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[quote=Anonymous]I have two autoimmune diseases and am on some pretty serious medications for one of them. I've still been experiencing symptoms even with the serious medications. I've heard of a specific diet (think AIP, but a bit different) that may help. I've put it off for a while, but am really sick of being sick so I decided to start the diet.

DH is not being supportive of it at all. I'm not asking him to eat that way, but I have to be more careful at restaurants etc. We've always had different food preferences, so we've always made mostly separate meals and some components overlap. So it's not like I've always cooked for him and now I'm refusing to do it. It doesn't impact him in that way, but he continues to make comments in a tone that shows he thinks it's a dumb idea and tells me he can't wait until I decide to stop the diet. It's only been about 2 weeks so far and I need to give it a little bit more time to see if I feel any difference. I won't lie--I'd also love to lose some weight if possible considering I gained weight due to side effects of medication. But mostly I want to reduce my symptoms.

I really wish DH would be more supportive. My goal is to be able to live a relatively symptom free life to be able to be the best mom, wife and person I can be. My symptoms are getting in the way of that and this is not how I want to live my life.

I'm kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place--I would love to be able to reduce my work hours in order to preserve some of my energy and reduce my stress level, but DH won't support that either. So since I have very little flexibility on that front I have to do what I can for myself. This diet, if it works, is one of those things. It requires sacrifice on my part, not DH's. I'm not telling him he can't eat whatever he wants to eat. Honestly, I'm getting pissed off.

Why do you think he would choose to be unsupportive of my diet change?[/quote]

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