Re:Hello from a newbie who's anxious about trying post-intro legal food

[Guest guest]

Hi Grace,

Welcome to the group. I'm so glad for you that you found the diet

relatively quickly after you were so sick, though I'm sure it didn't

seem that way. But some of us went decades (almost 30 years for me)

before finding it. I wish I could say, here is the magic list of

foods that won't bother you after Intro, but unfortunately, we all

have to try things slowly and carefully, and find out. Don't feel

guilty about this or as though you are failure. You aren't. If squash

doesn't work right now, OK, fine, it may be perfectly OK later. My

suggestion would be to try first things that you at least think you

get along with OK. Or in other words, what I guess I really mean is,

don't try something you are pretty sure you have trouble with just

because it's legal. I can't really advise about the dairy. For

myself, i'm 15 months now on the diet and still can't do dairy. I

tried it earlier in the year (and eggs) and thought they were OK and

really loved them until I had to admit, no, not yet. So I'm back

just to chicken for my protein again. I actually don't have a single

food that I can think of that I can eat now that I couldn't eat when

I started. But I can eat more of the chicken (up to 2 oz a serving

now) and I have a lot less gut trouble most of the time, so things

are better even if my food list is still pretty limited. Don't think

all the rest of us are eating everything on the legal list; we mostly are not.

Just take it slowly, maybe the lower carb veggies like green beans

and zucchini, things like that, VERY well cooked, would be the place

to start. And keep a good food diary so you can tell what's

happening. It really is impossible to figure out otherwise.

[Guest guest]

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Thanks!! I agree, I am very lucky to have stumbled across this diet and the

forum so early after my acute symptoms began. Those 30 years must have been

extremely difficult- did you have to have surgeries or go on remicade/prednizone

to try to help your symptoms?

BTW, I found out about the SCD on the CCFA website. Even though the CCFA isn't

super positive about the diet, they're not outright negative either. Their

mention of it made me curious enough to seek more info. And thank *goodness* for

this group.

I didn't get up the gumption to try green beans yesterday, but I do have some in

the fridge and plan to make " baby food " out of them for my first try, as

suggested by the group.

The portion issue is so important! Last night I got too excited about the

banana-egg 'pancakes' and had 5 instead of 3. The stomach rumbling started

almost right away, and today I felt the effects in the bathroom! This is really

going to teach me self-discipline.

> Or in other words, what I guess I really mean is, don't try

> something you are pretty sure you have trouble with just

> because it's legal.

I'll keep that in mind... foods that worked for me before the diagnosis are more

likely to work now, and vice versa. The dairy is a huge question mark for me,

and I might have to come to grips with the fact that dairy and eggs aren't

options right now.

> I actually don't have a single

> food that I can think of that I can eat now that I couldn't eat when

> I started. But I can eat more of the chicken (up to 2 oz a serving

> now) and I have a lot less gut trouble most of the time, so things

> are better even if my food list is still pretty limited. Don't think

> all the rest of us are eating everything on the legal list; we mostly are not.

I'm sorry to hear that, but it's good to know. Learning that you and others have

a list of legal foods that just don't work helps me envision myself staying on

the diet even if I can't eat a wide variety of food (which is a good

possibility). I may have gotten carried away by the " super success stories " ,

thinking that if I'm not like that, this isn't the diet for me. I'm thankful to

everyone for sharing their experiences.

Did you lose a lot of weight over the years, or how are you maintaining your

weight? A few days ago I realized that I've been eating more than I can handle

because others were, understandably, expressing concern about my weight loss.

However, I'd rather lose 5 or 10 more pounds than force-feed myself and

experience the bad effects. I'm definitely not dangerously low weight, and the

weight loss has slowed since I started the diet. Hopefully, if I can handle

almond butter or avocados, that will help maintain my weight without having to

rely so much on the yogurt and eggs.

Grace

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> Hi Grace,

> Welcome to the group. I'm so glad for you that you found the diet

> relatively quickly after you were so sick, though I'm sure it didn't

> seem that way. But some of us went decades (almost 30 years for me)

> before finding it. I wish I could say, here is the magic list of

> foods that won't bother you after Intro, but unfortunately, we all

> have to try things slowly and carefully, and find out. Don't feel

> guilty about this or as though you are failure. You aren't. If squash

> doesn't work right now, OK, fine, it may be perfectly OK later. My

> suggestion would be to try first things that you at least think you

> get along with OK. Or in other words, what I guess I really mean is,

> don't try something you are pretty sure you have trouble with just

> because it's legal. I can't really advise about the dairy. For

> myself, i'm 15 months now on the diet and still can't do dairy. I

> tried it earlier in the year (and eggs) and thought they were OK and

> really loved them until I had to admit, no, not yet. So I'm back

> just to chicken for my protein again. I actually don't have a single

> food that I can think of that I can eat now that I couldn't eat when

> I started. But I can eat more of the chicken (up to 2 oz a serving

> now) and I have a lot less gut trouble most of the time, so things

> are better even if my food list is still pretty limited. Don't think

> all the rest of us are eating everything on the legal list; we mostly are not.

>

> Just take it slowly, maybe the lower carb veggies like green beans

> and zucchini, things like that, VERY well cooked, would be the place

> to start. And keep a good food diary so you can tell what's

> happening. It really is impossible to figure out otherwise.

>

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