I am feeling pretty darn good these days. I am amazed at how my health is slowly returning to me. I remember when it felt tough to clean up the kitchen, wash clothes, do simple tasks well. Now, it's a breeze. I knew I was sick, but I'm realizing just how sick I've been.
I still have days where I feel tired and I can usually link that to staying up too late (I'm guilty of this often as a night owl!) or getting gluten from eating out/cross contamination in some way or in something I didn't think about, but it never lasts all day anymore. I think I get more done in one day than I did in two or three in the past. Pretty sad.
And I'm still marveling at the feeling of normal hunger and usually not feeling hungry. Amazing. I am honestly pretty happy with where I am right now in my healing. I plan to continue on with it and monitor/journal for food reactions, etc. as I've been doing. I am thinking that I want to lose more weight, sure, but I do better focusing on every day health and ignoring the weight most of the time. Weighing in a couple times a week seems to help me do that. Then, I can listen to the hunger/fullness cues I now actually have! And if something is off with those, I know something is weird about what I've eaten or that I need more protein or water. Pretty easy to hear it now.
I'll post more when I have something that's not boring or when I hit a bump in the road.
Feeling well is certainly not boring to me. After all your years of searching for answers, I'm glad you're reaping the benefits of better health habits. However, gluten intolerance may be the tip of your health challenge iceberg. Get a full panel of thyroid tests. Keep avoiding any foods to which you suspect you have allergies. Keep taking care of you and celebrate feeling well. I certainly am on the day I turn 65. I looked in the mirror this morning and thought "WOW! I never knew I would feel and look this good at 65".
ReplyDeleteThis is the same age my dad died from complications of type 2 diabetes. I later learned the his diabetes drug often caused heart attacks, which had previously been attributed to diabetic heart damage. So his 'complication' was really his prescribed drug. That knowledge makes me very careful with thyroid and DHEA dosages (the only 2 prescribed drugs I take).