Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
Beth, are you actually counting the months until you can go off the diet? Am I understanding you right? I think it would work better for you if you thought more POSITIVELY about it. I mean, if you're telling your subconscious, "just put up with this for 7 more months," I don't think the program's gonna work for you at all. How can it?
When I finally accepted my diagnosis (and it took a lot to get me there!), I went into the diet with the resolution that it was the way I would have to eat for life. I wanted RELIEF, and I believed the diet was the only way to get it.
I stuck with it for 3 years and IT WORKED FOR ME. Once I got stable, and got rid of the stress in my life, I very pleasantly discovered I could eat things once more than I hadn't been able to for a very long time.
PLEASE try to approach this with a positive attitude. Tell your subconscious that this is the way you're gonna eat SO THAT YOU WILL GET BETTER. If your subconscious gets the message, guess what happens....