Angry; How often do you do this to yourself??..

I have been pretty careful as far as diet goes, but lately have been slipping up here and there eating 'just one' swedish fish because oh, it has invert sugar OR that sandwich from the restaurant because it's just chicken(it's never just chicken is it..).
Anyway, I am sitting beside a bag of doritos with some sort of spice on it(cool ranch? Whatever it is they think that is but it definitely isn't ranch).

How often is it that you find yourself slipping up so to speak?
I'm sitting here worried that I've just designated tomorrow as a sick day all for the sake of consumption of a few chips that have no nutritional value and MSG.
I want to reach remission or at least stay on this path to improvement and recovery, but sometimes the feeling normal makes me forget that I need to be careful and so I make the mistake of eating like a normal person.
Just wondering how often this happens to the rest of you or if my will power is just weak at the moment.
I'm blaming part of it on the prednisone..but mostly on my inability to say no to food that I do not need.

L - I think you need to cut yourself some slack. I don't know how ill you are right now but usually a couple chips wouldn't be enough to throw your whole GI system into a whirl. If you worry too much about it than you surely will be sick. Its ok to have a non-nutritous treat once and awhile. Nobody knows for sure what diet is best for people with crohns. Even on here some found remission with SCD, some with all carb no meat, some with raw foods only, some with low roughage only... there is no "right" way to do it. One could argue that healthier foods are obviously better but I don't think it is always so. I try in general to eat healthy but when I am at my lowest, sometime some nice processed saltines and canned soup settle best. And those healthy organic crackers give me d. So you find what makes YOU feel best. And we have days we feel like crap for no rhyme or reason. Eat one more chip than dump the bag in the trash. I bet even with the pred you won't pick them out of there lol.

Im with Fitzy and Kam a few chips really shouldnt hurt. Im one for not denying myself the food I crave as it really makes no difference to my symptoms anyway. Jo

I ate some doritos myself last Saturday, I went to the cinema with my children, and they were eating doritos, and offered me some, so I ate them.  They were delicious.  Did I pay for it?  Yes!  (big D all night long).  Did I regret it? NO!  I enjoyed every single bite.  I'm human, I desrve to enjoy myself from time to time, I just try not to over-do it!

Christina

Okay first of all, you guys are great haha..thank you so much for your responses.
I really probably should chill a little bit when it comes to that. Last night was just not a good night because I also happened to have my hospital bills that the insurance WON'T cover lying around, and the dealership my fiance and I just bought a car from(albeit with monthly payments thank god) said something about not accepting some credit or something other. I'm not really sure. So I was just thinking I couldn't really control those other bills, and I'm fine with paying $20/month for the rest of my life on the pregnancy bill, but I know that, to a degree I CAN control certain Crohn's symptoms so that I don't another $13,000 to my debt. I suppose I'm just afraid of ending up at the hospital again too so..
Anyway, I will definitely take what you guys said to heart. They're sentiments I definitely and very strongly already have, but you're like the good conscience on the shoulder. There really is nothing like comfort food sometimes.
And I think I'd really like to ask about the lactose intolerance at the doctor today just to make absolutely sure...and then hunt down that probiotic :)

I'm with Lamb. We're only human. I've eaten stuff that I know will hurt, but I miss it sooooo much! Popcorn. I avoid the spikey shell, but I can't avoid all of it. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to avoid corn on the cob. I live in the midwest, I'm surrounded by corn fields and veggie stands and signs screaming FRESH CORN! Every now and then I'll eat something that accidently sets off my stomach, but usually it's self-induced. And I enjoy every minute of my cheating.

I did this just last night and was extremely sorry afterwards (and thought why in the world did I do that?).  I guess being in remission for over a year gave me a false sense of security, as I was able to eat things I had never been able to eat before.  I think I'm in a flare up now and decided for some reason last night that I wanted pasta sauce to dip bread in.  My husband commented on it, but I just kept eating (maybe about a cup of sauce by the end of it).  Let's just say that I really regretted it afterwards and really wondered why I'd been so stupid...I knew better.  At least I finally stopped hurting enough to be able to sleep.  =)

Oh but there is 2 test for lactose intolerance, one is a breath test, not near as effective as the test I took though which is where they have you drink a little cup of this really sweet milky stuff (no, it's not actual milk) it's the lactase which is the natural sugar in milk products and then every 1/2 hour they take blood from you...for me I started having pure D (and my BM's were semi formed for the most part before I drank this stuff) and I was late getting my second blood withdrawn (and apparently accuracy, being every 1/2 hour on the dot) makes is key, by the time I was suppose to get my 3rd blood drawn I was sooooooo sick with D the lab tech was so angry at the doc for putting me through this test as she stated it was sooo obviouse that I was severely lactose intolerant so she said just go home when you feel safe to leave and I'll mark the test as you being severely lactose intolerant.

The Primadophilus Reuteri has completely aided me with this issue thank goodness.

:)

Nanners said...
I use to cheat way more than I do now, but after alot of bad days becuz of my poor food choices, I do it alot less now. I still do cheat ocasionally, but not like I did before. LMills just fyi, there really isn't a test for lactose intolerance. I found out thru trial and error and some posts from PB4 that I was lactose intolerant. Got that out of my diet and things have improved alot.

I know it's really hard guys...I used to be a junk-food junky and completely altering my diet was one of the hardest things I ever had to do but so well worth it in the end. The cravings you get from those unhealthy foods do completely go away, your taste buds among other chemical balances in the brain really do adjust and change and once you've stopped eating/drinking all junky stuff it does get out of your system...when I see people eating some of my favorite junky stuff that I used to severely induldge in it actually makes me shutter because it grosses me out it doesn't make me want it...the mind is a powerful thing that's for sure but we have more control then we give ourselves credit for...

It took alot of will-power and some creativeness on my part to get off of all the junky stuff...I'd convince myself it no longer exsisted so in the grocery store I would just bypass particular (actually many isles), and when I got really tempted (which happend less the more days I went without putting junky stuff in) then I'd just convince myself if I ate it I would get e-coli or something...lots of will-power but it can definitely be done...when I craved something sweet which was usually my biggest downfall then I'd eat a bunch of sweet fruit/juices, and when I craved salty out came a cucumber with a little salt sprinkled on.

:)

LOL! This brings back both good & BAD memories! When I was on Pred I was complete chocoholic! I was very sick then, too. But it didn't matter! I had to have my pudding cake or cupcake. Well, I survived & got better..
Yeah, cut yourself some slack! Especially when you start feeling better, you may be astonished at what you can get away with.. Every now & then, that is..

Matthew

Haha, stop talking about chocolate!  I work in a high end candy store...I make truffles and fudge, and caramels, and my favorite rice crispy treats covered in chocolate and then dipped into whatever my little heart desires (usually M&Ms LOL)  I can honestly say, it doesnt matter how sick I am, I always find a way to get a lil bit of chocolate. 60mg of prednisone and working in a candy store makes for a dangerous combination!

I always blame my weight gain on having to be on prednisone. It's true, it has not been kind to my looks, but frankly I have not lost any of my prednisone weight and I could have been much more careful with my eating while on it. It does upset me, but no sense in beating myself up too much. I've sort of gotten used to being 35 lbs heavier. SOB.

Actually, with chocolate I haven't had any for two months now. The sugar itself though god...it really is addictive. I ate three blowpops today :( And a hamburger with..well, things on it. Normally a hamburger is okay if it's just on the bread and with ketchup, but ehhh things have been stressful lately so it's hard not to give in to onions and lettuce. I'll be more careful after this though hah...I can feel some part of my insides hurting. Not sure if it's bloating, inflammation, the possible obstruction, or what but that food was good and it made me feel better so I'm glad I ate it. Just maybe not the sugary food afterward...

I'm amazed at how many people can get away with any amount of chocolate though. I'll have to try it out again sometime.
I am jealous of the candystore job by the way, but that would be so dangerous for me. I'm sure they would start to wonder how they were losing their supply.

I guess giving in can be beneficial in the end anyway though provided it's put into a food diary or something is at least learned from it. Then again, it seems there are a lot of us who have learned but disregard it :) I'll say it again, thank god for comfort food.