I Love You My Belly

A Foodie's Journey to Digestive Health

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Dinner for day 2 of the #21dsd : I cooked a whole organic chicken in a slower cooker today with rosemary, lemon & thyme. I then cooked up some organic green beans & fresh organic kale from the garden in some leftover bone broth fat and some salt&pepper. The whole chicken is going to feed me throughout the week! 😋 #paleo #primal #happyguts #lowfodmapdiet

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Lunch yesterday: buffalo burger w/ fresh picked lettuce from the garden, organic cucumber, organic red pepper, Dijon mustard, EVOO, salt&pepper. #21DSD #paleo #primal #happyguts

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The supplements I am taking to heal my gut. #21DSD

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I started my #21DSD yesterday off with a bowl of egg drop soup. I made bone broth with grass fed beef bones last week and re-heated it with a duck egg. My dad ducks now and there is a plethora of nutritious duck eggs. On the side is a cup of matè and my digestive supplements. I chose to do the 21 Day Sugar Detox to cure my digestive track and gut once and for all! Along with following the guidelines in the 21DSD book I am also following a strict FODMAP elimination. It's going to be a challenging 21 days!

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I Love You My Belly

I took a core strength yoga class once, and at the end of the class when we were in shavasana the teacher gave us the mantra "I love you my belly." I have always loved that. I am sure the class was filled with other students who, like me, also decided to go to core strength yoga in hopes that maybe our bellies would tighten a little and we would look great in that bikini come summer. The mantra was a great reminder that we should love our bellies and nurture and take care of them.

This blog isn't about me coming to piece with my body image though. It is blog to help me cure my gut and digestive track. A lot of this curing will be done with food but also has a lot to do with my mental state. A lot of my digestive problems are deeply rooted in stress. Some people break out when they are stressed, some people have back problems and I have digestive problems. Because of that I have been in a battle with my belly instead of trying to listen and understand what it is trying to tell me.

It is important for me and my readers to know that this blog is not simply about eating Low FodMAP/Paleo foods. It is also about getting in touch with my body and understanding fully what is causing these digestive woes.