Yeast Free Living

I am a little down today and have been so since Saturday afternoon.  I spent most of Saturday trying to juggle a coaching a recreation basketball with my 2 year old on the sideline and then selling Girl Scout cookies (I did not eat any cookies and managed to stay on the candida diet) at the recreation center all day on Saturday.  I also didn’t have much to eat all day since I did not want to cheat and of course there were not many candida friendly foods around.  When I finally got home I guess I was just really tired and hungry but my mind was consumed with household chores and work stuff so I could not convince myself to actually sit down and rest.  Yesterday went pretty much the same way.  I went back and forth between trying to convince myself to rest and telling myself just suck it up and get the house clean or write your weekly plan for work.  Needless to say nothing got done and I still didn’t get any rest.  

I also did not do the weekly candida diet menu yesterday so was scrambling a bit this morning to see what I needed for the week.  Fortunately I shopped really well for last week’s candida diet menu so I had quite a few things leftover.  I was able to get the kids off to school with candida/allergy friendly lunches without making any extra stops at the store.  After I dropped them off I decided to go to Trader Joe’s to pick up a few things that I noticed we needed.  Trader Joe’s is about 5 miles from my house and I try to get there at least once a week.  When I got to Trader Joe’s there were only a few cars in the parking lot, which I thought was odd because it is usually packed.  I parked in the front and started to approach the store only to have one of the associates tell me that it is closed because of the power outage from the weekend’s storm.  We had a terrible storm here in New Jersey this weekend.  It has actually been raining heavilly since Friday.  Many houses are damaged and huge trees uprooted.  I am happy that our building escaped with minimal damage.  The glass in the back door broke, we sprung a leak in the lobby and some work that we are doing on the building facade was compromised, but the building is still standing and I am thankful for that.  I realize that this was not Trader Joe’s fault but I was still kind of bummed.  The other Trader Joe’s is an extra 10 miles away so I just turned around I headed for Whole Foods.  I really needed ketchup without corn syrup.  We didn’t have any for our gluten free chicken nuggets and baked french fries this  past weekend and it put a damper on the meal.  Although I can’t eat this ketchup becuase it has vinegar in it the kids love it and it is okay for all of their food allergies. 

One thing I am proud of is that although I was really down for most of the weekend, I did not cheat.  Oh believe me it was hard, excruciating at times but I did prevail.  At one point I was lying in my bed and I was trying to convince myself to run to Rite Aid to get a bag of candy corn to lift my spirits.  Then I thought about the Peeps and black jelly beans that I love so much because the store is filled with Easter candy now.  I almost gave in but I kept thinking about how much worse I would feel if I did this and I felt it was just not worth it.  So hopefully it will stop raining soon (yes it is still raining) and the sun will come out to help left my spirits.     

Candida Diet Menu for the Week of March 15, 2010

Sunday
Breakfast: Gluten Free Yeast Free Pancakes
Lunch: Brown Rice Fussili Pasta with Trader Joe’s Marinari Sauce
Dinner: Chicken and Rice with Spinach

Monday
Breakfast: Gluten Free Yeast Free Pancakes
Lunch: Applegate Farm Turkey Breast on Rice Cakes
Dinner: Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets and Fries

Tuesday
Breakfast: Two Boiled Eggs with Sea Salt and Black Pepper (Kids have cereal)
Lunch: Brown Rice Fussilli Pasta with Marinara Sauce and Spinach
Dinner: Crockpot Lamb Stew and Salad

Wednesday
Breakfast: Gluten Free Yeast Free Pancakes
Lunch: Brown Rice Fusili Pasta with Olive Oil, Sea Salt and Spinach
Dinner: Easy Chicken Noodle Soup and Salad

Thursday
Breakfast: Puffed Rice Cereal with Unsweetened Milk Alternative
Lunch: Applegate Farms Turkey on Rice Cakes
Dinner: Baked Chicken Rice and Beans and Spinach

Friday
Breakfast: Gluten Free Yeast Free Pancakes
Lunch: Brown Rice Fussili Pasta with Trader Joe’s Marinara Sauce
Dinner: Tacos

Saturday
Breakfast: Puffed Rice Cereal with Unsweetened Milk Alternative
Lunch: Vegetable Soup and Salad
Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie

Weekly Snacks
Sage Valley Corn Tortillas Chips, 365 Brand Black Olives, Ener-G Wylde Gluten Free Pretzels, Cape Cod Potato Chips, Air Popped Popcorn, Cucumbers, Homemade Salsa, Homemade Hummus and Variety of Fruit for the Children Only