Embrace your Inner List making Obsession

Could not be more pleased with my new "Shopping" Notes

Don't forget to splurge a little and get a cute little notepad for grocery shopping it makes list making even more fun than it already is, everyone's a list maker at heart! --Embrace it!








Going shopping for anything has to be one of my favorite pastimes.  I can't argue, I like spending money.  So when I started grocery shopping I was pretty stoked for the chance to spend money and feel good about it because it was going to be used.  That was until I needed to buy Anti-candida food on a weekly basis with a tiny budget. I started out spending anywhere from $40 to $50 a week, now I have whittled it down to about $20. The following is a typical shopping list for a weeks worth of food. 

Spinach $1.99
1 Cucumber $.50
Baby Carrots $2.30
Zucchini $.79
Buckwheat $4.99*
Millet $3.78*
Amaranth $8.29*
Brown Rice Puffs $2.50*
Brown Rice $1.00
Almonds $2.00
Walnuts $1.50
Eggs* $3.99
Almond Breeze unsweetened Almond Milk* $2.80
Plain Greek Yogurt $2.61
Frozen Blueberries $2.60
Frozen greenbeans $1.08
2 chicken legs from New Seasons $3.99
1 can of Tuna packed in water  $.83
Goat Cheese* $6.99

*These items generally last more than a week. 

Something to note, these are the foods that do not upset my stomach or my gut flora, but everyone is different foods that might be ok for you, won't be ok for me, vice versa.  So while carrots may not be the best food for the diet, they don't negatively affect me and they have good nutritional value so I eat them.  However avocados upset my stomach even though they are on the list of allowed foods (which I will post soon).  Asparagus, Avocados, Celery, and Tomatoes are all allowed and cheap. 

Graduating with Tricks and Tips

Almost a College Graduate!

Got this card after work today, it shows all the hard work, dedication, and determination I have had over the past two (well four) years of college (and part of high school) now I am glad to be in the finishing stretch of my Bachelors Degree.






I started this blog a year and a half ago with the hope that I would be able to blog about each and every adventure I had on the Anti-candida diet.  Not soon, did I realize this diet isn't the most fun.  Now that I have persevered and am coming to my college graduation in a few short months, I figured there is going to be some helpless guy or gal out there venturing off to college on this anti-candida diet without any idea of how to live just like I was a year and a half ago.

Thus,  I begin to spread my wealth of knowledge!

Over the past year I've come to the point most college students come to at least once where they literally have no food in the pantry and a few dollars in their wallet.  On this diet, which really requires some money, not just a little college student kind of money, I have learned how to buy and cook cheap--but healthy.

So here's to new beginnings and a graduate's guide to the Anti-Candida diet. 

P.S.

I no longer HAVE to be on this diet, however I choose to mostly be on this diet because it makes me feel brighter, happier, filled of energy and healthy! Take your choice whatever it is, and I have some tips for you. 

Microwave Pizza from Scratch

Pizza Crust:                                         Toppings:

1 cup Millet                                         Tomato Paste

½ cup Rice flour                                  Ground Turkey

1 cup Coconut milk                              Red Pepper sliced in strips

1 teaspoon Baking powder                   Goat Cheese

                                                          Spinach

Cook for 8 min on high                       

Sorry for the poor quality but it really was delicious! 

Tip #3 Get Involved!

I've learned that I love to go the Dining Hall not only to eat food but also to be social.  I am a social butterfly.  I love being around people even though I may be a little shy I love to just hangout and eat or watch movies with people.  Now that I can't go to the Dining Hall I am at a loss of sociallness which is not good for my self esteem or my happiness.  But I only have 2 more weeks on this diet until I go home and go to the naturopath.  I hope that I can get treated for spices this Wednesday and then I should be able to eat some of the Dining Hall food.

So I've decided I also want to get involved in some clubs here on campus when I get back from winter break if I am still in this anti-candida anti-dining hall feud!  If I am involved in clubs I can be social while also doing something to keep my mind off what I can't eat.

Well I went to the store today and picked up some pizza making supplies.  I made microwave Pizza! I'll post the recipe next!

Tip #2 Don't Cheat

Don't cheat!
While this is a good tip for college tests it's also a good tip for the Anti-Candida diet.  I went for the dining hall rice and chicken and ended up not feeling so great last night and this morning.  Lesson learned feel good eating my own food or feel bad eating dining hall food.  I'll take making my own meals. Tonight I enjoyed squash rice and green beans with a salad.  I feel great!

So don't cheat on the candida diet.

Tip #1: Start

One of the hardest parts of the Anti-candida diet is starting the diet.  I can go out and buy all the food I need for the week and plan out all my meals but until I stop eating the food I am not supposed to Cough! white rice cough! cough! White rice is a no-no on the anti-candida diet because the white rice turns directly into sugar.  White rice is also one of the main rices served in the dining hall and in most restaurants.

To start this diet I have come up with a plan of action.  I have made a plan of everything I am going to eat for the week breakfast lunch and dinner with snacks in between.  I love food! Food is my life! I can never get enough food!  You could say I am a grazer that's why this diet is so hard for me because I have to plan out each meal when I so often like to just pick something off the shelf and eat it. When I do that I tend to eat something I am not supposed to or I tend to not rotate my foods.  Another thing I have to do with my specific diet is rotate my foods so that I do not become intolerant to the very little food I am able to eat right now.

Well my first tip for any college student on the anti-candida diet is to start the diet.  Do not procrastinate like we all do on our essays.  Start this diet right away it's easier to jump in than to slide in.