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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 …