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Post by jaye on Dec 9, 2011 11:02:16 GMT -5
Anyone else do this?
So I changed my diet... a lot! I started making healthier changes back in April but didn't really get to 100% until the end of August. Since then, I've added in bone broth and fermented foods so I am still slightly tweaking it. I NEVER cheat. No alcohol, no caffeine. I even recently gave up dark chocolate to totally drop all hints of added dairy and sugar.
I can feel that my body is healing. I can see it in my temp charts and feel the improvement in decreased pain days each month.
BUT, I really expected that when I changed my diet, I would see a turn-around in my symptoms like in a month, then I thought 3 months. lol
Now, I'm online reading about how other people cured their chronic diseases with diet and usually it's 6 months, sometimes a year and a half.
I'm coming to the realization that when we suggest people make diet changes to resolve their symptoms, telling people to try it for a few weeks might not be enough.
For ladies that cured themselves, how long did it take? Was it what you expected? I realize that ladies that have cured themselves are probably not hanging around this forum any longer. So if you are getting better, is it taking the amount of time you expected?
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Post by JC on Dec 9, 2011 16:40:48 GMT -5
I realize that ladies that have cured themselves are probably not hanging around this forum any longer. Funny you say this. I brought up this topic with a professor once about how the types of people who join support groups are the ones that have medicine fail them and are searching for answers. I often wonder if a lot of medical treatments actually work but we just don't hear about it because those people don't join support groups. Anyways, when I changed my diet it took about a month to notice that my symptoms were gone. It's good that you didn't give up on the diet after not seeing changes right away. We're all different. I wish more people would give diet modifications a shot because it really does work. It's just really difficult and people often get discouraged when they don't see immediate results. I'm glad you posted this
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Post by Heather on Dec 9, 2011 17:23:56 GMT -5
I think the point of telling people to try it for a few weeks is so they can see for themselves if those kinds of restrictions would even be feasible for them. Some people can't do it, for a lot of reasons, and if after a few weeks they find that it's too expensive/too time consuming/whatever, at least they tried.
I wouldn't go so far as to call it a cure. It's like taking a maintenance drug--if you stop, the symptoms will probably return. But I have noticed a huge difference in my quality of life since starting the diet 2 years ago.
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Post by jaye on Dec 9, 2011 17:51:13 GMT -5
[quote author=jenaya board=diet thread=5282 post=74326 time=1323466848 Anyways, when I changed my diet it took about a month to notice that my symptoms were gone. It's good that you didn't give up on the diet after not seeing changes right away. We're all different. I wish more people would give diet modifications a shot because it really does work. It's just really difficult and people often get discouraged when they don't see immediate results. I'm glad you posted this [/quote] Yes - I forgot to give Karen a big shout out(!) for inspiring me to start temping. During those first months of incremental progress, the changes in my charts kept me going.
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Post by jaye on Dec 9, 2011 18:01:16 GMT -5
I think the point of telling people to try it for a few weeks is so they can see for themselves if those kinds of restrictions would even be feasible for them. Some people can't do it, for a lot of reasons, and if after a few weeks they find that it's too expensive/too time consuming/whatever, at least they tried. Yes - I see your point on this but it would be nice to let women know that maybe they shouldn't expect immediate results. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a cure. It's like taking a maintenance drug--if you stop, the symptoms will probably return. But I have noticed a huge difference in my quality of life since starting the diet 2 years ago. The cure question seems like semantics. I don't think the Standard american diet is normal or healthy anymore. An analogy would be if I jumped out of my house each morning from my second story window and complained because I was always bruised or had broken bones. The cure in that scenario is to stop the abusive behavior of jumping out the window. I definitely agree with you that you can't stop eating right. I will always eat this way, now, and I feel awesome about that! By the way, Heather, how long did it take for your symptoms to go away once you started the diet?
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Post by Heather on Dec 9, 2011 20:55:49 GMT -5
My symptoms are not fully gone, but they are much more manageable than they were. It's really hard for me to say because at the time I started it, I was not having a period (Lybrel), I didn't have really bad daily pain, and the sex pain seemed to be about the same. Maybe 2-3 months if I had to guess, for them to become manageable.
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Post by Karen on Dec 10, 2011 9:35:51 GMT -5
Amazing what those temp charts will show us, huh? I can see the changes when I tweak my hormones, it's pretty cool! Glad it's been useful to you, too! For me, I felt the changes in my diet immediately. Within a few days, I could feel a lack of pain. Mind you, it wasn't gone, but it was pretty obvious to me that my changes in food had something to do with it. For me, that's why I tell people to at least try it for a few weeks. Some may see immediate changes, some may take a bit longer, but it's totally worth sticking to it! I think disease is our body's way of telling us something isn't right. There are some things that are out of our control - like genetics or some pollutants, but why not take control of the things that we can? I totally get your analogy about jumping out of a window every day and then complaining that you hurt! I started making changes 2 or 2.5 years ago, but was pretty flexible with things. I made much more drastic changes a little over a year ago after getting some food sensitivity testing done. When I eliminated a few more foods that were on that list, I didn't look back! I still cheat in small ways here and there, but luckily, my body doesn't react as strongly anymore, if at all. It's pretty cool to see the progression! I know some people look at me weird for being so picky about what I eat and drink, but at the end of the day, it makes me feel better and makes me feel so much more in control of my health. Even thought I'm not where I want to be just yet, I had no idea that the changes I've made to date could ever get me as far as I could. I'm with some of the others in that I don't feel 'healed', but I sure as hell feel a whole lot healthier. Like you, it took me a lot longer than I had hoped, but if you look at the whole timeline of our lives, this is relatively a short amount of time!
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Post by jaye on Dec 10, 2011 10:07:14 GMT -5
2-3 months isn't too shabby, Heather! It sucks that it didn't all go away, but that's cool that it's much more manageable.
Heather and Karen - your posts reminded me that I did get an immediate change back in April when I started supplementing with Fish oil. My period turned into a totally different animal. That is probably what convinced me that diet changes are where it's at. It's just taking sooo long to get these terrible pain days in check.
"Like you, it took me a lot longer than I had hoped, but if you look at the whole timeline of our lives, this is relatively a short amount of time!"
Amen, Karen!
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