Just drank my last shake after 14 days on an elemental diet. No more cake batter shakes! The flavor could have been a lot worse but 14 days of anything is enough. Feeling great. Hope it lasts. Now I start a slow reintroduction of food. And coffee!
Elemental D 10,11, 12: Feeling even better. Lots of energy. Sick of the cake batter shakes but totally worth it. Rode my bike last few days in this outstanding weather. Counting down the days to real food!
Elemental D 7, 8 & 9: Better and better. Aches gone. Skin cleared up. Everything regular. Feeling great. Miss food. Dreaming about what I will eat when I’m done! And coffee, oh sweet sweet coffee…
Elemental D6: Turned a corner. Everything cleared out last night and I immediately felt much better. Higher energy this morning. No headache, body aches almost totally gone, skin much better. Tonight will be 1 week, half done!
Elemental D5: Aches slightly better. GI is great but hope the muscle aches get better. Those are probably related to not drinking coffee. Not sure if coffee makes a difference but I’m taking no chances! What’s for dinner? Cake batter shake… mmm….
Elemental D4: Muscle aches got real bad, slight headache. Skin feels really oily and is breaking out. Low energy. Nap in the afternoon helped get me through the day.
Elemental D3: Bad breath. Sore muscles progressed to body aches. Lymph nodes a bit swollen, hope that means bacteria is dying! GI feels great but I sure miss real food!
Elemental D2: Sticking with it. Had a dream about real food. Decided I better not drink coffee. Painful. Some online say its okay, but studies here and here say otherwise. This study is interesting; coffee supercharges GOS’s affect on Bifidobacterium. Always been very sensative to GOS.
Elemental Diet D1: Ice and blender improves taste. Stomach aches and some nausea after shakes but clears up, probably just adjusting. Trying to drink slowly. No GI symptoms! That’s something! Hungry this morning though, 1800 cal is barely enough.
Started a 14 day Elemental Diet yesterday. Hoping it will beat my SIBO into submission. Shakes taste like vanilla cake batter with a bitter aftertaste.