Day 3. Sigh. Day 17 seems so far away right now.
I took the lid off the Thermomix this morning and just the smell of the mixture makes me screw up my face. Oh dear.
Regardless, breakfast went down somewhat ok. I’ve got a system now. Drink the mixture, chase with some water, chase that with the honey off a spoon. Screw up face. Repeat. Lunch was a half dose again, and that seems fine.
I don’t seem to get any stomach cramps after drinking it now. I still think it would be easier to down the whole thing in one go, because you don’t really taste it much until the last mouthful that way. But, I’m still worried about setting off cramps. So, I’m three mouthfuls at a time. The intricacies, huh!
Tonight, I ate a steak. This is a protocol that has been used quite a bit in elemental diets with SIBO, is that you can have meat every second night, or maybe even every night. I would have loved one last night but thought I’d wait it out until the third night. Plain, pure meat doesn’t feed the bacteria, and gives you something to actually chew and taste! That’s been part of my struggle, not having anything to taste except a bitter drink and honey.
Well, it was nice to actually taste something. I was feeling very full a few mouthfuls in. I hoped it wasn’t going to give me those stomach cramps again! And it didn’t… however I didn’t feel that great afterwards. I felt slightly nauseous and just plain uncomfortable right up until I went to bed, which was about 4 hours. It settled during the night. Maybe I ate too much…. I’ll try a very small amount next time and see how that sits with me.
I’m insatiably thirsty, which is likely a detox effect considering my ‘diet’ is so simple now. I just can’t get enough water and my mouth is constantly dry. It’s somewhat annoying so hopefully that settles soon.