fatmad It makes sense to me that eating too much of some of the foods we eat like veggies or even fruit can cause us to run to potty. Reading that made me remember that when I worked in a health food store that the owner used to tell me that vegetables are the broom that cleans out our digestive tract and that fruit is the mop. There used to be a diet called Fit For Life by a man named Diamond. I thinkwas his name. He had you cycle eat. For 8 hrs from 4 am to 12 noon you eat only fruit which is called elimination period. You eat whatever food you are going to eat between noon and 8 pm then from 8 pm till 4 am the next day you eat nothing to give your digestive tract time to process the food you ate and rest. He also had a combining rule of you were not to eat protein and starchy carbs at the same meal. Veggies were eaten with starchy carbs or proteins but not together because he said when you ate them together the food lays in the stomach too long and ferments. I don't think his plan ever caught on, but from what you have shared I can see how and why it could work.
The Fit For Live way of eating was the diet plan I shared with my Oriental doctor who diagnosed me with diabetes the first time. When I showed it to him he said, "Oh, this is how my wife eats". She was a cute tiny Oriental nurse.
I can see from what you have shared that sometimes when I have the potty issues that I have eaten a lot of veggies. CAD/CALP requires at least a 2 cup salad before the RM. It requires eating veggies (some eat a lot) with the protein we have at CM. I think of the time I told my S.C. doctor that I didn't understand my problem because I eat a healthy foods and he said, "Maybe you eat too much healthy food". I really believe I can see what has caused me the potty issues I've had. So thanks for sharing what you are learning with us. I think I'm on the right track, but I also think I need to tweak it better and perhaps CAD/CALP isn't what I need to be doing.
I get emails with info from MFP. I've never paid to be on their site for help but I just might consider it. However, for now I look into their articles more. I'm seeing a lot of interesting info on there. I am in the process of making my own eating plan. I see that I eat a lot of veggies and I need to cut back and perhaps eat more in balance rather than following any one plan someone else has made up. I'm convinced that most diets come about because it worked for someone and they shared it.
I also am checking into statins again. There's more info out there and I just read yesterday that statins can actually cause the stroke and heart attacks it is supposed to be protecting us from as well as causes diabetes. I know I haven't been feeling well lately and I always think it has to do with all my running with Daddy etc. However, when I took it last night, I noticed that I don't feel right after taking it. I can't really explain how I feel very well, but it seems to make my breathing a little harder. In fact, I've noticed since I started taking it again that when I am walking into the HealthCare center to see Daddy that I am huffing and puffing. I wasn't doing that before I started taking it again. It also leeches some of the vitamins I take which may be the reason I suddenly feel so very tired. I have about 4 months before I see the doctor again so I am going to quit taking it and when I see him I will refuse to take it.
Carol Sue You asked about Easter. We don't do anything special for Easter. I think that is the one thing I loved about DH#2 and his family is that we celebrated every holiday and then some. My family didn't do that and neither does DH#3. In fact, DH#3 is more of a loner which DH#2 was too however, DH#2 loved having family around and they could just drop in without calling. DH#3 doesn't like that as he wants them to call first. That has been hard for me and my family since we moved to TX. My nephews don't like that rule as they want to do like they did when their previous uncle was living when they could just drop by. I miss it too but haven't figured out how to change things to please DH and me at the same time.
Daddy was down last night. I think he knows he won't be going back to his own place although hasn't fully accepted it yet. The car he drove was actually my DS car and it was understood that it would be her DD car if anything happened to Daddy. He was all upset last night that her DD has the car and my niece is letting her friends drive it. I haven't told DS because I learned years ago not to get into their arguments. He was in a better mood this morning. His pastor has Bible study in their home since they gave up their church building. They moved Bible study to Daddy's room at the Health Care center and they are going to start having it there on Sundays to include him. Decision came at a good day.
Have a birthday party to do to this afternoon so I better get ready.
Everybody have a super Sunday.