Elimination Diet: Week 2

Another week ....the first few days were tough because we had company in town and groceries were starting to dwindle. We chose to eat out, which makes it difficult to avoid spices and the rest of my list. I tried the best I could, but a few of the days my headaches and tummy problems returned and my energy was completely zapped! Wednesday, I had an all day training and did well except for lunch. For the vegetarians, they had small wheat buns (on my list) topped with lettuce (on my list), tomato, avocado (on my list) and cream cheese (on my list)  with sides of fresh fruit and green salads. I was starving and had one sandwich with the sides, about an hour later my head started getting heavy and it quickly developed into a painful headache that lingered for the remainder of the day. Maybe it was the lunch or a build up of delayed reactions from the previous days. Either way,  I vowed to get back on track Thursday.

Thursday 8/25-
Breakfast:  (9:00 am)

• 1/2 c whole wheat hot cereal
• 1/2 tsp Earth Balance vegan margarine
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1/3 c So Delicious Original Coconut Milk
• Blueberries

Lunch: (12:30 pm)

• Whole wheat wrap
• White bean garlic dip (white beans, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, salt and shallot)
• Shredded carrots, sliced cucumbers, sliced tomatoes and sunflower seeds

Snack: (2:00 pm)

• Apple w/ 1 Tbsp crunchy PB
• Iced rooibos tea w/ honey and lemon

Dinner:

• Small plum
• Sparkling water w/ limeade
• Carrot sticks w/ white bean dip (love the garlic!)
• 1-1.5 c couscous dish (toasted Israeli couscous, garlic, pine nuts, broccoli, cucumbers, kalamata olives, tomatoes, lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, salt)

Exercise: 30 minute bike w/ Lola + 25 min walk w/ Lola and hubby

Friday 8/26
Breakfast:

• 5:30 - V8 Splash
• 8:00 - 1 c Autumn Wheat cereal + coconut milk
• Black tea + coconut milk
• 1/2 banana

Lunch: 11:15 am

• 1-1.5 c leftover couscous salad
• A few blackberries
• 52 oz H2O

Snack: 4:30 pm

• 1 vegan coconut cookie - YUM!
• Apple

Dinner:

• Grilled portobello Mushroom stuffed with artichoke tapenade, vegan mayo, Oregon shrimp, sundried tomatoes, spinach and garlic
• Corn on the cob

After Dinner:

• Root beer 'float' - Root beer, 1 oz vodka + coconut milk

Saturday 8/27
Breakfast 6:30 am

• 1 c Autumn Wheat + Coconut Milk
• 12 oz Soy Awake tea latte w/ 1/2 the sweetener

Lunch: 11:30

• Super hungry by the time I got the chance to eat at work
• 1 grilled portobello stuffed w/ shrimp fixins - Yummy
• 26 H2O

Dinner:

• Chips + salsa
• Edamame
• Veggie wrap
• Drinks downtown Seattle w/ Friends -

Sunday:

• Craving bland salty food. Basically just ate whole wheat spaghetti noodles w/ a little vegan margarine and Braggs liquid aminos (early lunch and dinner), carrots w/ garlic bean dip, limeade, twizzlers, water, popcorn w/ vegan margarine and salt

Monday:
Breakfast:

• v8 splash on the go 6:00 am
• Autumn wheat + coconut milk 7:30

Snack: 9:30

• Banana
• Black tea + soy latte w/ 1.5 pumps classic syrup

Lunch: 11:30

• Veggie wrap (spinach, carrots, cucumbers, white bean dip, sunflower seeds on whole wheat tortilla)
• 26 oz H2O

Snack:

• Carrot + sweet potato chips

Dinner:

• 1.5 c wheat berry salad w/ dried cherries, green onions, spinach, toasted walnuts, olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, agave syrup
• Iced herbal tea
• Edamame

Tuesday 8/30
Breakfast:

• Bran cereal w/ 1/2 banana + coconut milk 7:00 am

Snack-10:00

• 20 oz 'Paris' tea
• 2-3 Tbsp sunflower seeds

Lunch:

• 1-1.5 c wheat berry salad
• 1/2 banana
• 26 oz water

Afternoon snacks:

• 26 oz water
• 1 oz sweet potato/carrot chips
• 1/2 apple
• Tootsie Pop

Dinner:

• Vegetarian 'sloppy joes' w/ local sauce, onions and sweet potatoes
• Made vegan peanut butter cookies - sampled the dough and a few cookies :)
• 1 piece of licorice