I have been eating a lowfat diet for the last few months, due to my gallstone attack (self-diagnosed). I'll admit that when I started the lowfat diet, I had some pretty intense resistance to it. I mean, I was a bacon wrapped ANYTHING kinda gal. I was convinced that I would starve, and some days I still feel hungry after what I think is too short a time. My taste buds have changed over the last few months.I no longer need food to feel a certain way, and I am much more interested in flavor.
The most incredible thing has happened to me since embarking on this healing journey. I have lost a lot of weight! I have been a lover of the Atkins Diet for years. He told us to eat fat, and avoid carbs. Well, you know what? The Atkins Diet is not the right one for me. I don't really know what to call the diet I am on, but it's working. I feel good, and I look good.
So far, I have been able to keep myself out of the doctor's office, and more importantly, the hospital. I know that what got me into this mess of gallstones was not the gallbladder. It was a long time coming due to my love of fatty foods, refined carbohydrates and inhaling my food. I spent years doing exactly what I needed to do to create gallstones, and lo and behold! I have them! What's important to me is that they are no longer interfering with my day to day life, and I have been able to keep my gallbladder. Maybe in a year or two I will be able to say that I am gallstone free and have a healthy gallbladder to prove it!
