Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: confused about weight loss

I'm a grazer, too, and was one before the IBS diagnosis. Grazing seems to fit well with IBS because it allows us to keep something in our colons so they don't go haywire and cause grief.

This doesn't sound good to me either: "Most weight loss diets recommend small meals of high protein food, no snacking and I've also been told not to have carbs after 4pm. This sounds like hell to me."

"High protein food" often seems to mean meat, etc. I know someone who snacks on pieces of cooked chicken. Great for her, but I can't do that. Luna bars have a reasonable mix of IF & SF, about 9 grams of protein and they taste pretty good, too. I like pretzels sometimes, but they're not high protein.

Are you able to cook some of the same foods you ate in Thailand? Since they were good for your IBS, maybe you can find the necessary spices there. We have Korean, Asian and Japanese markets within about 5 miles of my home, so I'm lucky that way. But I don't know how to cook Asian foods so haven't tried any.

There have been posts about snacks before - I'll bet you'd find some good suggestions if you do a search of All Forums.

Best wishes,

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Nancy

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