Hi,

I know where you are at. I do not look forward to five or six
months without slipping up. But I am soooo tired of the fungal
infection on my right hand and foot and the dark blotches on my skin
and feeling lousy. I envision a hard time as I gave up excess sugar
nn 1968 (tired of being a then 'fat teenager') and my diet is pretty
good so this will be a 'dig in' effort.

I'm doing this in a two pronged approach. First, I'm taking care of
the food senstivities and allergies. I enlisted the suuport of my
fiance in that one result of my eating allergies is acid reflux,
which results in an inability to breath at night and scares us both
silly. We'd had peaceful sleep until he bugged me to eat some wings
with pepper sauce last weekend. I had two nights of choking
(scarier for him than for me), he's now on board.

Next (beginning in two weeks) I'll tackle the candida. I'm sort of
preparing for it by developing menus for the allergy situation that
don't include foods which will be forbidden in the candida treatment.

You don't say how old or what sex the children are. If they are old
enough to understand, try making it a game - give a treat to the one
who finds the best new way for you to do something (a recipe for
instance) each week.

I think you have to resign yourself to cooking one meal for them and
one for you. But I think you can work it so that you eat
the 'basic' meal and add stuff for them. If you have any female
teenagers it might not hurt for them to start being aware of yeast,
I had my first attack of vaginitis at age 14.

My girlfriend is a celiac and she has had good results in
restaurants by just asking about ingredients and if somethng can be
prepared slightly differently, if necessary.

Congratulations on your marriage. This is hard, but worth it, so
that going forward you can (pardon the cliche) 'be all that you can
be' as past of your new family.

Lynn

--- In candida-testimonials@yahoogroups.com, "cfgosselin"
<cfgosselin@y...> wrote:
> Hello, I was diagnosed with candida and many food allergies 2
years
> ago, and have not found the strenghth to stick to the diet YET!!
I
> have some symptoms, but have lost track of what is and what isnt
> related. (which came first, the chicken or the egg?) I nearly
came
> to tears when I saw some of you speak of the round dark blotches
on
> skin, as I have been covering mine up for almost 4 years. I have
> terrible cravings, and aches and a hangover whenever I eat a high
> sugar or yeast meal. I have trouble with many things, but I
cannot
> seem to find a way to stick with my diet free of sugar, wheat,
yeast,
> eggs, many other grains, spices, and legumes. I am newly married
to
> a man with 4 kids, and they have the worst diets I have ever
> encountered, and am having trouble putting my health first when
> family time is meal time. I am tired of feeling like the odd man
out!
> I know that the first thing that I need is an attitude adjsutment,
> but I feel resentful and victimized, which is not usually my
nature.
> Can someone write and tell me about the diet, how they stuck to it
> while eating at a resaurant? Parties? What did you EAT? It seems
> like veggies and meat, but I feel like an ADDICT that cant live
> without carbs (bread, pasta). Its like I cant feel RIGHT without
them
> Any help would be appreciated!!!