I've finally decided to break down and try the Paleo diet for 30 days. I've been gluten free for ages, and that helped my health for the longest time, but in the last year or so something else is going on. I've been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia because they can't find anything wrong with me. It's been an ongoing pain battle, but here lately the pain and inflammation are out of control. I decided I needed to try *something* at this point. So starting out here's the list of issues:
- insomnia
- exhaustion
- high levels of pain (6 or above)
- severe depression
- constant sweet craving (to try to counter the above.)
- mental exhaustion
I've tried being vegan for a while and it made things worse. I ended up anemic which I am still battling. I added dairy back in and it seemed to have increased the inflammation. So... here we are. :) Technically I started paleo yesterday but slipped up and feel even worse today so I'm counting today as the start.
This week's menu
roast chicken (broke out the rotisserie)
herbed pork loin in au jus (crockpot meal - I've been having a love affair with it lately)
pot roast with sweet potatoes and carrots (also from the crock pot)
grilled salmon with cauliflower "rice" and steamed veggies (asparagus or broccoli)
grilled tilapia with the "rice" and veggies
chicken stew (to use up some of the roast chicken)
Breakfast will probably be things like I had this morning 4oz roast chicken and a 1/4 avocado. Not sure about snacks yet, that's probably when the fruit will make an appearance.
I'll post in here recipes that I find/try, but also will have posts that talk about how the experiment is going. I'll label the recipe ones so you can just skip to them.
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