FRUSTRATION - 3 month review

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Apparently, frustration is just a normal part of my life.

So I've been on the SCD for a while now, maybe 3 months? I'm

terrible at keeping track of things and keeping a food diary - bad, I

know. I'm also TERRIBLE at taking things slowly and adding foods

appropriately, which is obvious when I flare from things like raw

onions in guac (which I KNOW I shouldn't eat, but dammit it tastes so

good!) or coconut milk in curry.

I'm FINALLY feeling somewhat normal after a week of hell. Today is

the first day in a week that I haven't gone to the bathroom more than

twice, or woken up during the night to go. I don't know what

happened last week - I was doing fine and then suddenly, BOOM! It

happened on Wednesday night and could have been caused by one of two

things (IMO) - a flu shot I got on Tuesday afternoon or the curry I

ate Tuesday night. Either way, I basically was having liquid D ALL

DAY EVERY DAY for the past week, tons of G and C. Basically

miserable. ****WAS THIS THE FAMED THREE MONTH FLARE????****

FINALLY today I'm okay (only went once so far, yay!) and I'M FED UP,

with myself and my illness. I'm starting over with the intro and I'm

going to do it right. Keep a food diary, introduce foods

appropriately, etc. I already have a pretty good idea of most of my

trigger foods but I'm going to follow the 4/5 day rule for

introducing foods.

My mom is freaking out because she thinks I weigh too little. I'm

5'2 and I went from 150 lbs preSCD to about 115 or 120 now.

Obviously, cutting out the grains and carbs helped, but I personally

believe it's because my body doesn't think it's malnourished anymore

because I can actually digest what I eat, which has boosted my

metabolism like crazy. I had a Dr appointment a few weeks ago

(OBGYN, not GI) and she thinks I'm fine and height/weight

proportionate. However, as a caveat for my mom, I'm making an

appointment with a nutritionist and taking her a 2 week food diary,

so we can identify problems in my diet. I think I'm fine, though - I

eat tons of protein (eggs, chicken, beef, pork, FISH FISH FISH,

cheese), tons of veggies, fruit, almond butter, and honey. Obviously

my definition of an appropriate diet has changed, but I don't see

problems with what I eat. Does anyone here notice anything

immediately troublesome?

I'm still not 100% SCD compliant. I do really well with foods,

beverages, etc. I eat out more often than I should, but I'm really

cautious and I harrass the poor waiters to death (but of course then

I tip them appropriately) so I don't get any hidden illegals.

HOWEVER, my meds are still my normal walgreen's pharmacy stuff, which

I'm sure have quite a few illegals in them, as are my vitamins. I'm

ordering a bunch of SCD compliant vits and supps from Freeda (now

that I FINALLY paid my tuition, I have money to spare, yay!) but I

just don't have the money to get my meds compounded. I take 3

gelcaps a day (UC/Crohns), 3 tablets (thyroid meds, birth control,

UC/Crohns med), and 2 of these weird envelope things that basically

contain what a gelcap would have if it were in an aluminum envelope

thing (I bought them in Spain).

SO I guess here are my questions -

1) How much of a problem are the meds? If I'm not totally SCD

compliant with the meds, even if I'm 100% with food and drink, will I

still heal?

2) THREE MONTH FLARE???? Is THAT what that was?? Or was it a

reaction to either the coconut milk or the flu shot? If it was a

reaction to the coconut milk, it was a lot stronger than any other

reaction I've had.

3) Should I be worried about calorie intake? Does it sound like I'm

wasting away (which is what my mom is worried about)?

THANK YOU ALL! I've loved reading the posts over the past few

months, they really make this diet easier to follow. I'm over to the

GAPS website for some of the recipes for bone broth, although I've

found that pho is a GREAT option (vietnamese bone broth based soup,

which is traditionally made with noodles but my fav place will leave

them out for me - we have a huge vietnamese community in Houston and

some FABULOUS vietnamese food). Everyone here constantly provides me

with inspiration and it really is wonderful to know that I'm not the

only one.

THANK YOU AGAIN!! Leah