was:Prostatitis/ now: Hey Doug

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*** Hi Doug:

I hope you and Marina get back on Bee's diet. You haven't been gone that long

and if I'm figuring correctly, it would only take a month to get back on track

if you'd been away a year...and you haven't been gone as long as that!!

I sympathize with having symptoms past your one-year mark. I've talked with a

couple of people on this forum about how we've experienced a big desire to cheat

more or add foods back in as we get around the year mark. I don't know if it

happens to everybody, but it certainly has happened to me and a few others.

It's almost as if the yeast can tell it's not gonna survive Bee's diet and it

makes a desperate effort to lure me back into eating sugar/grains. Anyway, I

experienced a few rough weeks a couple of months ago where I found myself

suddenly not being able to resist rice and beans and once I gave in to more than

a cheat a week, I suddenly found myself having them everyday. I couldn't

believe how " possessed " I was by the starches since I had been so oblivious to

them for so long.

I wrestled them away after two weeks and re-committed myself to Bee's program

and I've experienced a new level of cleansing in this period. I had a body funk

that just wasn't going away that came on about 3 weeks ago, and finally two days

ago it just stopped. (!!!) And I smell sweet again. I've also redeveloped some

joint aches and stiffness that had gone away early in the program and is now

coming around again. But I also just realized that I'm retracing the time in my

life where I stopped being a vegetarian and started eating meat again (after 20

years). I had started eating meat because I was getting such joint stiffness.

Anyway, your post made me think about how I had a falling away after a little

over a year on the program... and you and Marina (and others I've talked to)

have had this struggle after significant time on the program. I wonder what

causes it, but it does seem like a bit of a phenomenon. Maybe others can attest

to this. But, if you can make it through, you'll be glad you did. I know I am.

Maybe you and Marina have just gone through this " phase " and will be glad when

you recommit to the diet.

Hope you are back!

Marissa

>After 18 months, Marina couldn't handle the diet anymore. I made it about 13

months. >Symptoms were a lot less than they used to be, although the bloating

came back. But >slowly, I can tell I'm reverting back. I can tell a huge

difference off-diet. Joint aches, >overall " stiffness " , etc.. etc...

> Doug