So a few months ago I was feeling down, My down days had got worse and I was in bed again more than I was out. Something clicked in me and I decided something had to be done. I was going to start eating healthy again. Now this is easier said than done. I have always said if you are going to diet whether for health or weight. Your head must be in the right place. So, I knew the time was right and this time the diet was not for weight issues. It was to see if I could get more energy!! I knew I was going to try Gluten Free again as I had dabbled in this before and I did think my energy levels got better. What I learnt from last time is this;
Having pain, Fatigue and trying to cook every night is almost impossible.
What happens if you make these new recipe's and don't like it? You have no food and no energy left!!
This is also going to be very costly and hard work getting certain ingredients.
You really have to take it as slow as you can getting your store cupboard staples but also need so much to start. So I decided to get prepared and scoured the internet for some great Breakfast, Dinner and Evening G/F Meals. What I didn't expect was to find Deliciously Ella
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Ella was everywhere, How had I never heard of her before? Her book looked fantastic but I needed it now!! and it was 10pm. arghhh, but wait, when you look further she has an amazing website and ap that is full of Recipes and advise. I was extatic!! I paid for the Ap, which is just £3.99 and although I hate spending out I knew I needed an easy way to get some good quality meals and then set about finding out what I need. The good thing about Ella is that a lot of her Recipes use the same ingredients so although sound rather samey really are not. I made a huge Shopping list;
Pumpkin Seeds
Sunflower Seeds
Flax Seed
Chia Seed
Almonds
Walnuts
Cashews
Brazil Nuts
Pure Cacao Powder
Spinach
Butternut Squash
Brown Rice
Oats
G/F Pasta
Medjool Dates
Nutritional Yeast
and much much more ha ha. I put my list into sections that I knew would be more beneficial to buy as I knew I wouldn't be able to afford everything. So I knew Almond Nuts were going to be a huge buy as I wanted to make Almond Milk and Butter plus it is a staple in a lot of energy foods and snacks. One thing I didn't factor is once I got to Morrisons to do my Shop that they would have the Deliciously Ella Book on sale!!!
Oh no what to do, do I sacrifice some ingredients for a Book. Hell yes!!! haha I love Books.
So in it went to my trolley, I was so excited. It has been a huge life saver. What I didn't realise at first what I was doing was actually going on a Gluten/Vegan Rawish Free Diet. This just happened. I have since tried adding Meat and Eggs to my diet to see if I feel any different and am now back on the Gluten/vegan root for a few weeks as I am keen to see if it actually affects me and will do a post on what I have learnt.
I have always wondered whether a gluten free diet would give me more energy , even the simplest of activities get me out of breath and it is frustrating to have such little energy . Well done on writing such an informative blog post x
ReplyDeleteHi Ana, I think the diet has actually done me wonders :) I was obviously expecting a full recovery! but even having to cook myself to eat is great (my dad used to do it before) I think your fight or flight mode comes in to action and you just have to feed yourself however you feel. So just taking back the control was great although really tough. Now however it is getting so much easier and I am finding on days when I would of normally completely crashed due to over workining myself. Instead of having to sleep all day, I can stay awake and watch a film or work on my laptop. Take it easy but also see the day :) So although not the full recovery I was wishing for. I am getting there in small steps :D If there are any questions you have about this please do just as and if I can help. I will. xxxx
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