My New Diet

The ND put me on a really, really restricted diet. I started like a champ on the first day and am not about to budge. One thing I can attest to is that when you've suffered physically for an extended time you have a reason to stay firm on changes that need to be made to get well.

I would say until 3 days ago we ate a normal, fairly-healthy, balanced American diet. My family still does, however I do not. That all ended so abruptly for me. Thank God that He provides and that there are lots of great products on the market these days that I will be able to utilize to pretend like I am eating foods of my recent past.

When the conclusion "IC" was made, immediately we moved into a discussion about diet. I was handed two documents, the first is the list of foods that I cannot touch for 60 days, and the second was the ICN's "IC Diet" recommendations. After some further discussion my ND decided to take me off all wheat, gluten and dairy as well. I sat across the desk from her with tears streaming down my cheeks and asked "what am I going to eat?" The only thing she told me was to get gluten-free oats and "put them in a thermos over night in hot water. They make the most wonderful pancakes." I have since learned that there are other options too. : )

The aforementioned question will be answered as I chronicle my food choices, recipes, etc. in this blog.

Here is a link to the "IC Diet" if you're interested in seeing what it looks like.