Begins in fits and starts. After two weeks of creeping symptoms I start blending my food. Lentil soup for lunch all of week 3. Definitely brought on by work stress. Thursday of week 3 is a low point, 6 BMS and a bad headache, I went home from work early that day. Same day IContinue reading “Flare #5”
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Fit in my 40s – almost 41!
So an update. Since I started reframing my mindset about movement and fatigue (and since a colonoscopy showing no sign of disease), I have made major progress in my fitness in the last year and a half. I started by working with a physical therapist to help with back pain and recover from a sprainedContinue reading “Fit in my 40s – almost 41!”
Blended breakfast
I’ve had some creeping Crohn’s symptoms so trying to stave them off with blended foods. The aim is gut rest and nutrition for healing. Blended breakfast: Blend until smooth. Basically it’s a hearty oatmeal breakfast with no chewing or gut effort. Also super yummy! This is based on an almond date lhassi I had inContinue reading “Blended breakfast”
Mac n cheese with protein
In a high power blender, combine: Boil 16 oz of cavatappi pasta 10-11 mins. Strain and set aside. Start a bechamel….4 tbps of butter and about 1/4 cup of flour heated over medium heat for a few mins until it smells nutty. Then slowly dump in the flavor sauce from the blender and whisk itContinue reading “Mac n cheese with protein”
Fit in my 40s update
It’s been about two months since I have reframed my thinking about fatigue, chronic illness, and fitness. My therapist has been very helpful in reinforcing my new mindset, as well as looking at the scientific evidence of my recent colonoscopy, which shows no signs of inflammation. With my Crohn’s and Hashimoto’s medically managed, I shouldContinue reading “Fit in my 40s update”
I was a cyclist/I am a cyclist
Ten years ago I was hit by a car when I was riding my bike. I was accustomed to biking everywhere and had been a bike commuter for the past decade. Every other cyclist I knew had been hit, and statistically I knew it was just a matter of time before I got hit byContinue reading “I was a cyclist/I am a cyclist”
Vicious mind cycle
I had a colonoscopy last week and the results were really good. With my thyroid and Crohn’s managed, I shouldn’t been feeling fatigue. So what could the fatigue be from? I have been working with my therapist to interrogate some mental blocks I have around exercise (exercise will make me sick, exertion will increase myContinue reading “Vicious mind cycle”
Amazing detox cleanse!
Just kidding, this is the bowel prep from my latest colonoscopy! Tricked you! If you came here for some diet culture bull, I suggest you try to reframe your thinking around food, shift your relationship with food and your body from one of guilt and shame to one of pleasure and enjoyment, and learn aContinue reading “Amazing detox cleanse!”
No Knead Bread
If you buy “nice” flour, like organic, whole wheat, cooperative union worker owned, it’s like $7-10 for a bag of flour, with which you can make something like 8 loaves of bread. This bread takes VERY LITTLE EFFORT, you just have to remember to start a new batch the day before you run out ofContinue reading “No Knead Bread”
Sunshine face punch drink
In a blender, Blend that shit up for like a minute. Then add, It’s probably really good served on ice but I never have ice. This is a great winter beverage because it’s grapefruit season and also it tastes like the sun, and I haven’t seen then sun in 84 years.
Eating Vegan with Crohn's Disease 