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I’m back! I know it’s been a minute since I last posted, but life has been, well….full. Full in the most positive sense, in that time has become one difficult-to-find and very precious thing. And full in the sense that I am continually being abundantly …
So, I didn’t post last week, and this week’s post will probably be my last post about my AIP journey. I rushed through stage three and didn’t quite get through all of the basic foods to reintroduce before moving on to stage four. Then I …
I confess, there’s been some AIP-cheating going on this past week; but, some of this cheating involved some amazing salmon and sweet potato-Brussels sprout hash, so I’m not that mad about it. Almond milk yogurt, almond milk, grain-free granola, and Dijon mustard were the culprits. …
Re-intros are still going strong…slowly, but surely. Although this past week was rough, I was able to re-introduce cocoa powder and pumpkin seeds, and played around with my spiralizer again, making zucchini noodles and drowning them in my freakishly good lemon-herb tahini (recipe can be …
A second round of food re-introductions is under my belt! I successfully welcomed back hemp seeds and almond butter into my life! Almond butter never tasted so good! You might start to recognize a pattern here, as everything I re-introduce tastes like heaven. I literally …
This past week I finally was able to start reintroducing foods into my diet! And it was glorious! The reintroduction phase, as I mentioned in my previous post, is long and laborious. Each individual food item has to be gently welcomed back into your diet, …
If you were keeping track, week 5 officially concludes my 30-day trial on the AIP diet (technically January 2 to February 2). Let me rephrase that, week 5 concludes 30 days of strict AIP food eliminations; but then, after this month-long trial comes the slow …
Another week crossed off my countdown on this autoimmune protocol, and again, another short blog post for this week. I started off somewhat strong on my journey, at least partially excited about some new foods and recipes to try, but the wheels are falling off …
My third week on the AIP diet is over. I’m honestly getting so tired of not being able to eat much, so this past week, I did not fully engage my inner chef. However, where I lacked creativity in my menu, I made up for …
It’s the end of my second week following the Autoimmune Protocol, and to be honest, this diet has not gotten any easier to follow. It’s hard, but I’m comforted by the reminder that it’s only temporary. Nuts and nut butters are usually my fall backs …