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Still working on it ...

by AussieNisi on 09 Apr 2015, 23:30

So yes, the food intolerance thing — while the failsafe diet is definitely helping me with stuff like insomnia and brain fog etc, and I'm staying on it — the diary / gluten etc stuff didn't have any impact on my digestive well-being, nor my weight, in the longer term.

The failsafe diet isn't exactly low cal (plenty of carbs and fats), and I've put on another 2 kg. But last week, my doctor halved my mirtazapine dose (which I've been on for insomnia for over 9 years), and my appetite has definitely reduced. I restarted 5:2 about a month ago, now that the elimination diet is done. And since being on the reduced dose (15 mg) of mirtazapine, I am losing weight more steadily now, and staying down on non-fasting days (that's a first).

Only one week in, fingers crossed ...

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Re: Still working on it ...
10 Apr 2015, 22:34
I don't know whether to be pleased or disappointed for you as, in a way, it strikes me as helpful that neither dairy nor gluten are digestive triggers for you and you can return their variety in your food choices.

Excellent news about the dose reduction and the non-fast days. Good Luck for next week.
Re: Still working on it ...
19 Apr 2015, 21:35
SSure wrote: Excellent news about the dose reduction and the non-fast days. Good Luck for next week.


Thanks — yes, it's good that I can include dairy and gluten back in — there were a few months there when I could only eat about 25 different foods :/

Over 2 weeks in to the lower dose of mirtazapine now. I'm not sleeping as well (waking for the day between 5-6 am, sigh) — I am taking the med for sleep, after all. But my weight is still on the downward trend, averaging about 0.5 kg/week — which is better than I've managed for ages. And my appetite is definitely less. So that's worth the early morning waking! It's so great to see 5:2 starting to do for me what it does for most people, at last (after being on it for 2 years!)

Still want to see how things are going in another month or so, if this trend is continuing. I'm wary of making any pronouncements about anything working nowadays ...
Re: Still working on it ...
21 Apr 2015, 06:55
I can only hope that in the period when 5:2 wasn't altering your weight it was, nonetheless, priming your metabolic state in a healthy way so that when matters aligned to support your weight loss, then your metabolism would be ready to support you, not oppose you (IYSWIM).
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