Weight: 117.6 lbs
I am just not hitting my groove this time. By the time I hit day 10 last time I was feeling great, working out, not minding not eating. Now I still struggle. I still feel indecisive. Should I quit, should I keep going? Should I test when I'm done or not spend the $$? What's the point of doing it if I'm not going to get results to see if it was effective. Should I start a round of Rifaximin/Neomycin when I'm done to kill all the remaining bacteria who start to eat again? Hoping my ND can help me answer some of these questions tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Day 9, Round 2, Elemental Diet
Weight: 118.0 lbs
No more protein. It just stops up my digestion and at some point the bacteria will just adapt and start eating it. All the magnesium citrate finally did the trick. That made for a pleasant day ;)
I'm past my feelings of nausea. It felt like that took longer to resolve this time. Although I can't really say for sure how long it's been gone.
Can't believe I'm almost to the halfway point. Wow! What didn't seem doable a couple of days ago is all good now. I'm sure that will change. Evening has been the hardest in terms of feelings of wanting to give up.
No more protein. It just stops up my digestion and at some point the bacteria will just adapt and start eating it. All the magnesium citrate finally did the trick. That made for a pleasant day ;)
I'm past my feelings of nausea. It felt like that took longer to resolve this time. Although I can't really say for sure how long it's been gone.
Can't believe I'm almost to the halfway point. Wow! What didn't seem doable a couple of days ago is all good now. I'm sure that will change. Evening has been the hardest in terms of feelings of wanting to give up.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Beer and Pizza
This is what my husband is having for dinner. My son wanted pizza so I started the crust so my husband could make it when he got home. Smells so good! But I am strong. I couldn't eat it anyway, elemental diet or not.
Day 8, Round 2, Elemental Diet
Weight: 119.4 (another gain!)
Don't ever let yourself quit part way through the day. I really wanted to throw in the towel last night. This would have been my excuse.
This is our harvest from yesterday alone (with a bunch of crap in the background). Our house is a war zone on the weekends. We just don't spend time cleaning up after ourselves.
What I did do was told myself if I still felt the same way tomorrow than sure I would consider it. But I didn't allow myself to eat last night. Why? Because I knew what I was feeling would probably pass and that I would really regret messing up 7 days of fasting if I woke up feeling like I could continue. If I woke up feeling like I didn't want to do it anymore than maybe this would be an entirely different post.
Don't ever let yourself quit part way through the day. I really wanted to throw in the towel last night. This would have been my excuse.
What I did do was told myself if I still felt the same way tomorrow than sure I would consider it. But I didn't allow myself to eat last night. Why? Because I knew what I was feeling would probably pass and that I would really regret messing up 7 days of fasting if I woke up feeling like I could continue. If I woke up feeling like I didn't want to do it anymore than maybe this would be an entirely different post.
I did take a boatload of mag citrate yesterday. 1000mg with breakfast and 600mg with lunch and 600mg again at dinner. I need to stop eating meat. I'm afraid with starving the bacteria and meat sitting in my gut the bugs will just learn to eat it, then where will I be??
There was a person who posted several comments on the recent Chris Kresser article about the elemental diet. She says she used Iodine to cure her SIBO and was really upset that people weren't listening to her. I did a search last night and couldn't find anything about using Iodine to kill SIBO. Has anyone heard anything about this??
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Day 7, Round 2, Elemental Diet
Weight: 119.2
Ha! I managed to gain weight on this crazy diet :) We processed our meat chickens on Friday and I cooked one up yesterday. I didn't think I ate THAT much! I'm not moving waste out which is typical both on the elemental diet without meat and when I do the meat fast for the breath test. I'm going to down a handful of magnesium citrate with breakfast to see if I can get things moving today.
Ha! I managed to gain weight on this crazy diet :) We processed our meat chickens on Friday and I cooked one up yesterday. I didn't think I ate THAT much! I'm not moving waste out which is typical both on the elemental diet without meat and when I do the meat fast for the breath test. I'm going to down a handful of magnesium citrate with breakfast to see if I can get things moving today.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Day 6, Round 2, Elemental Diet
Weight: 119.0
I did fairly okay through the day yesterday but then evening came and I started in with the, "I hate this", "I don't want to do this", "I'm just not into this" stuff. I need to get over myself. I'm 6 days in for goodness sake, pretty much 1/3 of the way done. I did get a bit nauseous in the evening. Lunch has been late just about everyday, 2:00 instead of my usual between 12 and 1. I'm sure that's not helping.
I did fairly okay through the day yesterday but then evening came and I started in with the, "I hate this", "I don't want to do this", "I'm just not into this" stuff. I need to get over myself. I'm 6 days in for goodness sake, pretty much 1/3 of the way done. I did get a bit nauseous in the evening. Lunch has been late just about everyday, 2:00 instead of my usual between 12 and 1. I'm sure that's not helping.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Day 5, Round 2, Elemental Diet
Weight: 120.2 (Yahoo! No weight loss)
I stopped taking the magnesium citrate. So perhaps I'm not losing water. I'm not losing any solids either so that could be a problem if I keep eating.
This is from last night:
"Ugh! I am so not into this diet this go around. I have been so tired. Our garden is overflowing with fresh veggies and I just want to give up and do in the winter when there isn't such an abundance of food. My husband thinks I just need to stop eating protein. I do too and I need to tap. I wonder about the amount of honey I am eating as well, 2 T per meal. That's about 32 grams of carbohydrate and it's all sugar. The 3 T of coconut oil works out to about 42 g of fat. My elemental meals are around 550 calories. I don't remember experiencing such exhaustion the first time around."
I did my tapping and I do feel better today. Took our chickens out to a local farm for processing and hit the local mountain bike park for a quick ride with my son. Felt good to be out and active. We'll see how the rest of the day goes!
My favorite blogger/cookbook author posted a sandwich bun recipe today from her new cookbook. This is similar to the hamburger bun recipe I use. I generally swap macadamia nuts for cashews or a combination of almond flour, sunflower seeds and mac nuts. I also usually make much smaller portions to keep FODMAPs in check. For her burger bun recipe, it says it makes 4 buns and I think I make at least 8-10 thinner buns. Her bun recipe does not use arrowroot which means they tend to crumble a bit more. Can't wait to give this new recipe a try. Only 16 or so more days.
I stopped taking the magnesium citrate. So perhaps I'm not losing water. I'm not losing any solids either so that could be a problem if I keep eating.
This is from last night:
"Ugh! I am so not into this diet this go around. I have been so tired. Our garden is overflowing with fresh veggies and I just want to give up and do in the winter when there isn't such an abundance of food. My husband thinks I just need to stop eating protein. I do too and I need to tap. I wonder about the amount of honey I am eating as well, 2 T per meal. That's about 32 grams of carbohydrate and it's all sugar. The 3 T of coconut oil works out to about 42 g of fat. My elemental meals are around 550 calories. I don't remember experiencing such exhaustion the first time around."
I did my tapping and I do feel better today. Took our chickens out to a local farm for processing and hit the local mountain bike park for a quick ride with my son. Felt good to be out and active. We'll see how the rest of the day goes!
My favorite blogger/cookbook author posted a sandwich bun recipe today from her new cookbook. This is similar to the hamburger bun recipe I use. I generally swap macadamia nuts for cashews or a combination of almond flour, sunflower seeds and mac nuts. I also usually make much smaller portions to keep FODMAPs in check. For her burger bun recipe, it says it makes 4 buns and I think I make at least 8-10 thinner buns. Her bun recipe does not use arrowroot which means they tend to crumble a bit more. Can't wait to give this new recipe a try. Only 16 or so more days.
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