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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Diane mentioned in answering one of the questions that she didn’t have children and can’t relate to the listener in the challenge of controlling what food the children eat when out of the house. It is VERY difficult and especially this week, with the Valentine’s parties at school, was a challenging week for me. Of course I volunteered (as I almost always do) to provide the snacks/treats for the classes. I made fresh fruit kabobs drizzled w/ dark chocolate. What a great treat, right? No gluten, no artificial junk, etc. Some of those kids acted as if they’ve never had fruit. I was completely amazed and how many were thrown in the trash because all the kid wanted was the total junk they were given by their classmates with the valentine card. My kids know when we get home I “trade them out” for stuff we can have (sundrops, dark chocolate, yummy earth lollipops) and they might get one each day as a treat. So then I found out both of my kids were given those little conversation hearts for a math activity. Of course my kids didn’t have to eat them, but they’re 4 & 6 and all their friends are eating them and they both ate them. My son had a meltdown/angry fit later that day which I attribute to all the artificial color. My daughter had 25 of them! Might as well have had a Coke–at least there’s no artificial color in that, but same amt of sugar. I just threw up my hands and said, “why do I even bother?” What’s a mom/parent to do? I make my kids’ lunches and snacks daily and try to control as much as possible their intake (because of food sensitivities as well as general health), but sometimes it’s a battle that is just too difficult. Thankfully Sarah Fragoso’s book should come in the mail today so I can help talk w/ my kids about this lifestyle (though we are Christian, we like the health aspects of Paleo eating). I don’t want to make my kids the “weird kids”, but am instead explaining to them how we can be an example for others. They know a lot about healthy eating at their young age and definitely know junk from good food, gluten from non-gluten foods, and artificial color. I think it’s important for them to know this, but also to let them experience the tummy aches, loose stool, and behavior issues when they ingest the junk. And they do! And they make better choices the next time. It’s a battle that I’m willing to fight. I am looking into the farm to school program, but know that will be a battle as well, but I am up for the challenge! Thanks for your die-hard commitment to this way of life. Keep it up girls!
Thank you,
Ali, mom of 2 from Kansas
Hi Ali! I’m from Kansas too
When you discuss the fact that you’re a Christian, I assume you’re thinking about the evolutionary aspect of the common theories behind “Paleo-style” eating. I just wanted to say – I think this way of eating is totally compatible with being a practicing Christian, even if you’re not interested in “evolutionary biology.” That’s why I love this so much – it works from a scientific angle as much as from a theistic angle. It’s the act of eating thoughtfully, appreciating the amazing provisions here by the grace of (nature, God, happenstance) that keep us healthy and vital and able to move forward. Eating this way also means being a responsible steward of our bodies and the Earth, which are, in my opinion, the greatest gifts we’re given and the most profound opportunity to express gratitude, love, character principles, honesty, thoughtfulness, and integrity, which (if I remember my early childhood Sunday School correctly) are really the cornerstones of living out the Christian faith. Also, those friends of mine who have children who are most successful in implementing this WOL are simply honest with their kids – why certain foods are very bad, and why others are not. The kids are delighted to make good choices and inform other kids of the issues, which is quite cute IMO. Anyhow, it sounds like you’re doing great, and we truly appreciate your listening!
I would have liked to hear more from your guest. While I enjoy to hear you (Diane) and Liz, the time was monopolized by the hosts and the guest had very little input. Isn’t that the point of having a guest speaker?
Of course! This was Diana’s first time coming on to a podcast, so we didn’t want to overwhelm her and, honestly, we didn’t ask the listeners for a list of questions for her specific area of focus ahead of time. We may do so in the future, especially if we hear from people that they want to hear more from Diana!
We loved having her in the mix but it wasn’t the same type of guest feature as other shows have been, sorry if that was confusing. We wanted to introduce people to her before we’re all on a panel together in a few weeks at PaleoFx in Austin!
Could you list the books that were mentioned in the first question?
One of the books I recently ordered on “Change” is here in the link below, Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward
http://www.amazon.com/Changing-Good-Revolutionary-Overcoming-Positively/dp/038072572X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329837535&sr=8-1
The other one on compulsive over-eating is “Women Food and God”. I listened to this one on my ipod and it was great.
Let me know if those are not what you were looking for.
Cheers!
Diana
Yep! Thanks!