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Why doesn't my food give me energy? It seems like I just eat so i can live and because I am hungry. There is no enjoyment I actually hate it and resent people who have joy from there food. I used to be a great cook and take so much pride in it. I still try to put love into my food but I don't seem to recive anything back no matter what i do.
it will get better
Nicole, I'm guessing you're on list 1 or 2? I remember going through the same thing when I was first starting out. And I think part of it for me was that I was grieving. When you only have a short list of foods that are available and you are surrounded by all these things you used to enjoy and no longer can it can make you feel very sad. Especially when you are the only one that has to eat this way. It is very hard and I remember that eating was not something I enjoyed. The good news is that as you add more foods you will begin to find the joy. You are doing a great thing for your body in the long term and as you get better this will reinforce your eating choices and you will start to feel the energy that comes from nourishing food. Something that did help me was to keep my eyes open for new recipes that looked like something I could modify to meet my diet needs.
Carol
This is my second time around
This is my second time around in treatment with Matia. I left back in 06 . I had been in treatement for 2 yrs and we had just hit a wall. I know how the process goes about adding the foods in. I am on list 2 really she did put me on list 3 but I am still having yeast issues so I decided not to eat those foods. I seem to have a real problem with grains and eggs and that makes it very hard for me. The only carb I can tolerate is rice and the rice makes me bloated so I am not fully tolerating it. I really would like to come up with a way to have toast because things that are toasted seem to be easier to digest and better on my bladder in genral but I can't seem to figure out a rice bread that I can toast because of the eggs and the gluten. I eat the same thing over and over Rice, fish, and veggies acasionally eating red meat in there. It's incredibly boring no matter how much I spice it up the spices are all the same too.
Even before though when I was eating more foods I still wasn't getting energy from them. I have a feeling that may be yeast related but I am not sure. I have had issues with energy for a while now.