Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Hi Misha, Well you are nursing a 3 month old and have 2 little kids. When mine were that age I was in a constant fog. I think you are changing your diet while also going through all the hormonal changes after childbirth and nursing an infant. It would be hard to pinpoint which is which. Die off would be a possibility, along with a gut-brain connection. Starting SCD was really emotional for me. I spent a lot of time cooking and also wondering if I would ever get some of my favorite foods back. I was able to add coffee back after 10-11 months on SCD, but you may be able to do this sooner. The one thing that stands out from your food list is not many fruits or vegetables. They are a good source of healthy carbs for energy (you have cut out a lot of carbs with SCD) and fiber which helps with stools. I started out with cooked, peeled, seeded fruits and vegetables, and even pureed them if I did not tolerate them at first. These are what I tolerated right away: very ripe bananas, cooked apples and cooked apples and pears together, and baked acorn squash with butter and honey on it. I was also able to tolerate nut butters fairly early, and a good one was putting pecans in a food processor and grinding them until they were smooth and buttery. A great dessert was dripped SCD yogurt with banana or cooked apples and nut butter. I actually had to cut back because of weight gain on this, but it is a good energy source for nursing. Try adding these slowly and also eating more frequently with nursing because it takes a lot out of you. SCD was a cyclic thing for me with generally (thankfully) an upward trend, but the beginning involves a lot of changes and takes getting used to. PJ > > When I first started SCD with the intro diet (on 6/18/10), aside from > feeling hungry a lot I felt GREAT--tons of energy, even if my kids didn't > sleep so well. But after about 5 days of feeling great my energy has gotten > lower and lower, and now some days I just feel foggy and fatigued all the > time, and super cranky. I can't tell whether this is a die-off effect or if > I'm missing some kind of crucial nutrient because my diet is so limited. I'm > now at stage one, having just introduced cooked spinach a couple days ago. > (I mentioned in a different post that I had to start over because when I > first moved to stage 1 I introduced too many foods too fast; my second start > with intro was on 6/28.) I'm still having issues with constipation (minor > reprieve yesterday, but it wasn't a great BM--not diarrhea, but very small > and sticky, so not what I'd consider good; I was having really good BMs when > I first started intro, for about 5 consecutive days). > > My current diet consists of: SCD yogurt, farmers cheese, eggs, ground beef, > broiled fish, chicken soup or roast chicken, cooked pureed carrots and > cooked pureed spinach. And gelatin made with Welch's grape juice. And I > drink a lot of water (nursing). > > Last night I made roast chicken for dinner and did feel really good after > that--very clear-headed and my energy went up, but today it's back to > fogginess and fatigue. (I also didn't sleep much last night because of the > kids--2 1/2-year-old is refusing to sleep in her bed, and 3-mo-old just kept > waking up.) I miss coffee... > > Also, I just wanted to express my gratitude for this listserve and all the > encouragement you all give! Not just to my posts, but for everyone's, it is > really great. I don't think I could do this without all your support, so > thank you! > > misha > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 At 12:09 PM 7/2/2010, you wrote: Also, I just wanted to express my gratitude for this listserve and all the encouragement you all give! Not just to my posts, but for everyone's, it is really great. I don't think I could do this without all your support, so thank you! That's what we're here for! If you have a small one, it would be easy not to, but I strongly recommend keeping a food diary, writing down everything you eat, and what the results, gut-wise and how you feel generally are. It's amazing how much better paper and pencil is at happing you spot trends than our notoriously unreliable memories. Especially when dealing with brain fog! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Yes, I've been keeping a religious food diary since 5/30 of this year (so before I started SCD): everything in and everything out, also whether I exercise and for how long, etc. I've done this in the past and wasn't ever able to detect any consistent patterns, but I also wasn't following SCD and was not very methodical about eating only certain foods for several days at a time and then adding only one food at a time. So we'll see if this one reveals anything! Thanks,mishaOn Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote: At 12:09 PM 7/2/2010, you wrote: Also, I just wanted to express my gratitude for this listserve and all the encouragement you all give! Not just to my posts, but for everyone's, it is really great. I don't think I could do this without all your support, so thank you! That's what we're here for! If you have a small one, it would be easy not to, but I strongly recommend keeping a food diary, writing down everything you eat, and what the results, gut-wise and how you feel generally are. It's amazing how much better paper and pencil is at happing you spot trends than our notoriously unreliable memories. Especially when dealing with brain fog! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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