I’m working on another heavier and meatier diet diary at the moment, but I’m having a hard time focusing because of my current diet.
For those of you not familiar with the elimination diet, it’s not another fad diet. The concept is basically that your body reacts to certain foods in ways that you might not realize. You can be allergic to or intolerant to a food and not experience the severe effects of that like someone with a severe allergy might. It’s not a weight loss diet, it’s a “how is my food effecting me” diet.
I haven’t even been doing this for a week yet, but I’ve already noticed an enormous increase of energy. My skin has become clearer, my sleep patterns more consistent.
For the record, on paper my diet has always been pretty healthy. I love fruits and vegetables and am not a huge fan of meat. It’s always been joke that I eat like a rabbit and I don’t take offense at that. But I also love a cheeseburger and fries on occasion.
Anyway, my question is, have any of you done this, and what got you through? Most of it seems to be Jedi Mind tricks. I have never liked eating any more than I liked breathing. Of course I want to do both because it’s necessary to life, but if I could go without either I’d be fine with that. I really enjoy cooking, but I also don’t really want to eat the stuff that I cook.
At the same time, I am on a daily basis craving food that one week ago I only craved once a month.
So I don’t have a specific question, just want feedback from others who’ve done the same diet. Did you crave the things that were the worst for you? Did you have a hard time adjusting?