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    • Lactose Intolerance

      Posted at 10:43 am by Stefanie, on July 14, 2020

      Any readers struggling with lactose intolerance? I’m told it’s fairly common, more so in adults. And apparently rather easy to treat with a simple, over-the-counter pill.

      A few months I started drinking milk-based protein shakes, the same kind I mentioned in my post yesterday. I’ve never had a problem with milk, but oddly enough I felt awful shortly after finishing each shake, very bloated, gassy, really just extremely uncomfortable. For whatever reason I randomly tried a Lactaid pill with the first sip the next time, and sure enough, I felt much better.

      I tried to do a little research on my own, looking up the amounts of lactose in different daily products. For example, a stick of string cheese has very little, and therefore is usually easily tolerated by those who are lactose intolerant, even without taking a pill. But I tried that and I felt AWFUL. Last night we had corn on the cob with dinner and I put a bit of butter on mine… I felt AWFUL! How could I all of the sudden be sooooo sensitive to dairy??

      Even now, half a day after eating butter and I still feel rather icky, almost sick to my stomach. It’s making me wonder if it’s more than just lactose intolerance…

      Posted in Health | 1 Comment | Tagged dairy, Lactaid, lactose intolerance
    • Morning Coffee

      Posted at 10:46 am by Stefanie, on July 13, 2020

      Those of you who consider yourselves healthy… what do you drink in the morning? I’d like to think I don’t need caffeine, but lets be real… If I want to get healthy I can’t also cut caffeine at the same time.

      I love Starbucks, specifically their ultra-sugary favored combinations usually featured as new each season. I realize these are horrible for me, as I’m learning sugar is really the root of all evil. I’ve tried to replace my morning Starbucks run with coffee at home, and to some extent it has worked. Sort of. I bought a cute little pour-over pot, shown below, and an electric kettle, also shown below, that I now use for everything, including watering my plants. (No laughing, it’s perfect for it!) Pour-over coffee at home proposes the same issue though, I don’t actually like the taste of coffee. So even at home I’m pouring a lot of flavored creamer into each cup, essentially making it as unhealthy as Starbucks. Although much more affordable!

      This morning I tried something new… I added a scoop of my favorite vanilla-flavored protein powder, shown below, to my coffee, instead of creamer. First let me say I really like this particular protein powder, the taste is really good with very little sugar and mixes in really well to water or almond milk. The same can not be said for hot coffee? Was it hot the problem? It tasted off, and the texture was interesting, to say the least…

      Any suggestions of what else I can try?

      Posted in Health | 5 Comments | Tagged coffee, cut sugar, healthy eating, pour-over coffee, protein powder
    • STAY HOME

      Posted at 10:00 am by Stefanie, on March 27, 2020
      Posted in Health | 4 Comments | Tagged COVID-19, pandemic, stay home
    • Vision Test Failure

      Posted at 2:04 pm by Stefanie, on March 10, 2020

      When I dropped the girls off at preschool this morning I was handed a packet of information. Nadia failed the eye screening and thus they recommend we follow up with her eye doctor. Ugh. Remember those almost daily appointments in Iowa City for her eyes? And for Nora’s too. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. And God help me if she needs glasses at this age. She won’t even wear shirts with short-sleeves, much less glasses! I remember being told preemies have a much, much greater risk of eye issues later in life, since they are born with undeveloped eyes, but I was so wishing we’d miss that boat! Guess not! I guess I should be thankful I didn’t get a packet for Nora too. Maybe that is still coming… Maybe these school screenings are very accurate. I can hope, right? As at her last appointment at the University, they said everything looked great.

      Posted in Health | 3 Comments | Tagged eye exam, preemie, vision screening
    • Limiting Carbs

      Posted at 8:39 pm by Stefanie, on March 4, 2020

      I’ve really, really been trying to limit my carbohydrates lately. I’ve been reading so much about how awful sugar is for us, how more than half the US population is going to be diabetic soon… well, depending on which study you read. So I’ve been trying to keep my daily carbs under 30g, which is close to keto, but probably not close enough. Not that my goal is keto. In fact, I know I’m not eating enough fat for what keto would need. I am obviously doing a good mix of fat and protein though. So… we’ll see. So far I lost a few pounds. I so crave sweets though. I keep thinking about donuts and my sugar filled coffees I used to buy every morning…

      Posted in Health | 6 Comments | Tagged diet, keto, weight loss
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      Stefanie

      Stefanie

      Subscribe to follow my infertility, pregnancy, NICU, and PANS motherhood journey. Outside blogging I enjoy reading, coffee, and long chats with good friends. I live in Iowa with my husband and daughters, Nora (5) and Nadia (4).

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