diet report #1
The sugar cravings in the past two days have escalated. Thankfully, Atkins protein bars taste so bad that it’s taken me three days to consume the first one.
Last week I’d bought a handful of those bars, anticipating sugar cravings associated with the diet itself and PMS.
I’d like to state for the record that sucralose tastes NASTY.
I’d also like to state for the record that I am NOT on an Atkins Diet. I only bought some of the protein bars because they don’t contain sugar.
On the yeast-free diet, it is suggested to limit one’s carb intake to 15 grams per meal, but I find that damned near impossible. So I’ve just been paying attention to the carbs and limiting as much as possible, but I’m not going through induction.
The yeast-free diet is nothing like the Atkins diet at all, which I mockingly call the “cheese and meat” diet. I’m quite opposed to the Atkins diet, as I’ve seen several friends go on that diet, and within a year come off the diet and gain all the weight and then some back.
And anyway, the yeast-free diet isn’t a weight loss diet like Atkins is. The yeast-free diet is to purge the body of yeast/fungus overgrowth which has led to other illnesses in the body. It’s a means of detoxification and healing.
I hope to heal up my foot fungus issues, the eczema on some of my fingers and the half-dollar-sized rash on my chest - all which haven’t gone away since 2001.
I honestly blame the usage of anti-depressants back then for the yeast overgrowth. It took me until this year to figure out that all the above conditions were linked. Once I linked them all and went back in time as to how long I’ve had these issues, the only thing I could pin it on was the SSRI’s. I searched rxlist.com for all three of the SSRI’s I’d been on between 2000 and 2002, and sure enough, all of them listed eczema and dermatitis as side effects, but only the Paxil listed fungal dermatitis as an additional side effect. There’s the culprit. I was on Paxil for months.
I have been off SSRI’s and anxiety medications since 2002. The only medication I take is for my monthly pain, and when my back goes out.
Of course, the big thing I’m hoping for in this diet is that the menstrual pain subsides, but I’ve come to realise after doing my research on the yeast-overgrowth is that while it lends to one’s menstrual pain, it’s not the cause of it, unless I’ve had yeast overgrowth since age 15, which I haven’t. My feet and hands and chest were fine and pretty until 2001, for example.
I’ve got so many negative things to say about SSRIs and the Atkins diet today. They deserve it. Bastards.
Anyway, back to food stuff in general:
I bought sugar free Westsoy soymilk, both regular and vanilla. The vanilla is tasty and does the trick in making me think I’m drinking something sugary.
(I also did a taste test of Westsoy sugar free regular soymilk and Trader Joe’s sugar free soymilk, and they both taste nearly identical. So I’m making the switch from rice milk, which has a high carb content, back to soymilk for awhile).
There’s also Crystal Geyser brand flavoured carbonated water - purportedly sugar free. It’s good but tastes sinful so I dunno if it’s truly sugar free or not. ;)
It lists as ingredients “fruit juice essence”, which if I have it right is a fine distillation of fruit juice, removing the pulp and keeping the flavour in a fine spray that’s injected into the beverage along with the carbonation process.
Being as I’m not supposed to have fruit right now either, I wonder if drinking Crystal Geyser is okay or not…
What I’m really craving are baked goods. I could really go for some cookies and cake, and some biscuits and gravy, please!!!
And then I want eight pints of Ben & Jerry’s Vermonty Python ice cream. And I also want four bags of “Natural” Cheetos. Oh and I’d love a couple pounds of Ghirardelli or Sees or Sanders or Lindt milk chocolate!
aiiiieeeee….