Lupus and Your Diet

So sorry this post is late!!!! We are dealing with possible bad weather today, so I had to deal with the 10000000 questions of, "Do you know if we are getting out early today?" You should check out my response on Instagram (tiffanyadonnan). It's a hoot and a half :) Without further a due........ today's post that is sitting hard on my mind.

If I have had one person tell me that I needed to try an auto-ammune diet, or that I needed to try a clean diet, I would bet you that I have had 20 (including doctors). About a year ago I got my nutrition/diet guru bestie, Em J, and we went grocery shopping and bought gluten free, sugar free, food and snacks. She went aisle by aisle with me telling me all about the different foods I needed to eat and what to look for in the ingredients. I was so excited to get this new part of my life started. I had hit my all time high, weight wise, and I was miserable. I felt miserable. I felt that I looked miserable. I had a swollen face and a belly that would rival a 6 month pregnant mom to be. I had to make a change and it had to begin with my diet.

I spent $250.00 restocking my cabinets and getting rid of all the artificial crap I had been stuffing my face with for years. I had every meal planned and was ready to go. I did so good with cooking and making sure I provided my family with a healthy, clean meal every night. This lasted for about a month and I started feeling worse than what I felt before I started this diet. I was like, what the heck, I'm not doing something right. On one of our everyday talks, I asked Em J what I was doing wrong. She said nothing, I don't understand what is going on. To make a long story short, I gave up for a few months, started eating crap again, and lo and behold, I felt better. Then it hit me!!!!

I was a working lupie that is on her feet for 8 hours a day and then I came home and stood on my feet for 2 more hours preparing and cooking dinner. I was EXHAUSTED!!!! I didn't know which evil to choose. Do I choose eating crap, gaining weight, but feeling good because I came home rested, and threw in an oven pizza.....OR.....do I choose eating healthy, spending 2 hours cooking, and feeling like crap? I chose the latter.

Fast forward a year and I have lost approx 30 pounds and gained my confidence back. I did so good last summer and this fall with my eating habits. I made sure I didn't over eat and I had good, wholesome snacks in the house and in my lunch box to snack on. I still felt like crap because I didn't come home and rest (like I am told to do) after work, but I didn't care. I liked looking better than I felt. (Que: "But you don't look sick.")

Now let's talk about today. It has probably been a month since I have weighed myself and I took the plunge this morning and my jaw dropped!!! I have gained 10 pounds in a month. Are you serious??? 10 pounds??? What am I doing wrong? I looked in my cabinets and this is what I found.

Crap!!!!!!! Easy Mac, Rolo's, oven pizza, Ramen noodles, giant Fudge Rounds, chips, chicken fingers, white bread, etc.

The evidence speaks for itself. We don't go out, but apparently, we eat crappy, processed, food. I have not felt well lately and have been absent in the kitchen. So, the hubs takes over and I find something that is quick and easy (Hince the pizza and chicken fingers). 

How do you working lupies do it? Do you eat crap or do you eat a clean, healthy diet? I would love to know how you do it if you have a special diet, and how it works!!! 

Have a great day lupies!!!

~Tiffany~

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top: my favorite of all time Piko from Kiki La Rue

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