The Elimination/Reintegration Diet

Just to follow up my last post on dairy.  Here is an example using Gluten.  I won’t just hate on dairy all day.  LOL  When making a change or experimenting to make a change, follow this.

The Elimination/Reintegration Diet

While testing can help identify gluten sensivity, the only way you will know if this is really a problem for you is to eliminate all gluten for a short period of time (2 to 4 weeks) and see how you feel. Get rid of the following foods:

• Gluten (barley, rye, oats, spelt, kamut, wheat, triticale–see www.celiac.com for a complete list of foods that contain gluten, as well as often surprising and hidden sources of gluten.)

• Hidden sources (soup mixes, salad dressings, sauces, as well as lipstick, certain vitamins, medications, stamps and envelopes you have to lick, and even Play-Doh.)

For this test to work you MUST eliminate 100 percent of the gluten from your diet–no exceptions, no hidden gluten, and not a single crumb of bread.

Then eat it again and see what happens. If you feel bad at all, you need to stay off gluten permanently. This will teach you better than any test about the impact gluten has on your body.

But if you are still interested in testing, here are some things to keep in mind.

Dairy and Me

YIKES!

This past weekend I ate cheese, milk, and some dairy in dips etc.  I experienced some severe bloating.  It was awful.  I didn’t drink or change much else about my weekend other than my dairy consumption.  There are people who can get away with eating dairy on a regular basis, but, if you consider the following, ”normal” you may want to try a month without dairy.  Bloating, swollen fingers, cramps, headaches, lethargy, sleep disturbance, diarrhea, dehydration, and skin irritation.  I experienced most of the above, but, I also ate a lot of dairy in a small period of time and dairy is something plays a very small role in my daily diet if any.

Whenever you read any of my posts about nutrition, remember two things.  (1) Everyone is different, and (2) I believe in trying things out to see if they work for you, not following recommendations blindly.  As per the above, dairy is obviously something that effects me!  Quite a bit.  I challenge you to make changes for a minimum of 30 days and see how you feel.  We accept things as “normal” when they are not.  We accept things as “normal” because we don’t know any different.  Challenge yourself to find out what “normal” is for you.  Don’t accept societies view of “normal” for yourself.  Be yourself!

Challenge what is presented to you!  Straight from www.urbandictionary.com, the definition of Challenge.  LOL

CHALLENGE -Something that you say out loud when someone is bullshitting you, or when you simply don’t believe what the fuck they’re talking about. Beware, for the bullshitter (aka challenge-artist) may be sneaky about it by slightly tweaking the story/comment to increase their cool-meter. You may also throw out a red flag (like in the NFL) if you have one handy, at the moment that the bullshit is dropped on you. You will find that the same people are constantly “challenged”, because they like to live lies, and they feel better about themselves by making up stories about something ‘cool’ that they did, or something ‘cool’ that happened to them.

Milk does a body good.  Or does it??  I will let you be the judge.  For more info please read this definitive guide provided by Mark Sisson on the website, Mark’s Daily Apple.

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO DAIRY

Superbowl Sunday

Got up this morning.  Feeling the effects of eating non-paleo the night before.  I had one caesar at the beginning of the night and refrained from alcohol the rest of the evening.  However, I ate some grains and a little dairy.  This morning I feel awful.  It feels like I am swollen from head to toe and very dehydrated.   Was all the food worth it??  Well, it tasted great at the time.

Met some of the boys at CFBC for some strength training.  Worked on the Jerks and Bench.  My shoulders felt really weak at first and my form was brutal.  Towards the end of my session I started to feel stronger and better form.  In the end I was relatively happy.

The Superbowl was fun.  Spent it with great people and had a lot of laughs.  I will be posting tomorrow and talking about all of the eating this weekend and reflecting on how I feel.  (brutal to say the least)

Rest Day

TGIRD

I had the usual coffee to start the day followed by an apple.

Lunch was some chicken and a chopped salad.  Snack was chopped apple, a can of tuna, and olive oil.  Had some beef jerky and carrot sticks later.  Dinner was bad !!  Chili at Tim Hortons.  LOL  When you are in a rush it sucks.  I felt pretty good though considering it is meat and veggies.  Not many beans.  However, there is no control over what went into the sauce.  Lastly, I admit, my wife pointed out Baskin and Robbins.  I have a rubber arm for Ice Cream.  I was as good as I could be.  Single scoop of Jamoca Almond Fudge.  Almonds are good right???  LOL

I’m only human.  50 burpees to make up for it tomorrow!  LOL

300 and More!!

Another great day.  I trained in the morning today which is not the usual for me and it kicked my butt a little.  I loved how I felt afterward and it set me up for a great day.  However, I felt weaker strength wise.  Good day of food and training.

FOOD and WOD

Morning started as usual with a coffee and water.

“300″ with runs

25 Pullups

300m Run

50 Deadlift 135#

300m Run

50 Pushups

300m Run

50 Box Jumps

300m Run

50 Floor Wipers 135#

300m Run

50 Clean and Press 35# DB

300m Run

25 Pullups

Ate some breakfast after the WOD.  1 yam and 4-6oz of chicken breast.

Lunch was a chopped salad and a can of tuna.

Dinner was chicken and mixed veggies.