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Panic and Anxiety Issues

Elimination Diet | Day #3 | STILL ALIVE

June 24, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I can’t believe I made it to Day 3!
This is me after a shower this morning, with Beth sitting in my lap, eating an apple. We’ve both been eating a lot of apples lately. They’re sweet and crunchy and they’re easy to eat quickly (wash and go!).
General Status:
I still feel crappy. Very worn out. It’s [...]

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Corn might be messing with me. Hmph.

June 23, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

For my elimination diet I took out:

wheat/gluten
dairy
soy
sugar
caffeine
chocolate

You’ll notice one thing missing:

corn

I didn’t take out corn because I’ve just never thought I ever had a problem with it, even though it’s a relatively common thing to eliminate in a diet like this.
Well, yesterday I had some corn chips and salsa. I felt awful afterward, even though [...]

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Elimination Diet | Day #2

June 23, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

Okay, so for those of you counting at home, which I’m sure is everyone no one, it’s now been approximately 36 hours and 12 minutes since I had sugar.
As you can see from this incredibly flattering picture: NO BOILS. My skin is not burning off, nor do I seem to have any rashes or other [...]

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Elimination Diet | Day #1

June 22, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

As part of a plan to try and find out what’s triggering my anxiety attacks, as well as perhaps discover what’s been causing general fatigue, foggy-headedness, morning soreness, bloating, and several other symptoms that scream “FOOD INTOLERANCE”, I’ve decided to try an elimination diet.
My initial plan was to cut out sugar, dairy, wheat, soy, caffeine, [...]

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The artisan bread is fantastic

June 21, 2009 by hollie Artisan Bread In Five Minutes A Day

I’ve made two loaves of the no-knead artisan bread, and I’m here to tell you, it’s freaking amazing. Go buy the book, go grab a giant bag of flour, and get right to it. You will not be sorry.
Oh, and while they say to use a pizza stone, I didn’t have one, and I’m trying [...]

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TPS Report #3

June 16, 2009 by hollie Numbers and Progress

This report covers the last two weeks or so.
Weight:
I’ve only lost about a pound. I just didn’t feel too concerned about weight these last two weeks, there were other things going on that felt a lot more important (see “Exercise” down below). My cycle came, and arrived on time and ended on time, which was [...]

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In which I invent a mental illness, and blame cows for everything that’s wrong with the world.

June 7, 2009 by hollie Panic and Anxiety Issues

It may sound contradictory, but while I have severe anxiety and panic attacks, I generally don’t have any depression or mood problems. When I’ve seen therapists for the first time, they typically ask me to sit down to various tests to measure THE CRAZY, and while I routinely score off the charts for anxiety (I [...]

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Almonds and anxiety?

May 31, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

After years of not liking almonds, a couple years ago I finally started trying to integrate them into my diet. I began finding that I liked the taste, and it was easy to grind them up and add them to all kinds of things. I don’t like walnuts (besides the taste, they make me feel [...]

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Eating meat: so far, no heart attack

May 30, 2009 by hollie Going Vegan

Well, the last three days I’ve had two servings of meat a day, a whole slew of fruits and veggies, and hardly any grains at all. I feel a little confused and guilty admitting this, but I feel amazing. In two days:

My anxiety has been much better. Yesterday I almost missed a dose of my daily [...]

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The vegans are gonna kill me (but at least they won’t eat me)

May 28, 2009 by hollie Going Vegan

Okay.
DEEP BREATH.
So….I’m taking a break from trying to go vegan.
I’ve been trying for months, and I’m doing horribly. My weight has gone up, my anxiety has gone WAY up, my panic attacks have increased, and while I don’t blame going vegan for any of this specifically, I have been keeping track of what I eat [...]

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