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Actually the first three days I kinda bumbled around mixing and matching....as I said I LOOOOOOOVE oatmeal, for me it doesn't work though...so I tried buckwheat groats which I love too, and I was having them with raw fruit, which was still giving me symptoms but not anywhere as severe as what I was feeling originally, I was also having egg yolks from omega 3 eggs. (it is so hard to get the idea in your head that raw fruits and veggies are better nutritiously and we need our "good fats" ) like i said i still had some symptoms so i figured that i would try to be a little more strict, hence cooking veggies and fruits and i cut out the buckwheat and traded brown rice for it and that seems to be the ticket! I have just the whites now and only one, i was at first worried that it wouldn't be enough protein to maintain my muscle mass, but in connection with my stomach subsiding and the cutting down dramatically of my healthy fats (which seem to be a SERIOUS trigger for me, before Heather's diet I was consuming probally close to 3T a day of almond butter, 4T a day of chopped walnuts on my oatmeal, and a raw food LARABAR nightly we're talking major fat intake....healthy albeit but still.) I now have about 4t of almond butter a day split between 2 meals (from previous text I have 6 meals daily) and that seems to have helped dramatically...not to be graphic but I got my monthly friend yesterday..and you know that usually causes trouble but this morn I woke up had a perfect BM (thank god) and my tummy is flat! You can see me abs on the top!! In addition I had cut down on the weight training and have decided to alternate yoga daily with strength and relaxation practices, I look leaner then I have in years and lost 4 pounds in two weeks! Give it a shot...it will prolly be a shell shock to you though if you are used to eating whole grains and alot of fruits and veggies like me, but it is worth it....experiment in little doses of buckwheat, oatmeal, quinoa, and amaranth see if you can tolerate them.....I would steer clear of the white carbs if you could only because of the no nutritional value, but please by all means if that is all you can tolerate EAT THAT. We'll make a pack to experiment with "Healthy Ibs recipes!" you find one let me know and I will do the same

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