🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends!
Let’s get this day started…

After my doctor’s appointment yesterday, talking to Sara last night and going over 8 online calorie calculators, I have made a few changes to my daily targets. I still need to observe histamines and oxalates but my calorie target is now 1746/day or 12,222/week.

A weekly target means that if I have a high pain day and only have 800 calories, I can make that up before the end of the week. These numerics start from today.

One of the ways that I am going to accomplish this is to make sure that my midday meal is the most calorie-dense so that will often be between 700 and 1000 calories. I know some of you are choosing to do 1200 calories/day and this will freak you out but this is where I am at right now.

🍝 CHICKEN MEATBALL BAKE & SALAD
@aidells Italian Chicken Meatballs
@krogerco Marinara Sauce
@barilla Chickpea Casarecce Pasta
@krogerco 2% Mozzarella Cheese
@saraleebread Artisano Potato Bread 👍🏻(yummy)
@chefshamy Garlic, Parmesan & Basil Butter

@krogerco Artisan Lettuce Blend
@pvt_selection Mini Cucumber, Heart of Palm
@homemade Pickled Onion, Pickled Banana Pepper
@misfitsmarket @gaea Organic Kalamata Olives
@wild_about_sprouts Clover & Alfalfa Sprouts
@kensdressings Asian Sesame Dressing 👍🏻(yum)
[Not a clean ingredient label but very tasty and easily manageable in small amounts]

🔥 HISTAMINE SCALE: 🟠
🌿 OXALATE SCORE: 5️⃣8️⃣
🤒 REACTIVITY SCALE: 🤧
✳️ CALORIES: 912

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🐔 KFC FAMOUS BOWL COPYCAT & BROCCOLI
@perdue Organic Chicken Breast
@greypoupon Dijon Mustard
@hodgsonmills Corn Meal
@misfitsmarket Organic Gold Potatoes
@clovervalley Brown Gravy Mix
@krogerco Supersweet Corn Kernels
@fullcirclemarket Mild White Cheddar
@misfitsmarket Organic Broccoli
@chefshamy Lemon Herb Butter

🔥 HISTAMINE SCALE: 🟡
🌿 OXALATE SCORE: 2️⃣6️⃣
🤒 REACTIVITY SCALE: 👌🏼
✳️ CALORIES: 608

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🍓 SNACK / DESSERT
@kaukauna Smoky Bacon Cheese Ball
@krogerco Pretzel Rods
@driscolls Raspberries
@grapemanfarms Green Seedless Grapes

🔥 HISTAMINE SCALE: 🟡
🌿 OXALATE SCORE: 1️⃣1️⃣
🤒 REACTIVITY SCALE: 👌🏼
✳️ CALORIES: 214

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DAILY TOTALS
🔥 TOTAL HISTAMINE SCALE: 🟡
🌿 TOTAL OXALATE SCORE : 9️⃣5️⃣ [125mg daily limit]
🤒 REACTIVITY SCALE: 👌🏼
✳️ CALORIES: 1734 [1746 daily target]

Thank you for joining me today.
Until tomorrow…
In Love ♥ and Light 💫

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🎯 Tracking – Calorie Command in ℹ️ @iTrackBites

🎬 All the details of the days ingredients, tips, tricks, how tos and the occasional cute doggie are in my daily video…🐶🛒👩🏻‍🍳

If you aren’t familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues… an “inflammatory overstimulation response” brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.

More information about what is wrong as well as the resources I’m using to track histamines and oxalates are here:
https://fromdumpytodiva2020.wordpress.com/%f0%9f%93%9a-resources-%f0%9f%93%9a

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12 Weeks of trying something completely different to help heal and reduce the effects of 6 months of Mast Cell disorder flare ups.

📆 WEEK 10
OXALATE REDUCTION (Final Target) – 125mg or less
MAST CELL HISTAMINE LIST – continue Lvl 2️⃣ food reintroductions + add up to one Lvl 3️⃣ food into 3 separate meals over 2 days to test individual reactivity. Score reactivity.

Retest any 4wk discontinued foods for Reintroduction. If reaction is stronger than (mild) – eliminate for 6 months.
Wild Rice
Honeycrisp / Granny Smith Apple
Pineapple
Kiwifruit
Sauerkraut
Kimchi

✅ Okay in Small Amounts
Wine (cooking with)
Prosciutto
Strawberries
Black Rice

🚫 Excluded
Egg Whites / Complete Eggs
Summer Kiss Melon (Honeydew x Cantaloupe)
Purple Sweet Potatoes

🚦 HISTAMINE SCALE
🟢 – contains some Lvl 0️⃣ histamine foods
🟡 – contains some Lvl 1️⃣ histamine foods
🟠 – contains some Lvl 2️⃣ histamine foods
🔴 – contains some Lvl 3️⃣ histamine foods

🐡 REACTIVITY SCALE
👌🏼 No reaction
🤧 Mild – itchy eyes, sniffles, glassy mouth
🔥 Moderate – above + hands/feet burning, gut issues, eye/inner ear swelling, muscle spasms esp back / neck
🚨 High – above + BP / heart rate / breathing issues, sudden onset headache, muscle weakness