day 8
#294594 - 12/26/06 03:50 PM
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Didn't get to exercise today- no time.
B- oatmeal
snacks- banana, orange, crispix, raisins, pistachios, pear
lunch- egg white tostada sort of thing
dinner- leftovers from Sunday
dessert- tea and a grapefruit.
Cals maybe 1600 tops
Weight is back to 139. 
Tummy- awesome, just a little gas; no pain and no bloat. I did have leftover croquettes with panko crumbs.
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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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day 9
#294596 - 12/26/06 03:55 PM
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Exercise: T Tapp tape 2- getting easy now; will start rehab tape tomorrow. It is 67 min.
Breakfast: oatmeal
snacks and lunch: carrots, banana, 'honey bar' (was out of the house and it is safe), pistachios, crispix and raisins
dinner: rice, broccoli, asian meatloaf jumbo muffin size
Cals: very low- 1280 right now.
7:30 made a SF/GF apple crisp for myself with acacia in it
Weight: 139
Thighs: gross
Tummy: still awesome! no pain and no feeling of bloat (if I have bloat that is different than if I feel it. I care mostly at this point about how it feels. If I can get to not feeling any and no pain then I will want a flat all the time tummy.)
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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!
Edited by Little Minnie (12/26/06 05:30 PM)
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I should not have made the personal apple crisp. The idea was to break my nighttime sugar/carb habit, not to switch to a different kind of sugar and still pig out! I used stevia and maple syrup (stevia gets funny if you bake it I think- or it was burnt pecans, because most bites were awesome but sometimes there was a very nasty taste) along with an apple, smart balance, pecans and oatmeal. It was good but totally not what I am supposed to be doing. And I had to eat it all because my acacia was in there. I wish I had not eaten it! Now I suppose the sugar cravings will be there tomorrow night too.
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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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Day 10
#294727 - 12/27/06 05:36 PM
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Wow ten days! I had a set back this morning in my fortitude. I think I am back on track now. I had a mini European biscuit and I thought whatever it is just a little sugar and then I realized it was flour too, duh!  Anyway afterward I got bad cramps around my belly button. Really sharp pains that had me almost on the floor at work. Then that went away and I got a migraine behind my eye again. Luckily it didn't get bad. I have a dr. appt for my headaches in 12 days. I need to go to a TMJ specialist. Anyway I felt bad about my biscuit cheating and after being in pain (not sure why) I got my fortitude back.
Exercise: whole T Tapp Rehab tape, 67 minutes. It was awesome! Once you can handle the instructional tapes the regular tapes are great. 
B: oatmeal (I am so sick of oatmeal! My first bowl this morning was goo and I had to throw it out and try again. I really am craving a bowl of cereal more than anything else! )
snacks: crispix and raisins, 2 bananas, pineapple
lunch: leftover meatloaf and rice
dinner: rice noodles with a Thai coconut seafood thing, green beans
dessert: banana and orange
I am really going to try to conquer my addiction tonight and not give into temptation!!!
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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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LM, have you ever been tested for gluten intolerance?
Keep up the terrific work! Your 2 weeks is almost over.
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IBS-C with pain and bloat
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#294825 - 12/28/06 07:24 PM
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I was blood tested for it and the first one came pack positive. I went GF for 2 weeks with no benefit (I was still eating other triggers then). Later I was retested and was a negative. The first test might have been inaccurate due to antibiotics. So my GI doc said I did not have Celiac's. However I am wondering if I could still have a wheat allergy. I will continue to test it out and maybe I'll get a blood test for that.
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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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Day 11
#294826 - 12/28/06 07:28 PM
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I was firmly resolved today.
Exercise: T Tapp rehab tape (I was supposed to lift weights and treadmill but just wanted to T Tapp).
Breakfast: oatmeal and raisins
snacks: 3 bananas, orange, pistachios, pineapple
lunch: sweet potato with margarine
dinner: leftover rice noodles and green beans along with peanuts and raisins for dessert
other: tea with acacia
No cheating!!! 
I felt awesome today and had a lot of energy. I am running around the house after a long day and I think it is the T Tapp. I turned down chocolate torte samples at work.
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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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Day 12
#294900 - 12/29/06 08:08 PM
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Friday
Another day without bloat!  and I am energetic and happy too.
Exercise: 35 advanced walk on treadmill
Breakfast: 2 large packets organic oatmeal (no raisins but had to add a little honey)
snacks: 2 bananas, orange, dry crispix, too many pistachios
lunch: sweet potato
ate nothing between lunch and dinner
dinner: wok steamed salmon with teriyaki from EFI, rice, broccoli
Dessert: pineapple and tea with acacia
Doing so well I am planning to keep up as much as possible with my diet. I haven't lost weight yet. Tomorrow we are visiting friends and going out and Sunday too so I will try my best.
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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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Day 13
#294998 - 01/01/07 11:50 AM
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Saturday
I don't remember exactly what all snacks I had today but I have a gist.
Exercise: most of T Tapp but not all. Also walked at a museum several hours.
B: oatmeal
snacks: various fruits, honey bar, ?
lunch: balsamic chicken salad
dinner: Thai takeout, seafood stirfry with extra veggies and 1 fresh spring roll.
dessert: 3 or 4 chocolate squares (reintroduced chocolate and sugar)
I felt very good all day. I did get bloated right before bed and could have been the choc or the stirfry or just staying at friends can make me bloated. Anyway I wasn't in pain and I didn't have bad gas.
Also had movie theater non buttered popcorn.
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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!
Edited by Little Minnie (01/01/07 01:20 PM)
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Day 14
#295000 - 01/01/07 11:55 AM
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Sunday
I didn't sleep well at all and woke up very tired.
B: oatmeal with raisins and a banana
snack: honey bar
Then things went bad. We had to go out for lunch and I didn't know where to request to go. We went to a pancake place and it took a long time to eat! By the time we got seated I was very weak, dizzy and tired. I stayed away from wheat and ordered a eggbeater mushroom omelet and hashbrowns made without butter and limited oil. But our waiter was terrible and I don't think the hashbrown were made with limited oil at all! I took 2 pep caps and an immodium when I realized the situation. I had to use ketchup with HFCS and it has been a long time since I had HFCS. The omelet wasn't good but anyway I ate most of what I ordered. We drove home in a snow storm and I was stressed. Then when we got home I made myself some veggies and after I ate them and some raisins and peanuts I quickly got horrible D. I was almost too weak to walk to bed. I slept all night with tummy pain! So now I have to start over again with my special diet so that I will be stable.
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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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