SCD Intro Diet Day One

 

Hello there friends!

Morning Run

Yesterday morning I actually ran on the treadmill for three solid miles. I haven’t done that in quite some time but figure since I have a 7k coming up in just about a month, that I should probably get on that. Besides from being bored, the run went pretty well.

SCD Intro Diet

There’s no sugar-coating it, the SCD intro diet is not easy, especially for someone who doesn’t enjoy meat.

If you are new to Beautifully Nutty, please check out this post to find out why I am currently on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. This post does not depict a typical day of food intake for me, it is only temporary.

Day one is complete. I felt hungry and lethargic pretty much all day. The good news is, I only have one more day of the intro diet and then I can move on to the next stage of introducing more foods. I really miss my other veggies and fruits.

Here is what my SCD Intro day one looked like…

 Breakfast: Two hard-boiled eggs and grape juice gelatin

eggs

A haircut appointment which was a really nice distraction from my hungry tummy. I really enjoyed the hair wash and the blow dry. It relaxed me completely.

Before….

hair melanie

 

After…

melanie hair

She chopped about two inches off of the bottom, reestablished my side swoop “bangs” and added some light layers. Nothing too drastic but it felt so good to get it cleaned up!

Snack: steamed carrots

carrots

Lunch: plain chicken breast with a light drizzle of honey

chicken with honey

And grape juice gelatin.

grape juice gelatin

Snack: Carrot pancake made with steamed carrots and one egg. I pureed them together in a mini food processor and then cooked the pancake on the stove top. It was a very easy and this snack helped tide me over for a while. 

I snacked on my pancake while listening to a podcast about tips on surviving the intro diet. 🙂 My biggest takeaway was to remember WHY I’m doing it and that is to finally be 100% healed.

carrot egg pancake

For dinner we went over to mom and dad’s. I packed myself a bowl of bone broth with cooked carrots and chicken.

scd carrot soup

 

The soup actually wasn’t too bad, but I would prefer it without the chicken in there. The hardest part of this intro diet is the fact that I don’t like plain meat. I can enjoy chicken in a taco with salsa, or a burger with ketchup, but plain old meat, no, not my thing AT ALL, and you know that if you have been reading my blog for a while.

Also, I can’t find Farmer’s Cheese anywhere, which is the one cheese that is allowed during the intro. Dana and I looked at about six different stores yesterday with no luck.

As hard as they may be for me right now, I MUST remember that this is only temporary and I know in my heart this is what it will take to finally be done with this U.C. I truly feel soooo good in general, but it’s just a matter of healing a couple of “wounds” still.

Also, I want to remember that I am lucky enough to have ANY food to eat. There are so many starving people in our world that don’t have enough food, so limiting myself to these specific foods for a couple of days should be nothing I should complain about.

My usual meals will be back on the blog before you know it, so bear with me as I go through this SCD intro phase.

If you want to learn more about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, check out my post from this summer: Specific Carbohydrate Diet.

I hope you all have a great Tuesday. I’m trying very hard to stay positive today! I’ll stay positive if you will!

This Post Has 8 Comments

  1. Kalley

    Hang in there girl! You’re a champ. Have you looked at whole foods for farmers cheese? They’ve gotta have it… probably more pricey, but they have almost everything. If you head over there during the day, let me know – I’d meet you to say hello 🙂

    1. Melanie

      Thank you honey. I actually have looked there. They have a cheese called Farmer’s Cheese but it’s not the right kind. Can you believe it? They have EVERYTHING! xoxo

  2. Nicole

    Hang in there girl, I hope that this will help you to feel better! I have a good friend who has uc and always feel so bad when she is in pain. I love the haircut, getting my hair washed always relaxes me.
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  3. CArla

    Hi! I really enjoyed your post! You put everything smooth and short easily to get read! No over romanticism or eternal stories just precise haha thank for your meals and your advice. Iv just started the journey and ur blog is helping me and i believe thousands out there to get going! Best wishes ,carla

  4. Diane

    Thanks so much for this post… I’m just about to embark on my intro (yuck!) and it’s great to get a real understanding of what it will be like. Hope you are healed now!

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