Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Honestly, I'm going to say something a little different

I think our tummies like us to be relaxed. So for me, that means a general routine - not anal about it, but a gentle rythym to my day. Definitely breakfast, eat small amounts often, don't get too hungry OR too full, I do tend to eat about the same times each day but not because I'm watching the clock, it just falls that way in the routine of our schedule and so does not feel harried, like grabbing a mad-dash lunch and scarfing it down before running to the next thing demanding my attention. Calmness!

But on the flip side, I think my IBS has been at its worst in my life when I was overly stressed at trying to order and control every detail of my life, including analyzing every little thing I was eating/doing/not eating/not doing, as well as when and how I ate and when and how I BM'd, etc. Truly it was like an obsession and it made me worse and worse instead of better. As I started to learn how to RELAX, my symptoms are not gone but are much, much more manageable.

Hope this helps... guess there's a balance to everything.

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Take care,
Michelle
...the greatest of these is LOVE. (I Cor 13)

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