Category Archives: Mind Stuff

My go-to ketogenic meals

Oh hello there. You’ve found some very old content. Please read the disclaimer on this page before thinking I’m still a total sheep who has been sucked into a bone-broth worshipping fad diet. Been there, learned from that and am now a much less rigid human.

In this post I talked about why for me and where my health is up to, I’ve decided to undertake a ketogenic diet. The response from you guys, wanting to know more, telling me your families are also eating this way for a short period of time, has prompted me to collate my go-to ketogenic meals, to demonstrate that Ketosis isn’t all doom, gloom and sweet butternut pumpkin deprivation.

With an open mind, ketosis needn’t be a psychological burden. If I, a girl whose favourite foods include pumpkin, sweet potato and buckwheat, can survive the low-carb life long enough to rid herself of candida, there’s hope for almost anyone, right?

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Hard Core Healing: Taking GAPS to the next level

Oh hello there. You’ve found some very old content. Please read the disclaimer on this page before thinking I’m still a total sheep who has been sucked into a bone-broth worshipping fad diet. Been there, learned from that and am now a much less rigid human.

Post edited August 2016 to refine some points made. I’ve learned a lot and evolved my outlook since January and don’t want to mislead anyone.

It’s been a while since GAPS posts. Christmas, New Years, Travel, work, enemas, all have been taking up lots of time. On that last note – enemas – let’s dive right in to how I’ve stepped GAPS up a notch.

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Where to from here?

After a full year of inching closer to a whole foods lifestyle, I was feeling pretty content with the dramatic change in not only my eating patterns but also in my overall health. However, I knew I still had a way to go. I was significantly underweight and still prone to bloating, gas and indigestion. I knew that there must be more that I could do with food, but I was confused as to where to head next. I mean, there were so many options to choose from and so many anecdotes claiming that vegan, no paleo, wait … hang on vegetarian, or perhaps blood type or … and …but etc. etc. was the way to go.

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Transitioning to whole foods – October 2012

This was my first month of 100% whole foods. The only exceptions I made were ones I didn’t realise I was making; vegetable oil in an organic vegetable stock powder, not knowing that agave nectar was a burden for the liver etc.

I felt empowered by my new resolve; I had no restrictions, so long as the food was quality and minimally processed (to the best of my knowledge) … I’d become a true “qualitarian”.

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Transitioning to whole foods – June 2012

June wasn’t all that different to May.

I continued to take things day by day, and learned to become more aware of my energy, clarity and contentment (or lack thereof) after a meal. One thing that did occur though, that stood out significantly, was my next run-in with chocolate mudcake.

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Transitioning to wholefoods – March 2012

In my last post I talked about how in February 2012 I started making tiny changes to my diet – barely even noticable. I did this becuase I wanted to and was eager to nourish myself. There were no expectations or ‘rules’ as such that I lived up to. It was just shifting and changing as I went, the ultimate goal to feel thriving and happy.

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Transitioning to wholefoods – February 2012

My last post was all about tip #1 for transitioning to a whole foods diet; just changing the way you think about food. The questions you ask, the ingredients you challenge and the advice you think twice about. This was the lesson I learned in January 2012.

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Transitioning to whole foods – January 2012

If you’re reading this blog, I’m assuming that you’ve had your ‘penny drop’ moment. That moment where you realise that what is considered commonplace these days isn’t actually normal. Our lack of movement, the number of chemicals we are inundated with each day, the packaged pseudofoods we consume, our irregular sleep patterns and the status quo of negative self-talk and limiting beliefs. For the sake of keeping this post as brief as possible, let’s just focus on the pseudo-food side of things for now. If you haven’t already had an a-ha about what real food actually is, then perhaps this post might just open your mind up a little.

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Transitioning to whole foods – an introduction

If someone had given my 14-year-old self a diet diary of what I eat now that I’m 19, I would have laughed, squirmed and probably thrown up (all at once!).

Back then I loved nothing more than Special K cereal (original variety) with plain yoghurt (from local Adelaide business; The Yoghurt Shop) for breakfast, a wholemeal cheddar cheese and grated carrot toasted sandwich at lunchtime, and marinated baked salmon with salad and a baked potato for dinner. I’d snack on apple slinkies (where I’d make my apple into a slinky shape with a tool from the homewares store) and warm skim milk (microwave heated) with a chocolate Sipahh straw. My favourite treat was frozen banana yoghurt (also from The Yoghurt Shop) and I was partial to eating natural peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon.

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