How Long Before I Can Start Adding Back Some Foods Posted: 04-18-06 01:12am
How long do you recommend before I start
adding a few of my favourite foods back
into my diet. I know your meant to just
try a little bit and see how your body
reacts.
Ive been on this diet for 4 monthns now,
and feel alot better, iv'e only had 1
major crash wich was after a huge night
drinking a bottle of vodka.
The other day I drank 1 beer and felt no
symptoms at all, and I also ate a tiny bit
of chocolate for easter and felt
nothing.
My plan is still to pretty much avoid all
sugar accept for a few little treats here
and there
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1636 Location: ,
Posted: 04-18-06 20:21pm
If you're actually experiencing no
symptoms from eating those things now, you
may be okay, but this means you can only
eat them in moderation. Remember that it
can take up to four days for a reaction to
occur, or up to a week or so for your body
to go back into the mode of secreting too
much insulin. Best thing to do is
carefully take it. Say, eat a meal, and
then have whatever you are thinking of.
You should totally be avoiding alcohol and
candy, but if you seem to be okay with it,
still follow the same rule. This is,
only have a small amount. Wait to see
what it does. That's all you can do.
Don't overdo it, of course.
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1636 Location: ,
Posted: 04-18-06 20:28pm
Out of curiosity, because you seem to have
gotten better pretty quickly, what have
you been eating? I thought you've only
been on the diet for a month or so.
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stumars
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 69
Posted: 04-18-06 22:41pm
Ive been on the diet since january 2nd so
its been quiet a while.
I have been eating the following,
breakfast - brown rice puffs 100% organic
nothing added, with a sliced pear or
peach, and milk.
Snacks iv'e been eating nuts such as
almonds and cashews, other snacks have
been rice crackers with a tiny bit of
peanut butter. Celery carrot and cheese
or hommus as well. Another is lite
strawberry youghurt wich has a the lowest
sugar level I could find out of
youghurts.
Lunch I usually have just a salad or
sandwich, or sometimes gluten free pasta
with some chicken.
Dinner I usally eat heaps of vegetables,
beans broccoli, peas, with either pan
fried fish or steak. Soemtimes spaghetti
bolagnise
late night snack I might eat some more
nuts or hommus.
I still sometimes have symptoms like minor
shakes and chest palipations, but I havnt
had any of the major ones like I used to
get all the time such as dizziness,
blurred speach, and feeling very faint.
The only time I get some of those old
symtpoms back is when I have a long day at
work and sometimes miss some snacks and
meals, but thats only once a week. When I
have my regular snacks and meals I feel
pretty good.
I just got back from a 5 day camping trip
and to my suprise it went perfect, no
symtpoms the whole trip, execpt a headache
on the last day.
I find as long as im eating every 2-3hrs
im fine, even sometimes if one of those
snacks has a bit of sugar in it, like a
muesli bar or some fruit. I think my body
is finally starting to handle a tiny bit
of sugar here and there.
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1636 Location: ,
Posted: 04-19-06 09:05am
Sounds like it man, awesome. I'm pretty
much where you are right now too, I only
have minor things here and there, nothing
major, and they typically only last a few
minutes. The only thing I suggest is try
to keep as regular as possible, when you
have no symptoms, try to start extending
the time between meals.
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stumars
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 69
Posted: 04-20-06 05:12am
Yeah thanks alot for everything
without this site and ur advice i'd still
be feeling bad. Thanks heaps hopefully I
can now pass on information to help
others.
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1636 Location: ,
Posted: 04-20-06 07:30am
Here's the last question I have for you.
Have you been keeping your carbohydrates
within a certain limit every day? Or
have you been varying it? Also, do you
try to keep the same level with every meal
or do you variate throughout the day?
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stumars
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 69
Posted: 04-21-06 01:07am
Umm I dont usually count my carb levels, I
just try not to eat to many. And I would
vary from meal to meal.
Lately ive been so damn hungry, I try to
start adding longer gaps between meals,
but my body is so used to getting food
every 2 hrs or so I ust cant do it. I
guess ill just keep with the 2-3hr meal
plan like iv'e been doing
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1636 Location: ,
Posted: 04-21-06 08:50am
Try to wait until symptoms seem pretty
much gone before extending time. When
you do, do it in moderate amounts. Eat
every 2 1/2 hours and then every 3 and so
on. Do it week by week. If it takes a
month to adjust to an extra half hour,
wait, then add more time.
