Re: A question for Charles

Hey Southern Belle,
Thank you for your kind words, you and the encouragement you spread to everyone is much more than I could ever do. You are my hero, I just wish that I could do more but time doesn't permit. When I see someone expressing their fears, I am reminded of all the encouraging things you and others have written. The pain I have suffered and the fears are still fresh in my mind, now both are gone and I can't help but pitch in every now and then, I have been encouraged too much not to.

About my diet, I probably lost the first 12 pounds or so because I was afraid to eat anything and didn't eat much because I couldn't tell for sure what foods were causing the attacks and I didn't want to have another one. I stopped eating in the evening because the first 5 attacks came after an evening meal. When the last one occurred it was about 10 am and I hadn't eaten anything much since lunch the day before. By then, I had stopped eating anything that had any fats. I thought that would help slow them down and give me time to find a better way outside of surgery.

Since that first cleanse, I have tried to not eat anything with fat in it, I do realize that our body needs some fats though. I eat a lot of vegetables. For meat, I eat grilled chicken, smoked turkey, and grilled fish if I eat meat at all. I am not a vegetarian but until I can get myself back to a better state of health, I will go slowly in introducing the things I love to eat. I love cheeses and Mexican foods made with lots of fat and greasy things. I now realize what that can cause over a lifetime. It isn't just the food I eat, my lifestyle has changed greatly because of the type of work I do and because of my circumstances with my marriage. I work every minute I can and a lot is in front of a computer. For the last two years I didn't get the exercise that I used to, I had 11 horses to care for and 60 acres to work on before. I am working making time to exercise more as well.

My plan is to do my next cleanse and to reintroduce an occasional Mexican dinner into my diet, not as be fore though. I will consider what the foods I am eating might be doing to my health a lot more and if things are working properly again, I think I can eat with moderation the things I enjoy. I don't punish myself by the way I do or don't eat anymore. I know that I have in the past eaten more than I should and this has helped me to understand it is ok to quit before I am full. I was born in the south and taught that you eat all you take. I have had a problem leaving food on my plate so now at home I don't take as much but when I go out to eat, during work times, I don't feel bad if I don't finish off everything either.

Thanks to you and the many others who have given me the courage to try something that I didn't understand could be possible at first. I was afraid too, I will always know you all were sent by God to give bring me this blessing, I have no doubts about that.

God bless and keep you,
Charles Hilton
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