UGGGG-LAAAAAY Food
The beautification factor for today’s food peaked at the rose colored juice this morning. Everything else has kind of been UGGGG-LAAAAAY.
For lunch I had leftover Bul Kogi, green beans, and a piece of pork from Lucy’s dinner last night (Lucy and Daddy had a date at the local Vietnamese restaurant last night).
Around 4, I got hungry and wasn’t really digging my options so I decided to make a shake. The shake consisted of: 1 small banana, 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, 1 cup rice milk, some ice, 2 TBSP uncooked oats, and 1 TBSP chia seeds.
It was tasty.
For dinner I made some Indian food from Trader Joes. Here’s what I used:
+ chicken breast simmered in the crock pot for 4 hours (2 hours on high, 2 on low).
Plus.
Plus.
Plus.
Plus.
And some rice. To make this:
Plus this:
I gave some to Lucy and at first she gobbled it up.
And then she started making the “This is yummy but it hurts” face. It did have quite a bite at the end. So I made her some rice, veggies, and beans-poor mite. At the end of the meal she started shelling her peas. Check this out.
To create this:
Silly girl!
About 5 years ago a woman who worked with my sister offered to give me Indian food cooking lessons and I happily took her up on the offer. She took me to an Indian market and then bought packaged food like I ate tonight and heated it up. That was my lesson. Needless to say, I felt pretty duped. That’s how she made her food though. I would really love to learn how to make great Indian food. My friend, Megan, her Dad makes the best curried green beans. He gave me the recipe and it’s on my list of things to do but it is quite involved so I haven’t gotten my courage up yet.
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I’ve been debating all day with myself whether I should post about what I did today and I decided to spill it.
I saw 2 doctors today. I saw a traditional GI doctor and a Naturopathic doctor. I am SO incredibly thankful that Stacy brought up a Naturopathic doctor in the comments on Monday. If I had only gone to the GI doctor today I would be one defeated person right now.
The GI doctor basically told me that I have IBS but that I could possibly have Celiac Disease. He thinks it’s more likely that I have IBS but he is taking blood to be 100% it’s not Celiacs. His remedy? Eat more fiber and take a laxative. Stop taking the laxative when I get diarrhea. Thanks helpcat! When I said that I was already eating fiber and that I was really frustrated he told me “Try not to stress.” Again, thanks helpcat. That appointment lasted about 15 minutes.
The Naturopathic doctor, on the other hand, met with me for an hour and 15 minutes. I must say that I am hopeful that something is going to change. I did feel extremely exhausted just talking about all my issues. When you’re living them you don’t think they are that bad. But, talking through them and seeing the doctor’s reactions made me realize that my quality of life is really suffering right now. She thinks that she can help and she’s excited to work with me since I’m already on top of the exercise and eating department-she actually believed me! So many people/doctors don’t-they think I must be exaggerating and that I just don’t know how to eat healthfully or exercise. They just see a fat person and assume that I eat bon-bons all day. She even wanted to look at my blog to get a better understanding of me!
Anyway, I have to go get labs done tomorrow and then fill out a very detailed food log which deals with input AND output and also deals with state of mind throughout the day. I go back to her in 2 weeks and at that time she’ll have an action plan all set up for me and we’ll go from there. She said that it’s going to take time and that I have to have patience. That’s a hard one but at least I’m actively changing something. The same old thing just isn’t working so trying something new is a great thing.
She did give me some castor oil to rub on my arms at night to help with the pain I’ve been having there.
Overall, it was a very good visit-it felt nice to be listened to and to be taken seriously for once. I’m really happy and optimistic. We’ll see what happens.
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Woo-hoo!!! And thanks for the props 🙂
But seriously, I am so glad that things are going to change for you!!! I bet this is the start of something great.
I hope this doc can be helpful. And, I have some greay beginner Indian recipes if you want ’em!
chelsea — let me know how the curry goes down in lucy’s digestive track — i gave jenna some chili a few weeks back which she LOVED but CRIED all the next day every time she had to poo and had some angry diaper rash. i really like singapore chow mei fun, which uses curry, but i don’t want to share with her just yet, so let me know how lu does. the shelling is funny — jenna’s into squeezing her berries lately, and her cheese (because apparently “squeeze your cheese” is the funniest phrase on the planet).
i’m so glad you found a doctor who listens to you. that’s half the battle. hope the castor oil helps!
that’s great about the doc–is she a DO? i love to read that she asked you to do a full behavioral journal (sorry, nerd alert from over here) and that she actually knows what to do with it! very rare. i hope that you are able to find comfort and less stress just working toward something.
i was once told by a doctor to exercise more to lower my bad cholesterol…when i was teaching 10 hours of group ex a week plus training for a 10 miler. thanks for listening doc! so wonderful that you took the time for yourself to find someone who would not just listen but hear and absorb what you had to say.
Oh I am so excited for you! Western medicine can be very useful in some cases but also very frustrating in others.
Here is my example: I went for an annual physical one month after my mom died. The doctor asked me how I was handling it and I said I cried every day. She told me I was depressed and gave me Paxil. I took it for 2 weeks before I realized my doctor was nuts- it was NORMAL for me to cry after my mom died, and I was NOT depressed.
I am sorry you are going through all of this, but I know that this doctor will help you find a solution!
That Indian food looks yummy! I have actually never had Indian food but now I want to try it!
Sorry to hear about your stomach issues. My husband has them too and has been to a TON of doctors, tons of test, blah blah and all they did was give him drugs and tell him he has IBS. Not fun. So I hope they can find something that works for you!
It’s hard not to be impatient but time is all relative. The important thing is you know it can only get better from here. Thanks for sharing!
wow, that’s intense. going to the doctor (really any kind) can be really defeating sometimes. i sobbed for an hour one time because my dentist gave me a lecture on flossing. that might sound weird, but it was fairly traumatic!
I am glad you found a doctor who seems able to help. But let me just say YOU ARE NOT A FAT PERSON!
Wow that is SOO cool she looked at your blog to see how you ate! Now that is a Dr I love. I am ALLLLLLL about alternative medicine and using nature to sure things. I odn’t and will not take any medicine on a regular basis and I always look to alternative ways to heal before turning to the pharmacy.
Thanks for sharing – we’re all here to support you. If I were going to be a doctor, I would want to be just like the second one you saw. I hope she helps you. 🙂
I’m so glad your appointment with the naturopath went well. I really hope she is able to help you out.
By the way Claire does that wit her peas too.
Stacy-I can’t thank you enough!!!
Beth-YES PLEASE!!! I love Indian food!!!
Steph-so far Lu’s been fine with the spicy food. I’ll let you know if that changes :-/
Andrea-what’s a DO? The letters that follow her name are “ND”, “MSOM”, “LAc”. You’re right about “ABSORBING” what I had to say-that’s a great way to describe it.
Sabrina-EXACTLY. I felt like the GI doctor was just treating the symptoms and not the cause.
Kara-If it works, I’ll let you know-maybe it’ll help your hubby?
Tamara-Time IS relative-thanks for reminding me.
Heather-I completely UNDERSTAND about the flossing thing.
Cynthia-I should have phrased that differently-they say an “overweight” person. Because I am considered overweight. I think technically, I’m considered “obese” but those labels are pretty stupid.
Amber-Me too. I HATE taking traditional medicine.
Lauren-ME TOO!
Stacey-Claire is so cute 🙂
oof! sorry–a DO is a doctor of osteopathic medicine. they’re trained similarly to MDs but have some distinct differences as well. how interesting–MSOM is a degree in oriental medicine and ND is a doctorate in naturopathic medicine.
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Yay bean curry! The hardest part is truly cutting up all those beans. They’re even better the next day.
Way to be proactive and meet with a healer outside the box. Does your insurance cover the naturopath? For sure Lucy is a foodie already, but that’s a good thing. You’re a great mama Chelsea!
You know, Chelsea, doctors are so quick to dismiss womens symptoms as stress or anxiety…or, to blame it on being a working mother, or not nursing your kid, or nursing your kid…and they just don’t LISTEN. I hope this works for you. If nothing else it might trigger YOU to figure out a pattern that you can work with.
That sounds very promising. Good luck. I hope this new doc is able to help.
Glad you had good luck with the natural dr. I’ve been listening to more and more podcasts about health and am CONVINCED that american medicine is wacked out 🙁