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Posted 10/28/2010 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
After you've had a flare-up/bad day, what is the one food you know you can eat & not have problems?  It's the moment where you swear you lost 7lbs in the toilet a few hours before & now you have to TRY to eat something - what do you turn to?

Me - I try rice or a potato.

Thanks for your input!

RGRwfe

Posted 10/28/2010 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I have several.

Instant mashed potatoes (over real ones from scratch)
White rice
Applesauce
Cottage cheese
Club Crackers (original with salt)

In fact I make these sides for myself and a more thorough meal for my family. Their plates are all colorful (fresh veggies, salad, etc.) while mine is all white. But hey I know what my body wants and needs.
Posted 10/29/2010 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
Toast is a big one and I am a chef. ;)

There is a lot that goes into foods including our mental state about them and smells and presentations and our childhoods.
Posted 10/29/2010 11:37 AM (GMT 0)
Shawn that is true. If I open a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup and make a grilled cheese sandwich to go with it, the aroma brings back memories of walking home from school for lunch as a kid. My grade school allowed children to go home for lunch. Can you imagine a school today allowing such a thing? I don't even think I had to sign out of class or recess. I just started walking. Front door would be unlocked, my mom in the kitchen, my lunch piping hot on the kitchen table - place mat, dinner napkin, the whole bit. Very warm, very cozy. After a simple lunch like that I didn't want to go back to school! But my mom would always say - you only have such and such hours left and you'll be back home again.
Posted 10/29/2010 1:02 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the input. I agree with you both. I settled on a baked potato last night & had no excruciating pain, so that was a plus. Just when I get to a decent weight, IBS knocks on my door & I lose 10lbs like it's nothing (& I don't have 10 to lose), it's so frustrating. My IBS seems to hit hard for a short while & then go away for a long while - thanks, in part, to fluoxetine :)
Going to see if oatmeal is my friend now.....
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