Breakfast

My usual breakfast consists of oatmeal. Same thing every day. It gets a bit wearing. I just haven't found many good wheat free alternatives to shredded wheat, toast, muffins...Funny, that!

Today however I had run out of oatmeal so was forced to make a change, and luckily had lots of fruit on hand. Apples, pears and also some bananas. I just chopped up one of each, added a dash of pineapple juice, a drizzling of maple syrup, a sprinkling of cinnamon and my usual mixture of: ground flax seed, raisins, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. It was delicious and quite filling.

I would have preferred some greek yoghurt over them but that would have meant going to the supermarket this weekend instead of spending the whole time at shopping malls!

I have received a new recipe book too. Its from the Moosewood collection. I already had a moosewood book but it was an older one and everything had lots of cheese and cream in it. This is their low-fat book and I highly recommend it.

I have only cooked one thing so far and it was really nice - it was curried asian noodles. But all of the recipes look so lovely and inviting. Its mostly vegetarian and they use lots of grains and pulses so perfect for the endo diet.

Anyway, I think I must have been doing something right this month. I have had very little issues with my endo. My last period was pain and clot free. And normally around this time (week 3) I get a fair bit of pain with BM's (sorry if this is too much information). But this month - nothing! Its amazing. I know I have tried really hard to stick to the diet so who knows. I still get twinges in my right ovary where they did the surgery last year, which happens mainly just before ovulation and just before my period. I really recommend keeping a pain diary, though. It really helps to tune into your body and notice when symptoms are at their worst or best and helps you tune into which foods work best for you or don't work for you. It is also a good tool to take to you on your doctors visits.