I was recently shown a website (and accompanying book) called Breaking the Vicious Cycle which talks about changing your diet to limit complex sugars and grains that are difficult to digest properly, the diest is called the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). I officially started the on January 1st and am still getting used to it. I've learned to make my own yogurt, mayonaise, and have restricted my packaged foods. I bought purely natural peanut butter and now use only honey as a sweetener. It is a quite a change for me; I love candy and sugary things, so getting rid of that and chocolate too is very very hard.
This diet is a new commitment for me that may very well be one of the hardest things I've ever done.
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Just want to say good effort and stay edge.
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I too am lactose intolerant albeit mildly so. You should look into green drinks/ alkalinity boosting drinks. Tasteless, mixes with water. I have a green drink once a day, and rarely have problems with lactose anymore. No joke. Check it out. There are tons of brands on Amazon.
Check out green drinks or alkalinity boosting drink mixes to combat your IBS/ lactose intolerance. I can eat dairy whenever now.
@Koda: Thanx, I'll check green drinks out.
Yeah I never did drugs and drinking is just stupid to me, but yeah I'm trying to get on the healthy lifestyle track. I'm trying to cut all junk food out of my, lifestyle! Thanks for this blog, it's really cool!!
I gave up sugar because I believe to me it is a drug! I found myself reaching for chocolate to numb uncomfortable emotions. Now I feel I've grown as a person, I can have the odd pig out but it doesn't effect me nearly as much. The less junk food you eat the less you crave it. Like those who sell legal and illegal drugs you are giving your cash to people who don't care about your health. Stop doing it
Awesome site. Insightful. Thank you. Stay Edge.
Maybe check out the Paleoplan.com webiste - I joined up for the same symptoms you have. I find paleo/edge fit nicely together.
All the best,
AJ.
Good on you man!!
Must be proud of yourself
I will admit I haven't always been straight edge. I used to do drugs and drink not to mention smoke. I was married to an opiate user and alcoholic plus she smoked a ridiculous amount of cigarettes. I've seen first hand what drugs and alcohol can do and how destructive of a lifestyle it is.I'm going to share 2 short stories of my personal experiences and shed some light on why I've become straight edge.
in 2009 I met a girl at mayhem fest. While in the mosh pit I was approached by a gorgeous blonde with piercings. she was accompanied by another girl also pierced and heavily tattooed. we hit it off instantly and it was love at first sight. the only way I can describe it was something from a movie. we spent the entire day together talking,it was at this point she shared that she has and does use heroine. I knew I should've ran but something inside kept me there frozen in place. she had this allure about her. after that day we made plans to meet up later on in the week. it didn't take long and we were hooked on each other. I would drive from ft sill ok to tulsa every weekend and we would buy drugs and do them. I remember watching her shoot oxicotin. I just remember the sick feeling it gave me I felt like a junkie myself. sometime passed by and she was faced with eviction from her apartment and I was to deploy to Iraq . I decided to move her down to ft sill with me one to keep her off the opiates and 2 cause I was in love. it wasn't too long after that that we were married and she was pregnant with our son.
flash forward in time to 2010 we moved to ft campbell ky. when we arrived we didn't know anyone and I knew she couldn't get drugs or so I thought. It didn't take her too long and she had made some connections. I recall her doing coke with my son in the same room while I was at a show. she smoked I'm the room with him, complete disregard for his heath and safety. I was starting to get more and more distant from the drug scene. I was however still smoking pot.
2011 I deployed to Afghanistan while I was away I found out she would go on benders for a week at a time and leave my son in the care of an older woman, a friend of ours. She told me how my wife would be gone for days and when she was there she left my son in filth cause she was so fucked up. I found out she was spending all my money on drugs and alcohol while my son went without from her. she was meeting up with lowlifes on the internet and fucking them and getting fucked up with them. she went as far as to making meth with him in the house. I came home a yr ago to hell and I wish I could say that made me change but I still got high for a month or two.
I recently dated a girl that would drink every night and whenever we spent time together she would get drunk to make matters worse she was pregnant.I was starting to lose control. I was showing up to work hung over and my performance was suffering.I had already decided months prior to that that I was done with drugs and smoking pot.I remember one night she was really drunk and started a fight with me. I tried to descalate the situation by sleeping in another room. I remember being woke up and choked for some reason. I knew right there I was done I didn't like who I was becoming and I needed to take my life back. I moved in with a buddy from work and he doesn't drink or do drugs so its been a huge help. I've been straight edge since april 2013 and I'm dedicated to this lifestyle. I don't care if people judge me or criticize my choice. this is my life my choice. stay true and I hope this gives inspiration. XXX
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