Doing worse?

[JaeP]

I seem to be doing worse and worse every day on this thing that I was before it. My energy levels are low, my temper is short, and while my parents (who are doing this with me) are seeing improvements, I am not. The only differences are that I have an autoimmune disorder and am on a pretty massive regiment of medications. Has anyone had this problem before? Are the medications to blame and not the food?

[ShannonM816]

It could be the medications. Also, people who have underlying medical conditions often take longer to see benefits, just because your body has a lot of healing to do.

Are you doing the AIP protocol? Check out the egg & nightshade free shopping list-- if you're eating a ton of the things that are grayed out, you might be eating things that are continuing to add to your inflammation, and it might be worth cutting back on those, or even cutting them out for a while if you can.

The other thing is to be sure you're eating enough. Make all of your meals match the meal template, add fat at every meal in addition to what you cook in, eat lots of vegetables of different types, and have at least a fist-sized serving of starchy vegetable each day.  If you're not sure if you're getting the meals just right, you can list a day or two of what you're eating, including approximate portion sizes as they relate to the meal template, and we can take a look and see if anything stands out that you could try changing.