I've been known to liken my bowels to Alcatraz. There is normally a five day window from when food enters my body to when it leaves. When some people in the house catch stomach bugs that have them spewing from all ends, I'll only vomit. I've longed for the occasional bout of diarrhea.
I can't believe I'm admitting this.
Whole30 was appealing because I wanted to give my digestive system time to heal from inflammation and things that evolution supposedly hasn't fully designed for us to be digesting. I hadn't seen any improvement, until today.
Long story short, it was a two poo day. This is unprecedented, historical even. I delivered the poster child for the 'healthy poo' pictures you find in medical textbooks. I should have started a scrap book to pass down to my kids. It was seriously that big of a deal.
I have no idea how to smoothly transition into this next breakfast photo now because that's all I have to say about poo but...
....apple with almond butter and coffee with coconut/date creamer.
The coffee suppressed my appetite for longer than normal since I started W30. I appreciated it because it gets pretty annoying to feel hungry every hour or two.
For late lunch, early dinner I made paleo chili.
Beef, Sausage (half pound each), portabella mushrooms, sweet potato, carrots, onions, garlic, cocoa, olive oil, cumin, oregano, avocado, cilantro
I went to my parents house later and had a little bit of a deer roast that they made. Not pictured.
For a late night snack I made apples and almond butter again.
To be honest, I didn't need to eat this last snack. I just wanted something sweet. I think this diet has messed with my hormones enough to off set my normal cycle and I'm still waiting for things to jump on track in that regard. I know it's PMS eating though when I'm compelled to do it almost animalistically but I'm not technically hungry. I don't get cravings normally that ask me to override my body's "full" sensors, but tonight I did. Since it wasn't a whole pizza or a gallon of ice cream though, I'm going to go ahead and cut myself some slack and enjoy, rather than balk at, being a human.
I'm really hoping that my digestive system is turning a new leaf and today wasn't a one time fluke. I've scheduled a session with a shamanic practitioner to try to help move some inner-child energy blocks that I suspect are to blame. I'll write about how that goes eventually too.
Thanks for reading this way TMI post.
Onward to day 11!