Faith..
This is written for two reasons really, firstly as a way of helping anyone struggling and having doubts or the newbies just in their first couple of months, secondly as a way of reminding myself just how far I’ve come and how very lucky I am. When I started on September first 2017, I was optimistic because of what I’d read and the conversation I’d had with Janet. The first month was exactly as it had been explained and no worse than it has been for every other person that’s chosen to follow this protocol. I had some okay days followed by a stinker, a day that definitely had me momentarily doubting my decision because I’d become frighteningly weak, I had diarrhoea and fallen several times resulting in some serious problems. But just as had been explained, a good day followed which over the months became much longer periods of good and even great days. Looking back I shudder at the thoughts of those horrendous times and even more so thinking I so very nearly gave up, not just because of what I was going through physically, when you’ve fallen out of bed at 2 a.m. and are naked, freezing cold and desperately needing to pee but not able to get off the floor, but also the massive temptation to eat some of the foods you’re denying yourself, taste buds are our personal killers.
In a few days I’ll pass my seventh month and I’m amazing myself everyday, little things that would appear to be nothing to a healthy person but to us… to us those little insignificant things are massive.
If you are a newbie, a journeyman or graduate and are having doubts or second thoughts, stop, and as the song says, “You’ve gotta have faith”.