Food Changes Update

Well it has been two weeks. I have cut my sugar intake by about 75%, cut out wheat gluten and our family has gone through four dozen eggs in that time. I've also added lots of butter and olive oil to my cooking and have increased my personal protein intake by (guessing) 80%. That also means my animal fat intake has increased respectively.

I don't really care to go over my list of personal symptoms that I've had for going on 20 years, but I will tell you that my energy level has increased about 50% in the past couple weeks (even with nighttime feedings for Dimple), my chronic back and joint pain has improved by 60% and my sleep comes easy and full these days (the opportunity that I get). Truly, I am amazed at what my body has been missing. How different would these past years have been had I done this long ago? I don't know, but they are what they are. As an added benefit I've lost 5lbs without trying and doing everything "they" tell you not to: eat lots of butter, eggs and protein, eat when I'm hungry.

Am I worried about the long term effects? The more I've read about human metabolism and digestion...NO. I think any potential for cardiovascular disease and diabetes will come straight from my already screwy genetics or eating everything wrong for over twenty years. I've lived a long time on blood sugar spikes.

I eat like a horse (no really, I do...breastfeeding), I'm not hungry and I feel so much better and different.

My struggles: I love sugar and bread. Yes, I've craved them (a ton); some days are better than others. I am very disappointed that when I've "cheated" and had something with gluten I feel weak, tired, short-fused and nauseous. I was only going to try this out for a couple days which has turned into two weeks and I know needs to continue on the rest of my life if I am ever to feel better. Right now, all I can do is one day at a time, though. I'm not going to mourn the loss of a bad friend today.