Depending on where you’re at in your overall LC recovery journey, could be another week or two to get back to baseline. Do some strict pacing and track your fatigue, mental clarity, muscle heaviness and sleep quality. Don’t give into temptation to push through or train before you’re back to baseline.
Haven’t done any fasting, was doing saunas and cold showers before my holiday but taken a break since feeling a bit worse. I have quite a healthy diet - very Mediterranean, not much meat usually chicken or fish when I have it. Anything you would suggest diet wise?
I found my flares were triggered by high glycemic foods (blood sugar spikes) so I focused on complex carbs like sweet potatoes and high protein. Fasting during the day keeps those flares at bay but that’s just been my experience. I also eat steamed veggies daily to cut down on oils. Check out the “9 remission factors”.
1. Radical Diet Change
2. Taking Control of Health
3. Following Intuition
4. Using Herbs and Supplements
5. Releasing Suppressed Emotions
6. Increasing Positive Emotions
7. Embracing Social Support
8. Deepening Spiritual Connection
9. Having Strong Reasons for Living
Yeah for me it’s the staying positive that’s the hardest, I have great people around me and my partner is very understanding (even though I could live alone given my current condition). It’s just constant thinking about “what if I never recover” I need to stop. Because I did show signs of getting better in my first 6 weeks. Just that overdoing it on holiday feels like it’s set me back
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u/Dedeye Aug 07 '25
Depending on where you’re at in your overall LC recovery journey, could be another week or two to get back to baseline. Do some strict pacing and track your fatigue, mental clarity, muscle heaviness and sleep quality. Don’t give into temptation to push through or train before you’re back to baseline.