REPORTING IN - 1/27/06
#242053 - 01/27/06 09:03 AM
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Shell Marr
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Loc: Seattle, WA USA
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Everyone post their report for what you did on 1/27 here....
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breakfast: apple-cinnamon instant oatmeal w/ soy milk
snack: small banana, slice of raisin toast w/ peanut butter
lunch: potato-mushroom frittata, a few UFOs *sigh*
dinner: chicken-noodle soup, 2 slices light garlic toast
dessert: i will probably go do something bad as soon as I'm done reporting 
exercise: a very little strenuous housework... as in, moving furniture, lifting boxes, etc.
I'm going to try very hard to get back on track tomorrow. I'm not pushing myself as far as the exercise goes, especially on a weekend, but I really want to get back to eating well, even if it's not doing me any visible good. I have to keep reminding myself of the health benefits, or I'm never going to stick with this.
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Hi ya'll, here goes for today!
Activities: I did goood today. I basically tried to do the workout I do at the training place I go to, but at home.. so obviously I had to modify it a little. But basically, 8 minutes on the elliptical and then "super sets" of exercises with 2 minutes elliptical (bike at the gym, but I have an elliptical) as hard as I can in between. Super tired by the end, but felt good for doing it.
Plus, 40 minutes dog walking.
Breakfast: 2 arrowroot cookies. (Bad. Was JUST about to workout, so couldn't eat too much and thought I would eat right after.. then I didn't.
Lunch: UFO (quesadilla, felt daring apparently) with some salad. 1/4 of a brownie desert. Not good choices, but I can't worry about that now!
Snack: Some gummi bears
Dinner: Large pasta shells with tuna with ultra low fat mayonaise. Glass of cranberry juice (half/half w/water)
Snack: Hot chocolate w/soy
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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Egg whites
Spinach puree
Lots of fresh basil
Thai chili garlic sauce
Magick Mushroom salad (portabellas & red onion on field greens)
with "Newman's Own Lowfat Sesame Thai Dressing" (highly recommend it for a quick flavour fix! 1.5g fat/2 tbsp.) 
grilled zucchini & red pepper
tilapia filet
squirted with lemon
on boston lettuce, alfalfa, & rocket(arugula)
(yes, Shell, lots of beano & immodium)
& steamed broccoli florets
mashed "faux-taters" (small cauliflower for dessert) for dessert (honestly, i'm not joking!)
UFO pack of sugarless bubblegum
Hmmm, maybe I'm eating too many carbs? Vegetables just taste so good now that I don't smoke.
Isn't it neat how much food (& nutrients) you can eat & still be under calorie budget???
(i swear i don't know what's gotten into me! i've been eating nearly a broccoli a day, lately!!!)
Twisted as usual,
Kate.
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No report:
had D and couldn't exercise and didn't pay attention to what all I ate; I know there was some chocolate consumed. 
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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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Ugh!
Last night was awful...remind me never to mix alcohol with eating ever again.
*tea with soymilk, banana
*veggie burger with lemon dill spread on sourdough, a few blackberries
*soy crisps, a couple bites of carrot cake
*reduced fat wheat thins and tuna with lite mayo
*several shots of rum...I don't know quite how many...maybe 5?
*two rice cakes with peanut butter and honey, plus a big spoonful of peanut butter with honey on it 
My stomach is so upset today...I'm doing a BTC-type diet to try to counteract the damage.
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Julia
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Kate...
#242416 - 01/28/06 04:48 PM
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Draupadi
Reged: 07/16/05
Posts: 218
Loc: Santa Cruz, California
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Hey Kate,
I read your posts just about every day, and I was wondering...is there a reason why you don't eat any grain products? The vegetables you eat sound so beautiful, and I'm sure you're getting lots of nutrition from them, but it's really hard to reach your daily calorie requirement when you aren't eating any starches. I don't want to make any judgements or assumptions about your situation (I know you've mentioned that you are currently in recovery from an eating disorder, and are still underweight), and I hope you don't take offense to this...
A big part of why I ask is because I am a recovering anorexic, and when I was at my worst, I ate no grain products, starches, or sugars, and it has really had a lasting negative effect on my health.
I applaud you for all the things you've been doing lately to take care of yourself...quitting smoking is a HUGE accomplishment! I also love reading your posts because you are always so kind and compassionate to everyone else on the boards, and you always offer such good advice.
I know I don't know you personally, but I've come to care about you, and I feel like I can really empathize with some of your struggles...so I hope you understand that it's a little alarming to me as a recovering anorexic to read your daily reports, which are extremely low in calories and carbohydrates, and then hear you say that you might have eaten "too many carbs."
Again, please don't take this as an attack or a judgement...if I am at all out of line, please let me know! I just felt I needed to express my concern, and let you know that I'm here if you ever need any kind of support...
Love and Blessings,
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Julia
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Honestly, starches make me vomit. Even rice. I cannot explain why. I don't really know. Perhaps I don't secrete enough amylase? I am biased. I view them as empty calories.
I have osteopenia and alopecia areata. I've read many articles which state that grains actually deplete the body of minerals. I'm not sure how valid this is. I've lived many years without grains in the past. I find that my moods & my blood sugar/energy is increasingly stable. I know, from studying past personal trends of spontataneous vomitting & D episodes that they often involve meals where a serving of "starchy" carbohydrate is consumed. So, I'm back to this style of eating--without "starches." So far, so good--no major acid/vomitting streaks. I don't know why I get that "gag" response after eating a starchy carb. It's bizarre. Perhaps it's just years of doing well on a low g.i. diet? I guess the sugars that grains/starches so quickly turn into just make me puke--I'm not good with sugar; it makes me sick.
Thanks for your concern, Julia. I know that when "survival" instincts/issues turn up, I tend to eat more "UFO" foods--I crave stuff like bacon & salmon & full fat dressings (and eat them). I'll eat steaks & lamb. I'll use a very liberal amount of oil on vegetables. I get obsessed about real mayo.
Really, though, there's no rhyme or reason behind why or how this way of eating just works for me. I am not a highly active person so I don't need the sugars or the carbs. I wish I knew why they make me feel so ill. The best option I find is to avoid them.
I strongly suspect (and don't curse me for saying this honestly) that I'm just "programmed" into this neo-Atkins kind of view/way of eating. And, thankfully, I do eat a lot of fresh vegetables. (And those are sugars, I know. But they do provide me with more minerals than a bowl of rice so I shall substitute them)
Why, did you eliminate starches/carbs when you were at your worst?
Kate.
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Re: boozin
#242454 - 01/28/06 08:40 PM
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jaime g
Reged: 07/27/05
Posts: 961
Loc: new york city
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ugh, i know the feeling. before i was diagnosed with ibs, even before it was bad, i had a couple of nights of moderate drinking - 3 or 4 mixed drinks over an evening - that ended in puking. i felt like such a lightweight!
of course, alcohol's a trigger for ibs. but it is possible to incorporate it, in moderation, safely. five shots of rum are probably never going to sit well, but if you start with a stomach full on safe, SF food, you might be able to handle small amounts of white wine of light-colored alcohol. (vodka seems to be the easiest.) drink slow, and carefully, and it should be less hurtful.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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Re: Kate...
#242465 - 01/29/06 12:35 AM
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Draupadi
Reged: 07/16/05
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Loc: Santa Cruz, California
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Hmmm...that's really interesting. I wonder if your body built up some kind of intolerance to grains and starches, or something along those lines. One of my good friends is totally allergic to sugar...it makes her really sick.
I guess I may just be projecting some of my own issues on to you, because I know that I've struggled with overcoming a "carb phobia" since my eating disorder, and this diet isn't exactly low-carb, or Atkins friendly. 
In answer to your question, I ate no starches or sugars for a long time not because of how they made my body feel, but because of my eating disordered mentality, and admittedly, because of a lot of literature I'd read on low-carb and low G.I. diets. I still struggle to get past the idea that some of the foods that really soothe my tummy (like breads and potatoes) are not "bad." But with the help of this diet and this website, I'm starting to reverse some of that thinking. In fact, I've come to realize that some of the only foods that were "safe" to me as an anorexic (like salad, for example) are actually harmful to my body right now.
I'm glad to hear that you give in sometimes to what your body craves...for me, it's been really starchy things, but for you, it sounds like it's more fatty foods, which your body probably really needs...it's all a process of "unlearning" our diet mentalities, and learning to listen to our bodies, and let them tell us what we need. It can be confusing, but it sounds like you're doing a wonderful job. 
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It's so hard to express my bod's reaction to sugars/carbs. I can handle beans/legumes in small quantities (with Beano! Lol!) Maybe it's because they're low g.i.? Who knows! I'm okay with a little soy (actually I love it!). But give me a bowl of oatmeal or pretzels or a baked potato...a slice of bread & it just bounces back! I know I'm wheat intolerant/allergic. The starches just choke my throat and explode out of my stomach. (I don't induce the vomiting that occurs)
Soluble fiber is awesome for IBS! I eat tons of it daily! (Actually alot of plant sources of SF are higher than a a bowl of rice without fiber, however many IBS'ers benefit from the amylopectins in it.)
It's a struggle to get over "issues" with types of foods or styles of eating. I totally agree about the "mentality" issue surrounding ED's. It's a need for CONTROL, for POWER!!!
At the moment, my biggest craving is for fats. I believe we crave, often, that which we lack/need, physically. So, now my challenge is to safely add a few drops of it. I need to get beyond the 10 or so grams/day that just naturally occur in the food. It's trying a quarter of avocado, or a tsp. of real fat source! It helps to absorb NUTRIENTS! So, today, I splurged on some "Wellness" dressings that have a little bit of plant fat. I, uh, use a lot (I permit myself to be indiscrete, to some degree about it!). It's about treating myself to hummus. (I have a nut allergy so that's a little lethal, but it's awesome that you felt okay about eating nutbutter with a spoon. I know that your body needs the zinc & the fats. I know our brains do).
One day at a time, right? You're very brave Julia. I applaud your courage.
Kate.
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You are such a sweetheart.
It's hard to think of myself as brave sometimes, but when I really think about everything I've been through, and everything I'm dealing with, I guess I'm actually pretty proud of myself!
It must be so difficult to have both a nut allergy and a wheat allergy! Avocado is awesome...I eat it all the time. When I was first starting my recovery, my body really needed fats...I would literally wake up in the middle of the night craving peanut butter! But other sources like avocado and olive oil are wonderful as well.
Kate, you are also very brave and very strong. I respect and admire you so much...
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Julia
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Weird anorectic dreams/cravings--those witching hour nudges. It's almost like a screaming infant inside.
I start dreaming of egg yolks, of real mayo, of Bacon & greens cooked in bacon drippings. Pretty gross, huh? When I was around the eighty pound mark I literally ate raw bacon. I literally drink cream when things start to dwindle and eat butter. So, I guess I dream of butter & cream & blue cheese & brie & goat cheese & whole eggs...cow fat, pork fat, cholesterol...
(side note: I actually shoplifted butter when I was severely anorectic.)
I think I just need a little "grease."
Kate.
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Re: boozin
#242536 - 01/29/06 01:01 PM
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Wind
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I agree. Make sure you've got some food in you (SF) first. I always find vodka the "safest." White wine is pretty "safe" for me, too. Beer--never! Rum would initiate a really intensely beyond "blech" response. Drink lots of water, too after drinking. Water is very sobering. And the "soy" latte the next morning feels really really good!
Kate.
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hydration is important - just make sure not to *chug* the water. i once was pretty tipsy, and feeling a little too drunk, decided to have a glass of water to keep myself okay. i drank it way too quickly, and got sick right after. make sure to hydrate, but just a word of caution as to how.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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white wine
#242866 - 01/30/06 04:44 PM
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SueZQ
Reged: 01/30/06
Posts: 18
Loc: Tennessee
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Does white wine bother anybody? I love a couple of glasses of Pinot Grigio once in awhile, but with the cramping and IBS stuff that comes the next day, it is not worth it!
Sue
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