It still counts as doing too much even when you want to do it

[clevermanka]

Okay, well...I'm back/still on the SCD pureed food plan. I continued to feel pretty shitty after eating the solid food on Monday night, right up until I went to bed. Still felt uncomfortable when I went to bed, but at least I woke up feeling okay. I started adding a good amount of fat (and salt and pepper) to my purees, though, and noticed a huge improvement in my energy levels and general outlook on life. I even made it to the gym Monday and today (Wednesday)!

So I think I'm gonna stick with it for a while longer. Long-term, I'm going to add in All The Vegetables before I start reintroducing fruit (no semantics about fruit/vegetables--you know what I mean).

As for things I won't re-introduce at all, I've said this before, but I'm gonna try to stick with it this time--at least for the foreseeable future--No Nuts and No Dried Fruit. The only exception is when I'm traveling and don't have access to a kitchen. Nuts and dried fruit (or raw fruit) is pretty tough on my GI tract and I don't need the extra calories--much less the hit of sugar from dried fruit. So, gone.

I was feeling kinda tired this morning but really wanted to lift some weights, so I went to lift weights and then had such a bad post-breakfast swelling reaction that I had to change my outfit before I left for work. *sigh* I know there is some correlation between stress and swelling, but it's not like that's the only time I swell a lot. Just when I am under a lot of stress, I always swell more. It's a squares and rectangles thing. I'm super tired, now, too, and I think I'm gonna lie down for a nap and just stay late to make up the time. ETA: AH HA HA HA HA HA HA NO. That so did not happen. Wow things got busy fast.

Andrew sent me a message yesterday asking how I was doing. Aw. He's such a good trainer.

Comments

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

*fingers crossed* that you see some improvement!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

We are all pulling for you!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Oh Em Gee, that's so AWESOME! It's like you're the hunter, and I'm the present but impalpable specter of HIGH FIVEDNESS.

[julii-wolfe.livejournal.com]

damn, a nap would have been nice. Glad you're finding some balance with this shitty diet. Bodies are weird. I'm hoping your diet can trick yours into being nicer to you.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

What that from?!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I think the fruit deletion is a wise choice.
I'm a little worried about you pushing yourself to work out when your body says "tired", but I know you'll find the happy medium. :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It's hard for me to think of it as "pushing" when it feels so good, you know? *sigh* I just feel so much better when I can throw some weights around.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Oh yeh, I totally get it.

[sherwood21.livejournal.com]

Ok, so you need/can handle more fat than the diet initially recommends - that's valuable information! I'm gonna guess too, that if you hit a wall with this again, you might be better off modifying it a bit to suit your needs. (Like trying a roasted or sauteed vegetable one day, instead of just puree?) I want so much for you to feel better. *hugs*

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yes! More information is always good. I wonder if this diet was developed around/for people who are basically sedentary to start. They're too sick to move, you know? So yes, I'm happy that I realized I need to make modifications as necessary as long as they don't deviate too far from the original plan.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

From what I've understood, it was developed for people with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, severe IBS and celiac, so is it probably just a way of giving them *some* nutrition while slowly introducing/eliminating problematic foods? It's definitely not enough nutrition for someone actually working out, and who doesn't having absolutely disabling issues.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Man, though, I gotta say my belly is feeling SO much better. Since I'm speeding things up, though, and re-introducing foods faster, I think I'll be on solid food by next month!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

<3 Jimmy Fallon.

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

Hooray!
and I think it is awesome that your trainer checks in on you :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I don't think I can really describe how fantastic he is. He's just really such a great trainer, coach, and all-around guy.