It’s my second week of following my own customized Crohn’s diet. This week I looked up recipes with all my different flours. I can only eat so many eggs without getting bored.
I only actually made one new recipe, though (apple cinnamon muffins). They weren’t bad, but they’re definitely not the same as regular muffins.
The gluten-free foods I tried were made with rice flour.
Related: My Crohn’s Diet: Week 1 Recap
Week 2 of a New Crohn’s Diet
Crohn’s Diet Day 8
Breakfast: 1 fried egg, 2 sausage patties, hash browns, hot chai tea with a tiny bit of half & half
Lunch: brisket, pulled pork, ribs, water
Snack: Starbucks chai latte with almond milk
Dinner: gluten-free pepperoni pizza, water
Crohn’s Diet Day 9
Breakfast: 2 sausage patties, hash browns, hot chai tea
Snack: 1 banana with peanut butter, hot chai tea
Lunch: 1 piece gluten-free pepperoni pizza, brisket, pulled pork, ribs, small can of Coke Zero
Dinner: chicken and rice soup
Crohn’s Diet Day 10
Breakfast: banana pancakes (2 eggs, 1 banana, dash of vanilla) with peanut butter; Fast Lane hot tea
Lunch: gluten-free boxed mac & cheese, 1/2 peeled apple, water
Dinner: pizza quiche, 1 peeled pear, apple soda
Crohn’s Diet Day 11
Breakfast: cottage cheese with honey and cinnamon, Fast Lane hot tea
Lunch: pizza quiche, cheese stick, Fast Lane hot tea
Dinner: “Korean” ground beef and rice, water (that’s what the recipe calls it, but the author isn’t actually Korean, so I question that adjective)
Crohn’s Diet Day 12
Breakfast: 1 fried egg, 2 slices bacon, Fast Lane hot tea
Lunch: bacon cheddar mashed potatoes and cauliflower; cottage cheese with honey, cinnamon, and cantaloupe; Fast Lane hot tea
Dinner: taco bowl (shredded chicken, 1 avocado, cheese), water
Snack: apple cinnamon muffins made with coconut flour
Crohn’s Diet Day 13
Today I didn’t eat regularly. I had several more muffins, a cheese stick, and leftover Korean ground beef and rice. I drank Fast Lane hot tea and water.
Crohn’s Diet Day 14
I’m not sure what’s up with my hunger. I didn’t eat regularly today either, but I kept better track of what I ate.
Lunch: apple cinnamon muffin, Fast Lane hot tea
Dinner: pork chop with a creamy herb sauce, lavender soda
Is my Crohn’s diet working?
It’s too soon to tell. I had two days of frequent diarrhea, with a greater urgency than I usually experience. If I were to blame it on a food, it would be either the mac & cheese, the pear, or the soda. But since it lasted two days, it might not be caused by food. Sometimes that’s just life with Crohn’s Disease.
Next week I will be breaking my diet for one meal only. Dan and I won a free four-course bourbon dinner at Le Bilboquet, a French restaurant in Atlanta. The menu will include marinated bay scallops and ahi tuna, braised veal cheeks, roasted duck breast plus an amuse bouche and dessert. I am definitely not nitpicking the ingredients on an expensive free meal.
In exercise-related news, I worked out on Tuesday, and I intend to workout today. With dry skin and dry hair, I don’t shower every day, so I plan my sweaty workouts for days I need to shower.
Glad you’re still going strong with the diet and I’m glad you get to stray from it! I’m glad you also don’t expect to see tons of changes right away, I think it can be really frustrating if you aren’t seeing changes right away but keep on, keepin’ on!
Thanks, Elyse! So far the hardest thing is cutting out most grains AND my favorite fruits/veggies. I actually think it was easier to do Whole30, which meant no grains, no added sugar etc., BUT I could eat nuts and all the fruits/veggies I wanted.
Dan and I did enjoy our fancy French dinner. I noticed that I had zero stomach issues during, immediately after, and 24 hours after. (I was a little hungover the next day from not drinking enough water with my bourbon).
Other than that fun little splurge, I’ve followed my diet again all week. I just forgot to write down what I ate, so there won’t be a food update for Week 3. 🙂