Kestrel Grey Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Hi everyone! It's been a while! I am starting back in with a simple (but not easy) challenge: Eat Healthy For me that means just two things: 1. Limit foods on my "bad for me" list to 4 times this challenge, and only if I take a pill before eating. 2. Eat at least 4 servings of freggies a day (except for anything on my "bad for me" list). And all the tedious details: Spoiler I was diagnosed with histamine intolerance this fall. It is actually a huge relief, because we couldn't figure out why my asthma had been out of control and allergy syptoms all the time for the past year or so. But man, the list of foods high in histamine is ridiculous! Over the past couple months we have been figuring out what I can and can't eat. Foods that definitely make me sick: Food dyes Preservatives (basically anything store bought) Smoked/aged/etc meats and fish Foods that probably make me sick: tomatoes citrus fruits, bananas, strawberries, pineapple alcohol, vinegars fermented foods, yeast extract soy spinach leftover or slow-cooked meats and fish canned anything tuna, mackeral, shellfish Foods that I can eat: All other fresh/frozen fruits and veggies grains, bread dairy fresh/frozen meat, salmon, trout legumes sugar sodium benzoate - the only preservative that I do not react to Basically I can eat things that I prepare myself, fresh (no leftovers!), and completely from scratch. That is fine when I am well-organized and have tons of time. When I have to leave for work in 5 minutes and there is nothing that I can grab, not even cereal, and no store-bought food is safe, it kind of sucks. We are putting vinyl floors in our condo and yesterday we couldn't get to the kitchen and I ended up having A&W for dinner. Today I have a massive sinus headache and can't breathe. So yeah, I need to get organized and take better care of my body. 2 Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Hoping this brings health and healing to you. It's hard when you can't eat certain foods, but doable when you feel better 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 5 hours ago, Elastigirl said: Hoping this brings health and healing to you. It's hard when you can't eat certain foods, but doable when you feel better Thanks Elastigirl. Feeling way better is great motivation. Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 I'm open to portable meal/snack suggestions! Anything that can be made in bulk ahead of time and eaten easily anytime. Currently thinking roast potatoes and carrot/apple muffins. Veggie sticks and hummus is nice but I get sick of vegetables by the end of the day. 1 Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Manarelle Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Oof, that is a list. Glad you figured out what the problem foods are, though. My 2 cents on things to bulk make and pack ahead would be cookies, savory home-made crackers, or bars of all sorts (the peanut butter protein ones at the top of this list are my favorites). If you have access to a fridge/ cooler, you could make breakfast muffins (4 eggs, 1lb sausage of choice, 1 cup shredded cheese of choice, 1 cup bisquick. Mix, bake in muffin tin at 350 for 20 minutes) or breakfast carrot cake cookies (minus the pineapple: recipe here). Apples and peanut butter or cheese are also a decent mix, but not fully grab-and-go. Quote Manarelle the Level 60 Amazon Assassin Challenges: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, Current Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 2:44 PM, Manarelle said: Oof, that is a list. Glad you figured out what the problem foods are, though. My 2 cents on things to bulk make and pack ahead would be cookies, savory home-made crackers, or bars of all sorts (the peanut butter protein ones at the top of this list are my favorites). If you have access to a fridge/ cooler, you could make breakfast muffins (4 eggs, 1lb sausage of choice, 1 cup shredded cheese of choice, 1 cup bisquick. Mix, bake in muffin tin at 350 for 20 minutes) or breakfast carrot cake cookies (minus the pineapple: recipe here). Apples and peanut butter or cheese are also a decent mix, but not fully grab-and-go. Thanks, I will try a few of those out! I can't do sausage or bisquick but there is no reason that I can't skip the sausage and make the biscuit mix myself. And the breakfast carrot cake looks yummy - I can leave out the bananas and just add more apple sauce. 1 Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Week One - starting off rocky, but that means it can only improve! Yesterday I had a reaction to the mild cheating that had been going on over the holidays. No major violations, just an extra cup of tea here, a small bite of chocolate there, using store-bought almond milk in my oatmeal... it adds up, and my lungs were very very unhappy with me. Today I am recovering and eager to embrace a healthy diet. This week will be an adjustment as I transition into my new role at work. It is a desk job, but the work will be interesting enough to be worth the extra vigilance that staying active will take. I am not sure yet how food prep will fit into the new schedule, or even when I will fully move from evenings to normal-people-hours. Something to figure out as I go. 1 Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Lack of sleep and oxygen is taking its toll on me today. I squeezed in my freggies with a salad and a smoothie because I was too tired/oddly emotional to cook. Also, I bought a red kuri squash today. No idea what you do with it though! My husband and I had our first squash (the game, not the gourd) practice of the year today. I am definitely improving - most of my serves managed to make it to the other box thingy. We had to quit 20 minutes in with my lungs being stupid but it was still fun. Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Had an apple and some veggie sticks yesterday. Didn't cook anything else though, too wiped. New asthma meds starting today so hopefully I can find energy/oxygen enough to get some baking done. Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 A decent day! Last night I tried out a modified version of one of the recipes Manarelle suggested and made carrot cake breakfast cookies. And promptly ate half of them minus the one my husband stole. They were good! The remainder were breakfast and midmorning snacks today, followed with some fruit at lunch and a salad while dinner was cooking. The weather is warming up a little too. Tomorrow we are going to try squash (the game) again now that my asthma is settling down, and run some errands and buy groceries. Some time this weekend I plan on trying out the kuri squash (the gourd) as well. I'm thinking soup? Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Food to prepare this weekend for next week's lunches: Red kuri squash soup with fennel bulb Apple sauce muffins More carrot cake breakfast cookies Chop veggie sticks For adding to salads, some quinoa and some hard boiled quail eggs Mix up a jar of salad dressing Chia pudding cups for breakfast 1 Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Oops, I forgot about the challenge over the past few days. I started a new job on Friday that has an early morning start time, where I'm used to a 3pm start, so that's my excuse. Pretty sure that I have not been getting 4 servings of freggies since I usually grabbed some rye crisps and hummus for lunch. Ah well. Yesterday I got to enjoy some off-limit foods in the form of a chai latte, a brownie, and a sandwich with tomato. My second breathing test is today and they want to see what it looks like when I eat normally. It had the side effect of wiping me out. My husband made dinner and I wiped out as soon as I ate. It's now 12 hours layer and I'm just waking up. The plan today after the test is to make that soup and another batch of muffins, then back to work for my last set of 5 evenings. Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Radost Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Oof, it’s rough to have to reintroduce problem foods for testing. I hope your test gave good data and that you’re feeling better with a few safe meals in you. 1 Quote Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Radost said: Oof, it’s rough to have to reintroduce problem foods for testing. I hope your test gave good data and that you’re feeling better with a few safe meals in you. Thanks! I'm starting to feel better, but honestly it's just nice to eat whatever I want for a day even with the aftereffects. :D Hopefully the data will be useful. Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Radost Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 9:36 AM, Kestrel Grey said: Thanks! I'm starting to feel better, but honestly it's just nice to eat whatever I want for a day even with the aftereffects. :D Hopefully the data will be useful. I can imagine! You made some excellent choices for deliciousness. 1 Quote Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 Somehow I missed checking on your thread for a bit. Good for you for really trying to stick to the diet. I noticed you had quail eggs on your lunch list. Is that instead of chicken eggs for the histamine, or just because they sounded interesting? I've never had them. Do they taste much different? Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Elastigirl said: Somehow I missed checking on your thread for a bit. Good for you for really trying to stick to the diet. I noticed you had quail eggs on your lunch list. Is that instead of chicken eggs for the histamine, or just because they sounded interesting? I've never had them. Do they taste much different? Quail eggs are supposed to actively lower histamine. I don't know if it's true but I'm willing to give it a try. They are tiny and speckled and cute, you need 3 quail eggs for one regular chicken egg, and taste the same as regular eggs to me. You'll see people online saying that you need to use a knife or special scissors to open them but cracking them like normal eggs works fine. Our asian grocery stores carry them for cheap. 1 Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 I made a classic newbie blunder and chose an outcome goal, not a process goal. I upgraded to a process goal and it has been going much better. New goal: I will have fruit or vegetable with every meal and snack. Bonus - I just discovered roasted fennel bulb. It is amazing, especially topping pumpkin soup. Normally I don't like anything liquoricey. 4 Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Manarelle Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 4:47 PM, Kestrel Grey said: I made a classic newbie blunder and chose an outcome goal, not a process goal. I upgraded to a process goal and it has been going much better. Yeah but then you caught it early on. That's impressive. How's the week going with the new outlook? Quote Manarelle the Level 60 Amazon Assassin Challenges: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, Current Link to comment
Kestrel Grey Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 5:48 PM, Manarelle said: Yeah but then you caught it early on. That's impressive. How's the week going with the new outlook? Not great still. Maybe it was too early to jump into a challenge. Things are still too unstable in regards to what I need to be focusing on for any given day. It's frustrating but it's good training in mental skills. Just not sure which ones. Quote Current Challenge: The Cliffs of Insanity Previous Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35 Battle Log: Operation Fly-By-Night “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Link to comment
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