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DD18 seeing nutritional response practitioner (NRP)
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I have to tell you, NRP is super sweet to DD18. When I saw NRP, with both girls, it was on a triage/emergency basis during the custody trial.....it was like boot camp. Zero coddling for me or the girls. NRP had no bedside manner, was super critical and could tell if I veered off course by a tic tac. She actually made me spit one out, in her hand, like I was a child, come to think of it. This 3rd appointment DD walked out of the office with yummy snack bars containing 4gr of sugar. DD obviously has more choice in foods.
What I want to say is....,I'm glad DD is having a better experience, but I couldn't look NRP in the eye the first visit. It reminded me of....never mind what it reminded me of. It's better.
Food is easier, bc I know what to buy and DD is 100% on board, which was a waiting game for her to ask for help. DD pancreas, gallbladder and adrenal system weren't online, bc of digestion issues we're addressing now. DD eating solid food 3x daily and her system beginning to function again with support of good food and 5 supplements.
I ordered one of the Whole 30 cookbooks for myself and a friend struggling with chronic fatigue. See? I didn't blather on there about HOW she GOT CF battling a sociopath ex in court for many years while asshat male Judges failed her till
ONE
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NOT.
I won't erase that. I SEE it, note it and breathe.....I want to change it. I AM changing it. Noticing is the first step.
So, eating 3 full protein/complex carb/good fat meals is doing its job. Breakfast sets up our adrenals and hormones for the day. Everything rolls out from there. Cravings have gone after 3 weeks, blessedly.
I gave up all dairy, which might be the hardest part for me. Monk fruit and whole leaf Stevia work as sweeteners. Gluten replacements already in place, but I'm baby stepping back to only 1 carb a week. It's happening naturally, bc cravings releasing their grip....tough tough first 2 weeks.
We bought a used Blentec blender for the lake (70.00)and like it better than the Vitamix at home. It has cycles to choose from, can't say enough about it. Much easier. Less fussing and struggling with buttons. DD18 makes shakes with ice, almond butter, vanilla, monkfruit sweetener, raw zucchini, raw egg, salt and Veg-E Complete Pro Vanilla protein powder from Standard Process and whatever sf nut/oat or flax milk she's feeling. We tried a different powder last week...it tasted like dried and powdered bile ducts, perhaps bonine. Blech.
It would be amazing if DD20 wanted to eat this way, bc we're lining up for a struggle back home. DD20 will have to keep her food in her room. I'm taking a small fridge home for her. Moving boxes of tile tweaked my shoulder again, 2hich is worrisome and slows my roll getting that fridge upstairs.
My cousin has a new Grandaughter. Just lovely and I'm keeping my silence as she struggles to feed and comfort a bf baby. Oy, it doesn't always have to be that hard, or dies it?
Dunno'mate. I'm shopping for larger shower bench tiles today. It is glorious outsude!
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I ordered wrong Whole 30 book. Need THE book and not a cookbook.
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Good luck.
It will be interesting to see what cutting out dairy does. Probably better digestion if nothing else.
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Thanks, Mouse.
Dairy always upset DD's stomach, but there are other problems now with digestion.
J added Bernadine back into mix of supplements bc of digestion distress. Gallbladder, pancreas and adrenal system are holding their own now.
I decided to see J again bc we drive 3.5 hours for one 15 minute appointment. I feel better than I have in 15 years, emotionally. Might as well tackle the physical.
Last night I ate what will be a last piece of fruit for a while....maybe forever. The last time I saw J she had me 100% off g/s/d, including all fruit. I was allowed 1 gf carb a week.
That looks a little crazy but my brain for cleared, my body changed in amazing and unexpected ways I didn't expect it even care about. My nose stopped running, but eating pristine us really really really hard. Particularly since the world is full of non food and people enjoying it all around.
And there are sticking points....
Loved whole milk in coffee. Now it's ghee and Stevia....coffee no longer a happy pleasure. It's sadness.
Having clean irganic protein on hand, in amounts making up for zero simple carb intake, is hard.
Eating that much protein is a chore, but the cravings leave pretty quick, ime.
Giving up the things I enjoyed....a tangerine for instance, which dd18 CAN have....I think I'm in a sort if mourning.
If anyone has a 100% monkfruit or whole leaf Stevia source, please hook me up.
Whole Foods us dropping prices on organic greens, btw.
An added stress is helping a GA friend eat clean, bc she asked and her health us critical at this point. DD and I leave J's office, drive to friend's (D's) house and I spend 2 hours cleaning, organizing and last night cooked a bug meatloaf and bone broth, leaving an organic rotisserie chicken in the fridge for quick meal prep.
And her fridge is stuffed with fresh produce. I was overwhelmed....did she buy a months worth of groceries at one go? I can't be there to do this for her, so things are whonkey. I think of things to tell her on 1.5 drive to lake, then forget in morning.
And things will calm down, I know. Routines will be shaped. Routines will be grappled with.
Everything moving in upward trajectory.
I want to share J's rule about NOT eating the same food 2x in a row. We're supposed to mix things up, which is another stucking point.
The journey continues and I'm not winching about this. I'm on board. Change isn't easy, that's all.
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So, I'm relieved on one hand and so so sad
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Maybe I'm reading the labels wrong, CB. I'm not seeing whole leaf on packaging in our stores.
::heading to Amazon to look::
DD18 prefers the monk fruit, but that seems impossible to find 100% mf.
I'll check our local Co-Op. Thanks for your input, CB: )
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