Day 6

I've been breaking out in hives yesterday and today. I can't pinpoint if it is the high oak pollen count outside or if it is a food allergy. I took a blood test a while back that said I have a sensitivity to (among other things) bananas, flax, and chocolate. I have had small amounts of all three of those recently. The thing with the blood test said that if you stayed away from the foods for 3 months, you could probably have them again. I stayed away from bananas and flax at least. The oak pollen is very high right now and every time I've broken out, I was outside right before. I am only getting one hive at a time. Most of them are on my fingers. They go away after a little while. Does anyone have any idea if this is normal detoxing or a combo of allergies?

Other than the occasional hive, I've been doing well. I only had time for a couple of bites of banana ice cream this morning (not as good refrozen) because I went to meet a friend. After we played around in a yarn store (I knit), I decided to get the HEB portion of my grocery shopping done. By this time I was getting hungry. I did very well. I wasn't tempted to snack on anything. This is big progress because I used to love to sample all the foods. I got home and had leftover guacamole and corn chips at around noon. It was so weird because I was still full at dinner. I ate a small salad and was done.

I also went to exercise today. I did about a half hour combined on the elliptical and treadmill. I plan on ramping up the exercise as I feel ready and adding some weight lifting. Each day I have a little energy surge. Hopefully they will continue to increase in duration.