Month: August 2014

Woke up with a banging headache, again. Had my left over ginger tea rejuvenated, which was still pretty strong given the 7 slices of ginger I’d used last night. Breakie of sweet potato hash, bacon and eggs with more ginger tea and I felt pretty much human.

Had a bit more prep to do; 2 soups, a batch of ragu for next week, olive oil mayonnaise (man’s job) and a tub of tuna deli salad. Thankfully the weather has cooled down so not too unbearable spending a couple of hours in the kitchen, but headache kicked in again around 11. Drank a pint of water. Making ragu without most of the contents of a bottle of red wine just feels wrong…..

Managed to have lunch at lunchtime for a change (bad Sunday habits) – rather tasty Mulligatawny soup.

There would be no afternoon visit to the pub so instead we went to my folks’ house to mow the lawn and keep my mind off proper lattes and artisan cheese…..

Back home and got the munchies around 5pm so had a few almonds and a cup of ginger tea to keep me going until dinner. Getting a bit of a taste for ginger tea; might keep it up after Whole30. Allergies in full swing but could be due to time in the garden. Dinner was scheduled to be salmon ceviche with avocado but we forgot to add the avocado.

Still had plenty to eat and didn’t need any additions. In bed by 10:30 – a bit later than planned but the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony/ Australian tourism board advert was on TV.

Got up late. The glass of water served to my bedside wasn’t as enticing as a cup of tea 🙁

Cheered myself up with soft boiled eggs and griddled asparagus spears, and a few more glasses of water.

 

Actually not too bad and I could probably do with the extra hydration. Completed my menu and shopping list, downed a coffee with coconut milk then hit the supermarket. Managed to get everything and still spent less than £50 – with enough food for the whole week, 3 meals a day, and a few roll overs for week 2 and later. Did look at getting some non-dairy milk but all full of rubbish and mostly sweetened. Not quite dedicated enough to make my own nut milk yet. Missed lunch as we were shopping, and breakie had been quite late, so decided on an early dinner. While we were out, both got tempted by the coffee shop so gave in, but just for plain double espressos. Nice to feel like we can still go out-out 🙂

Hoping that this elimination diet will help with my allergies ( been sneezing my head off all week) and help me get my sleep patterns back to normal. No milk means no tea, and I can only drink so much black coffee, so my caffeine intake should reduce consequentially. No alcohol means we shouldn’t be staying up late watching rubbish on TV, so should get to bed earlier.

Dinner was a new recipe for burgers with ground bacon mixed in – success! Lettuce wraps for buns, as normal, plus roasted cherry toms to use in place of tomato sauce and some spiced up sweet potato chunks. Nearly went for the mayo and chutney but caught myself in time.

While that was being assembled I also made a batch of meatballs, shredded some sweet potatoes, parboiled some other sweet potatoes and riced a whole cauliflower ready for later in the week. Got a few more bits to prep tomorrow but that’ll be it for the week.

After dinner I did get a fancy for some choccie, but not really a craving. Just wanted an after-dinner treat on a Saturday night as normal. Had some water instead and a cup of lemon and ginger tea before bed. Was actually feeling sleepy at 9pm so this must all be doing something right, but still didn’t get to bed until nearly 11 for watching recordings of QI. Ooops.