One of my awesome Aunts sent me this book when I got my Crohns diagnosis. For those who don't know the Specific Carbohydrate Diet or SCD is a very restrictive diet that through cutting out certain starches, grains, processed foods, dairy, and many other items is supposed to help heal many intestinal ailments. You can find a list of "legal" and "illegal" foods on their website www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info
I have slowly been cutting out gluten and dairy. Trips to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods to stock up on legal food items have become a 2-3x a week occurrence. I recently discovered cashew cream, and have developed a full fledge addiction. I love it on strawberries and found the most incredible recipe for key lime cashew cream pie with whipped coconut milk. I'll post pictures of my finished product with a link to the recipe on Saturday this week.
My Crohns symptoms have been improving recently and I cannot wait to start tapering off this prednisone. I have only gained 3-5 pounds depending on the day, but my clothing is tight from all the swelling :( I'm hoping if its just water weight I'll be able to lose the bloat quickly as I finish my prednisone in a couple of weeks.
I haven't worked out in almost a month and have put as a goal for next week to go to the gym at least 2x for 30 minutes. I hope that with the iron infusions I'll be getting weekly for the next 8 weeks my energy level will increase and I can get back to my workout DVDs and maybe even some spinning classes.
Hope you're having a great week!
