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The First Weekend: My Elimination Experience
It’s crazy to me that it’s almost 7:30PM (dinner time now), and I’ve only eaten…well…breakfast and lunch. But I’m not starving. The headaches are still sneaking in – never for long anymore though, and barely noticeable. This weekend was great! I expected it to be hard, hell to be honest, I expected it to be…
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Day 2: My Elimination Experience
Dinner last night was great! I’m already having fun making my new creations, but I can also already see all the work getting old quickly. I have to make sure I am staying a few steps ahead of myself, purchasing ingredients that can be useful in any recipe, and making sure I am constantly aware…
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Day 1: My Elimination Experience
Day one and already I’ve been greeted with some pleasant (and some not-so-pleasant) surprises. As I mentioned, this was not an “on a whim” decision – a lot of planning and thought back this diet, so naturally it was a shock when I woke up this morning to the announcement of a dedicated partner. “Might…
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Turkey Meatball & Kale Sauté
In all the researching I have done in preparation for the elimination diet, much has warned against the difficulty one would be bound to face throughout the process. I truly imagined the most difficult part to be related to self-control, but I surprisingly haven’t struggled too much in that area. It’s still early in my…
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Simple Pasta + Veggies
I was so pleasantly surprised by this meal. It would technically be my first dinner of my elimination diet, even though I’ve been whipping up a storm in the kitchen lately – throwing together bits and pieces as much as I can to stay prepped and on top of my meals. Right from the jump…
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No Coffee, Day 3
Of all the research I’ve done in preparing for my Elimination Diet, I have to admit I feel a little foolish for not considering the negative outcomes of giving up coffee cold turkey. Realistically, I’ve likely consumed (on average) 2-3 cups of coffee a day for the past several years. Even though my diet hasn’t…