As promised in a previous thread, here is my thread that will be dedicated to my progress on the SCD. Yesterday (Monday) was my first day on the diet and I decided to start out with the intro diet. I probably won't take any pics of my food for this week as you all know the intro diet is very limited and not all that exciting. I'm pretty sure everyone knows what boiled eggs look like lol. So for breakfast yesterday I had boiled eggs, lunch was two beef patties, and dinner was baked tilapia. My morning started out typical and I had a BM as soon as I got up. I had cramping and D throughout the day but I'm sure that was due to the meal I had Sunday night before I went on the diet. At lunchtime I was only able to eat half of one beef pattie as my stomach would not allow me to eat more. As the day went on however, I noticed my stomach started feeling better and by the time I got home from work I felt pretty good. For the rest of the afternoon I had NO BM's and I was able to eat my dinner pain free.
This morning when I got up I didn't have a BM aaannnndd (I know this is TMI but I'm so excited) I actually passed gas without poo coming out with it!! Nothing but straight air :ybiggrin: lol. So far I've had no cramps today and I ate boiled eggs again for breakfast with no problems. It's 10:45 a.m. my time and I've yet to have a BM. For lunch I am having some chicken soup I made last night, but I'm not sure if I'm eating that for dinner or some more tilapia.
Speaking of the chicken soup....How the heck am I supposed to separate the chicken and the carrots from the rest of the veggies and not get any of the other veggies mixed in. That was impossible and very time consuming. I hope the few onions and celery that got in the soup don't make that big of a difference. I also tried making the gelatin last night and it was a disaster. The consistency was great but the taste was HORRIBLE. I think it was the saccharine I added. I will probably try it again and leave that out next time.
Anyway, things are going good so far. I'm not attributing it all to SCD as I've only been on it one and a half days. Most likely the Pentasa I've been taking for the last month is finally kicking in. But I know this is helping too just from remembering how bad I felt when I ate some of the illegal foods before. The only bad thing right now is that I don't have a lot of energy, but I read in PartlyCloudy's thread that she was tired and this is typical of the first few days/weeks on SCD. I'm already a little bored with eating the same thing and can't wait for the intro diet to be over so I can start experimenting with veggies/etc. Cravings have not really been bad yet. I even made fried fish and cheese rice for my kids yesterday and it didn't bother me. My husband is doing the diet with me and eventually I will have my kids doing most of it simply because it is a healthier way of eating, but right now I'm just trying to get rid of illegal food I already had instead of throwing it away. So they get to "splurge" until the illegal foods run out. Lucky them lol.
This morning when I got up I didn't have a BM aaannnndd (I know this is TMI but I'm so excited) I actually passed gas without poo coming out with it!! Nothing but straight air :ybiggrin: lol. So far I've had no cramps today and I ate boiled eggs again for breakfast with no problems. It's 10:45 a.m. my time and I've yet to have a BM. For lunch I am having some chicken soup I made last night, but I'm not sure if I'm eating that for dinner or some more tilapia.
Speaking of the chicken soup....How the heck am I supposed to separate the chicken and the carrots from the rest of the veggies and not get any of the other veggies mixed in. That was impossible and very time consuming. I hope the few onions and celery that got in the soup don't make that big of a difference. I also tried making the gelatin last night and it was a disaster. The consistency was great but the taste was HORRIBLE. I think it was the saccharine I added. I will probably try it again and leave that out next time.
Anyway, things are going good so far. I'm not attributing it all to SCD as I've only been on it one and a half days. Most likely the Pentasa I've been taking for the last month is finally kicking in. But I know this is helping too just from remembering how bad I felt when I ate some of the illegal foods before. The only bad thing right now is that I don't have a lot of energy, but I read in PartlyCloudy's thread that she was tired and this is typical of the first few days/weeks on SCD. I'm already a little bored with eating the same thing and can't wait for the intro diet to be over so I can start experimenting with veggies/etc. Cravings have not really been bad yet. I even made fried fish and cheese rice for my kids yesterday and it didn't bother me. My husband is doing the diet with me and eventually I will have my kids doing most of it simply because it is a healthier way of eating, but right now I'm just trying to get rid of illegal food I already had instead of throwing it away. So they get to "splurge" until the illegal foods run out. Lucky them lol.