Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | definitly not stablizing- PLEASE HELP!

Hi,
sorry it took me a while to reply. With 2 kids now I really don't get to the computer as much as I'd like.

here is an example:

I walk my dogs for 30-45 mins first thing each morning

Breakfast: glass of benefiber followed by oatmeal~ with some chopped mango through it.

Morning Tea - I bake lots of Heather's breads in bulk and freeze them. I usually have a slice of one of those. (favourite is brown sugar banana)If i don't have any safe breads or muffins I might have one of the following:

baked corn chips
pretzels
banana
baked ritz crackers
low fat soy yoghurt (I'll always have a couple of crackers or some other SF first)

Lunch: usually a sandwhich on white bread consisting of either turkey or chicken breast, tuna or salmon (in springwater not oil) with avocado, small amount of lettuce, fat free mayo.

After that I might have a small piece of peeled fruit such as peaches, pears, apple etc. Or maybe a small slice of one of Heather's safe cakes. i alwasy have her peppermint fudge cake around, everyone loves it.

Afternoon tea is usually similiar to morning tea. Somtimes I'll have a bowl of cornflakes or rice bubbles with low fat soy milk.

Before dinner I laways have a glass of Benefiber.
Dinner is usually a recipe I've found in heather's books or on this site or one I've adapted (you get really good at that). It is usually chicken or turkey breast or fish, never red meat (it is really constipating). I always accompany it with either rice, pasta or potato.
last night I made a chicken breast casserole, tomato based. We had mashed potato (no butter) and carrots and well steamed green beans with it.

If I have dessert it might be one of the safe cakes or brownies you'll find recipes for on this site with a little bit of soy ice cream (low fat).

I hope this helps. The problem with constipation is that doctors always tell you to go for high fibre things like multi grain bread and raw vegies which unfortunately make you feel worse because they are high in insoluble fibre instead of soluble. It's very important to get the insoluble fibre but you have to do it carefully by combining it with soluble fibre as a base. Even when I eat my dinner I always eat the Sf items first like the potato and pumpkin before I touch the beans for example.

it all sounds complicated to you now probably but I can tell you that it does become habit and second nature and so much easier. Sometimes I miss other foods but when I remember what they did to me I'm glad to be without them.

As for the stress and sleep ~ can't remember if I mentioned this before but the hypno CD's really helped me too. You have to stick with them same as you do with the diet and exercise but it's worth it.

keep posting your questions ~ there's lots of people who can sympathise and help.

If you want some support I'm happy for you to email me bkgarlick@internode.on.net I tend to check that a bit more frequently than the posts.

Also, people worry that they'll put on weight with the carb base but don't worry ~ I weigh 56 kgs (I think that is about 120lbs?) and my weight did not change with the change in diet. It's a really heart healthy low fat diet.

Best of luck
Kerrie

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