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6/7/2017 10:13:05 PM | Hello Everybody, I've been posting kind of a lot lately, but haven't done a progress update in a while...so here it is. I'm better...quite a bit better...I've even seemed to have turned a corner this last month. It hasn't been fast...never fast enough...but definitely a difference...and a pretty big difference this last month. As we all know this thing manifests in cycles...and I'm beginning to think mine's about a month in length. In any case, I've noticed that things get worse for me around the beginning of the month and these awful and painful purge-fests are always followed by feeling quite a bit better almost immediately afterward...and the biggest "better" I'll notice is some real progress with the skin issues which is great because that's the part that drives me the crazy-est. It hasn't come free and it hasn't come easy...it's been a full on attack with every method I can scrape together including and especially the protocol and diet. However...like Mel says...it does get better. Slow and steady DOES win the race. Lol...well...in my case, slow and steady is slowly and steadily getting me better...but a lot better this month for sure. I'm finally starting to gain some weight too. I'm 5'5" and I'd gotten down to 114 at my lowest. I always thought I'd love being that skinny but I did NOT. That weight was just too thin for me and I looked sick because I was so sick at the time. Now I'm up to 129. I told my friends this morning that I think that's evidence of the fact that I'm getting better because I've been eating the same way I was when I was at 114. After reflecting on this statement, I realized that's not completely true. As a matter of fact, in elementary school vernacular, I could actually be termed as a "liar liar pants on fire." Here's what happened. I heard someone mention a few weeks ago in a conference call that she was able to eat the brand "So Delicious" coconut "ice cream" with no symptoms. After hearing that I almost ran to Whole Foods and looked to see if they carried that brand. They do! There's only ONE gram of sugar per serving. Unfortunately there are EIGHT grams of fat per serving...and there are four servings per quart. WAH!!! On top of that, each quart costs around $4.50. I'd actually gotten up to around 124 before discovering the "ice cream" but it was just amazing how quickly I found my way up to 129 after this delicious discovery. I've had...ahem...a "few" containers of this wonderful treat since I've heard of it. I don't experience any symptoms with it either...BUT...if I keep this up, I'm going to be fat and broke and soon...so the "So Delicious" needs to be put on hold for very special occasions. I'm not going to fault myself for having a bit of fun these last two or three weeks though...after being deprived for so long, it was fun to enjoy something (sort of) guilt free for once...but that chapter ends today. Once I ditch the "ice cream" and go back to all the vegetables, I'll make that last five pounds go away. The 114 was way too low...but 129 is getting too close to getting out of control...so bye bye "ice cream" from Whole Foods and hello (again) to more bags of pre-cut and pre-washed vegetables from Trader Joes. My best to each of you, Karen |
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