicken or beef) broth
Dinner:
Salad and broth, sometimes some kind of meat or eggs
We've also got probiotic capsules on the way (Bio-Kult) and will be introducing those soon.
We've both been amazed at how eliminating simple carbs and gluten have broken food's addictive hold on both of us. We'd heard people talk about how this way of eating actually made them more satisfied and less hungry, but it's hard to imagine for a couple of chowhounds like us (who really need something this restrictive or else we just give up and splurge). We do get hungry sometimes, but we're more able to make good choices about how to handle it, vs plowing through anything and everything that's available. We've each dropped several pounds and are feeling leaner and more in control. It's a good feeling!
We've also been hitting up the library frequently and I'm happy to report that I've already finished a book for March (The Mood Cure, which I found very interesting and a wonderful easy-to-understand resource on mood chemistry). I'm currently working through Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women and The Politics of Birth, and Matt and I are reading Bill Bryson's (very funny) The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid aloud. As you may recall, we did the same thing with some of his other books and enjoyed that immensely as well. As a result of our rekindled interest in reading, Food, Inc. has been sitting on top of our TV for several days, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Breakfast:
Scrambled eggs (usually 3 each) topped with a pat of butter. Yum!
Tea
Lunch:
Me: Smoothie with homemade yogurt, frozen fruit, sometimes a cooked carrot or two, and coconut milk (for healthy saturated fat)
Matt: salad and a cup of homemade (chicken or beef) broth
Dinner:
Salad and broth, sometimes some kind of meat or eggs
We've also got probiotic capsules on the way (Bio-Kult) and will be introducing those soon.
We've both been amazed at how eliminating simple carbs and gluten have broken food's addictive hold on both of us. We'd heard people talk about how this way of eating actually made them more satisfied and less hungry, but it's hard to imagine for a couple of chowhounds like us (who really need something this restrictive or else we just give up and splurge). We do get hungry sometimes, but we're more able to make good choices about how to handle it, vs plowing through anything and everything that's available. We've each dropped several pounds and are feeling leaner and more in control. It's a good feeling!
We've also been hitting up the library frequently and I'm happy to report that I've already finished a book for March (The Mood Cure, which I found very interesting and a wonderful easy-to-understand resource on mood chemistry). I'm currently working through Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women and The Politics of Birth, and Matt and I are reading Bill Bryson's (very funny) The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid aloud. As you may recall, we did the same thing with some of his other books and enjoyed that immensely as well. As a result of our rekindled interest in reading, Food, Inc. has been sitting on top of our TV for several days, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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