I went to see my Naturopath today. My appointment was to re-check my food in-tolerances, and see what we could clear from the list of things that I wasn’t allowed to eat.

Back on November 7/06 I had a huge list of things that I wasn’t allowed to eat

Here’s my crazy list of Foods that I was Highly Intolerant to:

Oats
Wheat
Cow’s Milk
Lactose
Cheese
Casein
Banana
Oranges
Soya (of all types)
Mushroom
White Potatoes
Shrimp
Alcohol
Chocolate
Coffee
Fructose
Sugar
MSG

List of Foods that I was Slightly Intolerant to:

Rye
Apples
Grapefruit
Strawberries
Garlic
Onion
Peanut (all other nuts were good to go)
Lobster
Yeast
Honey
Black Tea
Vinegar
MSG

It’s a pretty impressive list considering that there is soy in almost everything processed, and vinegar is quite popular……even in Organic Dressings and Sauces.

I still had quite a few things that I could eat, but it was a change (even if not a HUGE one).

Here I am 3 months later, and The ONLY things that I am Highly Intolerant to are:

Wheat
Dairy (all of it)
Chocolate
Coffee
Sugar

I have a few Slightly Intolerant foods like:

Oats
Grapefruit
Alcohol
Yeast
MSG

Basically I am on Maintenance mode right now. I can eat pretty much anything with a few exceptions. She has even given me the go ahead to eat some dairy (or wheat) if I want it right now, and it doesn’t give me too much of a gut ache. The reason for this is that once I hit 28 weeks pregnant – I have to stop eating the dairy (and wheat) completely because if I do continue to eat it after 28 weeks, I run the risk of passing the allergy onto my child. This might explain Xandra and her Dairy Intolerance/Allergy. I don’t have to have it any way, I have enough alternatives, but it’s nice to know that if I’m REALLY CRAVING a big glass of milk like I was 2 days ago I can give in to the craving – I just hope I don’t get a huge gut ache from it. I guess time will tell.

She actually thinks that I might have a Dairy Allergy, and not just an intolerance. It really doesn’t make a huge difference to me – I’m not about to go all CU-RA-ZEEEE and start choking down all the cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, and milk I can lay my hands on.

Basically, (now that I’ve bored you to tears with all this long drawn out crap that is probably not interesting to anyone but me) I had to alter my diet for 3 months, and with a few changes that I won’t go back on – I’m in great shape. If you’re thinking about doing something like this, but are overwhelmed at how much work it is…….3 months is not that long of a time. I’m really not telling anyone that they have to or should do this, I’m just saying that it has worked wonders for me, and in a fairly short amount of time.

There was an older lady at the Dr.’s office today who was just going for her very first food/health testing, and she was absolutely overwhelmed at how many foods she had to cut out. I overheard her talking with her husband, and I swear that if she was alone in the back office or at home right then, she would have started crying. She looked like she was so close to tears. I told her that it’s okay…it does get better, and it’s not the end of the world. It was nice to be able to say that, I’m on the opposite end of her looking back to when I was there, and things are actually looking pretty good. I did feel really bad for her though. Poor Lady!

Oh, and I had a pretty impressive yeast problem running through my whole digestive track, and now….GONE completely! I’m so excited! I’m healthier than I have been in a really long time, and I fell really good…..not only physically, but also emotionally, knowing that I’m doing what I can to be in good shape……now I just have to start to exercise at all regularly.

I’m feeling positive about this pregnancy as well. I was even talking with my mother about sewing some sheets and bumpers for this old crib that I have. It’s a small tiny crib. Bigger than a bassinet, but smaller than a playpen. It’s wood, and on wheels. I just need to re-finish it with baby friendly paint, fix the mattress pad, and get some bedding made for it.

Well, that was the highlights from my day, how ’bout you???? Anything new going on in your life?