Autoimmune sugar reaction

It was Monday night.  D and I decided we would go out for dinner and Mexican sounded good.  We went to a place not far from us Mohave Cantina in Clawson.  We have been there a few times before and the food has been good.  We go have dinner (I didn't eat much, got fajitas - like 3 bites, just not hungry) and a drink.  I got everything that went with it, just didn't eat it.

 Then we wanted to go to a new coffee place that just opened in downtown Birmingham, appropriately named Birmingham Roast.

I check out the reviews on FB and everyone is stating how much they love it.  I'm game, I love coffee and don't even think about getting decaf since Tuesday was the 4th and I would be off work anyway.  I get the Kuppa Joy - no decaf and he didn't do almond milk....  It was described as a creme brûlée with dark chocolate.  Sounded so good and tasted even better!  I drink about half and we get home and take the dogs for a walk.  We get back and I drink the rest of it.  A while later I was hungry so ate some more of my dinner and shortly after I began to feel nauseous.  

I know what you are thinking - it was dinner.  Yes you may think that but nope.  It's never been how I work.  It's never what I ate last, it's what I ate before that.  So me eating the Mexican food triggered the milk and sugar I ate prior.  Does that even make sense?

Ok, so bad stomach, bathroom trip (only one) and I went to bed.  I woke up feeling the same way.  It didn't stop me from lifting heavy (in my basement gym), going for my long walk or even eating.  But I certainly felt horrible ALL DAY LONG!  I didn't get much sleep Tuesday night since it was the 4th and big dawg hates the loud noise!  I ended up waking early because I was so warm.  I decided to get up and go to the gym.  I did a HIIT treadmill workout.  Here is a breakdown I did for 45 minutes.

1 minute @ 4.0 @ 4%

1 minute @ 4.0 @ 6%

1 minute @ 4.0 @ 8%

3 minute run @ 6.0 @ 0%

Repeat several times for approximately 45 minutes.  I then did 5 rounds of 20 kettlebell swings with 25 lbs and bodyweight squats.

The rest of the day remained the same.  I didn't feel great for about half the day.  I had some brain fog in the morning but that all seemed to lift after lunch and I have been feeling pretty good.  Only slightly tired.  I'm still trying to get use to my very minimal cardio/lifting routine.  Thursday morning is lifting, no cardio, only walking.  Friday is yoga.

Thursday night is pancake night and will post up an AIP friendly recipe, hopefully!

Changing the fitness game!

I posted the other day that I needed to reduce my stress which means I needed to cut down on my endurance training.  All good!  I really don't mind all the peaceful walking I have been doing.

I should say they are peaceful until you run into EVERYONE at the fair in the downtown park.  Eh, it's all good.  I just walked right through it all and continued on my way.  The longest and most annoying part was waiting for my coffee at Starbuck's.  I used my mobile app and still waited over 10 minutes once I got there.  Ugh, I really don't like that location and should have gone somewhere else! Oh well. This was actually part 3 of my walk.  I took each pup Saturday morning for about a mile walk each.  I don't always like handling them both at the same time.  If something spooks Jack I need to not have to worry about Stryker.

 

Mexican Cobb with Steak

Last night we decided to go to a new (to us) Mexican restaurant in Clawson, Mohave Cantina.  Overall it was really good but the messed up part of D's dinner.  My dinner was great and the salsa was the best we have had.  My only issue was the steak was tough.

The Skinny Chica

If you know what a NorCal marguerita is then this is the same!  I was very happy with that!  Tequila, soda water and lime.  Easy peasy and no added sugar.

I love Sunday mornings for the peaceful neighborhood.  I can go out running and there are not a lot of people out, very little cars too.  I wanted to run early since it was going to get VERY HOT and potentially storm later.  It rained all but the last mile I was out.  Figures! 

So my game plan for the rest of the week is walking to work, keeping the cardio to a minimum and only doing when my plan says to and take my well deserved rest day and sleep in!