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Hey everyone I have been a patient of Matia's for about one year now. Initially I was doing great on the diet. I stayed on stage one for 2 months and was pretty much symptom free. Matia tried to move me to stage two and for some reason I was having a hard time tolerating anything on the list. Man, I was so sad when I realized that I could not eat avacados or string cheese without it bothering me. I thought to myself " but I have done so good". I got super upset and let my emotions get the best of me and went on a two week binge of eating everthing I could. It was the worse idea I have ever had. Now I am on stage one in the diet still, but I do it for about three weeks and then cheat!!! I don't know what is wrong with me!!! I am always right on the verge of advancing and feeling great and I let my cravings take over. Does anyone else have a hard time not cheating now and then? When i read posts I feel like everyone just sticks to the diet and I am so jealous and amazed! I want this will power that you behold. haha. I have always eaten healthy and I run ten miles a day, but I just cant make it more than two weeks without blowing it! I need advice, what helps those of you beat the cravings? Is there certain things that are ok to cheat on just for a day or every once in while, like once a month? Or does one little thing ruin the whole progression? Sorry for my ranting!
Portia
I think it would be difficult
I think it would be difficult to stick to list 1 for such a long time, but what surprised me most about your post was the fact that you run 10 miles a day whilst being on list one. That is a very tough regime.
Could it be that your body is craving more nutrients because of its work load and therefore causing your food cravings? I also like to excercise but have had to cut down a lot since starting treatment bc it was making me feel worse.
Have you discussed this with Matia? She knows best always.
Planned cheating
Ideally, it would be great to have the discipline to never cheat. If the diet is to limiting, you may want to have one planned cheat each month. Food cheating could be as simple as eating bluberries from list 3. If that does not meet your craving, maybe you could make an agave sweetened treat once a month and eat one serving. I cheat on food holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas ... I prefer to plan my cheating ahead of time so that I don't eat anything that will truly set back my progress in treatment. It is a little easier for me not to cheat much since my symptoms are so severe. If I had less bladder symptoms, I would be tempted to cheat more too.
Wowzers Portia I can't
Wowzers Portia I can't believe you run 10 miles day - can I have some of your energy please?!
I started the diet January, I'm still on list 1 as I tend to cheat every 3 weeks or when I've not slept as will power is damned near impossible when you're exhausted. I only ever cheat a bit and the results are normally so rubbish that I go back to being good again as being good is the only thing that makes me feel well!
I think it's very similar to relapsing which everyone would do when trying to give something up, you go in cycles until things get so bad that you finally commit. Hopefully we won't have to get to that point.
I let myself have a few things from other lists when I can feel that I'm progressing and my symptoms are easing.
I'm still in awe of your 10 mile runs!
Haha. Molly, it is good to
Haha. Molly, it is good to know that there are people out there on this strict diet that cheat a little too. I have made it three weeks now without cheating on stage one at all. When I do cheat it is usually on string cheese, yogurt, and rice cereal, and agave. I wonder if that little bit of cheating is what is keeping me from making it to stage two. I also think of it as relapsing, just like any other addiction really....my mom is a recovering alcoholic and although I don't drink I went to support her in classes she took through an outpatient rehab, and I thought......"WOW everything they are saying about dealing with the disease of alcoholism can be applied to me". It is hard to stay strong when you are so limited and it also makes you feel so horrible and guilty when you cheat. It makes me feel like I have everything away I am working for so what is the point. I guess the goal is to retrain the brain just like they told my mom, keep yourself busy, and reward yourself with things other than....for me food, and for her alcohol. We are working together to overcome :) haha. Ya, I run about ten miles a day and compete in professional climbing. It is really hard believe me and there are days when I can't do anything. If I stick to stage one perfectly I feel so good I have energy, but if I don't then I am so sick I don't leave the house and cannot exercise for days. I know that many people on her are in conditions that do not permit them to work out :( But if you can do anything like yoga or swimming, I know that it has helped me mentally more than anything.
Portia
Isocort
One of my biggest pet peeves is hearing people tell each other how much weight they've lost in the last few days on their new diet "kick." It's not that I don't want people to lose weight; in fact, I'm probably going to be your biggest advocate if you want to lose weight. The reason why I get frustrated with this extremely quick "weight loss" is because I don't want people to just lose "weight," I want them to lose the RIGHT kind of weight.
http://www.evitalhealth.com/Isocort.html, http://utraclear.blog.com/
trying to be positive
I think these posts are about being positive and asking for support
i think that was a spam post.
i think that was a spam post.
No uncommon at all. You have
No uncommon at all. You have described my tendencies PERFECTLY. I've been on the treatment 10 months, and just like you, I go about 3 weeks in between cheating. I just had my most recent cheat during the holidays, and I am paying dearly for the consequences. Like you, most of my cheating involves not-so-terrible food from other lists (hardly ever do I touch sugar anymore, but yes, I still do have bites here and there, doh!). But still, I have to wonder why in the world I can't just suck it up and stick with it! I try not to beat myself up too much about it. I've gotten better at forgiving myself and moving on.