I ended my Paleo challenge last week, and since then, sh** has hit the fan with my immune system.
My skin broke out on Monday, I pulled my achilles tendon in a workout Wednesday, and yesterday I came down with some sort of 24 hour stomach bug that caused me to flee the room in the middle of hot yoga class.
Coincidence? Maybe. But it is enough to make me rethink the powerful effects that the grain free and dairy free diet had on my health. When I look back on my food log, I see that I added all four food types that I thought might be triggers: dairy, grains, legumes and added sugar. The prime suspects:
1. Pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks Ok, ok, I was probably asking for it here. But serioussly, you can't go in to Starbucks in the fall without ordering a pumpkin spice latte!
2. Peanut butter chocolate ice cream from Cooke Farm in Hadley This stuff is incredible, a half mile from my house, and I avoided it for 30 days. If this gave me a stomach bug, it was totally worth it.
3. Granola in greek yogurt (3 times) Used to be a staple in my diet and it made a comeback this week. Didn't satisfy me like it used to though!
4. Gluten free sandwich bread (3 times) So not worth it
5. Gluten free bagel with cream cheese I saw a student eating a bagel with cream cheese in my class on Wednesday, and it made me crave one!
6. Cereal with milk (2 times) Cinnamon Chex should probably be considered dessert, but it was oh so yummy for breakfast too.
7. Protein Pancakes (2 times) Need I say more?
So that makes 13 non-Paleo choices in 6 days. Apparently, it was a little shock to the system. I really don't want to be so restrictive that I have to give up any food like I had to give up gluten. But, it's pretty obvious that something isn't working here. I am going to try out making a maximum of 1 non paleo choice per day and see how I feel. I certainly got enough negative feedback in the past 6 days to make me a Paleo believer!
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