Okay, so if you read my last post, you know that Michael has an allergy to milk and eggs. I am still breastfeeding (supplementing with formula from time to time) so this means that I'm passing any egg or milk products I eat directly on to him. When I found out about his allergy, I had two options: 1) take these foods out of my diet 2) go totally on formula Those of you who know me, know that this is an easy answer: start the formula. I endulge when it comes to eating so watching every little bite was sounding like way too much work for me. Plus, I love things like chai tea, milk, cookies, cake, butter, mayo, and plain old eggs. Wait, did I just say that? Did I just say that I loved food too much to change my diet so that my son would be eczema free?? Yes, I said it. What is wrong with me?
Anyhow, I decided that although I do love diary and eggs and I am planning on moving to formula eventually I could and should go without these two items at least until Michael and I are ready to go exclusively on formula. The allergist recemmended that I go without diary and egg for at least two weeks to see if the eczema went away. I can do that. It won't be easy, but for two weeks I can do just about anything! Or so I thought. Here's is how the first 24 hours have gone:
Tuesday
3:30 find out Michael has an egg and dairy allergy
4:00 decide that I am going without those two items for at least two weeks
4:15 decide to have my last chai tea
6:00 dinner- steak, scalloped potatoes, broccoli and calliflower with cheese (dinner was already planned and in the works so I decided it would be my last dairy and egg meal)
Recap: Tuesday = FAIL but I wasn't really trying either
Wednesday
6:30am oatmeal with brown sugar
7:00am hot tea with sugar (no milk though! Way to go Meg, you passed the first test!)
11:30 rice, terriaki chicken, broccoli and carrots
5:00pm steak tacos, no cheese or sour cream :( tacos suck without those two items, but hey I passed test number two
5:30pm cookie for dessert. I decided to skip the chocolate creme filled cookies and go with a mint milano
6:30pm diet root beer at the Herr's, was going to go with cherry pepsi, but decided against the caffeine that late
Recap: Wednesday = FAIL didn't know it, but apparantly root beer has eggs-HUH!? Oh, and that cookie did too-Lovely! Even a better surprise was that those chocolate creme filled cookies that I resisted DIDNT have milk or eggs- WTF?!
Thursday
6:30am bagel with margarine (good alternative to butter or cream cheese)
9:30am soy chai frapuchino (alternative to creme chai frap, BUT I forgot to say no whip-ugh! So I sadly scraped the best part of the drink along with the caramel drizzle off)
12:30pm licked the bottom of Mckaley's strawberry Hagen Daas Ice Cream cone before we entered the car because it was dripping. Ooops, sorry Michael. Bad habit.
1:00pm Mckaley wanted Sabarro after going to SeaLife but I couldn't have pizza or the freaking ziti that they served there so I picked the next best alternative I could think of at the time: McDonalds. I hate MCD but Mckaley loves it and I knew it would get us out of the mall without a meltdown plus I could get a good old fashion chicken sandwich without the cheese of course. Anyhow, skipped the cheese infested Sbarro and got a chicken sandwich, fries, and a sweet tea
6:00pm roasted chicken, watermelon, rice
7:00pm went for those chocolate creme filled cookies for dessert :-D
Recap: Thursday = FAIL didn't know it, but apparently margarine which I thought was oil, actually has dairy in it. Seriously?? Whats the point in using margarine then-butter is WAY better. Oh and skipping out on Sbarro did me zero good as Mcdonalds has egg in their McChicken sandwich breading and milk in the bun. I should have just left the mayo on the sandwich as well and sent Michael into a full blown rash!!!!
So, like I said at the beginning I get a big fat F for failing these first two days. I've now printed out a list of foods that contain egg and put it in my wallet. Hopefully this will help some as now I'm more determined then ever to not give up and to get this diet down. If my poor father in law and sister in law can go on a 500 calorie diet with pretty much nothing but grilled chicken, shrimp, asparagus, or celery for 30 days I should be able to manage this right? Right??? I sure hope so. Wish me luck!