Daphna Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'm so excited to join this community. I stumbled on NF almost a month ago & was drawn in by the Lego illustrations, then got hooked by the blogs & forum posts. Two days later I began the beginner exercise program & stuck to the diet. It was great! Then Halloween came around & lasted three days. OK...it's still going. Rewind a bit... Most of my life (40 yrs) was spent with stomach aches, head aches, side pains, arthritis (diagnosed at age 17), foggy thinking, tiredness, a little over weight and very out of shape, Even while I was practicing Tae Kwon Doe three hours, six days a week. I have been a vegetarian since I was 12 up till six years ago. Tried the vegan diet and then the raw food diet (that lasted two minutes). All symptoms continued. It took several years of trial & error to figure out that I'm super sensitive to carbs. All my ailments happen minutes after eating dairy, sugar, legumes and any grains. I can be asleep 10 minutes after eating beans. Which explains why I'd fall asleep in the first period class in high school - I would have rice & beans for breakfast thinking I'm eating "real" food. So, I have been eating the paleo way for the last couple of years because that's all that's left to eat. The symptoms all disappeared but return almost instantly when I eat one of the none paleo foods. And that is the big problem. Addictive personality mixed with no will power. It takes even a mention of some food to get me on a down wards spiral. I even have to be careful with fruit, a bite of banana will spark a want of more of the wrong carbs. From poking around NF I see that a big difference is that support makes a huge difference & I always went at it alone. So I finally jumped in ( I can be very timid at times) & am planning to join the challenge tomorrow.Oh and Halloween is officially over! [TABLE=width: 500, align: left] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daphna, level 1 adventurer adventurer STR 2|DEX 2|STA 2|CON 3|WIS 3|CHA 3[/TABLE] Link to comment
Hiraedd Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Welcome, Daphna! Glad to hear that you finally figured out what was bothering your stomach....and that you've decided to join the rebellion and the new challenge! See you around Hiraedd the Twice Risen: Hamadryad; Pilgrim battle log Link to comment
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