PHASE 2 Days 22-23 of The Makers Diet

Day 22 - Today was relatively easy as it was lunch out for a friends birthday so the choice was taken away as it was limited on the menu to a salad, so I had a steak salad.  Missed breakfast but was hungry again by dinner so we cooked Moussaka again, this time making my own tomato sauce which seems to be better on the stomach.

Day 23 - Breakfast was a turkey sausage, mushrooms, and an egg.  Lunch was skipped today as I was busy shopping and trying to catch up. Bought all my veggies from the stall but gonna have to be careful as found some rot in some of it.  My hydrator arrived yesterday so have put in mango and pineapple and some sweet potato crisps.  So far they've been in there 12 hours and need more so will restart in the morning.  For dinner I made a coconut flour tortilla wrap although to be honest thought it taste more like a coconut omelette.  We made chicken fajitas with this.  With the leftover egg yolks I made some homemade salad cream, although don't think we should have had cream yet, had this with a salad.

Health wise I'm much the same, waking up in the night for you know what but found a magazine today with the heading that Osteoporosis can be stopped even reversed and the diet was very similar so gave me hope that in time if I stick to this God might help me reverse my hip problems too.

PHASE 2 Days 19 to 21 of The Makers Diet

Days 19 - 21. The weekend seems to have settled my stomach down and its feeling okay again.Dinner on the Friday was a sweet potato jacket with chilli con carne and for dinner on Saturday I found a load of bargain meat in Asda so we had a lovely roast joint of beef with a brandy and peppercorn crust, a jacket sweet potato with broccoli and carrots and roast parsnips.  Breakfast that day was scrambled eggs and mushrooms.  Dinner on Sunday was easy as it was a BBQ for the whole family and friends as it was Mothers Day with a salad and a lovely green goddess dressing made from avocado, sour cream, EV olive oil and lemon juice.  I may have put slightly too much lemon for my taste.

Saturday evening was a trip to the cinema so I made a batch of popcorn and drizzled it with cold melted butter and herbamare. Was a nice treat. Herbamare can be bought from most health shops and is relatively inexpensive.  My smoothie/blender/grinder arrived Saturday morning so am looking forward to phase 3 when I can begin grinding my own flour.

PHASE 2 Day 18 of 40 The Makers Diet

Day 18 - Breakfast today was the usual but only one fried egg, tomato and mushrooms.  Lunch was a drive home from work again to have a steak with a sweet potato jacket with cheese.  Dinner was fried chicken escalopes fried in  corn meal.  Am hoping that it was allowed.  Served with roasted peppers, leeks, parsnips and onions.

However, in the evening I did decide to have a hot chocolate as a treat so using bourneville which is 100% cocoa nothing else and almond milk which is not really allowed.  This however, I believe may be the reason why I awoke early in the morning feeling nauseas again and also feeling nauseas today (day 19).  So going to have to give almond milk anyway a no go.  Might try the goats milk to see if that has the same affect once this has died down.  Thought that I was healed but obviously not yet and its still going to take time and probably quite a while of being on this diet even when the 40 days are over.  

But, I am still managing to sleep through most of the night and lying flat etc so things are still soooooo! much better.  PS also tried the muffin I made yesterday and they are delicious but must keep them as occasional treats.

PHASE 2 Day 17 - The Makers Diet

Day 17 - Breakfast was fruit and a chunk of cheese and snacking on some walnuts as was concerned about the eggs blocking me up again so going careful.  Lunch was a steak salad and for dinner we had pan fried paprika salmon with 2 corn on the cobs and asparagus fried in butter.  Drinking a lot more water today to make sure everything flows!!!  The weight loss has slowed down but I believe that might be because of the protein which helps muscle build up. Just a theory, cant think of any other reason as to why it should be different this week.

Sleep was fine again, the nausea has dropped a bit again, think it was other reasons (ie blocked) which we wont go into that was making me feel sick.  That said its difficult to know how much my stomach lining has healed, but intend to keep going to day 40 and I think beyond. 

Yes beyond! Hubby and I have realised that this just cant be for 40 days otherwise we will probably have wasted our time if we dont learn from this experience.  Have done lots of research since starting this diet (way of living) and am convinced that organic or as natural as possible in our case is the only way to go.  Our Western diet consumes far too much bread, cereals and grains.  Although we love these were hoping we dont get addicted to them again to intend to keep them very small portions when we can have them.

Tried the honey muffins recipe today, they came out small, more like cupcakes so dont think they will fill me up as a breakfast but will have maybe one as a treat during the day tomorrow.

PHASE 2 Days 14 to 16 of The Makers Diet

Days 14-16 - Been a tough few days, we were away the weekend so couldnt report back on this blog however, Im here to catch up now.  Food wise there hasnt been a problem, however I dont think Ive been eating enough roughage to go with the diet.  Rubin recommends a drink twice a day of green superfood mix which we chose to omit as it cost around £20 for a jar.  You can get it in the UK and I would recommend taking it if you have any sort of gastric problem.  Gastritis which I have like IBS is followed with bouts of diarrhoea and then constipation, well, no more diarrhoea put it that way, but realise I needed the fibre.  Hubby hasnt had the same problems but then he doesnt have Gastritis.  Drinking lots of water is absolutely necessary too.  I done some research and found out that you must double your body weight in pounds so if you weigh 12st or 168lbs then you need to drink 3.4litres approximately.

Food wise now we can have yam, and corn and sweet potatoes its been a little easier and I have had a sweet potato jacket with cheddar cheese as now we can have raw cows milk hard cheese.  Its very hard in the UK to get raw cheese so we've been using ordinary.  Its worth noting too that although Jordan says use Organic meat for very good reasons, it has just been too expensive for us with hubby being made redundant.  So the diet has worked even with non-organic meat, we have tried to buy organic veg from the farm shop or supermarkets though when we can.

Have discovered Coconut Flour which is not a grain so is very suitable for IBS or other wheat intoleraant disorders and is much healthier and easier to digest.  Have made coconut bread a couple of times now and going to make some coconut muffins.  AS A NOTE:  Rubin also says to cook with either butter or coconut oil, we found coconut oil to be expensive so cooked with butter until I discovered that our local Sainsburys in their foreign food section had a jar of coconut oil for £2.50.!!!  Thats the cheapest Ive found it anywhere and is amazingly cheap, should have bought a whole dozen at once, maybe payday.  Normal prices range from £6.00 (Sainsburys) to £20+ for the same size jars almost.  I say £6 at Sainsburys because they do their own brand too.

Breakfast yesterday was a cherry & coconut smoothie,  Frozen cherries blended with coconut milk and put through a sieve.  Lunch was a sweet potato jacket with cheese and salad and dinner was a roast joint of lamb with roast sweet potatoes and parsnip with cauliflower & brocolli covered in a homemade cheese sauce in which I used corn flour to thicken (not sure if thats allowed as Jordan doesnt mention flour at all in the actual list of foods allowed just corn.)  Anyway it was a nice treat.  We can now have goats milk, although i'm finding I prefer my drinks either without milk now or with a little oat or almond milk instead.

PHASE 2 Day 13 Of The Makers Diet

Day 13 - Having to move onto Phase 2, 2 days earlier than should be because of visiting friends.  We will be going home tonight so I can get a better nights sleep.  Phase 2 means that we can now eat more of a variety of fruit also more beans and legumes and corn, sweet potato and yams are now possible.

Breakfast was eggs again as it was easier being away and for lunch we had a chicken soup followed by a small salad with Camembert goats cheese found in Saintsbury's.  Found that Saintsbury's had a great selection of cheeses for the diet than other supermarkets. Dinner was roast chicken, roast veg n roast sweet potatoes. We also had an apple which seemed to be quite acidic on my stomach so may be a bit careful and watch for reactions in my stomach.  Busy day tomorrow so getting ahead of my blogging.

Also found a great recipe for coconut bread made from coconut 1/2 cup flour, 6 eggs and 1/4 cup butter, 2 tbsps honey. Tasted delicious bit like coconut cake. 

PHASE 1 Day 12 of The Makers Diet

Day 12 - Working day today and was not really prepared properly.  Struggling with toilet issues so stomach was upset. Going away in the evening to stay with friends which turned out to be a bit rough at night again but still not as bad. I think I made myself hungry by failing to eat protein at breakfast.  Had a steak salad at lunch so felt a bit better but grabbed a chicken from asda for me and hubby to eat before driving to Horsham.  However, found by late evening I had a serious headache and was hungry don't know why because all other days I haven't been hungry.  However think this may have seriously contributed to my stomach trouble in the night again, not as bad as before but was a bit discouraging as moving onto phase 2 tomorrow.  Will have to see what the days ahead bring.