Today is the first day for my experiment with eliminating foods that may be contributing to my ongoing inflammation despite being on methotrexate and now a low dose of prednisone. I really would like to get off both meds and get back to some baseline normal whatever that is.
It was really hard to get up and not have my morning coffee. But I had water and took my pills. My doc has added a probiotic, vitamin B complex and grape seed extract to boost my system. I made a pot of chicken vegetable soup with bone broth, cabbage, onions, celery, carrots and of course chicken. The list says to use free range organic chicken, but I had rotisserie chicken leftovers in the fridge and used that. I am also allowed to have lamb so I will make lamb stew today. We had salad for dinner with tuna. I discovered some of the cans of tuna I have added soy. Who knew? Luckily the Costco brand does not have soy. I had to make my own dressing which was ok, but not as good as the bottled dressing I usually use, so I need to work on that. I also made some brown rice in the instant pot for the first time. It came out really well. I had a headache for much of the day. Coffee withdrawal, low sugar level? I am not really sure. I cut my coffee back to one cup a day all last week. But no coffee at all could have been part of it. Really miss sipping on my morning coffee. I have also been trying to add intermittent fasting into my life. I try to delay breakfast till 10 or 11 and then finish eating by 6:00 at night. Helps rest your digestive organs from having to produce all the enzymes by eating all day.
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