Today marks five months on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
I haven’t written much lately because there hasn’t been much of interest happening with my gut lately. I’m still on a roller coaster, but it’s a very gentle roller coaster these days. A few weeks ago things were less than ideal, but for the past week or so my gut has been functioning more or less normally. I keep waiting for a shoe to drop! I’m sure that I’ll have another setback at some point, but as long as I keep moving two steps forward and one step back — instead of one step forward and two steps back — I’ll be happy.
I’ve added in a few foods recently. Foods that I added previously and wasn’t sure whether I was reacting to badly or not: oranges and pecans. This time, I’m adding them in a bit more slowly: for example, instead of snacking on a random amount of pecans every night, I’m eating 1/4 cup every other day. If I don’t seem to be having any problems after a week, I’ll try almonds, and maybe bake something with almond flour again.
I also bought a jar of Bubbie’s pickles. I love pickles, and Bubbie’s have no sugar added and have probiotics in the brine. As an added plus, they’re delicious!
I’ve had a few cravings lately. We stopped in at Safeway to get some Halloween candy, and I really wanted some M&Ms. But I could tell it was almost entirely a psychological reaction: I wasn’t really thinking about the taste, it was all about the ability to buy the bag and the act of eating them. Fortunately, the cravings that I’ve had have been very easy to ignore. As far as I know, I’ve been strictly SCD-legal for several months — and the only times I may have eaten something that’s not legal in the first couple of months were accidental.
I grill-roasted a turkey breast last week, and it came out well. With that under my belt, and several SCD-legal recipes for cranberry sauce and mashed butternut squash and a few other traditional-esque Thanksgiving recipes, I think I’ll survive the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. I fully expect to be giving thanks that my gut is on the mend!
