things are looking up

Congrats! Sounds like a great day. Your food sounds awesome! Hopefully this is the first of many great days!

Sounds like you had a fun day, you deserve it! Hope you keep getting better every day

Glad you had a fun day. Hope you keep feeling good!

Aw Bananagirl! Sounds like a great day! Friends, food and no troubles. :) Haha the way you write makes me crack up. Keep it up!

Can you give me a sample menu of what you are eating on the paleo diet?

thanks everyone!! i'm hoping for many more days like this to come!!! need to go test out mattresses today since mother is FORCING me to get a new one. i've had the same one since 1996 and she doesn't understand how i sleep on it every night. i think it feels fine but it's the only bed i ever sleep on. i wonder what i've been missing...

stealthguardian, sure.

pre-breakfast: i always start my day with george's aloe juice 4 oz and coconut water 8 oz. also, i'll have some fresh orange juice or grapefruit juice. i've been doing the juice thing most of my life because i just love it but i doubt paleo people were juicing stuff.

breakfast option 1: 3 eggs scrambled in coconut oil with fresh veggies (about 1 cup- peppers, onions, mushrooms, spinach). will chop avocado on top if i have a ripe one.
breakfast option 2: 2 morning glory muffins with my homemade raspberry jam (fresh raspberries and medjool dates blended together)

lunch- my breakfast fills me up for about 4-5 hours so this is small for me. i'm still working on expanding my belly since i was so restricted with food from my nausea and vomitting (which has stopped btw). so i will have some fruit and 2 seaweed power wraps. the fruit is usually a big bowl of grapes or cantaloupe. the seaweed wraps are nori sheets that are filled with a nut pate mixture. i use sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.

dinner- some sort of meat (always with skin on) with sauteed/steamed veggies and a salad. it varies every time i cook. the meat is usually 4-5 oz and the veggie portion is maybe 2 cups veggies- i love broccoli, peas, and zucchini. i cook the meat in coconut oil and usually make some kind of sauce to coat the meat and salad. it just depends what flavor combo i'm going for.

after dinner snack- i love kombucha so i always drink one of those.

conquer UC, i am following paleo but also using some of the SCD advice as well since i thought the whole carb thing made a lot of sense. so until my colon heals, i'm doing absolutely no complex carbs or starches (no grains, no potatoes, no sweet potatoes or squashes). my carbs are just fresh fruits and those veggies i listed. i refuse to eat sweet potatoes for personal reasons but someday i might add spaghetti squash back in- maybe in 6 months or so. i really don't wanna risk doing damage to my microvilli!

insofla, so far, i've had wild alaskan salmon, organic and pasture raised chicken, chunky light tuna, and canned sardines. i haven't tried anything else yet.

i'm going to see my gastro tomorrow for my scheduled appointment about starting humira and seeing how i've been doing on 6mp. i'm nervous because i don't know what to do! my doc is really set on getting me on humira asap. i also don't know if the 6mp has done anything yet. i started it maybe august 5 or so at 25mg per day and never noticed a difference in symptoms until i started paleo. through bloodwork, can they see if 6mp has built up to a theraputic level to show that it's working? i don't wanna be on it if paleo is doing all the work, but i don't wanna get off of it if it's working.

sure, michelejc! they were awesome. my parents don't eat healthy foods and they said they felt like they were eating dessert for breakfast. the raisins kind of end up tasting like chocolate chips since they cook for so long. uhh heaven. also, the recipe calls for honey but i didn't use it. i followed everything else to the letter- they were done in 40 minutes. for greasing the pan, really grease it good. i didn't grease it enough and my muffins got stuck.

Morning Glory Muffins

2.5 cups almond meal/flour
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups grated carrots
1 large apple, peeled,cored and grated
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup raisins
3 large eggs
2 Tablespoons honey (optional)
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a standard size muffin pan (12 cups).
Combine almond flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Add carrot, apple, shredded coconut, and raisins and combine well.
In separate bowl, which eggs, honey, coconut oil, and vanilla together.
Pour this mixture over your dry ingredients and mix well. This batter will be very thick.
MOST IMPORTANT- Allow batter to sit for 30-60 minutes before baking. This will ensure a moist muffin.
Spoon out into muffin pan and place on middle or upper rack for 40-50 minutes (I did middle rack for 40 min).
When a toothpick inserted comes out clean, they are done.
Cool muffins in pan for 10 minutes and then remove to a rack to finish cooling.

Thanks bananagirl!! I posted your recipe on my other forum. I am also going to make them for myself!!

I am glad you are doing well!!

Also, can I substitute the coconut oil for another oil?

michele, in the cookbook, it says you can use avocado oil, too. i think olive oil would taste weird in this muffin since you can taste the coconut flavor in this.

I am so happy you're feeling better :) I hope you continue to improve until UC is a thing of the past.

chrissy, i drink that brand- i do the plain kombucha as well as the synergy. i just love them. also, i'd say i like renew life better because it has no additives. it's also cheaper than vsl and if i'm gonna pay so much for vsl, i wish it didn't have those sugars and cornstarch. renew life also gives me NO symptoms and vsl gives me bloating/gas.

thanks, notsosicklygirl. i hope to see remission soon!