21 Day Sugar Detox and The Autoimmune Protocol
I decided to add this page within Fresh4Five to document my meals and overall experience with the 21 Day Sugar Detox and Autoimmune Protocol elimination challenge. I don’t want this challenge to take over my whole blog and I still have a number typical recipes lined up to share with you, while I take the time to do this for myself.
I decided to do these 2 challenges this year, because I have had a few old symptoms creep back into my life; like my old friend eczema. I want to eliminate sugar to see if that has an impact. I also want to eliminate seeds and eggs for at least 30 days before I reintroduce them. I have been eating grain-free more and more lately, and have felt the benefits. However, this has also increased my seed and egg intake with all of the baking I do. I have done elimination challenges before and these things were fine for me, but possibly in smaller less frequent doses. We shall see!
I am going to be experimenting and fumbling my way through my meals. Concocting who knows what really?! I am going to post once a day, my previous days meals. If anything becomes consistent and good enough to call a *recipe,* I will be sure to post it on the main page, with full instructions. If you have any questions about my daily meal post, please don’t hesitate to comment, I would love the support!
Thank you for joining me! I hope I can inspire you while you take part in either of these challenges yourself, or inspire anyone who is sitting on the fence.
Autoimmune Paleo Resources: The Paleo Mom, Paleo Diet Lifestyle , Robb Wolf, Balanced Bites I also purchased her amazing book: Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle
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Day 14
Final Thought on my Experience
The first time I did a Whole30, I tried to also do the AIP to see if it would make my hair stop falling out (I had an outbreak of Alopecia Areata, an AI condition). I couldn’t do it! I managed a few days without eggs and nuts, but I just *couldn’t* cut the nightshades. I applaud you for tackling the AIP with the 21DSD. No easy feat, and I really hope you get the answers/results you need!
Thank you Jaclyn!
Wow! I am really interested to see how it turns out for you. I’ve been in love with Practical Paleo and going to do 21DSD next month. I haven’t been able to commit to the AI Paleo protocol either but I really, really should. I’m really flaring up lately.
It goes really deep for me…binge eating disorder and unhealthy food relationship. I’m light years from where I was but still I wish I was more in control.
My blog hasn’t officially launched yet but I’m getting close. I will keep checking back to yours! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Jen! I hope it goes well for you too. The AIP can be challenging, but one really motivating thing about doing an elimination challenge is that if you eat 1 thing you shouldn’t….your results could be screwed…It has really kept me focused. Also losing 9lbs in 1 week is super motivating!