From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Elimination Diet | Day #9

June 30, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

It’s been a few days since my last update, and I’m sure everyone is wanting to know how much money to hand to their buddy, right? HOW BAD DID SHE GO OFF? Because I’ve got bets ridin’!
In fact I have gone off the diet in the last few days, but it’s actually been okay. I [...]

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Elimination Diet | Day 4 | I’m kicking butt!

June 25, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

Ahhhhh, Day 4, lovely Day 4. Look at me smile! That’s a real smile! I’m feeling much happier today! I woke up with some anxiety symptoms, but I took a dose of my anxiety medication before I even got up, and within a short while I was feeling much better. I’m definitely convinced at this [...]

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Beans. Bah.

June 24, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

After I wrote my last post, I began considering the idea that I might want to add back in one major group, just so that I’d have something else to eat. Right now it’s pretty lean times over here, made much worse by the fact that I just don’t like a lot of vegetables.
So I [...]

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Why am I eliminating everything?

June 24, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

Megan asked these questions in a comment, and they went along with some questions that one of my Megs asked, and I figure I ought to answer it in a post in case a few people are wondering.
Megan’s questions are in bold:
I have some technical questions:
1. Why eliminate everything at once? Why not eliminate one [...]

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Elimination Diet | Day #3 | STILL ALIVE

June 24, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I can’t believe I made it to Day 3!
This is me after a shower this morning, with Beth sitting in my lap, eating an apple. We’ve both been eating a lot of apples lately. They’re sweet and crunchy and they’re easy to eat quickly (wash and go!).
General Status:
I still feel crappy. Very worn out. It’s [...]

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Corn might be messing with me. Hmph.

June 23, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

For my elimination diet I took out:

wheat/gluten
dairy
soy
sugar
caffeine
chocolate

You’ll notice one thing missing:

corn

I didn’t take out corn because I’ve just never thought I ever had a problem with it, even though it’s a relatively common thing to eliminate in a diet like this.
Well, yesterday I had some corn chips and salsa. I felt awful afterward, even though [...]

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Elimination Diet | Day #2

June 23, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

Okay, so for those of you counting at home, which I’m sure is everyone no one, it’s now been approximately 36 hours and 12 minutes since I had sugar.
As you can see from this incredibly flattering picture: NO BOILS. My skin is not burning off, nor do I seem to have any rashes or other [...]

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Elimination Diet | Day #1

June 22, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

As part of a plan to try and find out what’s triggering my anxiety attacks, as well as perhaps discover what’s been causing general fatigue, foggy-headedness, morning soreness, bloating, and several other symptoms that scream “FOOD INTOLERANCE”, I’ve decided to try an elimination diet.
My initial plan was to cut out sugar, dairy, wheat, soy, caffeine, [...]

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The artisan bread is fantastic

June 21, 2009 by hollie Artisan Bread In Five Minutes A Day

I’ve made two loaves of the no-knead artisan bread, and I’m here to tell you, it’s freaking amazing. Go buy the book, go grab a giant bag of flour, and get right to it. You will not be sorry.
Oh, and while they say to use a pizza stone, I didn’t have one, and I’m trying [...]

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