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Y'know, I find it so difficult to stick to a diet because it works one week and then not the next so the majority of the time i end up thinking i might as well eat whatever i want because nothing seems to work consistently - I'm having one of those weeks this week.

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That's EXACTLY how I feel! I wouldn't mind sticking to the diet if I knew it was going to work 100% all the time. But, just like you said, if I get sick anyway, I'm like, "I might as well eat whatever". Which usually makes me even more sick - vicious cycle . What really gives me strength is postings by people who managed to get stable. They all say it takes a while and that we all have periods of feeling bad. But, as we are getting better, these "bad periods" are becoming more and more rare. I keep reading that document by K2 when I feel like my willpower is slipping. She makes it sounds so clear and easy, so I keep telling myself that if Kat could do it, so can I.

I also read the glutenfreeforum.com sometimes. It was created for people with celiacs but actually a lot of them have never been properly diagnosed, they just found on their own that they have a problem with wheat/gluten. And a good number of them said that the bloating took a while to go away, but that they stuck to the diet and now they're doing well. That gives me hope that my bloating will go away eventually, as long as I'm really good about the diet.
Hang in there, Sarah, it will get better again!

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IBS-C, bloating, cramps
pregnant

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That's EXACTLY how I feel! I wouldn't mind sticking to the diet if I knew it was going to work 100% all the time. But, just like you said, if I get sick anyway, I'm like, "I might as well eat whatever".

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YES, YES, YES...so frustrating. I avoid Gluten yet I still hurt...so why do I restrict gluten still? Same with fructose? So aggravating, frustrating, confusing....I don't know what to eat or not eat.

I forget, why do you two ladies avoid gluten or wheat?

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Y'know, I find it so difficult to stick to a diet because it works one week and then not the next so the majority of the time i end up thinking i might as well eat whatever i want because nothing seems to work consistently - I'm having one of those weeks this week.

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That's EXACTLY how I feel! I wouldn't mind sticking to the diet if I knew it was going to work 100% all the time. But, just like you said, if I get sick anyway, I'm like, "I might as well eat whatever". Which usually makes me even more sick - vicious cycle . What really gives me strength is postings by people who managed to get stable. They all say it takes a while and that we all have periods of feeling bad.

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Sorry to butt in on your thread, ladies, but I just had a few thoughts!

I used to be able to eat pizza, fast food, cheese, and all sorts of forbidden things without any problems, MOST of the time. I found this website almost 4 years ago, but only started the diet 3 months ago because I thought, well, nearly all the foods that Heather mentions don't bother me on a regular basis at all! But, long story short, a recent series of very frustrating events from July to November finally led me to try the diet. I cut out all the bad foods and STILL got attacks. So I thought the same thing – I eat the wrong things, I get attacks, and if I DON'T eat the wrong things, I STILL get attacks, so what's the point? I almost gave up in my first week. But the diet does not work that fast. As you said, there are plenty of people on this board who have become stable, but only after months, or even years following the diet. Personally I have been doing the diet for 3 months now and I am not yet stable. But I feel like I am 70-80% there. Last month I would have said 50%. The month before that I probably would have said it's hardly working at all. I'm getting better, but it's taking time!

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IBS-A since age 12, and fructose sensitive; with the exception of my pregnancy, have been following Heather's diet since Nov. 19, 2007.
Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!



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