| Written by Diana, on 25-05-2007 01:58 |
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I'm not into fad diets or holistic remidies or crazy voodoo in a bottle. I am however into science and sound medical advice and...uh...public opinion? My point is, those tests in ...asia (?) with the 5g-10g of pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5) that cleared oily skin that caused acne...well I'm trying it. Of course I've read the 1000mg time-released capsules don't work as well as the regular capsules and all I can find are 500mg (non-time-released) capsules which means 20 capsules a day. Sure, I've done it before but with the three horse pill sized Alive! vitamins I already take plus prescriptions and various other ... supplements, that's around a whopping 30-35 pills a day! I've also read over and over that serotonin can supress appetite (aside from improving mood) and there's this thing called 5-HTP for that very purpose -- to increase serotonin in the brain. I know it works. Back in the day when I took Prozac I experienced that very side-effect. I hear the B5 can cause excess energy (anxiety). However, if it gets my skin under control, I'll live. Also, the 5-HTP can cause drowsiness so maybe they'll even each other out.
I tried the VitaminEnergy tropical citrus flavor today. I don't know if it was that or something else but I was incredibly wired to the point that I couldn't focus to get any work done. My mother was going to leave and my sister kept telling her to take me with her & that I wasn't allowed have any more (she bought it for me...). It was good so I'll try it again but I stayed an extra hour just to get all the work done that just sat on the desk in front of me for the first three hours of the day. My sister predicted that for the first time I would have work on still on my desk when I left for the evening. I have subconsious nervous twitches and this time I started twirling my hair in wired anxiety over the thought of leaving with work undone. Luckly, none of my local grocery stores or gourmet food stores sell the stuff so I'll only be able to get it if my sister buys it for me at the Shell Gas Station on her way back from lunch. Even Trader Joe's hasn't started selling it. What a disappointment. My favorite Zone Bar flavors aren't even available anymore. Their new and "Improved" flavors are disgusting and not worth the $1.20 I have to pay for them. Oh the humanity! My local Ralphs grocery store also stopped selling my favorite Strawberry Gushers! They expanded (knocked out some walls) and instead of selling the old products PLUS the new ones, they cut out half of the old products to make way for the the new ones. They sell organic spinach munchies but not the low fat jalepenio munchies I used to buy from Whole Foods (same brand). They're delicious! I can even spend $7.00 on the same amount of watermelon at Ralphs as the $2.50 container of watermelon at Trader Joe's (and it's even fresher at TJ's). What happened to low prices and good food?.
Ever since I started writing down (& charting & cataloguing & averaging out) the foods and nutrients I eat every day, I've started obsessing over the nutrients in my diet rather than the calorie count. Of course certain things I'm not willing to write down (like red vines and candy of ANY KIND and anything resembling binge behavior) so it's kept my food choices incredibly healthy (with the occasional acception of Hostess Donettes and the not-so-occasional soda) since I'm also sharing these lists with my therapist. I've always eaten in secret, so the thought of allowing someone to see anything less than pure control, incredible willpower, and super-human strength, makes me quite nervous. I'm much more careful not to slip up. I'd have to flat out lie to make my lists appear "normal" but at least most of the foods are healthy. Thanks to a program called FitDay (FitDay.com) and the USDA SR19 Search, I've been able to catalogue every calorie I've consumed down to a fraction of a pea.
As much as I enjoy food & being full & eating and ... well you get the point, I enjoy being thin or even underweight SO MUCH MORE.
Last update: 25-05-2007 01:58
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