I have been avoiding writing the blog as I'm finding it challenging to be positive and motivating about this elimination diet with RPA.
It truly has taken most of my willpower to not eat any of my favourite foods such as salmon, roasted pumpkin, goats cheese, chilli, fresh herbs, tamari roasted almonds, green tea, red wine and the odd piece of cheese. The food I can eat is boring, bland and limited.
I've also faced a creative block in cooking dishes for myself with the minimal ingredients that I can eat, very unlike me who can pull together a dinner with 2 ingredients for 10 people!
So, the truth is, its bloody hard to confront health and work towards the next stage of wellness.
Although, the other choice is to be in denial, hope it goes away and then its pretty much guaranteed that disease will slowly creep in leaving no option of return. This makes the elimination diet process a simple decision to just keep going.
It has been nearly 2 weeks and I have to have 5 good days (which mean no symptons at all) towards the end of this section to commence the blind tasting of the capsules. The capsules contain gluten, dairy, chemicals, preservatives etc. I am praying I can start the blind tasting next week to actually feel like I am working towards the end result.
This whole situation has given me a new understanding of how difficult it is to start any type of heath change to your body. It is so easy to revert back to our comforts and habits. It takes focus, mental strength and an eye on the goal to keep going and not sneak in a quick bite of your favourite chocolate that is begging you to eat. It also validates we need a reason stronger than us to keep us on track because at the end of the day, it's up to our own selves.
In the meantime, I will continue and work on being positive about this experience :) Good things will come out of this :)
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