Watch this journal for pictures that make me happy from my everyday life, proof of my commitment to a healthier and happier life, plus pictures and links to recipes that are food-allergy safe.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Less is More!
I took my first bite of the last bowl of pasta and threw it out. I've been trying to be super-creative so as not to get bored with a very limited diet, but... yuck. We'll write that one off as just a BAD IDEA. I replaced it with a bowl of plain pasta, no butter or anything, with just a sprinkling of pasta seasoning. Yum. WOW, why didn't anyone tell me how GOOD rice pasta is? I put off eating it even though I bought it last week because I was afraid of it.
In other news, I am officially out of food save for a bag of shrimp and some random things that can't be eating on their own, like a tub of cream cheese and a bag of shredded cheese.
Oh, can anyone tell me why I can't have xantham gum? It is literally in every single one of my salad dressings and it took me forever to find those salad dressings! I read the wikipedia entry on it and I couldn't find anything mentioning any of my allergens, but I had been warned to stay away from it. If I can't get an answer I might keep eating it.
Oh and I have had a hard lump in my throat since I woke up this morning over 12 hours ago. I assume it is something I ate, isn't that an allergy symptom? Tighening esophagus or something? I feel fine otherwise, but I had a bad bellyache last night. Did I eat anything bad? Literally EVERYTHING I hate eaten or drank is posted here.
Lastly I want to thank Anonymous who took the time to leave me long, time consuming, and very helpful comments. I really appreciate your time, stranger!
Edit: Yummy Salad and Pasta made of FAIL
Salad is mixed greens and spinach topped with a turkey breast seasoned with garlic, sea salt, and ground pepper. The salad also has some pasta/salad seasoning on it. It is organic, salt-free, msg-free, etc etc etc. There is also organic shredded cheese and zesty Italian dressing with no-no xantham gum in it - let's see if it kills me.
The salad (edit: made of FAIL) is rice pasta with artichoke antipasta.
Snack
Luckily they are only 45 calories (that's 15 less than one of my tiny figs!) and have no added sugars.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Snack I should have SKIPPED
I was cleaning the fridge and saw these and thought OOOH I THOUGHT I FINISHED ALL THAT.
What an AWFUL REASON TO HAVE A SNACK.
Anyway it is allergen-free pepperoni and sticks of marbled cheese.
There were actually two pickles...
These are organic pickles, if you wanted to know. I actually ate two of them. I brought in three, and offered them around, and this guy who I don't know took one and then held it up as though we were toasting, so I didn't want to be a total goober and be like "wait, wait I need to take a picture of it first", but as you can see, I totally snapped a shot as soon as he left.
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Beef and Rice and Gorgonzola
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The beef wasn't very good. My idea to cook it in the crock pot with it's marinade was a bad, bad idea and will not be tried again. After knowing how good those tips grill up, I will never cook them another way again! The jasmine rice was delicious, though. The gorgonzola paste I have eaten so much the thought of it is making me sick to my stomach. Thank goodness I am done with it! There was leftover beef which I will probably have for lunch, only because I have very very little food left until I can grocery shop on payday.
Afternoon Snack
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Today I really tried to take the advice given to me that I should drink a lot of water when I am hungry. Well, this afternoon I downed 2/3 of a 1.5L bottle of water, and I was still starving by 3:30pm. My lunch, which I ate at about 1:00pm, was pretty big, so I don't know what my deal is.
Leftovers, again!
Pototoes and Carrots from last night, my cranberry-gorgonzola "paste" from the other night, and leftover steak from Wednesday night. It was the only meat I have that isn't frozen! I'll be dining on steak again tonight.
