What does everybody eat especially when nothing sounds good?

I buy a whole organic chicken and cut it in half. I boil one half in water salted with Himalayan salt and freeze the other. I usually make rice with it. That way I get some good protein. I know it sounds very boring but that has been my mail meal for months. I also eat a lot of hummus. Good luck, this diet thing drives me nuts!

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I know how you feel...
from a guy that ate nothing but Gluten, to now going gluten free and sugar free and practically dairy free is driving me crazy.
Then to top all that off we're not supposed to eat much fruit LOL Uggghhh!
My wife, does the cooking, so sometimes she makes things that I'm not supposed to eat. like mashed potatoes today. I went ahead and ate a couple table spoons... I love em.

If you can just cut up a bunch of chicken... sautee in a pan with some veggies and EVOO...
don't take all the fat off the chicken, its what gives it some flavor. Half the stuff doesn't sound good because there aint any good flavor to it. Spice it up :)


I ordered a kefir kit the other day and was wondering. I may make that my staple. How long before and after abx are we supposed to have it and how much can we have a day? I think I'll add a strawberry or some apple slices to it...just to give it a hint of flavor.

Thanks for the replys, some sound good like the chicken stir fry, homemade chicken soup, and most of the other I already consume and I get tired of it.

Concepts I made my own kefir with coconut milk, now going to try the almond milk, since we are not to have dairy.

I love my fruit, will miss watermelon and pineapples this summer.

Keep posting and giving me ideas. I posted a lot of recipes on Pinterest and can't even stand to look at food but I feel I'm getting back to being able to link at food, see what doc says today about trying something different then Flagyl.

I used protein shakes with green vibrance and/or vitamin powders mixed in when I couldn't eat. I used almond milk, nuts, kale whatever I had around. Later I did protein powder and peanut butter to help gain some weight, you could use almond butter too.

That I could use a straw and suck it down. I now have an appetite but my diet is so limited I eat to live, I don't live to eat. Would love to go back to eating what I want!

Thank you all for the tips. I should get the culture kit tomorrow (tuesday) I plan on making 2% organic milk. I just won't take around my doxi dx. The cultures break down the lactose almost completely, so it should be OK to drink it. I was gonna just do ricemilk or almond milk but from what I hear it doesn't give the same amount of good bacteria that regular milk does...actually heard Goats milk is even better...but I'm not a fan.
I'll do the 2 cups a day thing eventually with a slow start like you recommended.

I know it sounds crazy, but I hated the green vibrance...it was the first thing I started before I even changed my diet.
Now its the first thing I take when I wake in the AM and its one of the most tasty LOL.  I drink it straight and like it.

Take care
Jim

Post Edited (concepts) : 3/10/2014 9:09:18 PM (GMT-6)

I eat lots of hummus with vegetables and smoked salmon, walnuts, almonds,avocados, green juices, organic chicken with a bit of brown rice, berries, oatmeal, kefir, almond milk yogurts, sometimes eggs, sometimes brown rice sushi.. It was hard at first but I'm getting used to it! And I drink a TON of water!

And I must admit... every now and then I'll have a small gluten free pizza.. Can't help it!

Post Edited (BorreLina) : 3/11/2014 11:26:41 AM (GMT-6)

I eat crap, gluten free but crap the past couple months due to exhaustion... Lol I'm sure my dirt helps.. Vicious cycle I'ma carbavore which is really bad. I love veggies I'm just too freakin tired and sick to prepare anything.

Borrelina, that stuff sounds great!

Maine, you eat, "CRAP?" Yuck! No, just kidding. That's how I read it for half a second. Yes, you're right, the carbs are no good in general. Obviously, some are better than others.

What really helped me was the GAPs diet, though once again, I have to emphasize that I tailored it to suit my needs. There are few carbs, and the food is really easy to prepare, as long as you have a juicer and a blender (though the vitamix blender {which I got refurbished}) is optimal, and makes food prep so much easier. You can just dump a chicken (or soup bones) in the crockpot at night, (I put it in the fridge and skim the fat), then make a soup the next day, and dump in some veggies. Or you can make a simple stew. Since you juice every morning, you get a lot veggies that way.

She emphasizes adding veggies to every single meal, so I just kind of throw them in. She's a big believer in eggs (egg yolks especially), and you can add them to a soup or a smoothie. They can be partially cooked. She's also a big fan of fermented foods, which you can also add to each meal.

Her squash pancakes are easy to make.

My migraines went away on that diet. However, they do come back (as does the intense diarrhea) when I cheat, as in using gluten-free flour (grains are grains).

She says to stop sugar but that honey is fine, therefore, you can have your carbs and eat them too (ie honey).

She's fine with fruit, but is against sweet potatoes, but I eat them anyway, and they haven't given me any trouble. I also eat flax, which is disallowed. As long as I avoid most grains, flours, or sugars (and that means ALL sugars except for honey), I'm fine.

Nuts are fine, and ground nuts or nut butters are even better.

Her diet is supposed to help with depression.

Maine, if you have any money, look at the vitamix blender website, and see if you can afford a refurbished blender. That's the cheapest way to get a vitamix, cheaper than Amazon. Buy, buy, buy! No, that's for Trav., ha ha. I guess I should say vitam--. The new models are outrageously expensive (there, now I've said something negative :) ).

If you can't do it, you can't do it. Just eat.

Margaret