Nutritional Advice

hi everyone, today is Wednesday 9th November 2011.  Day 9 for me, going well.  Yesterday was my hungriest yet and I think that is because the night before for my alllowed tea, we had yummy scrummy homemade, homegrown hogget roast with fresh salad, while I ate enought to full me, I awoke yesterday absolutely starving, tummy growling, rumbling, dizziness, feeling sick hunger.  Realize now that the roast meal was mainly all protein, so learnt a very valuable lesson, that I need to have carbs at meals too. Another valuable lesson I learnt yesterday is that it is not wise to scull a glass of water when your tummy is sooooo rumbling as it burns going down and burns coming up!!!!! Made it through to tea time last night, it was prizegiving for the seniors at Matts school so he had to go back out so we had Miss A and her mum for tea.  Matthew made his very nice chicken fettucine which is very nice, very rich and only something we have occasionaly, I enjoyed every bite. :-).

Back on track today.  no hunger issues.

I have been asked if I would share what advice the nutritionist has given to me, so here goes:

drink 2-3 litres of water daily

i was put on chlorella to cleanse my blood and body of toxins. Makes you poo alot!!!!

i have to take 1 probiotic daily, so hopefully i dont get sick

i have to take 1 multivitamin daily

i take 2 fish oil tablets and 2 vitamin C tabs daily

I was experiencing the dizziness at the beginning, especially when I ate!!!! but I believe for me it is the water that is helping me heaps.  I am fully hydrated and that keeps hunger and dizziness for me away.

I am allowed to eat anything for my tea as long as it counts and is not empty calories like junk food.

 

I have meat and lots of veges and salads.  I have to have at least 800 calories for that meal. so if my meat and veges arent enough, i make myself a smoothie, which has protein whey powder, yoghurt, fruit, fresh and frozen, nuts and seeds and spirulina in it.

one thing the nutritionist told me was that if someone stops eating properly, then the body can go thru metabolic shock, something new to me, she didnt want me to do this so she recommended that I have 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water when I eat my meal so that my body metabolises my meal properly and gets the full nutrients it needs, something to think about. it tastes horrible and I have to hold my nose when I drink it as I cant eat spicy or acidic foods at all, but the benefits outweigh the risks and the taste. the last thing we want to do is get sick.

 

I am not having any junk at all including preservatives, my body is handling this far better than I thought I would. so for me no biscuits, chips, fizz etc, I have to make my calories count otherwise my body cant make full use of the calories.

i hope this all helps in some way.

 

Any further questions just ask.

 

For Caroline:  Ryder is turning 3 next month, he is our miracle child, I will share my testimony in the next few days with you all.