I got it pretty bad. The biggest compliment I've ever got post-acne is: "If it wasn't for the spots you would PROBABLY be a good looking guy".
It's got a bit better as I got older (I'm 19 now). But still pretty bad.
I've really been wanting to try the wai diet for a long time, but never could work out how to tell my family. But screw it, I need to get over myself. Tonight at dinner, I will announce that it will be my last (normal one).
I always thought it would be easy to say "See my clear skin? Yeah, that's cause of the wai diet. So, no I'm not going to eat like a normal person and have my bad skin". But so much harder to say: "I'm eating like a freak, to fix my skin - which looks like shit". (or something along those lines, lol)
But I realized I can care about what people think of my diet, or I can (hopefully) solve something that every non-legally-blind human near me sees.
So let the fun begin!
Also, I tried a "Apple elimination diet" or some bullshit, where you ONLY eat (peeled) apples for three days. (I had the house to myself, so no awkward explanations) . After 3 days, my acne was a tiny bit better. But it's obviously not a sustainable diet. But it had me reading more about diet and I found the wai diet. I tried to "bootstrap" the two diets one after another cause technically eating only apples is Wai diet
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
But I wasn't wai dieting properly (not enough fat, got to buy some oil!). And I went for a jog (I'm pretty active). And after 400m I felt like I was going to die (in a bad way, not a healthy "I'm exhausted way" but a "holy shit, am I going to live?"). And because of the apple-fasting and improper wai diet (3 days of only apples, 2 wai). I had lost 8kg in 5 days.
Now even though I'm very active/fit - I jog a few miles a few times a week. The endorphines of jogging really help me forget how much life sucks.
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
So short version. HERE I GO. Wish me luck guys. This is literally the only "cure" I haven't exhausted in my years of acne suffering. Please, please, please make this work.
I just want to live a normal life. You know, have a girlfriend. Not have people stare at your face in public. etc.
It's funny looking back before my acne. I was popular with the girls, I literally had 4 girls ask me out in a single semester of high school. Me being so shallow I went out with the hottest of them. Which subsequently dumped me as I started developing acne that I couldn't control.
Ah sweet karma. Oh well, I'm glad she never saw the monster I fully became.
God, I like rambling don't I? So this time tomorrow, I will have officially started the Wai diet. Not being able to enjoy food, would be such a small price to pay for clear skin
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
P.S. I have shamelessly found and copied RRM's diet. I'll start with that, and work from there. Hope you don't mind
![grin ;D](./images/smilies/icon_grin.gif)