GERD Elimination Diet – Day 3

Breakfast

Oats with oat milk and cashew butter again, this time with blueberries. They had been in the freezer too long though I think so they weren’t that good, and I’m not the biggest blueberry fan anyway. They only really get used for blueberry muffins, which I haven’t made in a while.

I really hope I can get raspberries in some form this weekend because I think they’re my favorite fruit to mix with my oats so far.

About 350 calories.

Lunch

I opened a tin of tuna and mixed some with broccoli, celery, carrot and brown rice. This meal kept me full until dinner–in fact, I wasn’t even really hungry for dinner but I ate it anyway because I knew I needed the calories.

I accidentally used a 1/3 measuring cup instead of 1/4 to measure my rice so I ended up with 2/3 a cup instead of 1/2 (this is cooked rice). If I’d eaten the intended amount maybe I wouldn’t have been so full.

Even so, this was only a little over 400 calories.

Dinner

I made some super delicious chicken tonight! Definitely the best thing I’ve eaten since starting this diet. I had a giant chicken breast which I cut into four pieces. I only added salt and a little herbes de Provence, one of my favorite seasoning blends. I don’t use it all that much since my husband doesn’t really like it, but now that we’re eating separate meals I can use it as much as I want! I didn’t eat all the chicken either, so I have some for dinner or lunch tomorrow.

I ate carrot and Brussels sprouts too, which I baked in the oven with the chicken. This might be my new favorite sheet pan dinner, though I’d really love to add some garlic. One day, hopefully.

This dinner amounted to less than 300 calories.

Macros

According to the Fitbit app my split was 43% carbs, 32% fat and 25% protein, and I ate less than 1100 calories. Yeah, this is going in the wrong direction, but I was honestly not able to eat a snack today; I just felt so full.

I do think I need less carbs and more protein. I’ve been having a bit of an energy slump in the afternoons, which I think might be alleviated a bit by eating less carbs, and my overall calorie intake has been so low that I think a higher percentage should be protein. I think I’ll aim for 45/25/30 and see how that goes. I’ve always had a bit of a problem with carbs so this doesn’t really surprise me. I’ll likely end up with a higher fat percentage too before this is over.