So What CAN I Eat?

What can I eat? Not much it feels like.

I have gone to a mostly clean diet - eating whole, local foods ... including exclusively grass fed meat and dairy.

But I do think that I will have to cut out dairy for now. I cannot seem to find a milk that I like (and I am not really digging raw milk) and cheese contains enzymes that *may* be made from soy.

Clean eating is a bit of a switch for me. While I have always tried to eat healthy - lots of fruits and veggies - I also like some junk food now and again. And the convenience of grab and go is hard to let go of.

So adjusting to making everything from scratch is a bit hard.

I do have a semi-local farm store (its about 45 minutes from me) that has its own grass fed beef, and makes a plethora of products with minimal ingredients and no additives. So that is positive.

The negative ... the last two times I went there I spent a fortune on not that much food.

The hardest thing for me right now is how limited I feel. I still have not found eggs that are not fed soy, and beef is the only grass fed meat I have been able to lay my hands on. While I like beef, I was trying to eat a mostly plant based diet prior to this and that isn't really working out!

I can have beans... I am just afraid to eat them at this point. Beans are in the same family as soy and I am worried that they will cause a similar reaction. I know, it sounds a little silly, but the throat closing feeling is really something that I don't ever want to experience again.

Some foods I am LOVING right now:

• Carrots
• Apples
• Cucumbers
• Lettuce
• Grass Fed Beef
• Fresh Homemade Bread
• Homemade Granola
• Raw Pumpkin Seeds
• Fresh and Frozen Berries
• Brocolli
• Asparagus
• Potatoes
• Brown Rice
• Homemade Empinadas
• Bananas
• Banana Bread/Muffins (Homemade)
• Applesauce (Homemade)
• Homemade Baked Potato Chips
• Yeast Bagels
• Homemade Pizza with grass fed fresh mozzarella
• Roasted Veggies

I know, I know.... A pretty limited list. But this is up from what I was eating last week - so this has been a much better week then last week! As I get more confident with what I can have, I keep adding more things in. I have a doctors appointment in about 2 weeks, and I am hoping that they can really give me some good guidelines for what to avoid and what (fingers crossed for beans!) will be okay to eat again.