Re: Re: Fitness and SCD

[Guest guest]

Randall,

At three months on the diet, I would not recommend raw ANYTHING. I did at

least 6-9 months of peeled, cooked vegetables before I tried raw -- and

that was sheer, unadulterated torture for me, since I'm a salad person

from the get-go.

Something to realize is that your body is trying to heal... so if you are

using up nutrients in your workouts, your body will object because it

wants those nutrients for its own purposes. While this may not apply to

you, there have been people who found it necessary to scale back on their

physical activities (like marathon running) for a few months while their

bodies rebuilt themselves.

It's possible to do significant exercise on SCD -- I do 6-9 hours of core

strengthening exercises in my water therapy, including at least 3 hours

of deep water " walking " each week. I had to drop back to only

three hours a week after my cancer surgery last year, and am gradually

rebuilding my levels. (Having a 24 " slice in your gut puts a crimp

in exercise.)

I typically eat some cheese or nut butter before the work out and that

supplies me with adequate calories so I don't get hungry or tired. But it

does take time to transition to this kind of metabolism.

Dried fruit is wonderful and portable, but it's concentrated sugars and

is definitely not for the new SCDer. A handful of dried fruit can be the

equivalent of several cups of fresh fruit -- and I know that I, at least,

don't eat several cups of fresh fruit on a daily basis -- I can't, even

yet. But I can do lots of zucchini.

Modern anti-fat theory claims you have to have carbs for energy, and to a

certain extent, that is true -- everything you eat, carbs, protein, fat,

is ultimately broken down into glucose (sugar) by the digestive system.

Protein and fat, though, will give you sustained energy, instead of

energy bursts of carbs. If you are stoking up on carbs in an effort to

increase your energy, the probability is very high that you are dumping

quantities of carbs into your gut that your system is not yet able to

process... and those undigested, unabsorbed carbs are going on down the

digestive system to feed the bad bacteria.

This can keep your gut from healing the way you want it to.

Again, are you keeping a food diary? You ought to include not only the

food and the way it is prepared, plus gut issues, but activities and how

you feel. This can help you trace what kinds of foods work best for

you.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund