Candida die off is hard core.
Every time I go through this I remember how horrible it is.
The scale is 8lbs. down in the week since I have stopped consuming sugar and snacking much. That is a great relief. My insides no longer feel disgustingly full and I can see & feel the changes in my figure and gut. My clothes are fitting better and I am encouraged to keep going, but man, this is severe.
On top of the usual CFS/Fibro I am experiencing the die off symptoms in spades. My exhaustion is paramount and I can hardly stand ANY flicker of the television or movement. More so than usual. I am feeling much more sluggish and drained, dehydrated, achy, and got a random canker sore the other day, which I had no idea was a symptom of die off. Plus my irritability has been full force.
This is a clanging reminder of how serious systematic candida is and how I must be diligent about not consuming sugar. I used to do so well, until I moved and now it will go well for weeks and I will innocently have a piece of chocolate or something and suddenly my body is craving sweets and starches like there is no tomorrow. When the candida is fed it gets greedy.
I am in a new kind of misery. I mentioned a few symptoms but there are a lot more. It's grueling. Blah. I pray this time I would remember how it feels so I don't have to repeat the process.
One of the ways to minimize symptoms is to make sure to rest. Huh. Go figure. THE thing I am supposed to do anyway, per God and per Fibro.
As yucky as this feels I am also quite tickled at the fact that when we ask God to help us obey what He has asked He sure does work all things in and around us to make sure we get there.
Rest. Rest. Rest. Rest. Rest.
