Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 > I have this question and I've been wanting to ask everyone concerning > the emotional side of beginning this diet. I know that many, like > myself, have seen specialists and were given some meds and told they > could eat anything (which is true, but fueled all my symptoms). Then I > started this wonderful diet, saw improvement but (here goes)...this > little voice of doubt that surfaces in the early morning hours, before > anyone is awake, questioning, " Am I doing the right thing? " " Could I be > harming myself? " " What if (always a big 'what if') I'm doing damage. " > Then, I calm myself down and realize I am doing better and it is > working...but I wondered if when you all started out, if you have those > little doubts, if when you had little gassy sensations and changes in > your body throughout the first few weeks, if you experienced any > fearful > moments, or is it just me? > Thanks again. It helps to talk it out. Ronnie, Think about it. What's missing from your diet now : rice, grain, potatoes, pasta and other root vegetables, sugar and syrup. What you are eating: fruit, vegetables, nuts, meat, fish, poultry lactose free dairy, and honey is all nutritious and healthy. You can bake with nuts, use zucchini as noodles, cauliflower as rice, nuts and honey for candy etc. etc. It is suggested the diet be tried for one month and then a decision made as to whether to carry on. What's to think about? Haven't you tried other diets more restrictive in the past without pondering. Look at this as an adventure in good eating. > > > Carol F. Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS SCD 6 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Hi Ronnie, My pastor says that as humans we are more alike than different. That many times we think we are the only one that is thinking,doing,feeling something spacific but the truth is many if not most fight the same things. I sure have had doubts. Mine may be a little different but doubts just the same. We could be going along really good and then our son would have a full blown rage for no apparent reason. I would think, OH NO, here we go again. The good days/weeks we have had were just his up time and now we are in for a long down time. I have soon realized though that when he does have an out burst or a rage(which happens rarely any more) there is a reason behind it. There has been a breach in his diet some how or he is reacting to some chemical he has been exposed to. I don't have to fight the emotional fight as much any more also because I believe that I am receiving healing and feel much more stable emotionally. Be blessed Sandy M. Whole family SCD 5 1/2 months in support of 5 yr old who raged. > > I have this question and I've been wanting to ask everyone concerning > the emotional side of beginning this diet. I know that many, like > myself, have seen specialists and were given some meds and told they > could eat anything (which is true, but fueled all my symptoms). Then I > started this wonderful diet, saw improvement but (here goes)...this > little voice of doubt that surfaces in the early morning hours, before > anyone is awake, questioning, " Am I doing the right thing? " " Could I be > harming myself? " " What if (always a big 'what if') I'm doing damage. " > Then, I calm myself down and realize I am doing better and it is > working...but I wondered if when you all started out, if you have those > little doubts, if when you had little gassy sensations and changes in > your body throughout the first few weeks, if you experienced any fearful > moments, or is it just me? > Thanks again. It helps to talk it out. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Thank you Sandy! It helped to read your response. It helps to know we're all in this together. Best wishes to all of your family! Love, Ronnie moeller124 wrote: > Hi Ronnie, > My pastor says that as humans we are more alike than different. > That many times we think we are the only one that is > thinking,doing,feeling something spacific but the truth is many if > not most fight the same things. > I sure have had doubts. Mine may be a little different but doubts > just the same. We could be going along really good and then our son > would have a full blown rage for no apparent reason. I would think, > OH NO, here we go again. The good days/weeks we have had were just > his up time and now we are in for a long down time. I have soon > realized though that when he does have an out burst or a rage(which > happens rarely any more) there is a reason behind it. There has > been a breach in his diet some how or he is reacting to some > chemical he has been exposed to. I don't have to fight the > emotional fight as much any more also because I believe that I am > receiving healing and feel much more stable emotionally. > Be blessed > Sandy M. > Whole family SCD 5 1/2 months in support of 5 yr old who raged. > > > > > I have this question and I've been wanting to ask everyone > concerning > > the emotional side of beginning this diet. I know that many, like > > myself, have seen specialists and were given some meds and told > they > > could eat anything (which is true, but fueled all my symptoms). > Then I > > started this wonderful diet, saw improvement but (here goes)...this > > little voice of doubt that surfaces in the early morning hours, > before > > anyone is awake, questioning, " Am I doing the right thing? " " Could > I be > > harming myself? " " What if (always a big 'what if') I'm doing > damage. " > > Then, I calm myself down and realize I am doing better and it is > > working...but I wondered if when you all started out, if you have > those > > little doubts, if when you had little gassy sensations and changes > in > > your body throughout the first few weeks, if you experienced any > fearful > > moments, or is it just me? > > Thanks again. It helps to talk it out. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 7/4/2006 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 We where full of fear when we started. What took away this fear was all my research that I had done on the original diet of mankind. When I read that Elaine had made this connection my fear was put aside and I learned what we where doing wrong. http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/beginners.htm<http://www\ ..breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/beginners.htm> How could mother nature be lying? And now that Elaine had spent her life figuring out how to save lives and feed us....I read and read and began to trust. The transition was not fun. We held onto faith during this time. Plus, we talked to old timers and the testimonies of others. I reread them just to make myself feel better during those hard days! We have also survived a few regressions. Always to come out glad we stuck with it! We had " hit bottom " as a family, and truly where sick of being sick. All of us. Other ways of eating did not work. When this started to work, we knew that we had hit something big! The pain of die off and the grief of saying good bye to all those complex carbs became irrelevant. Seeing myself heal from celiac disease for the first time, and to become a happier and better mother, and seeing our daughter emerge from autistic symptoms, my son's rages and hyperactivity vanish...and all of us feel and act better gave us hope. But I tell you, the regressions and set backs have not been fun either. So don't let them scare you. WE hold on to faith that all those testimonies are not lying when in a difficult time and usually reread the book to see if we missed something...yet as our own family slowly lives another Elaine and Dr. Haas success story we know we are doing something right. This is going to be a fun year for all of us! Hang on to those GOOD DAYS! Hang in there with us all. You are not alone....we all have had and have fears! I was once told " FEAR KNOCKED, FAITH ANSWERED and nobody was THERE! " Hope this helps you! Antoinette and family of FIVE SCD 2/06 (ADD, ADHD, ASD, celiac, malabsorption, leaky gut, multiple food intolerances, hyperekplexia and more healing when no other way worked...all of us) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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