Day 8

I'm feeling okay.  The diet is not making me feel like I'm suffering.  I'm getting carbs in, so I don't feel like I'm getting carb flu or anything.  I am getting tired of the same foods and feeling a little discouraged, but really, I'm okay.  I was hoping for a miraculous improvement of all of my other symptoms, but that hasn't happened yet.  I feel okay, but I am still having stuffy nose/sneezing symptoms and dry, itchy eyes.  I don't know if anything is related to my diet at this point.  I'm eating a lot of avocado and hamburger meat, alternating it with oatmeal, the oatmeal cookies, bananas and peanut butter and applesauce, among other things.  Tomorrow, I'm going to cook a roast with cabbage and make a gravy to go on the cabbage.  I'd do it tonight, but my kids have friends over and I don't want to spoil their party with the smell of cooking cabbage.  It smells pretty vile. 


I found out this week that I have to have total knee replacement in April, and I'm pretty bummed about that, and yet tired of the knee pain, so I know it's necessary.  That has influenced my mood and the diet is not allowing me to have my main comfort food, mashed potatoes.


Maybe in a couple of weeks.