Kits have arrived

Woo-hoo. The kits arrived here over the weekend. I've created a profile for each of us, completed the questionnaires, taken the samples, and posted them back to Boulder as of yesterday.

For those curious, our macronutrient composition was 45-35-20% fat-carb-protein respectively. Our plant/animal protein split was approximately 35/65%. Our fiber intake over the 7 days prior to sampling was 105 g for the adults and 80-85 g for the children.

For those really curious, below is the summary of our meals over the last week and a half. It covers more than the seven days that the Am Gut project is interested in because I started keeping track a little ahead of time in anticipation of the kits' arrival. You may notice a lot of repeats. Those are not copy and paste errors on my part. :) Rather, we have a tendency to eat the same things over and over and to have left-overs the next day. I like to think it uncomplicates life by not having to worry about what to eat today, akin to Steve Jobs wearing his uniform of turtle neck shirt and blue denim pants. It's the engineer in me. I'm sharing this amount of detail so that when our "before" results arrive people will have an idea of what kind of diet created them.

Also, as a reminder the yogurt is cultured by me using the viili starter from Cultures for Health. It does NOT contain bifido bacteria. As that is the strain that most favors resistant starch, it will be interesting to see if bifido "spontaneously" populates our gut just from consuming it's preferred food source.

Dinners:

Monday - Baked chicken drumsticks, Sauteed cabbage & beet greens, Au gratin potatoes (yep, exact same two days in a row)

Sunday - Baked chicken drumsticks, Sauteed cabbage & beet greens, Au gratin potatoes

Saturday - Steak, side salad, & ciabata bread from bakery

Friday - Black-eyed peas w/ bacon "ends" and rice, Sauteed cabbage, rainbow chard, and onion on the side

Thursday - Fish tacos w/ rice & sauteed onions, red cabbage, carrots, & kale

Wed - Chicken & dumplings

Tuesday - Chicken & dumplings

Monday - Beef teriyaki kabobs w/ polenta and kale & red cabbage

Sunday - Chicken meatballs in spaghetti sauce over polenta w/ moz cheese

Sat - Pizza (homemade, sausage & cheese)

Lunches:

Monday - Tomato Soup w/ Cheese, Peanut Butter, and Crackers

Sunday - skipped, snacked on peanut butter & apple slices

Saturday - Yogurt & granola

Friday - Eggs over black-eye peas w/ bacon & yogurt w/ granola (adults)

Thursday - Eggs over black-eye peas w/ bacon & yogurt w/ granola (adults)

Wed - Chicken meatballs, spaghetti sauce & polenta left-overs (adults)

Tuesday - Eggs over black beans & yogurt w/ granola (adults)

Monday - Eggs w/ rice & crab meat & yogurt w/ granola (adults)

Sunday - Leftover pizza

Sat - skipped, had only a small snack

Breakfast:

Monday - Eggs & yogurt w/ granola & flax meal (kids only, adults had coffee w/ half-n-half)

Sunday - Eggs over pancakes w/ sausage

Saturday - Eggs over pancakes w/ sausage

Friday -  Eggs & yogurt w/ granola & flax meal (kids only, adults had coffee w/ half-n-half)

Thursday - Eggs & yogurt w/ granola & flax meal (kids only, adults had coffee w/ half-n-half)

Wed - Eggs & yogurt w/ granola & flax meal (kids only, adults had coffee w/ half-n-half)

Tuesday - Eggs & yogurt w/ granola & flax meal (kids only, adults had coffee w/ half-n-half)

Monday - Eggs & yogurt w/ granola & flax meal (kids only, adults had coffee w/ half-n-half)

Sunday - Oatmeal & yogurt w/ honey & pecans

Sat - Eggs over black beans, bacon on the side