I woke up feeling much better than the last three mornings. I had pretty a decent amount of energy until noon when I could tell my body started having the die-off effect. It's so weird that you can tell when its happening...it's such a strange experience. Andy called me crazy when I described it to him, so obviously not everyone feels it the same way, but I can literally feel it. I get warm, like I'm having a hot flash, and my skin starts to tingle and then slowly increases until it becomes uncomfortable and then it just dies off like someone is letting out the air of a blown-up ballon. I get really tired and irritable--it's like you don't even have control over your own emotions. Andy and I have been kind of bickering with each other as a result and I have to keep reminding myself that its the detox talking. We were talking about it at supper and we both have ups and downs throughout the day. When we're tired, we're exhausted, and when we have energy it feels so amazing! I haven't actually craved anything sweet after the first day...which is a shocker. The food is okay, it's not great, but it's not bad either. I added sauerkraut this morning and I have never been a big fan of it--but it tasted so good! Another shocker. My biggest complaint is that the whole process is just messy! I feel like my kitchen is one big greasy, mushy, mess...all day.
Vienna is doing great. You can really see her ups and downs throughout the day, but she is handling it well and eating pretty good. She still doesn't like broth, it's like pulling teeth to get her to drink any if her meal is not a soup. She absolutely loved the butternut squash soup we had for breakfast and she enjoyed spooning some kefir on top of it. She loves to be involved in food prep, if she can help prepare her own meal she eats it much better. She still is particularly liking the sauerkraut and kefir.
We introduced raw egg yolk today, and oh...my...gosh...it made soup taste amazing!!! All of us loved it! I think Andy liked it the most--and he was the most leery about trying it. Vienna thought it was so cool to help put her egg yolk in her soup--in which she chowed down the whole bowl. I really enjoyed the richness it added to the soup...such a good flavor! I'm looking forward to having more tomorrow.
Day 5:
Totally had a meltdown today. I think we're experiencing every symptom of the detox...extreme irritability, tiredness, foggy brain, etc, etc, etc. And I'm just tired of it. I'm tired of cleaning, I'm tired of mushy food, I'm tired of seeing myself, Andy and our daughter go through ups and downs all day in terms of our emotional state and functionality. I've wanted to throw in the towel almost daily, yet, daily I've been so encouraged to see that this is actually working. It sucks to feel like this, and see my family like this, but at the same time it gives me encouragement that what we're doing is not in vain and is working. So even though its hard, and messy, I'm not giving up yet. We haven't gone through the last five days for nothing. There'd be no point in quitting now.
We added ghee today. Super yum! I've had it before but am really appreciating the way its flavoring the food now! It seems like each day we're making our soup, cooked veggies and meats taste much yummier! I'm not craving the food, but when I actually sit down to eat it it tastes pretty good to me. And we all looked forward to our egg yolks in our soup today. Haha! At this point the food isn't an issue for us...it's the emotional part of this diet. It's taking it's toll!
Day 6:
I am so impressed with Vienna and her coping capability of these last few days. She's had rough patches throughout the day but she is doing so good--after that second day when she refused to eat, she has only asked for other foods a handful of times and hasn't put up much fuss about not getting it. Everyday I can see her like the food a bit more and more. She loves to help put together her own meal and if that's what's going to make her eat it...then heck, I'm going to let her help. She is devouring glasses of kefir and bowls of sauerkraut. She's obsessed with squash, she loves the egg in her soup. I've had the trickiest time trying to get her to eat meat (she's never been a fan) but today and yesterday she was excited about some simmered beef patties I made and totally downed the meat in her bowl.
Besides the emotional ups and downs, I am beginning to feel like I have a handle on this a little better. Its not as overwhelming as it was even two days ago...and I am really appreciating the natural flavor in these foods. We seem to be trucking through these stages fairly efficiently, for which I am thankful for so far. I'm not sure what's recommended, I think it depends on each person, their condition and their body--thankfully we've had no reactions to anything we've added...we've had, of course, lots of stock, meat, veggies, sauerkraut/its juice, kefir, homemade yogurt, lots of animal fat, coconut oil, egg yolk, and ghee. Tonight we're going to add a cod liver oil supplement and tomorrow I'm planning to move onto stage 3. We're all really looking forward to feeling a bit of relief...hopefully soon. They say the first week of detoxing is the hardest, and we're all still feeling its effects today...I'm hopeful things will get better soon!
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