A Shocker

Well, I was handed my new lifestyle today ... on 3 pages of paper. A real shocker. I have been seeing a Holistic Therapist, a dear friend, who is helping me manage my Fibromyalgia symptoms and fatigue. Recently, she did an energy treatment on me, and using skin and hair assessments and bodily symptoms, she has come up with a one month plan for me to detox my body. It's pretty drastic, but I think it's what I need. I have a list of everything that my body is either intolerant to or allergic to. Basically everything I've been eating my whole life I'm intolerant too ... with a very few exceptions. The biggies: wheat, corn, cured meats, vinegar, tomatoes, MSG, red dye. Next in line yeast, sugar, wine, artificial flavourings, coffee, tea, chocolate (NOOOOO, not CHOCOLATE!), peas, tuna, peanuts, bananas, grapefruit, raisins, grapes ... and the list goes on and on. Basically everything I either have in my fridge or pantry right now. Everything I like. So now I'm on a journey to start cutting out these culprits ... my first question ... "What the heck do I eat?". Basically, bread & cereals made from anything but wheat or corn. Rice, quinoa, rye, barley. Fish (other than tuna). Every kind of lettuce known to mankind. Most oils (I pretty much use olive exclusively anyway). Avoid tea and coffee (I'm still going to drink naturally decaf. herbal teas) and diet sodas. No more chocolate unless it's dark (I'm cool with that). Melon (any kind). All meats except lamb (which I don't eat anyway). No beer (nothing to cry about). No refined sugars ... now that will be a challenge. I have a major sweet tooth ... but that's what gotten me into the mess where I am today.
So difficult as it might be, I have to think of the end result ... a much healthier, thinner, feeling so much better ME. She has told me to give it a month ... just cutting out even some of these things she promises I will start to feel better. And I know she's right. This isn't going to be easy ... it will become an obsession, everything I put in my mouth. My food list will be at my side 24/7. My new BFF!

Thanks for reading!