Dumb Yeast

I love bread! I love food! I love sugar! I've always loved the fact that I can eat whatever I want and not be obese. I am chubby and I blame it on having babies. And I wouldn't want it any other way. I'm not a very domesticated woman. Jason is a better cook than I am. And I'm not super efficient. This isn't a dog on Brittney session, cause I definitely do have strengths. But these are the things that I'm not good at.

A few months ago, I really wanted to try to start making more homemade things... like my mom and grandmother's did when they were home with their kids. I wanted to know what was going into my food vs. buying processed stuff all the time!! I also was needing to lose a few pounds, because I wasn't losing the weight after having a baby like I normally do. Soooo, I decided to pray and ask Heavenly Father to help me about with these things.

Uriah is a tough baby. Just needy, crying all the time, wants to be held 24/7, doesn't sleep for too long. He's just tough! But I love him soooo much and know this is only a small time in our life to have to deal with it. So since he is so difficult, me trying to lose weight was not happening. Me eating healthier was not happening. Me having energy was not happening. I felt like I was drowning in housework and running the kids around, and my job at church, and praying like crazy for help.

Uriah and I have had thrush for the past 6 weeks! It has been painful and annoying and tiring and frustrating! After trying over the counter products and prescriptions and all natural remedies, I decided the only way of getting rid of it is starving it to death. I apparently have an over growth of it in my system. When I was prego with Uriah, I had yeast infection after yeast infection. I had athletes foot and still do.I was craving sugar like non other. I never crave sugar a whole lot, but this pregnancy I did. Well, I was craving sugar because thats what feeds the yeast. And I was feeding it well!

So I'm on a kill the yeast diet. Yes, me on a diet! I've never ever in my life been on a diet. My diet consists of.... no sugar at all! no bread at all! I can eat meat, eggs, veges, nuts and seeds some yogurt, and certain fruits... but only a little fruit through out the day! Everything seems to have sugar! So I have to make everything homemade! So there's prayer #1 being answered. I am learning a lot about cooking homemade, but seriously have not had enough time to do so. And when it comes to losing weight, I have lost 9 pounds in a week. I don't think I'll keep losing at that rate... but there's prayer #2 answered.

The last few days have been incredibly hard for me. Sugar withdrawals, mood swings, shakiness, Uriah crying and crying, so I havent been able to cook things.  I wasn't eating enough calories, so I stopped producing milk yesterday, which made me feel sooo bad. I started back up last night after drinking a ton of water and eating salad and eggs. Thank goodness! It's been tough though! I was so nervous to do all of this because I knew how hard it would be for me. Thankfully, I have a friend here that has the yeast issue among other things and she has helped me out so much with the diet and has given me a bunch of recipes and tips and info.

For the last 2 days, Uriah has cried straight, except when we went to the church for Maci's activity days and last night at a scout meeting I had to go too. I was on the brink of giving up! So of course, I was praying last night for strength and to figure out a way to do it!  This morning, the same friend with the yeast issue, who also has 7 kids, just felt like she should stop by and help me make her homemade meatloaf to put in the freezer. I reluctantly agreed because the kitchen was an absolute mess! So she came right in and did the dishes while I took care of the baby and cleared off the counters. Then she started making the mini-loaves while I took care of the baby. I sat in the kitchen and watched what and how she was doing everything. She finished mixing the batch and had to go pick up her son at preschool. So I put them in muffin tins and in the oven. And there's another answer to prayer #3. She totally helped me so much and saved my sanity this morning!

I'm thankful that prayers are answered! I know mine are. They aren't always answered in the way I want them to be... like the baby just learning how to be chill and what not. But they do get answered. I'm not sure how long I'll be on this yeast diet... but I know for a few months at least if not forever if I keep having the issue.

Who would've thought that something like a yeast overgrowth in your body can cause so many problems! It's going to be a long hard road for me.... but I know the Lord will give me the strength that I need to get through it... just like He always has!