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I'm laying here in bed feeling like my body is being weakened by the lack of food that I am being able to eat following list 1. Eating too much of the starches seems to bother me. I never feel like I am getting enough calories. I weigh less than I did in high school. I look too thin. I have headaches. I am 5'8 and weigh 114.
Eat more meat, your body
Eat more meat, your body needs it.
Hi ME- Die off can make you
Hi ME-
Die off can make you feel like that too and sometimes even diet causes die off. Just eat more of everything you can tolerate. I know it stinks but if it is helping youfeel better- you're on the right track! More fat!
I adhered to Diet 1 strictly
I adhered to Diet 1 strictly for a few months, and it was very difficult. I went through the die off phase, and it was tough. Then I started adding a few new foods in to see if I could tolerate them from other lists, and I seemed to be doing OK with things like asparagus, yogurt, even blueberries and kiwi. Then I seemingly had another setback around ovulation and decided to start over with List 1, even though my symptoms seem pretty tolerable right now when I'm not having panic attacks or weird hormonal things. But some of the things on List 1 affect me weird.
I bought some gluten free brown Rice Crispies, and I thought they would be OK, but they seem to cause some inflamation for some reason.
I also seem to be able to tolerate sweet potatoes better than white or red potatoes. I thought they would be OK to eat, since they're potatotes, when I first started. Then I saw they are on a list further down. But I think I read once that sweet potatoes have antifungal properties.
So it's hard for me to know what to eat on List 1, since I seem to have problems with some foods.
I did make a chicken broth last week, and ate it as soup. It was good. But it's hard during the week for me to work and then go home and cook something. Any suggestions on what I can have for lunch today. I'm thinking of getting a KFC chicken breast. It didn't seem to bother me before.
Do any of you test foods further down on the list. I just want to be able to eat something so I won't feel like I'm having a heart attack.
I am not a patient of Dr. B's
I am not a patient of Dr. B's yet, although I wish I was and that her office wasn't so far away. I have problems with olive oil. I tried it the other day to cook some of my food, and it seemed to be the culprit that caused me to have nerve pain in my vagina. I don't want to eat off the other lists, but if it means eating something that causes me pain that's on list one and eating somethng that doesn't cause pain on list 2 or 3, I'm not sure which is better right now. I wish she could accept patients without them coming to her office first. Seems like in this day and age you could have your first appointment via Skype or something.
Are you using regular and not
Are you using regular and not Extra Virgin olive oil? There is a difference.
I realize that, but I wish
I realize that, but I wish that wasn't the law.
salmon patties- 1 can salmon,
salmon patties- 1 can salmon, 2-3 eggs, chopped zuchini, cabbage, peppers, brocolli, or any veggies of choice. Some onion if desired. Mix in some safe flour (spelt or rice flour if too wet so it is thick enough to form in patties). Fry patties in butter. Makes about 8 patties...I use 2 per meal. I store in baggies or containers in fridge for work lunches. Yummy.
Hard boil 6-12 eggs a week for salads, breakfast, egg salad, chicken salad, tuna salad.
Get some good braunschrager (sp) or liver sausage to eat if you like it.
Rumaki- chicken livers with water chestnuts. Wrap in nitrate free bacon from a good market. Fasten with toothpic. Bake for 20-10 min at 350 until bacon is crisp. Eat some and put in baggies for future meals and snacks. Chicken livers are very cheap.
Make your own snack mix with puffed rice, puffed millet. Season with melted butter, garlic, basil, dill, salt and pepper. Bake in the oven for 15 min stiring 2-3 times like chex mix.
later if pain free-Candy- coconut oil, almond/nut butter of choice, cocoa pwd, with a little agave, stevia or raw honey. Stir over low heat 2-3 min till mixed and set in pan to harden. Keep in fridge... it melts easily. You can also add some butter. Butter and Coconut oil are interchangeable. You could add a little coffee if you like that flavor-mocha. Mint flavor may be good too if you like choclate mint. Make balls and roll in coconut if tolerated. Experiment- it is all good. Add chia seed, flax seed, or anything else you can think of.
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