Day 9: Energizer Bunny Over Here
Entry 4
Day 9 (Tuesday January 15, 2019)
Have you ever done something and thought ‘wow’. That’s sort of how I feel right now.
When I started out on the AIP diet, I knew it would be hard, but hoped it would make my life better. I wasn’t sure what those exact changes would be, but I was holding out hope. Now, a short 9 days into the program and I feel drastically different.
I always believed that I had a good balance in my diet. I now see that I was wrong. Not that my diet was complete trash, but I ate way too much sugar, carbs, and dairy (I’m looking at you wonderfully delicious cheese).
More Energy…like energy for days!
With any autoimmune disease, people suffer from feeling tired. And it’s not, get an extra hour of sleep and feel better tired, it’s a dragging horrible tired feeling that never goes away even with the best nights sleep. When I first started taking medication for my Rheumatoid Arthritis, I actually felt a lot better. That dragging tiredness went away, but I would still have days where my energy level was low. This usually resulted in me being tired and cranky, just simply because I felt tired and there was nothing I could do about it, or so I thought.
A change in my diet has made me feel so much better. It’s one of those things that I’ve heard people mention, eliminating dairy helps the sluggish, tired feeling or eliminating sugar will help level out your blood sugar and stop spikes. But practicing the concept for nine days now makes me a true believer that it can work.
As I write this, I feel like I’m preaching about AIP! I think it’s great, but I’m also not a model student. Today, I craved M&M’s, I blame PMS. So I went to the corner store and bought a bag and promptly ate them. I’ve been honest about my caffeine consumption and my snacking here and there on sugary treats too. For the most part I have kept this to a minimum and I’m really trying not to over indulge.
I also thought I would miss different foods, like pasta and cheese, but surprisingly, I haven’t. Maybe I will in time, but for now, I’m shocked by the results, even with the occasional cheats.
