sunmountain
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Jennifer, I'm glad you mentioned sueq's post...I just read it. I've been doing the same thing for about a month -- low-fat, no/low starch.
I'm less scientific, though, so haven't crono'd it, except at beginning which showed too few calories, which I suspected, and is a constant struggle continuing.
Since there is no nonfat goat milk available, the almost quart of low-fat goat milk I drink daily is my main source of fat.
Protein is a challenge for me as I've gone back to mostly veggie, with white fish now and then. What I find on days when I have no starch and lots of milk and cottage cheese for protein and OJ and dried fruit for carbs is diarrhea.
Sometimes I crave beans and lentils, which I grew up on, and then I have them, so that gives some more protein. Yesterday, I made this quick-cooking lentil from childhood (after soaking it overnight), and with a T of CO mixed in plus seasonings, it was so good that I decided it's good for me at least for now and I'm going to have it more often as I need the protein.
After going mostly without starch for almost a month, and diarrhea almost a month, I've started having a small amount of starch now in the form of potatoes or white rice. For lunch today, I had lentils and about 3T cooked white rice, and within a couple of hours I was hungry again (yeah!!) and had about 10oz warm milk with tea in it in the afternoon.
I'm just really fed up with the diarrhea. If I have a bit of starch, I don't get the diarrhea. So maybe my body does better with low starch.
While rice and potatoes seem to digest quickly, I can't say the same for pasta, pizza, etc., so stay away from that.
Every time I eat starch, I pop 4 capsules of Allithiamine, which I feel speeds up digestion.
I guess the main worry right now is if reintroducing low starch will cause weight gain...I guess I'll find out. But the alternative is diarrhea, and I'm truly done with that.
I still don't know if I'm burning sugar yet or not. I'm eating less sugar than when I started, mainly for the sake of taste. I eat to taste now, and lately begun 1:1 sucrose:fructose instead of fructose only.
(I suspect "fructose malabsorption" as another possible reason for the diarrhea. Though to be scientific, I should go back to fructose-only while reintroducing low starch and see what happens. I guess that's what I will do.)
So after about of month of no/low starch and relatively low fat, I'm switching to low starch and staying low fat. And seeing if I gain weight.
As for my stomach, I've figured out it's sticking out for 2 reasons: it swells up after eating, and then there's the insulin-resistant fat around it. So that even after the swelling is down after digestion, it's still sticking out due to fat.
I'm also continuing 200mg caffeine pill in the morning with milk, and 15 drops K2. I tolerate the 200mg caffeine fine; in fact, I like it, it keeps me alert.
Occasionally I've started feeling a bit more energetic lately, like I want to do something physical. So that's why I'm looking into gentle yoga right now, as my knees still hurt going down steps.
I feel like the massage has been a big part of my recovery. I'm also feeling good after acupuncture...less achy. I can't wait to start yoga.
I'm less scientific, though, so haven't crono'd it, except at beginning which showed too few calories, which I suspected, and is a constant struggle continuing.
Since there is no nonfat goat milk available, the almost quart of low-fat goat milk I drink daily is my main source of fat.
Protein is a challenge for me as I've gone back to mostly veggie, with white fish now and then. What I find on days when I have no starch and lots of milk and cottage cheese for protein and OJ and dried fruit for carbs is diarrhea.
Sometimes I crave beans and lentils, which I grew up on, and then I have them, so that gives some more protein. Yesterday, I made this quick-cooking lentil from childhood (after soaking it overnight), and with a T of CO mixed in plus seasonings, it was so good that I decided it's good for me at least for now and I'm going to have it more often as I need the protein.
After going mostly without starch for almost a month, and diarrhea almost a month, I've started having a small amount of starch now in the form of potatoes or white rice. For lunch today, I had lentils and about 3T cooked white rice, and within a couple of hours I was hungry again (yeah!!) and had about 10oz warm milk with tea in it in the afternoon.
I'm just really fed up with the diarrhea. If I have a bit of starch, I don't get the diarrhea. So maybe my body does better with low starch.
While rice and potatoes seem to digest quickly, I can't say the same for pasta, pizza, etc., so stay away from that.
Every time I eat starch, I pop 4 capsules of Allithiamine, which I feel speeds up digestion.
I guess the main worry right now is if reintroducing low starch will cause weight gain...I guess I'll find out. But the alternative is diarrhea, and I'm truly done with that.
I still don't know if I'm burning sugar yet or not. I'm eating less sugar than when I started, mainly for the sake of taste. I eat to taste now, and lately begun 1:1 sucrose:fructose instead of fructose only.
(I suspect "fructose malabsorption" as another possible reason for the diarrhea. Though to be scientific, I should go back to fructose-only while reintroducing low starch and see what happens. I guess that's what I will do.)
So after about of month of no/low starch and relatively low fat, I'm switching to low starch and staying low fat. And seeing if I gain weight.
As for my stomach, I've figured out it's sticking out for 2 reasons: it swells up after eating, and then there's the insulin-resistant fat around it. So that even after the swelling is down after digestion, it's still sticking out due to fat.
I'm also continuing 200mg caffeine pill in the morning with milk, and 15 drops K2. I tolerate the 200mg caffeine fine; in fact, I like it, it keeps me alert.
Occasionally I've started feeling a bit more energetic lately, like I want to do something physical. So that's why I'm looking into gentle yoga right now, as my knees still hurt going down steps.
I feel like the massage has been a big part of my recovery. I'm also feeling good after acupuncture...less achy. I can't wait to start yoga.