Welcome to the boards! I'm glad you are so enthusiastic about starting the diet and feeling great again  ) I don't know how much advice I'll be able to offer because you just caused me to actually look at what is in my chicken broth and it has MSG...and I've been eating it in soup and mashed potatoes for a week and a half, oops! Clearly I am still learning as well. However, even though you have such a great attitude about starting the diet you will definitely encounter a few challenges. #1 there will of course be things you really miss eating. However, do not underestimate the power of the search feature on these boards. There are very few things that I love to eat that I was unable to find a safe alternative to on these boards. In the process I also found TONS of other things that I absolutely love and would never have tried if I didn't have IBS. My new dessert favorites are oatmeal apple muffins (search on the recipe board), Heather's brown sugar banana bread, and Soy Delicious raspberry creamsicles.
I also love to snack on apple cinnamon rice cakes, cheerios, sour dough bread, fat free pretzels, and cooked carrot sticks.
The other big challenge is eating out. I don't find myself making a lot of accomodations at home but eating out is such a challenge! I have found this board to be awesome for this also because you can google a restaurant you are planning to go to (if its a chain) and there are likely to be lots of posts about what people have found safe there. Japanese restaurants are definitely my new best friend. However, I have found both Olive Garden and Outback Steakhouse to be extremely accomodating! I always suggest one of those if someone wants to go to dinner and Panera for lunch. So far that's going well.
Anyways, good luck starting the diet! Obviously I am still mastering the reading labels thing haha.
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