Welcome to week 11 of my diary series, starting Monday 15th
May 2017.
I literally can’t believe I am already on week 11 of this
series! Time really does go so quickly.
All Things Blog
Some of my more avid readers have hopefully noticed that I
have been blogging a lot less this past month or so. I’m not sure why. I was
enjoying the blog so much and was so excited and passionate about the whole
thing. Now it feels like I have lost my blogging mojo and I seem to have hit a
wall of doubt.
I think most bloggers experience this and as my natural
tendency is to fear what others think, it has maybe made this worse for me.
The initial novelty wore off for some readers, which is
perfectly understandable, I just then let the doubts creep in. ‘Are people
really interested?’ ‘Am I good enough?’ ‘What do I know about fashion anyway?’
‘Am I just making a fool of myself?’
You get the idea.
I am going to persist though as I know deep down how much
this means to me and how much I can enjoy it.
Life, Health and Food
This week I had kept my diary completely clear so I could do
a detox. Whilst my diet hasn’t been bad this year so far, I felt it could be
better. I had noticed my skin was getting worse, both on my face with spots and
on other parts of my body with red itchy patches. My nails were weak, my hair
was dry, my tongue was often covered with a yellow coating etc.
All signs my body is far from its best.
I read recently about detox baths and decided to incorporate
these into my routine. I started them this week, initially I am having one
daily. As I am using this method to detox it made sense to also try detoxing
through my diet.
Last year when I did the candida diet it didn’t improve my
fatigue immediately (I noticed improvements after around three months) yet it
did improve my skins, nails etc.
I figure its common sense that if I am to have any hope of
recovering from my CFS my body needs to be the best it can be and that starts
with diet.
Good diet is also linked with better mental health and a
better ability to deal with stress.
As I discussed in a previous post, here, the problem is
deciding what a healthy diet exactly is.
Due to my past success with the candida diet I decided to
try it again and started on Monday. The first week of the diet is a detox phase
and allows only non-starchy vegetables and eggs. I followed this until Friday.
It was much easier than last time and my diet clearly is reasonably ok as I got
no symptoms of detoxing.
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| Stir Fry and Eggs |
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| Spicy Vegetables and Eggs |
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| Aubergine and Red Pepper Dip |
Due to the lack of symptoms I think it is clear
candida isn’t a problem for me. So, I spent most of Friday debating what to do
next. Continue onto phase two of the candida diet or try something new that may
help my CFS more than that did?
I have heard of several people who have recovered from
chronic conditions by turning to a gluten free diet and a vegan diet. So that
is what I decided to try. So as of Saturday, I have been eating a gluten free
vegan diet.
I know that to many of you this will seem mad and
unnecessary and maybe even a bad idea. I’ve already been told that I will have
no energy, could end up anaemic etc. Whilst I appreciate the concern and would
hate for that to end I also need your understanding.
I feel ill daily.
Yes, I cope, I look ok, I probably seem fine to anyone who
meets me. But underneath I will be feeling exhausted and achy and probably
foggy headed. Doctors can’t help me, no one can. So, I must help myself, and
that means trial and error and endless research on the internet. Sometimes I
may get it wrong yet one time I will hopefully get it right.
As for my other health this week, due to the detox I had
little energy and used most of it cooking so I barely left the house apart from
school runs. So, when on Friday I went to a supermarket I found myself feeling
very anxious driving and anxious in the shop too. This goes to show that I must
keep going out and visiting shops etc. as the more I do it the easier it
generally becomes.
My mood has been lower this week too and for a few weeks now
I have had less enthusiasm for many things, it hadn’t occurred to me until this
week that had been the case but it’s a warning sign and I am taking note of
that now and trying to turn things around.
I’m not sure this post sounds overly positive this week! It
is though as making the decision to make this diet change feels very positive.
I think I will do a post on my detox as that may be interesting
to people. I will also probably do a post on how I am finding my new diet.
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| Black Bean Chilli |
I literally have about 100 post ideas and now just need to
find the time and enthusiasm to write them. Blogging mojo return to me please.
Remember to come back for next week’s diary.
Thank you reading.
Kelly x
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