I have decided that the best way for me to fail is to completely go off grains and go Primal again. Grains are addictive, and my body craves them. You wouldn't tell a smoker to go cold turkey. Well, you might, but then they're dealing with the cravings.
So, I'm going to start with wheat. I think it's probably the biggest factor in my issues, so it would be best to cut out the biggest culprit. Corn will come after. I already stay away as much as possible from HFCS, so that's a big help. I'll try the oatmeal we have for breakfast, though I'm sure I won't eat it, it will go in the garbage and I'll make myself a cheese omelet. I should probably just skip the oatmeal altogether because I just have never liked it.
I do like rice, though. But I don't seem to have issues with rice as much as I do with wheat. So maybe I'll just make a rice pudding for the breakfasts when I'm tired of eggs.
But, instead of delving into it, I'm taking baby steps. Better to start slow than try to go at a marathon pace.
25 September 2011
13 September 2011
Let's talk poop.
No really. I'm going to talk poop. No, I'm not going to say what shade it was, or what was floating in the toilet. But I am going to talk about my bowels and what happens when I eat what I shouldn't be eating.
I have Crohn's disease. For those of you who don't know what it is, it's an inflammatory condition of the bowels. It can be anywhere in your digestive tract (seriously, from your mouth to your anus). Mine presents in the terminal ilium. When your food digests, your small intestine liquifies the food. As it passes through the ilium and into the colon (the large intestine), the moisture is then taken out and you get solidified waste. Since my ilium is inflamed I don't get solid poo.
I was diagnosed with this about 3 months after I had Robert. It will be 10 years in October since my diagnosis. I have been on medley after medley of different inflammatory medicines as well as steroids to get my bowels under control. My current cocktail is helping, but I still go often. Sometimes 4 or 5 times a day, depending on the time of month.
There is no cure for Crohn's Disease. Even if I were to have the inflamed part of my bowel removed, the disease would go into remission, but no one knows for how long. And it always comes back. Eventually I could end up on a colostomy bag. Who wants to carry around poo on the outside? YUCK!
Last winter I started eating Primal. That combined with my current cocktail of medicine worked well. I was down to one or two bowel movements, and solid ones at that, a day. I haven't had a solid BM in 10 years!!!!
I fell off the wagon, though. I was feeling so well. I was down in weight. But then things got hectic. We decided to buy a house. Papa Korg is still having issues with the military. And I had a sugar cookie from Walmart. You know the kind. The big, fluffy ones with frosting? And then I had more sugar cookies. And more. Soon I was eating a whole container to myself. Two or three times a week. But my weight was ok, so that's fine, right? Wrong. It started taking it's toll in a slow manner; so slow that I didn't notice at first.
Summer came and popsicles came out. Banana, cherry, grape, orange. Yummy goodness. Made with corn syrup. Fast forward and I gained back all that I lost... the year before I started eating Primal, and the month in which I was eating. 50 pounds have come back. And my Crohn's has too.
I've been doing OK Crohn's wise. After all, I have a good cocktail of meds. But, once a month, Mother Nature hits and my bowels mess up. My gut starts to hurt. I've been eating white bread lately. Many people gasp at the white bread, but I tried eating whole wheat yesterday and found that I'm more tore up today than if I had white bread. White bread is processed more than wheat, which is why I think I can handle it better. Whole wheat just bounces around in your system. It's going to take a week, at least, to get things back under control. I know better. I should do better.
Why am I preaching to something I am not doing? Well, I'm no expert, that's for sure. But I am an expert when it comes to my bowel functions. And I can tell you, from a Crohn's Disease patient, eating Primal helps. I won't tell anyone it's a miracle cure. But I can tell you my anecdotal evidence is there. I had formed poop, only one time a day, when I was eating Primal. That's all I've wanted in the last 10 years. Not having to worry about going to a store and having to find out where the nearest bathroom is. Or knowing that your gut is tore up, so instead you skip the store altogether because you know you'll have to sit on the pot. There's nothing I hate more than public restrooms. Not because they are dirty, but because it's embarrassing to me to have others smell my smell, or hear me pass gas.
So, this is it. I'm going to start over. I'm going to start eating Primal again, very soon. I cannot promise when. The 15th or the 1st of October, but it has to be soon. My gut cannot take much more abuse than it already has.
So, read up on Mark's Daily Apple (I believe the link is on my blog). Find out why wheat, and grains in particular are so bad. Take the 30 day challenge yourself.
Or, if you're in the Fairbanks area, join my good friends and I on a Primal Picnic. Hear their stories, too. And see if maybe giving up grains is in your future as well!
I have Crohn's disease. For those of you who don't know what it is, it's an inflammatory condition of the bowels. It can be anywhere in your digestive tract (seriously, from your mouth to your anus). Mine presents in the terminal ilium. When your food digests, your small intestine liquifies the food. As it passes through the ilium and into the colon (the large intestine), the moisture is then taken out and you get solidified waste. Since my ilium is inflamed I don't get solid poo.
I was diagnosed with this about 3 months after I had Robert. It will be 10 years in October since my diagnosis. I have been on medley after medley of different inflammatory medicines as well as steroids to get my bowels under control. My current cocktail is helping, but I still go often. Sometimes 4 or 5 times a day, depending on the time of month.
There is no cure for Crohn's Disease. Even if I were to have the inflamed part of my bowel removed, the disease would go into remission, but no one knows for how long. And it always comes back. Eventually I could end up on a colostomy bag. Who wants to carry around poo on the outside? YUCK!
Last winter I started eating Primal. That combined with my current cocktail of medicine worked well. I was down to one or two bowel movements, and solid ones at that, a day. I haven't had a solid BM in 10 years!!!!
I fell off the wagon, though. I was feeling so well. I was down in weight. But then things got hectic. We decided to buy a house. Papa Korg is still having issues with the military. And I had a sugar cookie from Walmart. You know the kind. The big, fluffy ones with frosting? And then I had more sugar cookies. And more. Soon I was eating a whole container to myself. Two or three times a week. But my weight was ok, so that's fine, right? Wrong. It started taking it's toll in a slow manner; so slow that I didn't notice at first.
Summer came and popsicles came out. Banana, cherry, grape, orange. Yummy goodness. Made with corn syrup. Fast forward and I gained back all that I lost... the year before I started eating Primal, and the month in which I was eating. 50 pounds have come back. And my Crohn's has too.
I've been doing OK Crohn's wise. After all, I have a good cocktail of meds. But, once a month, Mother Nature hits and my bowels mess up. My gut starts to hurt. I've been eating white bread lately. Many people gasp at the white bread, but I tried eating whole wheat yesterday and found that I'm more tore up today than if I had white bread. White bread is processed more than wheat, which is why I think I can handle it better. Whole wheat just bounces around in your system. It's going to take a week, at least, to get things back under control. I know better. I should do better.
Why am I preaching to something I am not doing? Well, I'm no expert, that's for sure. But I am an expert when it comes to my bowel functions. And I can tell you, from a Crohn's Disease patient, eating Primal helps. I won't tell anyone it's a miracle cure. But I can tell you my anecdotal evidence is there. I had formed poop, only one time a day, when I was eating Primal. That's all I've wanted in the last 10 years. Not having to worry about going to a store and having to find out where the nearest bathroom is. Or knowing that your gut is tore up, so instead you skip the store altogether because you know you'll have to sit on the pot. There's nothing I hate more than public restrooms. Not because they are dirty, but because it's embarrassing to me to have others smell my smell, or hear me pass gas.
So, this is it. I'm going to start over. I'm going to start eating Primal again, very soon. I cannot promise when. The 15th or the 1st of October, but it has to be soon. My gut cannot take much more abuse than it already has.
So, read up on Mark's Daily Apple (I believe the link is on my blog). Find out why wheat, and grains in particular are so bad. Take the 30 day challenge yourself.
Or, if you're in the Fairbanks area, join my good friends and I on a Primal Picnic. Hear their stories, too. And see if maybe giving up grains is in your future as well!
03 September 2011
Should re-name this
I should rename my blog to fatty Korg. Cheap foods are Korg foods. I've gained... way too many pounds. My Wii-Mii will probably balloon up if I step on my fit board.
I feel like Bridget Jones, only I haven't lost any weight from coitus. LOL I know it's excuses, and I know I can get stuff at the store, but until next summer, I may have to wait to journey may way to Grok'ing again. I hopefully will grow a good garden so I can grow my own plants. Hopefully. Until then, I'm going to have to TRY my best to lose weight with what I've got. Which, at the moment, isn't much. Oh well. Two house payments (well a house payment and rent) makes for a short paycheck. At least the kids are fed. And fed well. I'll worry about myself later.
I feel like Bridget Jones, only I haven't lost any weight from coitus. LOL I know it's excuses, and I know I can get stuff at the store, but until next summer, I may have to wait to journey may way to Grok'ing again. I hopefully will grow a good garden so I can grow my own plants. Hopefully. Until then, I'm going to have to TRY my best to lose weight with what I've got. Which, at the moment, isn't much. Oh well. Two house payments (well a house payment and rent) makes for a short paycheck. At least the kids are fed. And fed well. I'll worry about myself later.
22 February 2011
Another quickie
Not much Groking, but then, last week was a humdinger. Kids were sick, then I was sick. Didn't eat much of anything at all. Didn't feel like it. Papa Korg was Korging away though. So we had a chat about the pop, and the chocolate, and the candy. I should not have had him buy me the licorice... Yes, I wanted something "comforting" but he did buy a bit too much in the candy aisle. Maybe this week now that things are getting back to "normal" things will go back to Primal eating. (though I haven't swayed from it much at all, some candy... that's about it.) I lost a bunch, though I expect to see some of it come back on now that I'm feeling better.
16 February 2011
Korg day? Try Korg WEEK!
Yeah, it wasn't so great. The pot luck, taking my son out to Pizza Hut. Anthony's pizza because the girls were getting sick and Sunday was a busy day.
As you can see from the numbers, I did lose. Papa did not. However, he did a LOT of cheating. Not just with chocolate (my candy) but with candy filled with corn syrup. And he's not understanding that even with sugar in the pop, it's still a bunch of calories. So while it's a better sugar since it's not corn syrup, it's still not something he should drink a bunch of.
It's good though. I did make a primal dinner last night... Stuffed green peppers. And instead of using rice with the meat, I used cauliflower. It was ok. I should have added a bit more of the pepper insides to the meat to give it just a bit more zing, but all and all it wasn't bad.
Dinner tonight was eggs and bacon since I dealt with sick kids all day. Tomorrow, dinner will be something with chicken, cauliflower and broccoli and I might see what I can make for dessert that's more primal than not. Red Korg ain't gonna like dessert. It'll probably be cantaloupe and honey dew so that they don't get rotten.
Grapefruit for breakfast. That's one of my new favorites. And an apple. And probably a banana. I dunno though. The last banana is still good so I might make a strawberry/banana smoothie with the frozen strawberries and the last banana.
Anyway, off to bed. Hurricane Korg and Princess Korg has gotten me sick.
(this was written in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, but was intended for Tuesday night.)
As you can see from the numbers, I did lose. Papa did not. However, he did a LOT of cheating. Not just with chocolate (my candy) but with candy filled with corn syrup. And he's not understanding that even with sugar in the pop, it's still a bunch of calories. So while it's a better sugar since it's not corn syrup, it's still not something he should drink a bunch of.
It's good though. I did make a primal dinner last night... Stuffed green peppers. And instead of using rice with the meat, I used cauliflower. It was ok. I should have added a bit more of the pepper insides to the meat to give it just a bit more zing, but all and all it wasn't bad.
Dinner tonight was eggs and bacon since I dealt with sick kids all day. Tomorrow, dinner will be something with chicken, cauliflower and broccoli and I might see what I can make for dessert that's more primal than not. Red Korg ain't gonna like dessert. It'll probably be cantaloupe and honey dew so that they don't get rotten.
Grapefruit for breakfast. That's one of my new favorites. And an apple. And probably a banana. I dunno though. The last banana is still good so I might make a strawberry/banana smoothie with the frozen strawberries and the last banana.
Anyway, off to bed. Hurricane Korg and Princess Korg has gotten me sick.
(this was written in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, but was intended for Tuesday night.)
10 February 2011
Keeping it real.
Well, today wasn't such a good Primal day. I kept it as Primal as possible, but we had a pot-luck at Craig's company. I admit, I ate two biscuits. I skipped the chips and dip, the various breads, bagels and muffins. The only fruit was strawberries, so I had those, and did have one that was covered in dark chocolate. And some bacon. I stayed away from the corn bread and the "breakfast casserole" since I didn't know what all was in it. And I did eat one of my deviled eggs... didn't try the other because I'm not sure how they're made.
Papa didn't do as well. He had some of the various breads. LOL But then, I found out that he's cheated a bit more trying to knock out his ALC before today. Almost killing himself in the process. Up till 4am today and then up at 7 to get to work. So yeah, I've forgiven him for eating the gummies. Tonight, he had grapefruit, so that made up for it a bit.
He's just not getting the whole "corn syrup is made from... CORN!" It's ok. Eventually he'll get there. As for me, aside from a bowel episode or two, my Crohn's seems to have calmed down more than normal. I'm going to stay the course and see how it goes. I'm sure that with all the inflammation in there that there has been some damage. I like it to a cut... it will take a bit to heal.
Well, that's about it. Night all!
Papa didn't do as well. He had some of the various breads. LOL But then, I found out that he's cheated a bit more trying to knock out his ALC before today. Almost killing himself in the process. Up till 4am today and then up at 7 to get to work. So yeah, I've forgiven him for eating the gummies. Tonight, he had grapefruit, so that made up for it a bit.
He's just not getting the whole "corn syrup is made from... CORN!" It's ok. Eventually he'll get there. As for me, aside from a bowel episode or two, my Crohn's seems to have calmed down more than normal. I'm going to stay the course and see how it goes. I'm sure that with all the inflammation in there that there has been some damage. I like it to a cut... it will take a bit to heal.
Well, that's about it. Night all!
09 February 2011
Keeping it short
Tonight's dinner was spaghetti made with spaghetti squash. It was good.
Last night was weigh ins. Both Papa and I lost 2.9 lbs. (funny that we lost the same amount) Otherwise, it's an early bed time for me.
Papa does need to learn to read labels... he bought some ice cream treats for us to have... made with corn syrup. I allowed it for tonight, but told him when they're gone (and thankfully there's only a few in the box) that that's it. No more.
Red Krog had a hard time with dinner. He ate the meat sauce and left the squash. Oh well.
Last night was weigh ins. Both Papa and I lost 2.9 lbs. (funny that we lost the same amount) Otherwise, it's an early bed time for me.
Papa does need to learn to read labels... he bought some ice cream treats for us to have... made with corn syrup. I allowed it for tonight, but told him when they're gone (and thankfully there's only a few in the box) that that's it. No more.
Red Krog had a hard time with dinner. He ate the meat sauce and left the squash. Oh well.
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