Even if you have a chronic illness, dieting harder is most likely not the answer.

Dieting Harder
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Heal your gut. Heal your life.
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Even if you have a chronic illness, dieting harder is most likely not the answer.
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I am moving forward from SIBO, whatever that means and whatever it takes.
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Over the years, SIBO has robbed many of my micronutrient levels. I have also come to realize how it drastically affects the macronutrients I’m able to (comfortably) consume and in what quantities. Enter micronutrients and macronutrients with SIBO.
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I never thought the day would come when I’d need to write about carbs and SIBO.
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My whole life (at least the part when I’ve been sick), I have talked about gut healing. I never once thought about healing vs wholeness…..until Friday night.
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Today I’m sharing the top 11 ways I continued healing in 2017.
This is my favorite time of year for all things blog related because it’s the time of year when I reflect, remember, and then plan and prepare for the next year.
I kick off this season with the reader survey, which I recently published. You can share your thoughts and voice by clicking HERE (it will remain open until January 1, 2018).
And then I plan and prepare posts to share with you for the upcoming year on both blog and personal goals, as well as the past year recaps. This year, I’ve added one more recap – this one – the top 11 ways I continued healing in 2017 because I think the information could be useful for many of you.
How am I able to write this post with ease? Because 2017 was, by far, my healthiest and best healing year yet! Did I have some lumps and bumps along the way? Of course. Success absolutely looks like this….
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In 2017, though, the kinks and coils on the upward were far fewer than any other year.
And these are the things I attribute to that.
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{The list below is in no particular order of importance.}
So now you might be thinking….but how do you know you healed so much in 2017?
Symptoms and numbers. It all comes down to symptoms and numbers.
From a symptoms standpoint, I can count the number of times I thought my SIBO might be trying to relapse and of those times, symptoms lasted less than a week (while I re-routed efforts and corrected anything I knew was throwing me off – i.e. intense running). My SIBO never came back in 2017, and I never needed Rifaximin, Neomycin, herbal supplements or anything else targeting SIBO directly. (I did, however, use Atrantil in the beginning of the year, which I believe worked wonders in setting me up for the rest of 2017.)
I go to the bathroom now like a normal person. I rarely feel bloated, and most of the time if I do feel bloat it’s only the type of female-monthly-friend bloat (which, by the way, is nothing compared to SIBO bloat).
My energy came back! I am able to function the way I wanted to for so long. Of course, I’m still tired at night by 8 or 9 pm, but I’m also up every single day between 3:30 – 4 am (you can read a typical day via Experience Life Magazine HERE).
My weight stabilized. When my gut is off, I always know because my weight changes quickly – like within just a day or two. For several months now, the scale has not budged much, and it’s at a place that feels natural and comfortable.
From a numbers standpoint, my SIBO tests showed that, while not completely eradicated, it was improving (and by the way, the last time I did this test was early 2017 I believe – I have made leaps and bounds progress since then).
“Overall,” said Dr. Amy, “your DUTCH profile looks good.” T3 is still somewhat low, but we are managing that and I am retesting those levels in early 2018.
My blood pressure continues to be fairly low and my hands and feet remain cold (I am trying some new things for that, too!), but all blood counts are normal and “healthy.”
We are continuing to do some testing in 2018, and most everything will remain the same (not fixing anything that’s not broken). I’m hoping for another healthy and vibrant year in 2018. And I wish the same for you as well!
Xox,
SKH
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