Another month

[clevermanka]

I'm going spending another month on the AIP. Not only for all the reasons I talked about yesterday, but because I'm going to start low-level resistance training this weekend. I want a full month of monitoring my body changes from that (good or bad) before I start introducing foods. If I have an autoimmune flare-up (swelling, aches, fatigue), I need to know it's movement-related, not food-related. If I'm making two changes within two weeks of each other, there's no way to guarantee I'll be able to tell the difference. In fact, it's highly unlikely I'll be able to tell the difference.

Considering the emotional/psychological motivations to extend the experiment and the practical reasons, there's absolutely no reason not to extend it another month.

Kiva cautioned against going too long on the experiment (nine months or more) because reintroductions after an extended period of time can be traumatic. For example, after a year of eating raw food, an acquaintance of mine has now severe stomach upset when she eats cooked food, and if she eats fish more than once a week she gets terrible skin break-outs. She's pretty much resolved to just not eating cooked food or fish for the rest of her life. Having that level of problem with eating sweet potatoes and spices sounds like whole lot of not fun, so I'm looking at the month of July as the latest I'll wait before starting reintroductions. Of course, if it turns out my body's just too sensitive to those things, that's one thing. But I don't want to set myself up to fail just because was too scared or lazy to start the reintroduction process.

GOD DAMN this shit is taking a lot of my mental energy.

Comments

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Hell, bb, just READING about this process is exhausting. I can't imagine.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I can't say I wouldn't wish this sort of thing on anyone, but I will say the list of people I'd curse with it is very, very short.

[anomali.livejournal.com]

My list is not that short: think KS state gov....

I have been reading about nightshades (tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, sweet and hot peppers, ground cherries, tomatillos and tamarillos, garden huckleberry and naranjillas, pepinos and pimentos), and potatoes for everyone who is unsure) and it seems that, thankfully, very few people are sensitive to the toxin solanine, unless it is in large amounts.

I hope that none of us are among this unfortunate group! I really, really do! Like most Czech sorts, paprika is like salt and pepper to me.... :(

I understand the egg issue (Omega 6 fatty acid issues and sensitivity, right?) but I am unclear on the issues with sweet potatoes or nuts/seeds. I am curious as to why these are these problematic. (I will be beginning my own anti-inflammatory diet in April, so it is not just idle curiosity.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

TBH, I don't care about the whys and wherefores anymore. I'm tired. I just want someone to tell me what to do. So if I hear something that comes recommended by someone I know and trust (like this AIP diet experiment, which I heard from the fantastic Melissa Joulwan (http://www.theclothesmakethegirl.com/), whom I've known for years), I'll try it. I believe some of the science/reasoning is outlined on the AIP resource pages (http://www.thepaleomom.com/the-autoimmune-protocol-aip) if you want to check those out.

[anomali.livejournal.com]

I hear ya! Back in 2006, after two surgeries, three biopsies, countless scans of one or another kind, and months of PT, that is exactly how I felt. Then I felt totally let down and avoided all docs except my GP and gyn for the next seven years. I seem to have gotten my 2nd, or is it 22nd wind recently, in terms of feeling the drive to learn everything I can and figure this shit out. I know you've been here, too.

It will certainly check out the AIP resource pages. Thanks!