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Posted 4/9/2014 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone else?

Today I have been good, and only eaten what I ought. I am on restrictive diet for IBD, so what I ought to eat is pretty limited.

Some days I stop and get junk food and eat it before I get home. I know I shouldn't, but I cannot seem to be strict with myself about this. Always carbs, usually wheat-based products. Perhaps, I rationalize by not bringing it into the house, so maybe it doesn't count.

I am trying to curb this by buying a box of fruit/nut bars with no wheat, sugar, or soy, and keeping them in my car. They aren't very good, but there isn't anything in them to hurt me.
Posted 4/9/2014 8:52 PM (GMT 0)
The one really good thing about this diet is understanding how addicted I was to carbs. After a few months, the craving does lessen. And, frankly, I enjoy life so much more without the nausea, headaches, pain, diarrhea, bloating, etc.

But carbs taste so good. -sigh-
Posted 4/9/2014 9:31 PM (GMT 0)
Of course ... carbs are satisfying!

   Way back in the 80's, i was on the (Stillman-?) Diet - low carbs with lots of water. It worked ... lost more weight than i care to admit ... then, coincidentally, earned a fistula that prompted a quick doctors visit, impromptu nasty anal exam - and then directly to emergency surgery with a local in the spine.

   All of that for a 10-month diet. No - it was supposed to be how i will now be eating. Didn't work so well for me!

   I must say, i will never forget the surgery. It was in Florida, and the operating room had music from "Miami Vice" going while i was on my back in stirrups and two people were getting awfully personal in front of me.

   All i could think of was ... "man - this was good s**t" - whatever they put in that spinal!!! And i was a big Sonny Crockett fan!

   Ever since then, I'm really carefull about the foods i eat most of the time. I should be having less potassium and phosphorus for my kidney disease. Less phosphorus not too hard. Less potassium is  booger!!!

   Myself, your game-plan is much different so you hae to do what you gotta do! Have you ever tried the natural fruit bars?

   I have some lime bars in the freezer - had one last night - pretty darn good! It does have some sugar but low in calories (70), no fat, no sodium but some carbs with the sugar content. It was very tart sweet if you like that sort of thing - so shouldn't be too heavy in sugar.

   Good luck on some creative food findings for your diet!

R & G

 

Posted 4/9/2014 9:58 PM (GMT 0)
I made some baked chicken that was really good the other night. I used a recipe on the Hellman's Mayo Jar. It had mayonaise, parmasean cheese, and Italian seasoned bread crumbs. It turned out really good.

Can you eat apples? They are a complex carb and rather filling, just didn't know if you can have them or not. They might be hard to digest.

I hope that you get back on your proper diet with no problem. I liked your rationalization... lol...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 4/9/2014 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
If it doesn't bother your gut, I'd just roll with it. The SCD was written 40 years ago and massively overdue for a rewrite: it basically works by banning everything palatable under the sun, but there is no evidence that banning all grains are necessary or even desirable.

I dunno, life is too short for me to care what I eat anymore. I've been eating an absolutely crap diet lately: I may live to (literally) eat these words, but it hasn't made my Crohn's come back so far.

So yeah, I just literally couldn't care less what I eat anymore. Not interested in health. The only thing I don't want to do is become obese, so I limit my eating to that extent, I suppose. That's all I bother with all though.
Posted 4/9/2014 10:26 PM (GMT 0)
Love sour things, much more than sweet. And salty. Mmmm.

Not allowed anything made with wheat flour. I am not supposed to be having anything made with any grains. -sigh- My chicken fix is dredged in almond meal and then pan fried. It's pretty good that way. And this winter I have been making a fruit cobbler with nut meal, butter, and some vanilla. I miss bread desperately. And pasta. It basically means nothing pre-made or processed. LOL Karen, I am up to 3-4 fruits a day, as well as 4-5 veggies. Raw is fine, actually, and I have salad every day for lunch.

No sugar either. The idea is, without going into gory detail, you starve the colon of the foods that feed the nasty organisms that cause the ulcers. They eat carbs-sugars and grains, unprocessed dairy, soy. If they starve, they die, and you feel better. It works for some people; they go into remission.

The hard thing is snacking, and not meals, and only when I am out of the house. Then, I stop at 7-11 or Sheetz, and eat something bad, in the car, hidden from society. Sounds so awful, but I am admitting it now.

That's why the LaraBars in the car are a good step. The non-chocolate ones are all legal for me. Just fruit and nuts. Mariani also makes a sesame bar that is made with honey and no soy. It will be harder to rationalize stopping for other foods, when I have just eaten something.

Boy, I feel as if I am whining. First world problem-too much snack food.
Posted 4/9/2014 10:45 PM (GMT 0)
I used to have anxiety eating a particular type of food, at home, when I was younger, that was difficult for me, and I used to cry before that meal time sometimes.

It went away as a thing, though I started to get another thing, worrying about eating a particular type of food or any food, directly in a specific work environment in the past, but I would eat in the canteen. That turned into something I was fearful of, but I kind of got over that one, ok now.
Posted 4/9/2014 10:53 PM (GMT 0)
When I'm anxious my stomach is one the first areas hit by it. I get cramping in my tummy and endless diarrhea. I don't eat much while that is going on. So not fun.

I'm still figuring out my kidney diet. The diricisn has been really helpful. She has made lists of good food and bad food. She also gave me a couple of cookbooks. I'm trying.
Posted 4/10/2014 6:27 AM (GMT 0)
am comfort eating a real lot lately, and all at night. be it an actual stir-fry, fruit, toast, whatever is available actually. bloody panic attacks!!!
Posted 4/10/2014 9:44 AM (GMT 0)
hmm... and i actually thought i was the only one who actually throws some of this and some of that and a little bit of this inside a bowl. no kidding, i've eaten m&m's topped with slices f cheese covered in japanese mayo and some peanut butter on top. sounds and looks disgusting but surprisingly tasty!
Posted 4/10/2014 5:44 PM (GMT 0)
Carbs are satisfying and make us feel "full" when I was younger any type of depression, sadness and anxiety had me diving for the carbs, instantly made me feel better but then I'd crash. Now I can't eat at all if I'm depressed or sad.

Don't know if you're tried the Quest protein bars for a snack, probably the best protein bar out there but (and I'm new here) it sounds as though you are limited as to what you can eat.

We need good fats to feel satisfied too, very important, PB, nuts, olive oil etc. Protein with a carb helps, just eating a ton of carbs will give cravings.

Take care...
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