Post Your Typical Day Safe Menu Please
#302091 - 03/12/07 01:56 PM
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I'm trying to eat safe and thought it would help for ideas if people posted a typical safe food menus.
BR: oatmeal w/ brown sugar
LN: Rice w/ a little peas and chicken (w/ soy sauce)
DN: Spaghetti w/ chicken broth & cooked carrots and some fish or chicken
SN: Sweet potato
SN: Chocolate Peppermint cake (w/o peppermint)
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Gracie
IBS-C since 1978
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I mean, the problem with IBS is that everyone's different... and even 2 people who are following the same diet are going to end up eating completely different foods, and finding it all perfectly safe.
I still follow the IBS diet, but I eat VERY heavy on the IF. My diet would probably kill you. On the other hand, if I ate your daily menu, I'd never poop again! LOL
Here's today's food...
Breakfast: cheerios & soy milk
Lunch: peanut butter & jelly sandwich (light on the pb!) on whole wheat, unpeeled apple
Snack: I'm eating raw carrots with mustard for dipping as I type this
Dinner: will be a huge salad - lettuce, cucumber, green onions, mushrooms, hard-boiled egg (just the whites), olives, radishes, and homemade no-fat dressing - and a couple slices of wheat bread, eaten first
Dessert: store-bought low-fat ginger crisps with my tea!
If I get hungry again later, I'll eat air-popped popcorn with salt on it. I can handle that on its own, without any further SF, as long as I eat it later in the day.
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But I'm really new to this and was more looking for ideas so I don't get stuck in a rut. Today is my first day (after being off this way of eating for a year or so). There's just SO much to read and trying to think of things to eat.. (OY!) 
Did you get stable before adding all the IF?
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Gracie
IBS-C since 1978
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I mean, I definitely did not jump right into eating this much insoluble fiber.  I started out eating pretty much all soluble foods, and stuck with that for quite some time (I think the only IF I was eating was a little fruit, green beans, and spinach). Then, as I started feeling better, I started adding more foods in. When it didn't make me sick, I got brave, and added MORE in, and that kept on until I got to the point I'm at now... and that's pretty much when I stabilized.
Most people eat a lot more soluble fiber than I do, and feel best that way, which made me kind of hesitant to post what I eat. But ya know, maybe it'll give you ideas... maybe it'll be an encouragement to you (or someone else reading this!) to try some new foods when the time comes. You'll be safe eating the way you are for a few days, though, and when you do add IF foods, remember to do so gradually.
You'll find (or, re-find!) the balance of what works best for you... unfortunately, sometimes it takes a little time. I don't want to be discouraging, but it took me well over a year - almost a year and a half - to get to where I finally stabilized. It was worth it, though - I've been basically attack-free ever since.
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You'll find (or, re-find!) the balance of what works best for you... unfortunately, sometimes it takes a little time. I don't want to be discouraging, but it took me well over a year - almost a year and a half - to get to where I finally stabilized. It was worth it, though - I've been basically attack-free ever since.
It's not discouraging at all.  I figure it will take a year or two. Thanks!
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Gracie
IBS-C since 1978
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hey, i just wanted to say that i'll post my daily menu a little later, i dont have time now,,, but dont worry, i'll get it in here today and good luck with the stabilizing!!!
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Adrianna, IBS-D, stable since May 2007, living life to the fullest because of it!
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Breakfast: Peanut butter crunch cereal with vanilla rice milk
Lunch: Turkey Breast Sandwich with mustard, and a pickle, baked potato chips, some hard candy
Dinner: Spaghetti with smart balance light butter and alittle garlic salt, angel food cake
Snack: Pretzels with mustard, pickles, candy (smarties, licorice, gobstoppers, ect), lightly buttered bagel, jelly sandwiches (made with organic jelly)
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I am IBS-A and much more stable than a few months ago, but still working at it. Here is a typical day.
BR-Oatmeal made with water and added sugar
SN-Pretzels
L- Turkey breast and honey mustard either on Saltines or white bread, Baked Lays, shortbread cookies.
SN- Corn Pops with Silk Vanilla Soy milk (I can't handle this for breakfast but I have no problem with it later in the day) I take 2 Beano with this to combat gas.
Din- Pasta with Smart Balance Light and salt, canned carrots
or Rice with baked chicken, sweet potato or baked potato
This is the basic diet and I try to add something new every week or so, but I have to be careful about the timing since I am a teacher and can't experiment too much during the week. I hope this helps and good luck to you.
Christy
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Here it is :)
#302172 - 03/13/07 08:49 AM
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oldestofseven
Reged: 12/30/06
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Loc: tiny almost unheard of town in the middle of Va
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Ok, here's my typical daily meal plan,,, keep in mind though that I am IBS-D, not C, so I can't, or at least dont have as much IF as people with C need.
Breakfast: Cheerios or Corn Chex with Plain Lite Soymilk
Snacks (I eat every hour): Saltines, a peeled pear, buttered toast or bagel (with SmartBalance Light)
Lunch: Leftovers from night before, usually rice, pasta, or potatoes, with chicken and some kind of IF veggie, usually corn or green beans,, hehe my favorite. Sometimes I'll have a white pita with some deli turkey and a little bit of salad inside, sometimes I'll make scrambled eggs to put inside, both are yummy.
Snacks: Pretzels, applesauce, saltines, PBJ sandwhich, more peaches,,,
Dinner: Almost always rice, pasta, or potatoes, chicken or seafood, and IF veggies. Sometimes I'll have chicken soup, sometimes I'll have breakfast for dinner (scrambled eggs, I use EggBeaters, toast or bagel, and slices of turkey ham cooked until brown in a no-stick frying pan).
Snacks before bed: Applesauce, pretzels, and/or saltines.
I also snack on some candy during the day. Typically Starburst Jelly Beans (absolutely AWESOME!!!) and Skittles.
I also like snacking on Teddy Grahms. I drink lots of water during the day, I have about 6-8 32 oz water bottles, plus some tea. And I take multi-vitamins with my snacks, and probiotics with my main meals. I take digestive enzymes if I have something that has a little too much fat or IF, like sauted veggies.
Hope this helps some!! I know I have more, my pantry is always full of safe snacks. Ooooh, like now I'm remembering more haha. Nature Valley Granola Bars, Triscuits with canned Tuna or Salmon, and bananas.
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Adrianna, IBS-D, stable since May 2007, living life to the fullest because of it!
Edited by oldestofseven (03/13/07 08:50 AM)
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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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