Welcome to day nineteen of the Sugar Free Challenge!
Well, the extraction yesterday went fine-I was squeezing my stress ball most of the time and listening to classical music to try and relax. Not to be blunt, but I felt awful all day yesterday. My jaw ached and throbbed, my cheeks were swollen to the size of golfballs, my head hurt, my throat hurt (so I could only swallow water and fresh squeezed veggie juice), my whole body ached, and chills ran up and down my body. Pretty much the same symptoms as the flu.
When I first had braces put on my teeth (years ago), I had the same reactions. This feels a whole lot worse, though! I guess that’s the way my body reacts when it doesn’t like something. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that I feel better today!
Here is today’s sample menu:
Breakfast: Oat Cakes
Lunch: Steak Salad with Dijon Dressing
Snack: Spicy Tomato Cure (perfect for my healing mouth!)
Dinner: Quiche with Flourless Brown Rice Crust
Dessert: Grain-Free PBC Bars
Exercise Option: For those of you who chose to take part of the exercise challenge, your challenge today is to do 50 crunches, 10 squat jumps, 15 pushups, 20 1-legged calf raises (10 each leg).
THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MIND-PRODDING QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Does your body react in a certain way to things it doesn’t like?
Remember that you can track what you eat on the printable Challenge Checklist.
Hope you feel better today…the oat cakes look fun and simple! 🙂
AHH feel better! this whole menu looks delish!
I have felt your pain. Anything work done on my teeth seems to make my entire body ache. I hope you feel much better today. 🙂
I made the chocolate chip cookies the other night and love them! Thanks so much!
The perfect protein punch!
So glad you enjoyed them, Courtney!
oh that sounds awful, I really hope you’re feeling better today!
Yummm the quiche sounds good. Feel better soon!
The foods all look amazing. The picture of your quiche is beautiful. I hope you feel better, but hey at least you got it done, now you’ll have no issues when you get older.
I’m going to make your PB bars tonight!
Thanks, Jennifer!
Hope you like the bars! Let me know how it goes!
Teeth extraction is not fun! Get lots of rest and take advantage of someone else making you yummy juices..remember you ll feel a little better eachday xox
Thanks, Caysee!
And yes, I am completely enjoying the fresh apple-lemon-celery-pepper juices!!!
Wishing you a speedy recovery! So amazed that you’ve got your blog so under control. =)
My body is SUPER sensitive to all sorts of things. But sugar in particular brings my mood way down and makes me break out like crazy.
Clair,
Thanks for the sweet comment! Sounds like you and me are a lot alike!
Ahhhh…. Hope you feel better soon!
hope you feel better! and oh yes there are certain foods that make our bodies feel weird! not fun, wish food did not have to not agree with us… can’t we all just get along haha 🙂
HUGS
Feel better!
When I eat any kind of dairy, I get a stomach ache and my face breaks out with acne. I feel a lot better now that I avoid it. 🙂