My IBS story
#204181 - 08/10/05 09:31 AM
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scahays
Reged: 08/06/04
Posts: 17
Loc: washington
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I found this website july 2005. Since then I have been very carefully trying to follow the diet. It took about 2 weeks (just as Jennifer said it would for my problems) for me to start seeing results. After that, I continued to feel better and lose weight. To make a long story short, in 9 months I lost 40 lbs and have been maintaining for 5 months. I feel better than I have in years and it's great finally knowing how to control my diet.
I am very thankful for where I am today. I never dreamed I'd be 125lbs and feeling good!!
The road wasn't easy, but it was well worth it!
Good luck to those of you just starting the diet, and to those of you who have grown accustom to this lifestyle.
Chantel Hays
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chantel,
congratulations! that's some great progress. was your weight loss just from following the diet (and exercise), or was there more to it than that?
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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I'm glad to hear that the IBS diet is working for you! Keep up the good work! 
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Just following the diet. Lots of pretzels and home made bread.
Chantel
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i'm hoping i'll have the same sort of luck. cutting out cheese, fatty foods, cooking for myself so much more - it's gotta do something, right?
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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I'm new to this, but I love the success stories. I'm sure it will help me in my quest to feeling better. Thanks for sharing! 
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yep, it's me,
Rebecca
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Re: My IBS story
#204504 - 08/11/05 08:00 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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That's good to hear - both your IBS relief and your weight loss.
Heather's diet has been a great for my IBS, but I haven't lost weight on it. Would you feel comfortable listing what you eat during the course of a typical day or two? If not posting it, then maybe emailing it to me at sand2113@yahoo.com. I'm not looking for precise measurements, just some idea of what you're eating throughout the day to keep your IBS under control and your weight down. If you do, thanks in advance; if not, I'll understand.
Congratulations again on doing so well.
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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
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i would actually love to see some of that, too.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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I have no problem sharing my diet. I hope it will help you and others too.
Before breakfast: 1 full glass hot water (this really seems to help my IBS)
Breakfast: 1/2 bagel with soy cream cheese first, then 1/3 cup shredded mini wheats with soy milk (I've found the mini wheats also very helpful with the ibs probs, but they can't be eaten on an empty stomache.) I sometimes have a vitamix shake instead of the shredded wheat.
Lunch: I usually have some sort of chicken wrap for lunch. I use canned chicken on them most of the time with an assortment of other ingreadients ( avacado, cilantro, thin sliced onion, soy cream cheese, black olives, honey mustard, rice, and anything else that sounds good, or is left over from the night before)I normally eat a handful or two of pretzels with the chicken wrap.
snack: graham crackers, pretzels, baked lays,or a slice of home made bread would be a normal snack for me.
Dinner: We have alot of grilled chicken. That, a baked potatoe, some veggies, and home made bread. If I fix my guys something that I can't eat for dinner, I just have another chicken wrap, I love them!
I also eat a bite of chocolate almost every day. I keep hershey bars in the freezer and have my one square after either lunch or dinner. Everyone knows they are mine and they don't touch them without asking first 
I bake alot. I have tried substituting egg beaters for eggs, applesauce for oil, soy milk, ect. in cookies and pies and a nuber of other things. Somethings turn out better than others. We need to have a treat sometimes.
Well, I hope this will be helpful to you, although I have been told that I have a high metabilism so I might get by with eating a little more than some others do.
Good luck,
Chantel
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a chicken "wrap"? I've heard of these but not sure what they are! What is a good brand wrap to use?
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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Thanks, Chantel, this is very helpful. And I'm super impressed you were able to train "your guys" to leave your chocolate alone!
BTW, are you IBS-C, D, A, or P?
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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
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A chicken wrap is a tortilla with chicken and whatever else you want in it. I eat them cold most of the time, but sometimes I throw the wrap in the skillet for a few minutes to give it a diiferent flavor. I also use spagetti sauce and make a chicken pizza wrap minus cheese. My son eats them right along with me. They are very tasty.
My favorite tortillas are by "Tortilla land". You have to cook them which only takes 2 minutes and they are soooo much better than pre-cooked tortillas. I also by "Mission" tortillas, burrito size for when I don't have time to cook them.
Chantel
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what brand have you found that tastes good? i miss cream cheese dearly. if i'm feeling particularly hearty, i can take a very small amount of it on a bagel, but i would love to not be risking destabilizing myself for that.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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I like Whole Soy Co cream cheese because of the smoother texture and how it mixes well in dips and spreads. There probably have been discussions on this before, so you should probably do a search. I never ate that much cream cheese before the IBS (I'm also lactose-intolerant) so I'm definitely not an expert on what it should taste like.
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I love tofutti brand cream cheese. It's the only brand I've found that tastes good. I ate Philladelphia fat free cream cheese before the IBS diet, and Tofutti tastes alot like it. They have a french onion, herbs, strawberry, and plain. You can find them at safeway. French onion is my favorite. Yum!
Chantel
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Or any other supplements? Or do you just use your diet to maintain stability?
Are you IBS with constipation?
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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I maintain with diet only, no supplements. Yes, my Ibs problem is constipation.
Chantel
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Bump -nt-
#287043 - 10/19/06 08:30 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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Text that the BB software insists I add or it won't take my post.
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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
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