Guest guest Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I've just started the SCD as I have severe chronic fatigue and my nutritionalist recommended it. I have done it for 2 meal, am absolutely starving and hardly slept because I was craving carbohydrates so badly! Is this a common experience? I would love to hear from anyone else who has used it successfully for chronic fatigue as I feel I need some inspiration to continue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Thanks for your message! It's good to hear the diet is working for people with CFS. I am basically eating a tonne of vegetables with meat and fish or egg for each meal. I am also not allowed most fruits and dairy! It's taken the fun out of eating. I'm also having nuts for snacks. I'm trying to find some elusive almond flour so I can attempt muffins. I think my body is settling down into it a bit as I slept really well. I imagine one might feel worse before you feel better with all the detox. Was that your experience? Best wishes Lucy > >I've just started the SCD as I have severe > >chronic fatigue and my nutritionalist > >recommended it. I have done it for 2 meal, am > >absolutely starving and hardly slept because I > >was craving carbohydrates so badly! Is this a > >common experience? I would love to hear from > >anyone else who has used it successfully for > >chronic fatigue as I feel I need some inspiration to continue! > > Welcome to the list! > > First, tell us what you have been eating. > > SCD is not the no-carb diet, it's the SPECIFIC > carbohydrate diet. This is a common error > starting out, to try to eliminate all carbs, and > yeah, that will drive you nuts! > > My husband has chronic fatigue. He went on SCD > with me so I wouldn't have to fix non-SCD foods > for him while getting used to the diet myself. > > He discovered that as long as he is strict SCD, he isn't tired. > > His standard week-day breakfast now is a handful > of pecans and a couple slices of cheddar, with a cup of Tropicana. > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Thanks for your message! It's good to hear the diet is working for people with CFS. I am basically eating a tonne of vegetables with meat and fish or egg for each meal. I am also not allowed most fruits and dairy! It's taken the fun out of eating. I'm also having nuts for snacks. I'm trying to find some elusive almond flour so I can attempt muffins. I think my body is settling down into it a bit as I slept really well. I imagine one might feel worse before you feel better with all the detox. Was that your experience? Best wishes Lucy > >I've just started the SCD as I have severe > >chronic fatigue and my nutritionalist > >recommended it. I have done it for 2 meal, am > >absolutely starving and hardly slept because I > >was craving carbohydrates so badly! Is this a > >common experience? I would love to hear from > >anyone else who has used it successfully for > >chronic fatigue as I feel I need some inspiration to continue! > > Welcome to the list! > > First, tell us what you have been eating. > > SCD is not the no-carb diet, it's the SPECIFIC > carbohydrate diet. This is a common error > starting out, to try to eliminate all carbs, and > yeah, that will drive you nuts! > > My husband has chronic fatigue. He went on SCD > with me so I wouldn't have to fix non-SCD foods > for him while getting used to the diet myself. > > He discovered that as long as he is strict SCD, he isn't tired. > > His standard week-day breakfast now is a handful > of pecans and a couple slices of cheddar, with a cup of Tropicana. > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Thanks for your message! It's good to hear the diet is working for people with CFS. I am basically eating a tonne of vegetables with meat and fish or egg for each meal. I am also not allowed most fruits and dairy! It's taken the fun out of eating. I'm also having nuts for snacks. I'm trying to find some elusive almond flour so I can attempt muffins. I think my body is settling down into it a bit as I slept really well. I imagine one might feel worse before you feel better with all the detox. Was that your experience? Best wishes Lucy > >I've just started the SCD as I have severe > >chronic fatigue and my nutritionalist > >recommended it. I have done it for 2 meal, am > >absolutely starving and hardly slept because I > >was craving carbohydrates so badly! Is this a > >common experience? I would love to hear from > >anyone else who has used it successfully for > >chronic fatigue as I feel I need some inspiration to continue! > > Welcome to the list! > > First, tell us what you have been eating. > > SCD is not the no-carb diet, it's the SPECIFIC > carbohydrate diet. This is a common error > starting out, to try to eliminate all carbs, and > yeah, that will drive you nuts! > > My husband has chronic fatigue. He went on SCD > with me so I wouldn't have to fix non-SCD foods > for him while getting used to the diet myself. > > He discovered that as long as he is strict SCD, he isn't tired. > > His standard week-day breakfast now is a handful > of pecans and a couple slices of cheddar, with a cup of Tropicana. > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Lucy, Hey, I tolerated eggs, pork roast, beef roast, zucchini, and (later) cheddar cheese for most of the first few months I was SCD! I was really, really ecstatic to add in spinach and French-cut green beans! You develop a whole new appreciation of what tastes good! Two good sources for nutflour: www.lucyskitchenshop.com for almond flour and other SCD supplies and http://www.sunnylandfarms.com/ProductsList.aspx?CategoryID=19 & SubCatID=56 for pecan flour. I make a neat pecan souffle bread (and other people have vegetable or dairy based souffle breads) which lets me have sandwich roll-ups for lunch as a change of pace. Many people do find that detox makes them feel worse before they feel better. I started SCD the day I got home from emergency gall bladder surgery (having basically not eaten anything for four days, I figured I'd done my " intro " with a vengeance!), and since I had a bad experience with anesthesia, and was still " out of it, " I'm not sure if I'd've noticed if I felt worse because I already felt so horrible. But it got much, much better as I found foods which worked for me. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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