Wow, SS, thanks for taking the time to type all that out. Drastic measures, but sometimes it's called for. I admire your efforts.

Funny because I had just been reading about acid/alkaline and then I read your message here. I have never been into juicing and got rid of a juicer we had. I got more benefit out of raw vegetables or fruit in their natural state, then I did juicing. But I understand other people find juicing has helped them a lot.

I am trying though to eat more vegetables (raw) and am having more salads lately. This might not sound like much, but it's a step I guess. I dont have cats because I am allergic to certain ones and get very very sick from that. Though I love them.

I'm off the coffee and sticking to herbal tea and trying to lessen having the black tea or earl grey, though I usually have one a day.

I know full well something is badly wrong if a cheat pulls me back to square one. Something is permanently amiss for my body to be that easy to knock down, but I pretty much know what two of those things are. Which is the persistant virus infection and possible jawbone infections. Outside of that? Possibly redisidue toxicity from the cigarettes that still hasn't made its way out (evident by the fact my body tries to detox it when I've been sticking to the diet for long enough). But going off the diet, tends to put that to an end and I start again.

Maybe this time I'll stick with it and get those residue toxins out and hopefully gain some balance back in my gut again. Right now probiotics are doing NOTHING for me, so I feel there is too many toxins for things to establish in my gut.

Haven't done a parasite cleanse for a long time, though they never helped me in the past. Candida diets did, but not parasite cleanses. Antifungals impacted me, but at that time released too much mercury from too much yeast being killed aggressively at once. This apparently can happen with parasite cleanses as well, though I didn't notice it. I assume that meant I possibly didn't have much of an issue with parasites, but more yeast.

Well, I am on day 6 with this diet. I usually have to reach 2 weeks before improvement is seen. I had been previously very good and had no cheats for a LONG time, but eating potatoe chips was the downfall, even though it's not direct sugar, still very high in carb and the flavouring too I guess.

This time it was the birthday, so that is my own fault.

I cannot have fruit, though I think fruit is very healthy. But can have lemon juice in water, so I do that with the vitamin C.

Personally I think I'm doing pretty well, but I know I need to be persistant and more careful not to get side tracked onto foods that are not much better than sugar.

Thanks again SS, it's still good to hear someone else's experience and opinion. And yes weight loss is the least of your worries, health comes first, weight gain comes later when the body is ready I guess.