Candida Diet: Week 2

 

Today is Day 17 of my diet, and I must say things are going better than I thought!

 

I started my CANDIDA CLEANSE this last week

 

The product I am using is the "Feel Good Foods" Candida Treatment.

First I had to do a day of "cleansing".  I had to drink the Exodus GI cleanser 5 times in one day.

...It is STRAIGHT UP fiber...

...It tasted like apple...

...I HATE apple flavored crap...

...It was like swallowing apple flavored sand...

...I gagged everytime...

 

So after that traumatic cleansing day I started taking the Yeast Beaters Pills (anti-fungals that kill the yeast) followed by glutamine which helps repair the intestinal lining.  They say that once the candida starts to die, you experience uncomfortable die-off side effects.

 

To help minimize the side effects and help with my hormones I have also been taking:

Iron

B-Complex

Fermented Cod Liver Oil

D3

Probiotics

 

For the first few days I felt pretty good, then on Tuesday morning I woke up and my lower back was stiff and achy.  I also felt like I had cramps. A few hours went by and my back and stomach cramps were getting worse.

...I figured maybe it was the candida die-off symptoms...

But then I realized it was just a miracle happening

 

{     I started my period     }

 

!!!!!!!!!!HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

For most girls this is not an exciting time of the month but guess what folks,

I cried

Out of SHEER joy

that I FINALLY got my body to work on its own

WITHOUT medication

WITHOUT drugs

WITHOUT doctors

Just by cutting out CRAPPY food

 

I was so excited in fact that I didn't want to take medicine to help relieve the cramping pain.

I worked HARD for those cramps, gosh darn it!

Dumb idea because i was miserable all day and didn't sleep until 2:00am when i finally got up and took aleve  :)

 

I guess medicine is good for something.

 

So on that happy note, here is an overview of what I ate this week:

 

Breakfasts: Not much Variation with this meal  :(

- Scrambled Eggs & Turkey Bacon or Hashbrowns

- Protein Flax Smoothie

 

Lunch & Dinners:

- Beef Tamale from Trader Joes w/ sliced cucumber & steamed broccoli

- Avocado Chicken Parmesan minus the cheese & made w/ gluten free breadcrumbs

- Turkey Taco Salad w/ vegan ranch dressing

- Lemon Tilapia Fillet w/ steamed zucchini

- Vegetarian Quinoa Chili  (new recipe I tried, not the greatest)

- Sloppy Joes over shredded cabbage

 

Snacks:

- Sliced cucumber (I eat one everyday)

- Raw Almonds

- Guacamole/Salsa and Chips

- Coconut Milk Shake (ice, unsweetened coconut milk, cinnamon, vanilla stevia liquid drops)

 

Physical & Mental Changes I Noticed This Week:

- Ezcema started itching a little more this week.  Not sure what triggered it, could be cleansing symptoms.

- Broke out with a little hormonal acne, could also be cleansing symptom or "time of the month" related.

- "time of the month" actually came!

- VERY FEW sugar cravings, I am very surprised how easy it is for me to pass up sugar and bready things.

- the BIGGEST change that I have noticed this week is my MENTAL state.  I feel WAY more happy, patient, calm, alert, clear, confident, etc.  I do have my ups and downs of feeling frustrated with the diet but overall I am really surprised how happy I am all the time.  I am very used to being semi-depressed and always seeing the negative side of everything.  It feels SO good to not have those ups and downs throughout the day.  Don't know if it is diet related but I don't know what else it could be!

 

Thanks for reading and hopefully I will have time to try out some NEW recipes this week. 

 

Be back next week!