Hello Jen, Stacy, Cate, Polly, and Chef!
So the head nerdologist called today to say they reconsidered having the bloodtests done for food allergies. And in some serious shitastic developments I have figured out that I am indeed allergic to vinegar. That sucks bad enough on it's own, but that also means that thanks to the wonders of my alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes any ethanol that I ingest will be converted to vinegar right in the ole liver. That's right I am now defacto allergic to booze. Also all of our cooking sauces that don't have vinegar have ethanol. Now cooking may get rid of enough of it, but since I have this new fangled allergic development and despite avoiding it I got upset stomach after lunch. So the safe list is down the toilet and I have started over tonight with oats and pumpkin seeds. Tomorrow will be oats, pumpkin seeds, raw carrots, and only water to drink. I'm tired of being sick.
Also my joints and sciatica have been killing me. My right knee won't lock out and my back is in spasm. I'm betting the allergic reactions are t least partially to blame. I've ran a slow mile the last two days and 1.25 miles Friday night. It did feel better tonight, but it is still pretty bad. My weight was up 3 pounds Saturday, but I haven't overeaten. My guts are wrecked and the scale is pretty meaningless with all of the inflamation and gut woes. The silverlining of this FML is that I should have a good drop on the old oatmeal and carrots diet.