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Sand, as always you are a wonder!!

It's fantastic that you write out what a lot of us think.

There are days that I get so frustrated with the diet board that I refuse to check it for weeks on end. A HAM sandwich - STEAK - BEEF TACOS - OMG!!! Just the thought of those send my tummy turning. I cannot tolerate it, so I don't bother testing my system to see if I can. It's just something you learn after 16 - 17 years of IBS. It's NOT WORTH THE PAIN!!! My grandma even gave up trying to get me to eat stuff years ago, she could see my misery without cheating on the diet, she didn't want to subject me to worse.

Someone posted to ask me why I didn't eat meat from Taco Bell restaurants. BECAUSE a) IT'S BEEF!!! b) It's loaded with fat and things I can't tolerate and c) IT'S BEEF! I didn't even reply to the poster, sorry, but if you have to ask you haven't been paying attention to the diet. I'll eat a VEGGIE wrap or VEGGIE burrito. No cheese, sour cream or spicy salsa stuff. Thought that pretty much covered what I found safe at a Mexican fast food outlet.

I do heartly believe that the people that do not find success with the diet are not commited to the diet 100%. Yep, I'll admit, I cheat. But I don't come with my sob story to the board and list the foods we shouldn't be eating that I just wolfed down after eating my willpower with it. I'll confess, popcorn is my weakpoint. Heather's directive is correct - no nutritional value, no point in eating it, but it's the one thing I gave up for two years and did re-incorporate into my diet just the last 6 months or so.

And while I'm here - why is it that the same topic is covered over and over and over? Coffee! Good grief! CAFFEINE = BAD, get it, got it, good! Still not sure, search the 1001 other posts about coffee or decaf or half fat, double shot, decaf, no foam drinks! PLEASE!!! Search or read old posts before you start the topic that has been beaten to death.

Luv ya Sand - thanks for speaking up for us that love Heather and the board!!

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Cassandra

Live like there's no tomorrow. Love like you've never loved before.

IBS A 20+ years, Chronic Migraines, Chiari Malformation (decompressed June 22, 2010), Brachial Neuritis, and ??? the list just keeps growing, but I'm still shiny side up!

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