Week 2

I'm backdating this, sorry for any confusion.

Well, week one was pretty blah- it felt like we were eating tasteless baby food, since it was mostly all pureed vegetable soups for the first 5 days or so. It's amazing how much flavor is cut out by not using store-bought stocks and things like cream and wine in soups.

We were definitely having low-blood sugar symptoms (grumpiness, exhaustion), but on the upside, R has been needing a lot less insulin lately (and he has managed to lose 4 pounds too- I don't have a scale so I can't say for myself, but it's not noticeable if I did loose a pound or 2 anyway). I missed knitting over the first weekend because I was feeling icky, though I'm not sure if it was just waking up really low blood-sugar-ey, or having die-off symptoms of the bad bacteria & yeast.

But things are starting to improve now that we're eating meats and the occasional starch (though not together, of course, which is the most frustrating part of meal planning). I actually sat down and wrote out 3 months worth of meals one weekend to make this easier, it has simplified a lot.

I tried my first gluten-and-sugar-free baking experiment this week, which turned out really gross. We just need to go to Coos Head and get xylitol though, then we can have a fake sugar we can actually eat that doesn't taste nasty! Cooking with coconut oil is a challenge though, because it's a solid at room temp here, not a liquid, which makes for interesting side effects. Still figuring things out, but yes Brandy, breakfast veggie scrambles are very tasty weekend breakfast options (and we're smart enough to make leftovers for weekdays too)!