Dietary restrictions suck

[flexagon]

I dislike this no-dairy thing. I don't like the constant worry about slipping up: oh no, that cauliflower tastes awfully buttery, did I miss something? Oh crap, that bite of bread was dusted with parmesan, throw the rest away.

I don't know how much I have to eat before I'll see the difference in my skin. I know I tried to cheat a little (or a lot) over a week ago... peanut butter cookies on Saturday, some creamy pasta leftover from Alan's dinner on Sunday, then a chocolate thing with coraline on Tuesday whose dairy content I did not ask about. Sure enough, I broke out and have slowly been clearing up ever since. I don't think I can have always been so sensitive in this way -- the break from dairy may be allowing my skin to become MORE sensitive to it.

What I don't like is how food seems potentially harmful now, in a direct and short-term way. Scary, and a lot of the joy has gone out of eating. I've purposely added a few things back into my diet that I'd mostly removed a while ago, like weekly french fries, just to regain a little of that.

I've heard a lot of my friends struggle with food issues over the years, and I've really never understood them at all until lately.

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[khamsin.livejournal.com]

I've zeroed in on a new lactose intolerance as a (hopefully short term) side effect of my pregnancy. Fortunately (?) my symptoms seem to be primarily digestive, and relatively easy to control, but god, it sucks to have to think about it all the time! And I'm not nearly as sensitive as you are. I'm sorry you're experiencing this.