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#80459 - 06/17/04 12:17 PM
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Mitch
Reged: 02/06/04
Posts: 170
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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These last two weeks have been great ones for me as I haven't had an attack. I have finally been eating right and really realizing what sets me off. I also am back to working with my trainer John. He is also a nutrionist and has studied about IBS. This really helps because he knows what I need to look for. This week in fact he went shopping with me and showed me what I need to look for in the ingredients. That helped alot because I really get confused about those things.
I think that he also learned from me. There were some things that he thought I could eat but when we read the label we realized I couldn't. This helps so much to have him help me out. I have been doing good but not great. Now I know that I will do great and keep from getting an attack. I know it will never stop but at least I can control it a little more and know what does set it off.
I also showed John my IBS book and he suggested that we cook some of the receipes together. I think that is a great idea. This way he gets a first hand idea of what I can eat.
He also said something that I had never thought of. I told him how I get frustrated because I can't eat the way everyone else eats. There are times when I crave ice cream or a steak or even real cheese. He said to me to think of the way I eat like this "you are not eating different you are eating the way everyone should be eating that way." I never thought of that before but it is true.
I just wanted to write and let everyone know how I am doing and hope everyone else is doing great to.
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Michelle
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Yaay, Mitch!
#80470 - 06/17/04 12:55 PM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Great post. Good stuff here. Congratulations.
LOVE that trainer of yours; can I borrow him? What fun to cook together. Be sure to go for the ADBs first! YUMMMMY!
Yeah, I always do the same thing that he suggests. Whenever I see someone eating a slice of my fave, hot fudge cake (ooooh, baby!), it doesn't bother me anymore because I know what's in it, and I know it's sooooo not good for me. But it's more than that. Sometimes watching someone eat that will actually bring on a slight cramp! I think my subconscious suddenly gets alerted and goes on the offensive, afraid I'm going to consume some of it. Anyway, IBS is keeping me from eating stuff that is not good for me. There's no way I'd go near a cheeseburger; even the thought of it makes me queezy.
See, IBS is a gift. (You buy that?)
Bev
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See, IBS is a gift. (You buy that?)
Back in 1996 or so, when I first started eating IBS-diet-esque (it was for gallstones, actually, but I had IBS then too), that's EXACTLY what I used to think, and in a lot of ways, it really helped me out.
At the time, I weighed, oh, 260. Maybe 270. I really don't know. I lived on ice cream and fried things. Of course, you can't eat that sort of stuff with gallstones, and once I got past the initial pain and started wanting to eat again, I spent a lot of time feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't eat all the junk food I used to eat.
Until I started losing weight. And then it kind of dawned on me that my health problems are an offhand blessing in disguise, because they keep me eating the way we're SUPPOSED to be eating... and when I have flareups, I know I'm being bad. 
Right now I'm in the middle of a flareup, and am a little too thin for my liking, but I'll just say that I've lost over 100lbs and have kept it off pretty consistently for 8 years now, because eating right really does stabilize you in more ways than one. And I guess I owe that partly to IBS! LOL
Anyway, now that I've rambled all over the darn place...
Mitch! That's fantastic that you've stabilized a bit... I'm still struggling with that myself, and you give me hope.  Thanks for the post!
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You must love running into people from high school! 
How fantastic. Now if only we could get that IBS under complete control...
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Christine
Those who can do; those who want it done better teach.
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Nobody EVER recognizes me. It's fantastic. 
I know, though. I'd gladly put on a chunk of that weight again if it was some weird tradeoff to get my IBS under control, LOL!
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You WILL get it under control. It just takes time. And patience. You need to be patient with yourself. Just stick with the program -- don't cheat! -- and keep trying different things. If something doesn't work for you, try something else.
Just remember: "Patience will overcome adversity."
Bev
P.S.: Congrats on that weight loss! That's phenomenal! Wish I could do it.
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Hi Bevrs,
Yes I do see that IBS can be a gift but sometimes though I do want that cheeseburger but then like you I realize what it will do to me and just back off and not get it.
Sure you can borrow my trainer if you just lived in Tucson I would let you. He is great and I don't know what I would do without him. He has helped me so much and just been there for me through a lot stuff that has happened to me.
And thanks I am happy that I have gotten my attacks somewhat under control. Now if I can just keep it there. I do know that stress does bring it on especially here at work. I try not to get stressed but sometimes you just can help it.
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Michelle
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That is so great that you were able to lose that much weight. Right now I weigh about 280 and I joined Ballys back in 2001 and at that time I weighed 319. Its been about three years and I am still trying to lose the weight but have not given up. I have been through alot in these three years. I have gone through the death of my only sister, had a hysterectomy (leaving me unable to ever have any children) to raising my sisters oldest child, then to have my position with the city cut and had to move to a different department. Through all this I have not given up. I will get to my goal weight. Then to get diagnosed with IBS didn't help. But with the help of John I know I will get this under control.
You are an inspriation to me and can't wait till I say I have lost over 100 pounds. I know that I will. I will keep you in mind when I find I am in a bind and need some inspriation to keep going.
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Michelle
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That really is fantastic that you have a personal trainer to help you out... and he sounds like a winner, too! I know you can do it. I've been through a lot myself, and I was always a "comfort eater" - I think I tried every fad diet in the universe before I got sick, and couldn't budge a single pound. It's hard, it is, but you have the right stick-to-it attitude - you can do it!
You're an inspiration to me, right back... I can't wait till I can say that I've had no attacks for several weeks and seem to be on the mend. Every time I come on this board, discouraged, I find my "boost" right when I need it most. Thank you!
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Hey, congratulations, that's GREAT NEWS!! Keep up the good work and thanks for letting us know!
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Laura
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