It got real!

Here is the list of what has been completely eliminated from my diet now that the the two weeks of getting ready are over and the intense clearing phase has begun:
Dairy, wheat, (all gluten grains) corn, citrus, egg, peanut, soy, chocolate, beef, lamb, pork, (anything with four legs and anything that comes out of anything with four legs milks cheeses etc) sugar, garlic, onions, alcohol, potato, all peppers, tomato, and eggplant.

Thank goodness I was in the process of taking many of these foods out, and thank goodness for the work being done to "top off" the vitamins and minerals etc in my shakes so that I don't go a little crazy.

If you know me, you know that my diet up until now was absolutely full of peppers, garlic, onion tomatoes and cheese too...I mean how do you even cook without these staples? These are much harder to give up than gluten, dairy, alcohol or sugar for my lifestyle! Not to say I don't love some gluteny sugary goodness but hey nobody has that every day, but I LIVE on those nightshade veggies and onions!

By this time I fully expected to be not loving what I am doing but I am delighted to say that in spite of slashing my norm to its core I am DOING GREAT! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTICALLY GREAT!

I am figuring out great things to eat along the way that I would NEVER have even tried a month or two ago. My instagram is full of all of my food ideas (at least the pretty ones). Right off the bat I am already in the habit of eating more than my usual once or twice a day which is a terrible pattern that I have always battled with and as I round week two of this intense phase I am seeing a difference in my daily life!

I have gone off of (on my own) the two rx products that I use on my psoriasis and can see a definite difference! No new plaques have yet to form as the existing ones fade. NONE. This alone is huge.
Last weekend I spent a few hours transplanting my veggies in the greenhouse and usually this would mean that my fingers/hands swell and the joints turn pinkish and hot for a few days, but not this time! Since then I have done one more project that would normally pretty much halt my life to a snails pace and this did not happen. It certainly has slowed me down A LOT, don't get me wrong. I have had to cut a few days a bit shorter than usual. My left eye is whacked out, I have had to be more carful as I walk and use my cane a little more because of my left side being slower and not as responsive as the right and I am being more careful with my hands since I drop a lot of things for a while after I pretend that I am normal BUT since I am used to all of these things I am good. I have been able to push through and handle my daily work and life and most important (for me) maintain my joy.

I am pretty sure that this is not just the result of being excited about a new form of "pain therapy". It's real. I am not crawling, I am not crying I am not feeling desperate to have my old life back. Well, I mean I would love to be completely healthy again but hey, wouldn't we all like to turn the clock back for SOMEthing?

In all seriousness in my heart I feel that this science experiment is already paying off, and I have only begun!