No more what!?

I haven’t been feeling very well lately.  It’s been one of those icky sicknesses where it’s hard to describe how you feel.  Over Christmas break it just got worse and worse.  Of course it did that little feel a little better teaser that keeps you from going to the doctor, so I was a bit slow to go in.  I then began to suspect that maybe I had thrush, the yeast infection in your mouth.  I went in, and unfortunately I was right.    

I thought it was going to be one of those easy fix things, you take some kind of medicine, it goes away and you live happily ever after.  I may luck out and that may be what happens to me, but of course being the absolute geek that I am I had to look up the yeast free diet my doctor recommended.  That wasn’t enough; I had to look up yeast intolerance as well which he suggested I may have.  What’s the good news?  My favorite type of food is paramount to this diet, meat, fresh meat.  What’s the bad news?  My sweet tooth is a culprit as well.  There are very few fruits allowed on this diet, and those have to be limited.  No vinegar, no simple carbs, potatoes are out, it’s basically one of those carb free diets.  Some plans say no milk products either.  Of course cheese, mushrooms, you know, all the good stuff in life.  Okay, I will admit that garlic and onions are also a big part of this diet.  So, will I be able to pull it off?

There are some out there that say it’s temporary; others say it’s a lifelong battle.  The key thing is, for now, it would definitely help the medicine work.  My doctor didn’t say anything about sugars, though I had my suspicions since you have to have sugar for yeast to work. 

I know out there is some middle ground survivable diet that will help in destroying the extra yeast that seems to have made a home in my body, I just haven’t found it yet.  For now though, no more Cokes :’( , no more grapes, I’ll have to find out what fruits I can eat, no more sweets in general :’(, and nothing that needs yeast to process.  Yes, that includes my beautiful Cowgirl wine. 

I also know, I’m going to go ahead and weigh myself in the morning and see if this has been the weight loss hurdle I haven’t been able to overcome for so long.  I guess it’s time to get back into the nutrition game, whole foods do so much for the girls and I anyway.  So, here we go, wish me luck. :-D