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Today I had my annual physical. Last year I canceled my appointment because I really hate seeing a doctor, although my family practice doctor is pretty nice. I told her how I had finally figured out what I can and cannot eat and listed my major food offenders. She wrote them all down and excepted them as appropriate, voicing no objections. I told her about the Enterolab testing and she accepted that without negative comments also. She definitely has a western medicine perspective but seems to understand that there are other ways to go about things. We talked about the supplements I take and I mentioned how careful I had to be in what I bought to avoid my offenders, she got that too and mentioned how many supplements have soy. All and all she was absolutely fine with what I am doing and mentioned how healthy I ate. She even did not order any blood tests for me since she knows that I will not take a statin so why do the cholesterol testing and she accepted my self-measured and normal fasting blood sugar (I eat low carb).
Now for the really astounding part. I threw my scale out about 5 years ago. My problem has never been losing too much weight. It has always been weighing more than is healthy. When I went paleo about 10 years ago I lost 85 pounds but could have lost more. Two years ago (last physical) I had gained back 10 of those pounds. Today, with no attempt on my part to lose weight, I was down 30 pounds, which makes me "normal" according to her. She suspects that the weight loss is because my body now utilizes nutrients appropriately. Who knows, but it really is astounding. So I now weigh 100 pounds less than I did at my highest and I accomplished this without excessive exercise (I walk my dog) and with no obsessive attempt to lose weight. I still struggle will pelvic floor dysfunction which causes some nerve pain and muscle spasms, but I can leave the house without knowing where the nearest bathroom is. I am as close to normal in that regard as I have ever been, so all is good, not perfect, but better, way better, than things used to be. I am very careful about what I eat, no indiscretions, all single ingredient foods, all home cooked, and very low carb to keep me out of the diabetic category.
Jean
Unexpectedly pleasant doctor's visit
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Gabes-Apg
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wonderful news Jean!
on the same approach, since fixing the mineral deficiencies I have lost 25 pounds!
If anything i have been doing less exercise/less physical activity compared to 9 months ago.
Healthy cells, healthy gut is the key to balanced metabolism.
weight gain for those that need it, weight loss for those that need it.
(i have never owned a set of scales for body weight! I can tell things are changing by how clothes fit, and use the scales at the doctor surgery)
on the same approach, since fixing the mineral deficiencies I have lost 25 pounds!
If anything i have been doing less exercise/less physical activity compared to 9 months ago.
Healthy cells, healthy gut is the key to balanced metabolism.
weight gain for those that need it, weight loss for those that need it.
(i have never owned a set of scales for body weight! I can tell things are changing by how clothes fit, and use the scales at the doctor surgery)
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
Gabes,
I knew that I had lost some weight from how my clothes fit but I was surprised at how much. My attitude has always been that if I eat right then the weight will take care of itself. I try not to use weight by itself as a gauge of health. I think you're right about healthy gut healthy metabolism, or at least that seems to be how it's been for me. The first most important thing I did was to start eating low carb paleo and mostly but not 100% gluten free. That got what had been my constant hunger under control. I no longer was always ravenous. Then I removed my offending foods. I found this site just after my physical 2 years ago and took gluten, dairy, soy and eggs out of my diet immediately. There's so much advice out there about weight loss, but I have lost weight, 100 pounds of weight, without following any of it, but only by figuring out what foods were healthy for me and which were not. I also take a few supplements to try to compensate for what I believe to be missing in my diet. I am not as analytical as you are about it but it seems to be working for me. SInce there are 2 of us experiencing something similar I bet we are onto something most doctors don't know. Imagine that.
Jean
I knew that I had lost some weight from how my clothes fit but I was surprised at how much. My attitude has always been that if I eat right then the weight will take care of itself. I try not to use weight by itself as a gauge of health. I think you're right about healthy gut healthy metabolism, or at least that seems to be how it's been for me. The first most important thing I did was to start eating low carb paleo and mostly but not 100% gluten free. That got what had been my constant hunger under control. I no longer was always ravenous. Then I removed my offending foods. I found this site just after my physical 2 years ago and took gluten, dairy, soy and eggs out of my diet immediately. There's so much advice out there about weight loss, but I have lost weight, 100 pounds of weight, without following any of it, but only by figuring out what foods were healthy for me and which were not. I also take a few supplements to try to compensate for what I believe to be missing in my diet. I am not as analytical as you are about it but it seems to be working for me. SInce there are 2 of us experiencing something similar I bet we are onto something most doctors don't know. Imagine that.
Jean
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Gabes-Apg
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for me, the pyrrole affects the metabolism big time, for me the weight gain got worse as the pyrrole got worse.
I am pretty much eating similar (ie the same amount) of carbs/processed carbs as I have for the past 3-5 years.
Sadly, the skill of listening to our bodies and decoding the message (ie accurate Diagnostics) is being lost in current day health systems
I am pretty much eating similar (ie the same amount) of carbs/processed carbs as I have for the past 3-5 years.
Sadly, the skill of listening to our bodies and decoding the message (ie accurate Diagnostics) is being lost in current day health systems
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
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Gabes-Apg
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Jean
also keep in mind the benefits of your move, and the improvement to your surrounds and wellbeing...
this song comes to mind today...
"we're on the way from misery to happiness today, uhh huh, uhh huh'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1yYDuSf3C4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1yYDuSf3C4
also keep in mind the benefits of your move, and the improvement to your surrounds and wellbeing...
this song comes to mind today...
"we're on the way from misery to happiness today, uhh huh, uhh huh'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1yYDuSf3C4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1yYDuSf3C4
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
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MBombardier
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I have experienced the same thing as I have been eating a fairly strict AIP diet recently. I used to not vary in weight by a tenth of a pound for weeks and months on end. I have been losing about two pounds a month since the first of the year and now weigh less than I have weighed in 28 years. No special efforts or exercise.
Marliss Bombardier
Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
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Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
Jean,
It doesn't get much better than that. And your doctor does seem to be far above par. I never cease to be amazed at how many GI specialists, when told by members here that their diet changes brought them to remission from MC, continue to insist that diet has nothing to do with MC, and arrogantly advise the patient to go back to eating gluten again. How can any supposedly intelligent, highly-educated human be that dumb?
Kudos to your doc, and thanks for the update. I definitely agree that eating foods that are right for our body (with certain supplements if necessary) is the key to health, happiness, and optimum weight management.
Tex
It doesn't get much better than that. And your doctor does seem to be far above par. I never cease to be amazed at how many GI specialists, when told by members here that their diet changes brought them to remission from MC, continue to insist that diet has nothing to do with MC, and arrogantly advise the patient to go back to eating gluten again. How can any supposedly intelligent, highly-educated human be that dumb?
Kudos to your doc, and thanks for the update. I definitely agree that eating foods that are right for our body (with certain supplements if necessary) is the key to health, happiness, and optimum weight management.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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MaggieRedwings
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I truly believe this Maggie and just wish that most doctors believed it too, so that rather than prescribe diets for weight loss they understood nutrition and worked with people to figure out what a healthy way of eating would be for them, which of course would include investigating a person's food sensitivities rather than denying that they exist. A few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine with different health issues than I have but with the same attitude of taking charge of her own health. She said she feels bad for people who do not have the research skills and cognitive ability or attitude that allows them to figure things out for themselves. We here on the forum are lucky that we can go our own way, listen to our bodies as Gabes says, and do what's best for our particular needs.MaggieRedwings wrote: Weight can take care of itself.
Gabes, Marliss and I seem to have had similar experiences. We each lost significant amounts of weight by eating what was right for our bodies, not by going low fat or low calories and eating the prescribed amount of grains (on my end it's eating high fat and no grains). I don't think this is just a coincidence. When we pay attention to what our bodies tell us good things can happen.
Jean
A good doctor's visit is always a great thing! Happy you had one. 
I ditched the scale years ago, too. I had always wanted to be 20-25 pounds lighter. Eventually I got what I wished for.....got MC, knew nothing about it, spiraled out of control, went from 160 to 125 without trying. I looked awful. I learned you have to be careful for what you wish for.
I am finally able to control what I eat. Before changing my diet I never felt full so I could and would eat all day long. Mostly nothing good either.
Meat is the staple of my diet and my cholesterol levels are superb.
I ditched the scale years ago, too. I had always wanted to be 20-25 pounds lighter. Eventually I got what I wished for.....got MC, knew nothing about it, spiraled out of control, went from 160 to 125 without trying. I looked awful. I learned you have to be careful for what you wish for.
I am finally able to control what I eat. Before changing my diet I never felt full so I could and would eat all day long. Mostly nothing good either.
Meat is the staple of my diet and my cholesterol levels are superb.
Deb
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead, where there is no path, and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
2007 CC
2013 thyroid cancer- total thyroidectomy
2013 Hashimoto's - numbers always "normal"
2017 Lyme's Disease
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead, where there is no path, and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
2007 CC
2013 thyroid cancer- total thyroidectomy
2013 Hashimoto's - numbers always "normal"
2017 Lyme's Disease
I've been thinking about my doctor and what about her contributes to her likeability. I think it is because she is not arrogant, knows she doesn't have all the answers and is willing to listen to her patients and realize that they might know something about their own bodies that she doesn't. I have been seeing her for 9 years and over that time I think she has come to trust my judgment. When I first moved to Brattleboro I asked my son and daughter-in-law whether they had a doctor they would recommend. They recommended my current doctor who shares an office with her husband, kind of an old fashioned arrangement. When I called the office I was told that she was not accepting new patients, so I mentioned that the recommendation had come from my son and his family which includes a granddaughter. That did it. I was told that they like seeing whole families so I was in. All in all I feel lucky to have her.
Jean
Jean
