Balanced Bites Podcast: Episode #25, Listener Questions, with guest Diana Rodgers
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Episode #25, guest Diana Rodgers joins us.
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Topics:
Question #1: Bulimia, emotional eating, cravings & Paleo.
Question #2: Is coconut Paleo’s peanut? Adding back in carbs after The 21-Day Sugar Detox & general carb intake ideas for leaning out/CrossFit Games training.
Question #3: Child with severe elimination issues.
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Question #1: Bulimia, emotional eating, cravings & Paleo.
I am having a really hard time sticking to a Paleo diet. I love the way it makes me feel, but I’ve only been able to consistently stick with it for a few days until I succumb to sweet cravings. I am an ICU nurse, work 12 hr shifts, needless to say, my job is stressful. I pack a whole days worth of delicious Paleo meals and frequently find myself
binging on the junk at work. Cookies, candy, chocolates, anything sweet. I feel like shit afterwards and vow to never do that again…. but i few days later, I do. I CrossFit 3-4 days a week for a year now and have definitely gotten strong but I feel my diet is holding me back. both my parents were diabetic and both died young, mom at 48 and dad at 56, both from a stroke. I know i need to get this under control…. but I’m having a real hard time.
Important to note that I’ve also suffered from bulimia since i was 19. I am now 34. It comes in waves. The last time I binged and made myself throw up was about 2 weeks ago. It is a struggle to not want to binge and purge, but so far 2 weeks. I’ve eaten a lot of junk though. I am 5 feet tall, 138lb and about 23% last time I was measured at my crossfit gym. I’m not lean, but definitely muscular and strong. I just want to be able to stick to a diet that will nourish me and make me healthy. Western medicine is no help as they advocate small frequent high carbohydrate, grain laden meals. This just makes me crave more junk. Help.
Question #2: Is coconut Paleo’s peanut? Adding back in carbs after The 21-Day Sugar Detox & general carb intake ideas for leaning out/CrossFit Games training.
Hey Ladies! I love listening to your podcast, it’s always giving me something to think about – therefore, new questions are always popping up in my head! I am currently doing Diane’s 21DSD and am kicking its ass! I really fell off the coloquial wagon over the holidays and am now 100% paleo in addition to currently restricting sugar/carbs, as prescribed by the detox.
I have a couple of questions – I’ll be happy if you even just answer one (the second one)!
1. Is the coconut going to be paleo’s peanut?! Aren’t there so many peanut allergies today b/c it is in EVERYthing? Maybe it would take years to develop, but when I look at my paleo replacement for things I’ve noticed I’m using coconut oil (vs. EVOO), coconut milk &/or coconut cream concentrate (omg, the concentrate decended from the heavens!) in my coffee and to make a makeshift ‘sweet treat’, I also drink coconut water, and have just bought some coconut flour – am I going off the deep end, here?!
2. As I mentioned, I’m doing The 21-Day Sugar Detox, and am probably playing a little bit with ketogenesis. I probably have about 10 pounds of fat to lose (this is the same 10 pounds of fat I’ve been trying to lose since the nineties), I did not scale back my crossfit training (Open, here I come!) so if I am feeling depleted I’ll pop a half of a sweet potato in the toaster oven at work for my pre-WOD energy. I’ve lost about 5 pounds so far (with another 7-10 to go – the first five fell off my body no problem, but now I’m “stuck” right where I usually get stuck at 159-160. I’m 5’5 and am pretty muscular (my backsquat is 225lb.,) ) and have 8 days to go. I’d like to continue to do this until I reach my goal “look” -not necessarily weight, because of my training, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some muscle mass being added.
Question – is it difficult for the body to go back and forth between ketogenesis and regular metabolism? Does this mess with the bodies ability to metabolize CHO’s ? AND, finally, in coming off the sugar detox, how careful would I have to be in terms of adding natural sugars/fruits back in – does the system freak out if it’s too much (what’s too much, anyway?) Thanks so much, again, love the podcast!
Question #3: Child with severe elimination issues.
Hey Diane and Liz,
So here is a question for you that I just can’t figure out. Hopefully you guys can help! =) I made the transition to eating clean, real, paleo food about a year and a half ago. Went cold turkey! And because I do all the cooking, my husband and three kids are along for the nutritional ride. =) My kids, still being little (now 2 years, 3 years, and 6 months old), made the transition smoothly. No fuss over no more pancakes or sandwiches. And my husband hardly complains either. That being said, we are almost 100% paleo at home (except for the occasional gluten free waffles a special treat every now and then). And when we eat out, which is no more than once a week if even that often, my husband will eat whatever he wants off the menu, but I usually order the kids something gluten free and let them splurge on some grains and dairy (usually something like cheese quesadillas on corn tortillas). So really the only gluten exposure my kids have is at church, where they give out animal crackers, and at Granny’s house, where she gives out lovely 100-calorie packs of cookies (sigh), and cake whenever we go to birthday parties and such.
So… that is the background. Here is the problem/question. My 2 year old son has TERRIBLE BMs. And when I say terrible, I mean that every single time he poops he ends up in the bathtub to clean up. IT IS NASTY! It is really smelly, watery like diarrhea, and grainy. This has been going on for about 3 months now. I talked to his pediatrician about it and she ran some labs to check for a bunch of stuff like giardia and other bacteria. Everything came back normal. She recommended a children’s chewable probiotic. That didn’t help. We chatted about possibly checking for some food allergies, but she told me that since he doesn’t eat much gluten the tests wouldn’t be accurate anyway. She doesn’t know what to do next and basically told us to wait it out?! SO my husband and i decided to put him on a strict 30 day elimination diet. No gluten, dairy or legumes AT ALL. (We ARE bringing in a box of gluten free animal crackers to church so he doesn’t feel left out…but other than that on Sunday mornings, no grains either). There is still no change in his BMs. HELP! Should we just continue with the super strict elimination diet for longer? Maybe 30 days isn’t enough? Can eating too much fruit cause this? I do let me kids eat a lot of fruit. Hmmm. Here is a basic day of food for my son:
bfast- 3 eggs and spinach cooked in coconut oil, a banana.
snack – nuts, apple, turkey slices, grapes (probably not all of those on the same day)
lunch – usually protein leftovers from dinner, sweet potatoes, orange
snack – banana/coconut smoothie, raisins, 90% dark chocolate (again, not all of these at the same time!)
dinner – some sort of quality protein source and 1-2 veggies
snack – carrots
Do you have any ideas? Suggestions? We are willing to try anything at this point.
Cheers!
Diane
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