Day Five

After this week I will be probably be posting every two weeks or so unless something significant happens worth documenting.  But I wanted to post more often this first week and am happy to say how easy this diet has been to follow so far!  No cravings, no withdrawals, etc.  Although, when my body is flaring it feels pretty "flu-like" anyway so I'm not sure I would know the difference. :)

I have discovered, after further research, that there are some contradictions out there about what is allowed and not allowed to eat on this protocol.  For example, some sites list nuts and oatmeal as acceptable to eat and other sites say to avoid them.  My decision on this is to err on the side of caution and eliminate them at least for awhile.  There are also some cookbooks that allow pure maple syrup and some other sweeteners that I've decided to stay away from for a period of time.   I would like to keep my blood sugar as level as I can without spiking it up (and then inevitably down) for the first few months.

No significant changes in how I feel.  But I will point out (sorry if this is TMI) that I am peeing and peeing and peeing!!  I'm assuming that I am getting rid of a lot of "bloat" from all of that holiday eating.  But holy cow. 

One thing I also learned is to take a bath with Epsom salts and baking soda to draw out more toxins.  Since it's below zero outside this evening, a nice hot bath with candles and soothing music sounds pretty good!

Again, I will be sharing some recipes and lessons learned as I go along.  And as I also learn to navigate this blog! :)