Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Anyone take flax oil capsules?

Wow, BL, I'm surprised all the fiber in the WW program doesn't "move things along" for you easier than it does. I wonder if poochibelly might be right. Perhaps you just need to "move into it" a little slower. I wonder if the flax seed oil would help you? I didn't notice a difference in them when I took them, but there was a lot going on with me back then, what with the Acacia doing its thing so violently to my system, and the probiotics as well! My body just didn't like any of it!

Say, that's a thought. Are you taking the Acacia? Have you considered "upping" the dosage? That stuff REALLY cleaned me out! Oy. I was "going" all day long back then. When I cut it all out of my diet, I "went" only 5 times a day, always in the mornings, so I could schedule all my social stuff in the afternoons. Now, on WW, I "go" only once a day, always when I first get up, and occasionally once in the afternoon, and that's all. It's GREAT! Obviously my body is really liking the WW program.

Since you can eat high fat foods and be fine, yet suffer over healthy food, I just have to believe it's too much of a change too soon. What if you "dropped back" to your old way of eating for awhile -- but keep track of your points in the process -- and keep that food journal so you can figure out which foods do what to your system.

Are you keeping track of your points or just checking them off as you use them? I keep a food journal, like I always have, except this time I record the points as well. I think this might help you.

I really would cut back on the insoluble fiber if I were you. I just think it's too much too soon.

Kashi cereal, broccoli, carrots, fresh strawberries? YIKES! I still can't eat broccoli; it's too much roughage! When we go to Applebee's, Don gets all my broccoli. Boiled eggs, string cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.? YIKES! Girl, we gotta talk....

Canned fruit and vegetables? EW. Well, we do what we gotta, eh?

I don't focus so much on the protein. For breakfast, I have cereal with a banana and soy milk. For lunch, it's a "Snicker Style Dessert Bar" (see recipe in Recipe Board). For dinner, it's a WW recipe that I get online or in one of the volumes of old WW cookbooks that I'm converting to points through the online program. Night before last, it was Chicken Cacciatore. Yesterday, however, I was craving Dead Cow Carcass, so we threw some burgers on the barbie, then a green salad later in the day. (Today we have to go into town, so we're stopping at Burger King, where I'm going to have a 13-point Whopper Junior.) For a treat in the evenings, I usually have a nice big fresh pear, and if I'm really hungry, a few rice cakes. If you're concerned about getting sufficient protein, have you considered a protein powder from the health food store? I used to take those before my IBS; I don't know how IBS-friendly they are, but you might check 'em out.

I know what you mean about back problems; with me, it's back and KNEE issues (as well as high cholesterol and BP), so I really need to get the weight off. And I WILL. It's just gonna take some time. I sympathize with that impending surgery; I had surgery on my knee, leaving me with no cartilege, so walking is very painful, and the more weight I put on it, the more painful. Oh yeah, you bet I'll get this weight off! And yes, the recovery takes a long time. I had to be completely non weight-bearing for 6 months, on crutches of course, but I was able to row. I would go down to the dock on my crutches, then Don would help ease me into the boat, and I'd take off down the river. Try to find something you can do when you are recovering, something like floor work for instance. Pilates?

I too am familiar with WW, having joined in 1985; I's a healthy program and one that I could -- and SHOULD HAVE -- followed all through the past 20 years. I checked online to see if there were others on WW who have IBS as well, and surprisingly there are. I know it's do-able, BL, I'm positive of it. I just think you need to start a little slower and modify some of your meals a little.

I find it interesting that you can tolerate the higher fat stuff; I wonder if the low-fat in the WW program is the problem. Give those flax seed oil capsules a try; the fat might be just the trick.

Please keep in touch; I wanna know how you do.

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