Re: Can't get off of intro diet...

[Guest guest]

Peggy,

I'm so sorry that you are in pain.

For the first six weeks or so, I couldn't eat anything that had eggs

in it. Also, it took about a month before I could eat beef patties

and to this day that's one of my most challenging foods. It took

trial and error to find my " always " foods. For me, that ended up

being bananas, chicken soup per the recipe less carrots, any type of

broth, home-made apple sauce, simmered green beans, sauteed spinach

.... and did I mention bananas? It took a few weeks before I was able

to add yoghurt to my " always list. "

Everyone is so different, and so it's hard to know for sure what

specifically is causing you problems. It's best to experiment within

legal foods and ... just hang in there. Not all legal foods work for

everyone in the beginning.

After two weeks on the diet I almost gave up because I felt so much

worse than before I started. Today I'm grateful for this list and

all the recommendations and encouragement I received.

Wishing you the best,

Hannah

SCD 08/08

At 03:53 PM 7/13/2009, you wrote:

>Hi everyone,

>

>I am at my wits end! I have been on the intro diet for 1 week & I am

>acually feeling worse than I did before I started the diet. What

>could I be doing wrong?

[Guest guest]

Is it possible that I am still paying the price for Thursday's mess up or could

there be another culprit?

ironic you should ask as i sit here back on strict intro 18 months in - I'm

paying the price and just heard it could take weeks so hang in but don't stay

just intro more than 5 days - introduce 1 thing at a time 2-4 days apart after

that

hang in- you will heal and improve - I am SO exhausted (not like me at all)

maybe it's die-off and I'll be out of this soon

I can't have ground beef - and never did well with DCCC so maybe something intro

is upsetting you??

what kind of tea ?? go easy on honey -any illegal supplements by chance??

good luck

eileen

[Guest guest]

>

> I have been on the intro diet for 1 week & I am acually

> feeling worse than I did before I started the diet. What could I be doing

> wrong?

Perhaps nothing. Your body could essentially be going through

withdrawal, probably from sugar (and starch). Drink plenty (but not

too much) water, get plenty of rest, don't eat for a few hours before

bed.

> Today I ate the cheesecake (made w/honey, eggs, juice of lemmon-NO

> rind, strained 1/2 & 1/2 milk that was free of any caraggean),

Milk? Do you mean yogurt? Maybe shelf the cheesecake for a few weeks.

> I did make a HUGE mistake last week and eat about a 1/2 cup of legal

> cashews. It was WAY TOO SOON & I paid the price w/ pain & D. It seems

> whatever damage I did will not go away. I was feeling great up until then

> (that was last Thursday). Is it possible that I am still paying the price

> for Thursday's mess up or could there be another culprit?

No real way to know. It seems like you're sensitive so take things

slowly and don't move to advanced foods (cashews are advanced) too

quickly.

Be sure to list your ailment, how long you've had it, how long on the

SCD (you got that one) and any other pertinent information when asking

questions.

--

Cheers,

DF in MA

UC June '07

SCD Nov '08

[Guest guest]

I don't tolerate honey ... honey may be the culprit. I am on the low-carb

version of scd.

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I am at my wits end! I have been on the intro diet for 1 week & I am acually

feeling worse than I did before I started the diet. What could I be doing

wrong? Today I ate the cheesecake (made w/honey, eggs, juice of lemmon-NO rind,

strained 1/2 & 1/2 milk that was free of any caraggean), chiken broth & the

chicken used to make that broth, 2 pure beef patties, and 1 cup of tea w/ honey.

I have these intermittent pains that I believe are caused by gas. I practcally

double over from them & when I run to the bathroom not a whole lot happens

except sometimes there is gas and some blood/mucus.

>

> I did make a HUGE mistake last week and eat about a 1/2 cup of legal cashews.

It was WAY TOO SOON & I paid the price w/ pain & D. It seems whatever damage I

did will not go away. I was feeling great up until then (that was last

Thursday). Is it possible that I am still paying the price for Thursday's mess

up or could there be another culprit?

>

> Thanks for any advice,

> Peggy

>