GERD Elimination Diet – Day 1

Breakfast

I made oats with oat milk. I tried the oat milk separately; it’s pretty inoffensive tasting so that’s good! I added a little cinnamon, and topped with raspberries (previously frozen) and cashew butter. I mixed oat milk and water to try and keep the fat content down but I don’t think that was really necessary; it’s not like oat milk has a lot of fat anyway. So in future I think I will just go full oat milk. It tasted alright, though I definitely like peanut butter more than cashew butter.

This ended up being around 340 calories, which is a bit lower than I’d like.

Lunch

My worst meal of the day, not in terms of taste but it was just too low in calories and I had to have a snack an hour later.

I ate some smoked salmon I had in the fridge as my protein. I’m not sure I’m technically supposed to eat it because it’s processed, but I don’t think it’s on the same level as lunch meat, and my husband doesn’t like it so someone had to eat it! Anyway, it’s all gone now.

I also roasted some Brussels sprouts and baby carrots with a bit of extra virgin olive oil and salt, and mixed those with some lightly wilted coleslaw mix and canned beets (no sugar added, just water and salt). This sounds weird, and it probably is, but it tasted okay. I think I really need to start using herbs more for flavor since so many of my usual choices are currently off limits.

This creation was under 300 calories; way too low.

Coleslaw mix, by the way, is one of my favorite things. I don’t ever actually make coleslaw, I just don’t like cutting up cabbage and this way the work is done for me. It’s super convenient.

Dinner

I made turkey meatballs, only adding Italian herbs and salt. Usually I add an egg, breadcrumbs, pepper and garlic, sometimes olive oil if the turkey is extra lean. I baked the meatballs in the oven and they turned out fine, though I missed the garlic.

I served them with brown rice mixed with carrot, celery and zucchini which I lightly sauteed in olive oil. I added some fresh parsley at the end.

This was definitely my favorite meal of the day, not only because it was the most substantial but it actually tasted pretty good. It came up to around 490 calories.

Snacks

In the early afternoon I ate an apple and some cashews. I was pretty hungry later but I was able to wait until dinner. This was around 200 calories.

Macros

I ate about 1300 calories today, 44% carbs, 38% fat and 18% protein according to my Fitbit app. For now I’d like to aim for 50/25/25, and I would rather be eating closer to 1600 calories. I do want to lose a few pounds but not that quickly!

I do at least feel alright. We’ll see if I do better tomorrow.