My body seems to have reset in more ways than my gut lining (if, in fact, my gut lining is reseting).
I feel full more quickly and it seemingly lasts forever. I’m not sure if I like it. I don’t like eating when I’m not hungry, so I am constantly waiting for my stomach to want food again, especially at dinner time, and often find myself eating even though I’m not totally there yet because everyone else is ready to eat.
After a weekend off, I was happy to return to my decaf home-made coconut milk routine. I haven’t made almond milk yet this week, so coconut milk is fine. I also didn’t have any prepped breakfast, but since I bought the whole line of Mariposa pastries on my way out of town I was pretty well covered.
Not (at all) the most SIBO/candida friendly but I was craving this hard.
It was filled with a plum blueberry jam and lightly frosted. Basically felt like I was eating pie for breakfast (which I was).
I knew this wasn’t very balanced though, so I grabbed a couple of hard boiled eggs to amp up the protein.
I actually didn’t finish the yummy tart and only had one egg. I felt full rather quickly (despite working out and feeling hungry earlier in the morning). That fullness remained til around 1 pm at which point I knew I had to eat otherwise I’d throw the rest of the day’s meals way out of whack. In hindsight, maybe I should have just had a small snack or eaten more intuitively listening to my body.
Instead, I ate this DELICIOUS salad from urban remedy, that I know I’ve shown a handful of times already but it’s so good I can’t NOT order it (or photograph it).
I added avocado, obviously.
SO GOOD. More carrots followed.
And then I felt insanely full for the rest of the day. OOF.
I didn’t go to the grocery store or meal plan, so I pulled this (curry lentil sweet potato dish) out of the freezer for the rest of the family. It smelled SO good I was so jealous. I’m always feel sick of this diet when I fail to meal plan correctly. The problem with being gone for the weekend is just that – no time to prep, shop and meal plan.
Alas, I knew I had to eat something.
Ok, for reals, I am remaking this for the whole family because it was a last minute leftovers dish that looks so profesh and planned!
The sauce that I sautéed the zoodles in was plain almond milk and sundried tomatoes with the oil from the jar. Once the zucchini was softened I added chicken (that I had already cooked and chopped), salt and pepper.
The almond sundried tomato sauce was slurpably amazing. I drank it all out after the other stuff was gone like it was soup. It would actually be a really good soup!
I definitely did not have dessert. I went to bed feeling fine, but looking forward to the next day so I could try to make better (smaller) portion sizes.
Still, my gut has been feeling quite good all things considered. I mean, usually after weekends away without home cooking I feel pretty gross, but I didn’t this time. And in spite of me stuffing my face without abandon, I still haven’t felt bloated or gross. But I definitely haven’t felt true hunger in a long time so that’s probably not good.
Hey girl I am sp proud of you!!!! Just a thought, when I did this, I felt full too and never hungry which stayed with me until I learned how to portion my fats and protein over the day. Just a heads up that I found, cut back on the portion size of avocado and other fats you use per meal. Once digestion works more efficienciently it processes fats and proteins better and you are getting more from each meal. I had to cut back to not feel full all day. I learned to eat what my body could digest within a few hours and not overeat portion size of fats and protein. Good digestion works faster so over eating doesn’t allow us to reap the benefits. You go girl!! You are almost there!!!
THANK YOU!!!! Makes total sense.
Maybe try breaking your lunch in half, so you have the second half a few hours later will help. I can’t deal with a big lunch so i basically have some at lunchtime and mid/late afternoon when i feel my energy dip i can tell i need the rest. When i’m very stressed or distracted i can’t trust hunger pains because they go missing.
That’s a good idea! Maybe I’ll try that this week. Thanks 🙂