1 year on SCD

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Today is 1 year since I started SCD.

It has been a strange year. Lots of frustration and it has

been many times I just wanted to quit because I have had so many flares..

But I have made it for 1 year now. And I’m SO much better. I’m

on my way out of the last flare and not everything is ”perfect”. Bu teven then

I am better then before I started.

I started SCD and I said to my self that I will take it

slowly.

I thought that after 6 months I would have been eating

several vegetables, fruit, nuts (so I can make my nut bread!).

Well.. After 6 months I have had 2 bad flares, I have been

back to intro several times. I was eating 6 very very soft vegetable, no fruit

and no nuts.

In the beginnging I always asked ”how long before I can eat

xxx” ”how long do I need to boil broccoli” ”when can I try xxx”?

Someone always answered me (thanks to those people).

After I while I realized that SCD is personal. What works

for me don’t work to the girl next door. When I asked ”how long do I need to

boil broccoli” someone said they boiled it 15 minutes. I needed to boil it 45

minutes before I could digest it. Now, 1 year after I still boil it 45 minutes.

I asked lots about fruit. Because I wanted to eat fruit! But

after I while I accepted that my stomach don’t like fruit.

After I while I realized that the stages on pecanbread is a

guide. Only intro is for everyone and time based.

I could eat broccoli (stage 3) 5 months before I could eat

zucchini (stage 1). I can eat raw blueberries, but I can’t eat pear sauce.

In the begining I wanted to reduce cooking time for my

veggies. Everytime I tried to boil then shorter I got bad. So I accepted that I

need to boil them so long. And then it was easier to look forword..

I did take it very slow in the beginning. Maybe to slow? I

don’t know.. But I think it was the right for me. After 10 months I was eating

8 vegetables, meat, some fish and egg.

E wrote to me ”you are amazing”. I printed that out on

a large paper and put it over my macbook. Everytime I was angry at the diet I

looked up and read it. Over and over again. It helped me

I felt like I made food all day. The last 2 months I have

only made boiled food 1 times a day. I make one large batch of vegetable to

every dinner and the veggies I don’t eat for dinner I put in the frigde and eat

to breakfast and lunch. The same with meat. I always make extra meat and put in

the freezer. Then I taw it before I eat it. When I do it this way I can eat

several types of meat every day and I don’t need to use so long time at the

kitchen!

For everyone who have just started:

Its a hard journey. Sometimes you wish you didn’t start. But

after a while, when thing has setteled down and you see results you will love

it!