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Tonight I finished the Band of Brothers Series. It was amazing. I find myself becoming more and more open to films and shows that involve war. I would have never watched them before, but now, after watching Black Hawk Down, The Hurt Locker, and playing a lot of Call of Duty, it seems to have become a growing interest.

I think my favorite segment was the one that follow the medic, Doc Roe. It was astonishing to see the conditions these men worked under and the toll it can take to be so helpful and helpless at the same time. The effects were great, they even grossed me out a bit which is pretty hard to do. I believe the actors contributed to that. Outstanding performances by all!

I am very excited to get started on Generation Kill as well as The Pacific.

Here is an updated list of my shows:


Completed Series:
-Deadwood*<3
-Band of Brothers*
-Friends*
-Seinfeld
-Arrested Development*
-The L Word
-Nip/Tuck
-NYPD Blue*
-The Unit*
-The Wire*
-Sex and the City*

Current Shows: 
-90210 
-Accidentally On Purpose
-Americas Next Top Model
-Big Love
-Breaking Bad
-Cougar Town
-Curb Your Enthusiasm
-Damages
-Dexter*
-Glee*
-The Good Wife
-Grey's Anatomy*
-How I Met Your Mother
-Melrose Place
-Modern Family*
-My Boys
-The Office*
-The Pacific
-Parenthood
-Private Practice*
-Raising the Bar
-Rescue Me
-True Blood*
-V
-Weeds

I Gave Up:
-24 (Season 7)
-30 Rock (Season 3)
-CSI (Season 8)
-Entourage (Season 3)
-Family Guy (Season 5)
-Flight of The Conchords (Season 2)
-House (Season 5)
-Mad Men (Season 2)
-South Park (Season 12)
-Ugly Betty (Season 3)

New Shows and Stuff I Plan To Check Out:
-Happy Town
-Generation Kill
-Luck
-Justified

We were great together...on paper

Since finding out all of my allergies in September, it has been very difficult for me to do what I love to do, which is cook and bake. The drastic change in my diet helped one thing only- stomach pains and vomiting. I still have them once in a while if I eat something I know I shouldnt. But otherwise I have been vomit free. Unfortunately my rashes, constant sneezing, itchy/watery eyes and headaches are still with me. I know that a lot of it is due to the environmental allergies, which I get shots for weekly; however, I cant help but feel like I am continuing to develop food allergies.

I started reading some other blogs about food allergies in order to try new recipes and better understand the ingredients I have been using. Then I saw that most of these blogger are on a rotation diet. Why did my doctor never mention this? I would like to thank the bloggers that continue to post helpful information and recipes. Most of these bloggers are mothers that have had to adjust due to their children's food allergies. I could not imagine how much more difficult this experience would have been if I had to worry about a child's well being. Taking only myself into consideration (as I often do...) has been a lot easier.

Today I started my rotation diet in hopes that I well start to feel better. I also feel that keeping a routine will well eventually make my food choices second nature. I dont really think about most of the foods I am missing out on anymore, this could help take that a step further. I also dont have to worry about Carey because he will try anything.

A rotation diet involves eating the foods that you are not allergic to only once every 4 days. Everything that you eat belongs to a family, even if it's only a family of one. You cannot consume a something from the same family 2 days in a row, but you can have it every other day as long as it is not the same item.

Last week I went through the food families and wrote down the foods that I CAN eat on multi-coloured cue cards:

It was the middle of the week so I decided to wait and start it on a Monday. So today I organized them over a 5 day period. I know you only need to do 4 days but I have a slower digestive system so I didnt want to repeat many of the same foods on the 5th day.

Blue: Fruits and Vegetables
White: Grains/Flours/Starches
Red: Proteins
Yellow: Oils/Spices/Other...

It took me 2 hours but I managed:



I took this picture as an example, but I did some re-arranging afterward. By doing it this way, I was able to only use a card once, so I was never repeating that same food. The food has the food family written in the bottom corner. This allowed me to keep track and make sure that the same family was only appearing every other day.

Dont judge my small breakfasts. That didnt change much cause I usually just eat fruit. As for dinners, it says to try and keep it simple at first, so nothing fancy this week. Also, I dont really eat lunch but I will snack. I didnt want to change that too much so somedays I will have a lunch type food but most I will just snack.

Meal Plan:

MONDAY

Breakfast: 
(Smoothie)
Raspberries
Mango
Orange Juice

Lunch/Snack:
Orange
Baby Carrots
Chocolate Soy Milk

Dinner:
Salmon prepared with Garlic, Lemon, Parsley, Earth Balance Butter.
Rice with Braggs Soy Liquid
Carrots
Green and Yellow Beans

Families Present:
Berry
Citrus
Cashew
Grain
Salmon
Legume
Parsley
Lily

TUESDAY
Breakfast:
Honeydew Melon

Lunch/Snack:
Butternut Squash Soup
Honeydew Melon

Dinner:
Prime Rib seasoned with Peppercorns
Sweet Potato Fries

Families Present:
Melon/Gourd
Red Meat- not really a family but I rarely eat it so it shouldn't be a problem
Morning Glory
Peppercorns


WEDNESDAY
Breakfast:
Pears <3

Lunch/Snack: (went a little complex with this one)
(Cookies)
Spelt
Vegan-Corn Free Chocolate Chips
Brown Cane Sugar
Agave
Coconut
Cinnamon

Dinner:
Spelt Pasta
Basil Pesto
Chicken
Onion

Families Present:
Apple
Chocolate
Grain
Pheasant
Lily
Palm
Agave
Laurel
Mint

THURSDAY
Breakfast:
Grapefruit

Lunch/Snack:
(Cranberry Muffins)- making a dozen and freezing them
Quinoa Flour
Tapioca Startch
Walnuts
Walnut Oil
Honey
Cranberries
Citrus

Dinner:
Pork
Spinach Salad with Mandarin Oranges and Almonds

Families Present:
Citrus
Heath
Walnut
Beet
Spurge
Swine
Plum

FRIDAY
Breakfast:
(Smoothie)
Raspberries
Banana
Flaxseeds

Lunch/Snack:
Apples with Peanut Butter

Dinner:
Sliced Turkey on toasted Rye/Flax Bread
Cucumber Salad

Families Present:
Berry
Banana
Flax
Grain
Turkey
Melon/Gourd

SATURDAY (I am working till 10 pm so lunch/dinner it has to be quick and microwaveable)
Breakfast:
Koala Crisp Cereal - puffed rice and cocoa
Rice milk

Lunch/Snack:
Mango
Carrots
Chocolate Soy Milk

Dinner:
Rice with Soy Liquid
Carrots
Green and Yellow Beans

Families Present:
Rice
Cocoa
Cashew
Parsley
Legume

SUNDAY (working till 7pm so need something easy when I get home)
Breakfast:
Oranges
Orange Juice

Lunch/Snack:
(Cookies)
Spelt
Vegan-Corn Free Chocolate Chips
Brown Cane Sugar
Agave
Coconut

Dinner:
Butternut Squash Soup

Families Present:
Citrus
Grain
Chocolate
Palm
Agave
Laurel
Mint
Melon/Gourd
Plum

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From this I made my grocery list. I purchased my fruits and vegetables in Kensington Market at the stand on the corner across the street (south) from Fresh Mart.

 

Fruits and Vegetables, which I eat a lot of and have to purchase every week, can be very expensive. I used to shop at sobey's in St. Catharines and there is no way I could get this much for this cost.

1 bag of Spinach
1 bag of baby Carrots
1 Large Honeydew Melon
3 Large Oranges
3 Grapefruits
3 Plums
3 Mangoes
3 Pears
2 Giant Cucumbers
2 Large Apples
= $22.00

Monday is almost over and it went pretty well. Tomorrow I am baking and freezing my cookies and muffins- The recipes for these have been tweaked since I posted them.

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