REPORTING IN - 1/5/06
#235894 - 01/05/06 08:49 AM
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Everyone post their report for what you did on 1/5 here....
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I'm the guy rolling around in pain.
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Sometimes I walk backwards to see where I have been!
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Oh poor Michael.... it will get better.... {{hugs}}
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Breakfast: Rice Krispies with Choc Soy Milk, piece of banana, tea
Snack: 2 special K bars
Lunch: rice, carrots & parsnip and some roasted veg
Snack: 3 marshmallows
Dinner(very light before going to the cinema hence tons later): thai chicken soup and a bread roll
Snack: 1 ferrero rocher, some sprite (no HFCS in Ireland; sesame snap thingy, soy fruit yogurt
Exercise: Walked to work (35 mins) and took the stairs to the 7th floor 3 times
Sums - will complete later as too tired.
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Slept in accidentally so I exercised after work- 35 minutes treadmill. Cals about 1900. Not great.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Luna Bar
Crispix w/ rice milk
toast
hummus
corn tortillas
pureed mangos
Crispix - dry
Luna Bar
baked chicken boob (LOL -Kate!)
mashed potatoes w/ glazed shiitake mushrooms
steamed carrots
a spoonful of corn
a couple of black olives
small glass of white wine, which I was able to enjoy by following this advice from Heather:
How you drink as well as what you drink could make quite a difference here. A single glass of wine enjoyed after a high soluble fiber meal may be very tolerable for you, especially on an occasional (instead of daily) basis. Judging by reader feedback on this topic, white wine may be safer for IBS than red, and beer seems to be particularly problematic. Having a drink when you're feeling relaxed instead of harried can make a difference as well. 
toast w/ tea
Goals: Gain 5 lbs by February (or at least not lose anymore weight) and stay on track with "IBS-safe" eating.
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Slept until literally noon. So...
1 c. egg white frittata
with ZUCCHINI (great tip: shred/grate like you would for a loaf or muffins at hyper-speed in food processor!)
& CREMINI MUSHROOM crumbles
& SPINACH puree sauce (splashed with balsalmic vinegar)
garnished with LOTS of chives (love 'em lately) & dill
(this was too huge to eat for brunch, so I ate 1/2 the frittata & all the spinach sauce! yes, my eyes were bigger than my tummy! To eat the whole thing would have felt like eating a small pizza, seriously.)
The other 1/2 of the frittata
asparagus soup
1/2 c. chicken boob
cauliflower puree "faux-taters"
mixed greens (yes, a "salad") topped with
Portabella mushrooms
(Splash of balsalmic vinegar, lots of sea salt, fine herbs, and MORE chives!)
A bit of rice milk in Earl Grey tea.
At least 3 L of water, I'm sure!
Camomile tea & peppermint
Kate.
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breakfast: 3 crackers, 1/2 cup granola w/ 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk
snack: 2 mint meringues
lunch: eggwhite-salsa omelet, 5 crackers, 1 mint meringue
snack: banana
dinner: vegetable soup, salad, small slice bread
dessert: UFO - but at least I budgeted for it this time!
workout: Tae-Bo
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Hey guys!
Oy, not such a great day today! See my LR post about my crappy, hormonal day!
I slept until 11:30 today (day off work), so my whole schedule got all mucked about but here goes...
Exercise: 45 minutes on the elliptical, and 2 strength exercises, plus 40 minutes of this AWESOME workout DVD: Fat to Firm, Fitness Ball Workout For Dummies. I found it on amazon, here is a link if you wanna check it out: Ball Workout DVD
Breakfast: Oatmeal/oat bran, with no soy milk today as I ran out and couldn't be bothered to go to the store.  1 raw pear, which I had a MAJOR reaction to (still am, 10 hours later).
Snack: Almonds
Lunch: 4 periogies with 1 Tbsp of ICBINB.
Snack: Nilla Wafers and Light Cool Whip
Dinner: Very small serving of shepherds pie my mom made, made with ground beef.
Snack: Starbucks UFO that my Aunt Flo MADE me have!
Guilt over eating so much crap: Feels like about 10 lbs worth around my belly. 
I feel like I really should go to bed to avoid eating any more, but it is also 8:30. Luckily (??) this throat thing got so much worse after eating my tiny amount of dinner that the thought of eating seems pretty impossible as I am having a really hard time swallowing at all, grrrrr.
See ya'll tomorrow!
Cheers,
--Stephie
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not a terribly good day today but i'm forcing myself to start reporting in anyway like I promised! 
SLEEP
bedtime last night? around 1:30
wakeup time today? around noon (eep! really need to get back on a normal schedule as classes start up again on monday)
total hours of sleep? 10.5 (but, oh, that's a beautiful thing )
FOOD
nothing really bad but just not nearly enough today. slept in and just kind of loafed about
pre-breakfast snack: BIG cup of eater's digest tea with acacia and echinacea, english muffin
breakfast: bowl of oatmeal with applesauce and cinnamon
snack: baked lays and hummus
snack: about a cup of applesauce and a few mints
dinner: (starving!) two helpings of stir-fry (rice, carrots and tofu)
snack: a few more mints
WATER
only about 4 cups... which is actually pretty good considering my recent record 
EXERCISE
25 minutes of yoga
Alright... tomorrow will be better (hopefully!)
Edited by retrograde (01/06/06 12:17 AM)
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OK... here is my reporting in......
My BMR = 2083 + I burned 975 calories (20 minutes Treadmill  , 50 mintues one on one session with Personal Trainer Heather  , 30 minutes Eliptical) - 730 less calories to get to my goal = 2328 calorie food budget.
Pre-Breakfast: 180 calories Nutz Over Choc Luna Bar & Water
Breakfast: 180 calories Nutz Over Choc Luna Bar & Water
Tea Time: 0 calories 8oz Ginger Tea unsweetened
Snack: 80 calories 4oz Cinnamon Applesauce & Water
Snack: 180 calories Nutz Over Choc Luna Bar & Water
Snack: 80 calories 4oz Cinnamon Applesauce & Water
Lunch: 355 calories 6oz Tuna w/Light Mayo, 1oz Snyders FF Mini Pretzels, 4oz Unsweetened Applesauce & Water
Snack: 160 calories 8 Triscuts & Water
At The Gym: 14 calories 4 Altoids & Water
Dinner: 422 calories Baked Burrito 10" Flour Tortilla w/5oz Chicken Breast, 1 Tablespoon Pureed Avocado, 1-1/2 Tablespoon Hummus, 2 Teaspoons Green Tabasco Sauce, 1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper, Butter Pam & Water
Tea Time: 0 calories 8oz Heather's Fennel Tea unsweetened
Fiber Pills: 3 calories total
Total Water intake (goal 128oz)  = 88 oz
Total of 1654 .....not as low but, should be at lest 1800....in my food budget
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*raisin bran muffin and tea with soy milk
*small portion of left over beans and rice with lettuce and salsa
*carob energy nuggets
*soy cheese veggie pizza and salad
*one glass white wine
*crackers with soy cream cheese, blackberry sorbet
Not particularly proud of today's outcome...I think I had a bit too much SF, and I'm feeling kinda crampy.
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My sums
#236144 - 01/06/06 04:05 AM
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cailin
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Sums - will complete later as too tired.
BMR: 2475
LessFood: 1885
AddExercise: 147
Total: 737 which taking 500 for weight loss of 1lb per week is within budget.
Nutrients:
Vitamin A 315.95 %
Vitamin D 58.93 %
Vitamin E 156.2 %
Vitamin K 27.29 %
Vitamin C 147.38%
Calcium 58.74%
So getting better but need to get sort out vitamin supplements
This is one of those odd days, I fluked out because I didn't have a real dinner with tons of carbs but had soup and nibbles instead. I wasn't too hungry though so I might get back to eating in the middle of the day (we have a work canteen that usually has a good selection of vegetables and rice or potatoes too) rather than a sandwich which leaves me starving in the evening so that I eat wayy too much.
I am wearing trousers today that are feeling VERY tight on me. I think I will make myself keep wearing them every day until they don't feel so tight as it's really helping me watch what i eat!
I think I will aim for 1.5 lbs weight loss ie 750 less calories next week so that the weight will come off quicker and I will get happier with myself. Does anyone think that that would be a problem. (Laurel, casey?)
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See, and I don't see that you ate *too* badly today... if I were having a crappy, hormonal day, I would have done a lot worse! LOL
Hope you feel better soon! *hugs*
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Let's see......I haven't posted in a few days because it's pointless. I eat the same thing over and over and over......everybody already knows that....
But, today I expanded a little so lets see.....I haven't drank chamomile tea in 3 days and my tummy hurts a little more but NO HEADACHES!! I don't know which I prefer living with, more.
I ate a little more than the usual today and resulted in an ATTACK at about 5:00pm but I recovered in about an hour.
Mini Bagel w/veggie butter
Potato Roll w/ veggie butter
2 tiny bits of Tuna (did not go over well, I found out that I do not like tuna before 3:00pm!!!)
Sip of rice milk
Homebaked Fries (no honey)
Nilla Wafers
Bite of banana
Bite of Luna
Mini bagel w/veggie butter
Almonds
Sip of rice milk
Bite of soy yogurt
Bite of rice dream ice cream
1/3 Egg-white omelette
Few marshmallows
1 Beet
Mashed Potato/Green Bean Burrito
Few Nilla Wafers
Sip of Rice Milk
Mini Bagel
Mashed Potato/Green Bean Burrito
BED!!
It seems like I ate ALOT, today, but it was little bites and sips all day besides my usual mashed potato burritos....
I still only weigh 105 lbs!!! Why am I eating more and losing weight????!!! So, my goal is 120 lbs and I don't think I'm ever gonna make it. I keep back-sliding.....
I remember a time when I actually weighed 120 lbs and was doing everything in my power to lose weight and couldn't....unless I starved myself to death. Now, that I WANT TO BE 120 lbs!!?? Forget it, I can't get there for nothing!!!
Michelle
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Guilt over eating so much crap: Feels like about 10 lbs worth around my belly.
Stephie- you crack me up, that's excellent.
I agree with Casey, you weren't that bad. Snacking is what is killing me too, that and the sugar craving, I bought a box of Special K bars and they are in my desk and I just cannot keep out of them 
Plus you did tons of exercise (I still haven't darkened the door of my gym since September )
Think positive
Hang in there, g
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How you drink as well as what you drink could make quite a difference here. A single glass of wine enjoyed after a high soluble fiber meal may be very tolerable for you, especially on an occasional (instead of daily) basis. Judging by reader feedback on this topic, white wine may be safer for IBS than red, and beer seems to be particularly problematic. Having a drink when you're feeling relaxed instead of harried can make a difference as well
Is that new advice from Heather as I SWEAR by that type philosophy but don't remember reading it before, and I am thrilled to see it in writing
I used to drink beer and really miss it but white wine, champagne and cider (the alcoholic kind we have here, not the non alcohol kind you have over there) are all fine for me.
Thanks for sharing this here, I'd never have seen it otherwise.
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I am so sorry that you experience such frustration.
I've tried chicken breast (organic, boiled) successfully, twice. It might be easier for you than tuna. According to "lists" chicken is more alkalizing than fish. You could try hiding 1/4 cup, perhaps, of plain shaved "bits" in one of your "burrito" creations. I know that you crave protein.
Perhaps focussing too much on the numbers is doing more harm than good? Truly, IT TAKES A LONG TIME (yes, YEARS) to gain weight. Honestly, it took me years to get to a healthy enough weight (and now my jeans are way too baggy again & I wake up starving at 3 or 4 a.m.) so I know I need "more" too.
Kate.
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Glad you're back and posting. I feel my meals get repetitive too, but I think by posting it makes me see that and so I'm pushed to try something new or add more IF.
Hey, we have the same goal! (Eventually) I'd like to be around 120 lbs too; before I got the infection that led to IBS I was 130 lb or so, which I was comfortable with at a little over 5'6" in height. Right now I'm at 105 and trying to get to 110. I feel pretty good though, so I try not to focus too much on what the scale says.
Edited by SPASMTASTICAL! (01/06/06 10:26 AM)
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#236226 - 01/06/06 09:08 AM
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lalala
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Yes, that little recommendation stuck with me since I read it. Here's a direct link to where it's located in the Diet FAQ: Alcohol
Note: I didn't try this until about a year after I started the diet and not until I was stable. And I don't have it regularly - a small glass on Thanksgiving, then New Year's Day, and then the one last night.
Edited by SPASMTASTICAL! (01/06/06 09:11 AM)
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You're still losing weight because you're not eating *nearly* enough. But I'm assuming that's because you're still unstable... so don't worry *too* much, it will happen as you stabilize. At my most unstable, I backslid to 100lbs, which is about 30-40lbs underweight for me! But yeah, I gained it all back and then some. Try to focus on feeling better for now, and avoid the scale if you can.
On the other hand, if it really worries you, concentrate more on higher-calorie foods. Put sugar in your tea. Eat more oven fries. (Potatoes made me gain bigtime.) Try some angel food cake, which is sugary but still light on the tummy.
*hugs*
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Man, that burrito sounds GOOD! I might have to try that this weekend.
Good job, as always! You are the workout QUEEN!
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Man, that burrito sounds GOOD! I might have to try that this weekend.
Good job, as always! You are the workout QUEEN!
Thanks Casey.... *note: I don't mix the hummus & avoc IN the buritto... I just dip my fork in a little before poking at the cut up peices...hehehe I'm sure it would be good inside too... I just like the hummus & avoc cold.
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Hey Casey!
I can't eat sugar!! That's the OOOOONY reason why I am not gaining more weight!! I keep trying to put sugar in my tea and eating angel food cake and all that and it really UPSETS my GERD!! Everytime I put sugar in my tea, I get bad heartburn....then the stomach ache.......then the D attack!!
I think the Potatoes are really helping alot, so I will take your advice and eat a couple more portions of the oven fries everyday. I do seem to really wholf those down!!!
Thanks for the help!
*HUGS*~
Michelle
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Thanks, Maria!! Wow, you are skinny!! I'm only 5'2"....so, 120 kind of makes me look "chunky" but I don't care. I probably need to stay around 115 lbs to not look fat, but I want the weight back on me. Unlike everyone else...I feel BETTER when I'm heavier. Everyone else says they feel horrible when they're overweight but I feel worse when I'm this skinny. I don't ever remember a time when I felt good at this weight.
Michelle
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Thanks, hon! I really appreciate the support!
Yea, I think I need to stay away from the tuna!! Everyone else was eating it and made me crave it!! You're right...I'm craving protein BIG TIME!!!
I guess I could try shaving some chicken in my burritos and see how that goes before trying the tuna again!!! I didn't even think about the chicken being "slightly" more alkalizing than fish. Why didn't I even think about that?!  I guess I didn't care.... I just wanted tuna! LOL!!
Feelin' pretty good today! Gonna go do some grocery shopping! I don't have a problem going out anymore.... I never thought I would say that, ever in my life!! My reflux is under control for the most part and I don't freak out everytime I leave the house!!! It's awesome! I still have my days where I feel VERY "IFFY" and kinda wonder if I should stay home.....but that doesn't happen everyday like it used to!!!
*HUGS*!
Michelle
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I don't know if the sugar problem is a new thing, or something you've always experienced with GERD, because I don't have GERD to compare notes... but anyway, when I was really unstable, I couldn't eat sugar! More than just the tiniest bit in my cream of rice cereal would give me wicked D. I avoided it for a long time.
The oven fries, though, will help. I found that I could really wolf those down, too - even when nothing else was sitting good, I'd make up like 3 potatoes' worth of fries and before I knew it, they'd be gone! Addictive little buggers. LOL I'm sure they alone are responsible for a good bit of the weight I put back on.
Good luck!
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That's wild that you couldn't have sugar, too!!! I don't understand it and I DON'T LIKE IT!! I love sugar!! My teeth sure are happy that I can't tolerate it, though!!!
I have always tolerated sugar just fine, until I got the GERD. So, I guess it's that. Well, when I was really unstable in 2003, I couldn't eat sugar, either. So, maybe it's the combo of my GERD AND IBS that is keeping me from tolerating it. I'm not sure. I keep trying, though!! I cannot seem to avoid it completely!!!
I just ate another 2 potatoes worth of fries!! LOL!!!
So, that's 5 potatoes worth of fries, today! Wow.....one of these days these potatoes will put the weight back on me, for sure! They are definitely addictive!!
Thanks, Casey!
*HUGS*
Michelle
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It sounds like there is progress! The only way I was able to gain back enough weight to be healthy was via the nasal feed tube. Honestly, THAT'S how hard it was. And truly, I'm struggling to keep every ounce on. I know precisely what you mean re: sugar as a GERD trigger. I find gluten a huge trigger too. Hey, it's so bad that I can't even brave a bowl of cereal anymore! NO JOKE! If my M.D. had her way, I would be drinking mostly Gatorade.
Also, I know that eating more or less the same thing everyday also limits weight gain. Yet, it's better/safer to stick with the tried/tested & safe versus experiencing excruciating pain/discomfort.
It sounds like potatoes are your saving food at the moment, so...become a spud gourmet. Eggs (whites) are listed as alkalizing proteins as is chicken breast. I'm increasingly okay with both of the above. Honestly, I've been waking up starving at 4 a.m. and the protein more than takes the edge off & decreases those episodes. Most veggies agree with me, if safely prepared. Fruit is still a huge problem. Certain forms of stevia are acceptable, thankfully. I had to stop the enzymes--caused too much acid.
I still have my Peptobismal days, too. But, they're significantly decreased. Mostly, these days, I'm angry re: my hair loss. There's no denying the balding & people bugging me if I go out because I'm really thin & pale.
So, continued support. I think you should be okay with some chicken breast bits (i.e. boiled & shaved into a potato creation. Maybe 1/4 c.-1/3 c. to start?)
Kate.
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One of these days we'll figure it out.
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I'm sorry to hear about your hair loss....do you know what's causing it??
I can't handle fruit either....too much reflux!!! Maybe I need to quit taking my enzymes??? I don't know...
I still have my pepto days, too. Probably more than you.....I'm sooo glad to hear you're getting better though after quitting the Nexium. Just think about how sick you still would be if you were still taking that crap!!! I wish I could come off of this but I can't. I've only been on it for 2 months and it's just now working!!! GEEEEZZZZ!!! How long will I need to be on this mess, anyway????
I tried an egg sandwich, yesterday and it was okay but I got really bloated up and gassy after about 30 minutes.
I had 3 BM's too last night.....at 8:30PM, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS!!!??? WIERD!!! Took an Imodium and it stopped, thank goodness!!!
Going to make some more oven fries, now!!! They're soo good.......YUMMM!!!
Michelle
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