I've never believed in weight loss dieting, I saw what it did emotionally to my mom and I swore even if I got to be 800 lbs I'd never diet. Yet I find that my IBS has caused me to think in some ways like a dieter!
I find myself looking at food and compartmentalizing them as either "bad" food or "good" food. "Bad" food being whatever triggers IBS attacks. I need to get out of thinking like this, but how?
I can't even hear the word "fried" without internally cringing, remembering what fried food does to me (vomiting, diahrrhea alternating with constipation, that drained feeling from being on the toilet for 4 hrs., collapsing in bed from exhaustion and dehydration after a long bout, etc.)
But IBS has made me afraid of certain foods, and has taken away my former enjoyment of eating. I come from two cultures (Italian and Jewish) in which eating food is part of enjoying life, being happy, and celebration. I can't enjoy food anymore...I eat it just because I have to, and most of the time I hardly taste it.
How can I get away from thinking like this?
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