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SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

Ok Ava, hope you were serious ... all kind of dairy challenge, cream, cheese (cow and goat - but I do love goat cheese most) yogurt, butter, eggs.

I will also keep vegies so I can make lovely LC crustless pizza and cauliflower cheese, spinage/yogurt and cumin dip with butter sauce - and most of all my fav yogurt soup etc etc.

I mentioned the cheese challenge to my DH, he didn't freak this time, seemed he's given up on me and my experiments Laugh

he just sighed and said, OK will go to the shops and get you all the cheeses you want Laugh

anyone here feels sorry for their other half? (will just a tiny bit? Laugh

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OK I am strting this morning with lots of cream in my coffee ... cream makes me sooooooo happy (Ok Opiad/opiate effect - whatever, natural calming herbal/other foods have been used for centuries in naturl medicine, nothing wrong with that me thinks) Laugh

Will honestly record results, and if I had any adverse effects Happy

ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

make sure you take some mag.
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Avalon · Top Carnivore Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 3326

Meg, because of the high calcium? Do you think Goat vs Cow would be in any way different regarding this? Goat having an alkaline effect and cow acidic...

Sandy! I love green smoothies with Goat Milk! I love the idea of a goat dairy, veggie challenge, but I gotta say I can't join today. Maybe soon though. My current approach is working and I don't want to mess with it. I love messing too, but, maybe soon Wink

Pictures always welcome!

Good Luck!

Aren't we the Guinea Pig Crew!

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

Ava !!!!

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

First day went well -

B: 2 Coffee with lots of cream (I mainly drink decaf)
L: Roasted peppers and Feta cheese drenched in OO
D: Salad with Feta and asparagus in lots of pesto sauce and Caesar dressing.

Snacks: 3 baby bell cheese

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

oh and decided to have a glass of wine with my meal every night, this is because when having wine I always end up eating a lot slower... if I don't I tend to inhale my food Happy

Avalon · Top Carnivore Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 3326

What kind of pesto and Ceasar do you use. I like Buitoni Pesto a lot. I've binged on Pesto and Pasta quite well thank you. But I've never made it fresh. Ceasar has to be homemade IMO. Any dressing with too many ingredients(store bought) freaks me out.

Somebody's a lacto vegetarian today Roll Eyes

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

both the pesto and Caesar used today are bought, I usually buy the least carby ones, both have trace carbs ( less than 1gm of carbs in 100 grams) I hardly use it, its not a daily thing with me.

Used to use Pesto a lot with chicken fillets - really good Happy

But yeh home made is the best, and so easy to make Pesto at home... haven't tried Caesar at home, but this is cuz I hardly every use it at all.

btw its coming up to my TOM ... so wonder if my experiment this week would have different results !! anyhow its a good experiment to see the effect of all dairy/no meat on me during TOM...

Oh - apart from the wine, am gona have to allow dark chocolate as a treat now and again Happy

hmm my cauliflower cheese in the over (for tomorrow of course Happy

) smells soooooo good ... put loads of cream and chees in it Happy

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

adwred · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject:

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

Red, it was extremely high fat menu today, the roasted peppers were like quarter or half a cup, and the lettuce/asparagus was like one and a half cup, the rest was cheese Happy

and lots of OO and high fat stuff, I believe carbs count would have been around 15-20 gm only – Ok not counting the wine, but that’s not part of the experiment Happy

will try to ease up on the wine tomorrow Happy

today we had perfect sunny weather, and when i came home I sat in the sun lounge and felt like some sparkling Rose wine Happy

Anyway if I end up having cravings will definitely report back to you guys Smile

Carnation · Top Carnivore Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 3586

If you don't mind my asking, why an "all-dairy" challenge? Are you hoping for or expecting a certain result?

adwred · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject:

ReddyMcMeaty · The Boss Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 5776

I think it's just an excuse to eat lots of the fatty delicious cow product.
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Carnation · Top Carnivore Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 3586

That sounds good. Grin

Avalon · Top Carnivore Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 3326

Goat might be safer Cool

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

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SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

Avalon · Top Carnivore Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 3326

Good Morning,

Am I wrong in saying that I think we are becoming more food aware and tolerant here? That we're allowing each other the right to evolve or devolve Wink

as we take on these experiments? I love food experiments! It's what Stefansson and anyone who's learned anything is all about.

I've done the same thing Sandy. Sometimes I post in the naysay area, but I have a sense that this board is becoming something more Roll Eyes

Funny, I bought Goat Milk this morning for a Goat Milk Smoothie day tomorrow. Not sure yet what will go into it, probably some greens and sweet fruit, but I need a change up. So tomorrow will be a dairy something day.

Best wishes every one!
Xeta Sunny

adwred · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject:

Avalon · Top Carnivore Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 3326

Cheese Pizza+Avalon=House Yup

Galeron · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:42 am Post subject:

Carnation · Top Carnivore Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 3586

Bejebus, G, you gotta start putting poo alerts at the top of posts like this, so that the squeamish can pass on reading them. Maybe put a big "P" at the beginning, sort of like a movie rating?

meatythang · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:25 am Post subject:

Kristi31 · Top Cat Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 378 Location: Montreal

Loooooooooove to experiment...I'm driving my poor family crazy with all those food experiments Bonkers

And I eat 99% of my food raw...so imagine!

And my friends think I'm just a nut. Grin

Athough one of my friends, Amanda, is considering eating this way, she is really struggling with her weight. She's even tried some raw meat. There's hope!
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meatythang · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:40 am Post subject:

SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

Ok, so far my observation on the all dairy experiment are as follows:

1- I struggled to keep up my protein intake to be high enough, most days it was between 40-60 grams except on the days when I boosted with tofu or protein powder

2- I was satisfied with smaller portions or one helping, when I was eating some meats, I didn't know when to stop, I could eat loads of chicken wings or spicy meatballs, one serving was never enough

3- I really enjoyed eating the all dairy way, I enjoyed being inventive with my menus, had to try so many recipes, lets say it really did widen my food horizon and life was a lot more enjoyable, I am relaly looking forward to each meal with joy now... and eat really well on smaller portions, when eating meats I didn't feel as much joy, it was getting a bit old and i was a bit lazy with inventing new recipes

4- No change to sleep pattern

5- Not much change in my weight, for the last 3 weeks I've been bouncing up and down the 2 lbs which I have been doing since reaching maintenance around 3 months ago

6-Lastly and most importantly, my small amount of psoriasis on my knee has improved greatly and hardly visible now... this happened to me a few months ago when I did the Eskimo /fish and seafood challenge, it seems my skin improves every time I stop eating red meat :eek: Wow

during the fish experiment I thought it could either be the fish oil or the coconut oil, however now am sort of thinking it must be the lack of red meat... I know this is something everyone here would be outraged with... but tis true, every where I read in the last 7 years says I need to quit red meat, but I never believed it before!!

Psychologically I have developed this idea that it is so possible, so eay and so enjoyable to low carb, be at a good weight and healthy without meat - I used to be a vegetarian in a previous life- obviously the vegetarian way of eating caused me so many health issues, but now am thinking it was because i made the wrong choices e.g. pasta and grains instead of sticking to veg salads (good)dairy and tofu/Quorn... now I know there has been issues with soy products, but from reading its GMO soy not organic that is the problem (hopes) .

Not sure how long it will take me to start accepting eating meat again now, I really never thought I can develop this psyche that I don't need meat again!! I thought I'd be missing and craving my steak and ribs etc, Also I am hesitant because no meat improved my psoriasis greatly … so thinking of just adding fish to start with and we'll see what happens?