I apologize for the delay in my blog posts. I’m running behind, with about 4 posts I’m working on right now and about 10 others sitting in my head or on my to do list. Normally I like to take my time and write longer, more information dense posts, but in order to catch up I’m going to get out a bunch of quick posts today on smaller topics.
A quick update about the elimination diet (ECD). I have a number of posts on it in the works, but let me give you a quick update. I’m now in the second week of the elimination diet: no wheat or gluten grains, no dairy, no soy, no eggs, no citrus, no corn, no peanuts, and very little sugar. What am I eating. Lots of meat (beef, chicken, pork, fish) and plenty of vegetables. How’s it going so far? Very good. The first week was a little rough, especially with some sugar cravings, and a deep feeling of loss around giving up butter! Now into the second week and things are going along nicely. I feel like I have more energy and it is much more stable throughout the day, the quality of my sleep is better, and my mood has been much more even keeled. Bowel movements have taken some time to adjust, but seem easier (I have a mild tendency towards constipation), and hunger has largely disappeared and I have found myself a number of times unintentionally fasting until lunch time. And so far my wife and I have each dropped a couple of pounds. The best part is an intentionality around eating; more focus on what I’m going to have for my meals, instead of a more random, let’s see what’s here attitude.
Much more on the ECD to come.