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Posted 2/25/2012 10:45 PM (GMT 0)
You had better believe I drove all the way to Food Lion to get cash back and then doubled back to Wal-mart to get a few boxes!

Lately I've been terrible. I've been enjoying myself with friends, but also over-indulging in some illegals. I can't really say my stomach has been well effected at all, but I am nervous now and trying to cut back. Does anyone else find themselves getting more lenient with dietary restrictions as they are climbing the remission ladder?
Posted 2/25/2012 10:49 PM (GMT 0)
I never get lenient. If I do, I know what will happen and that's enough to keep me on track! Which Girl Scout cookies do you like?
Posted 2/25/2012 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
I ordered some and still haven't gotten any. I'm not really affected by what I eat except for raw fruits and veggies or spicy food. However, I am dieting so I won't be eating much of the cookies. I LOVE tagalongs and thin mints. <sigh>
Posted 2/26/2012 12:01 AM (GMT 0)
I definitely did not do well with lactose when I had my colon. I don't know why, but that and alcohol were the two that could put my over the edge if I was on the verge of a flare. I LOVED ice cream, and it tempted me often. To resist temptation, I would tell myself that it would be 5 minutes of yummy consumption for weeks or months of pain. Never was an even trade when I put it to myself that way.

It is tough, especially when you are young and want to have fun with friends and just be normal. I clearly remember all of the sacrifices I made to feel well, and none of them were easy.
Posted 2/26/2012 12:13 AM (GMT 0)
we just finished a couple boxes of pnut butter patties, those coconut caramel delights, & some thin mints.... my daughters friend is a Girl Scout, how could I say no??? I suppose I'm lucky, food never makes much of a diff in my UC symptoms. As I've said before, I eat a lot, I poop a lot. I don't eat so much, I don't poop so much! That about sums up the food connection for me! I don't think it's a bad thing to be more lenient with food- how will you know if you suspect something bothers you if you don't try it? I feel the majority of people with UC don't do any dietary restrictions, remission or no.
Posted 2/26/2012 3:40 AM (GMT 0)
I hear ya colitis_sux, I LOOOOOVE Ice cream. Giving up ben & jerrys was like death to me. I couldn't resist today, I feel so abnormal compared to others. I mean last night I was having a few glasses of wine before going out with some friends and I was already mentioning that we should make a pit stop at Jimmy Johns! I'm terrible. >_< Anyway I ended up getting my favorites, Peanut Butter Patties and Thin Mints!

If you guys like Ice Cream but feel like your stomach can't handle it because of all the processed crap in store bought brands, the Blendtec total blender has an 'ice cream' or gelato option! I think I already mentioned this in another topic, but its totally UC friendly in my opinion lol.
Posted 2/26/2012 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
stereofidelic, does the blendtec work really well?? i have a vitamix and it's broken down at least 6 times since i got it in may 2011. luckily, the warrantly is 7 years, but i'm wondering if i should just return it and get a blendtec. i also make banana ice cream on most days of the week and it's amazing. tastes better than any real milk ice cream.
Posted 2/26/2012 4:58 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my god, that does sound amazing! Honestly, all i've been doing for the past few nights is watching blendtec blender videos on youtube and they're always comparing the two Blendtec and Vitamix, and I think they're both the same is what they always come to the conclusion of, thats no bueno that yours always seems to break down though!
Posted 2/26/2012 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
Haha, stereo.

Do you remember when I told you SCD is diet is hard to follow. Eventually people give in to let's say....LIFE.
Posted 2/26/2012 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
My Girl Scout cookies were just delivered and my four year old wanted a box opened the minute she saw them. Yummm tagalongs!
Posted 2/26/2012 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Thin mints that are frozen are delicious!!! There's a lemonade cookie that they make that's really good too.
Posted 2/26/2012 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
Frozen thin mints are sooo yummy which is why I purposely didn't buy any. I can eat a sleeve in one sitting and then ask myself "why does my stomach hurt"? LOL Never had the lemonade ones.
Posted 2/27/2012 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
Haha Somedude, I know what your saying... and I second all of you. I was so obsessed with thin mints years ago that my mom and I attempted to make a thin mints recipe, was sooo good! But I was a selfish kid back then and was like "No these arent the same".

I just ate half a box today, and then had jimmy johns, i'm going to flare-hell soon. Must get back on track!!!!
Posted 2/27/2012 2:55 AM (GMT 0)
yes to the getting lenient when in remission. I started eating all sorts of things like chocolate and nuts which i know don't agree wiht me, Hence my current UP flare. Im getting better though but yeh now im getting tempted again :p not quite enough to make me slip though.
Posted 2/27/2012 3:50 AM (GMT 0)
The Girl Scouts knocked on my door today selling cookies. Didn't get any since they don't have any vegan cookies, but I do love them! My tummy seems to do better with soy and coconut milk "ice cream" than the regular variety. I used to be a big Ben & Jerry's fan but it definitely did affect my colitis in a bad way if I ate too much (and I usually would...).
Posted 2/27/2012 5:55 AM (GMT 0)
It's very easy for me to resist Girl Scout cookies-- probably because I had to sell them myself back in the last century (ha!) when I belonged to a troop during elementary school. Households in my neighborhood never really liked them, except for the thin mints. Back then a lot of moms were housewives who did their own baking and made fresh Toll House or thumb-print cookies from scratch-- now THOSE were truly yummy, let me tell you! No crummy chemical preservatives in them, either. / Old Hat (31 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
Posted 2/27/2012 12:01 PM (GMT 0)
Ahhh you want to talk about temptation???!! I used to be a Girl Scout Leader and during cookie season, the cookies were stored at MY house! With 20 girls in the troop and they sold to about 20 people each.....do the math - my house was overran with cookies! LOL Drove my husband nuts.

Thin mints and Tagalongs are my favorite :)
Posted 2/27/2012 2:36 PM (GMT 0)
It's tough...I just have to turn my head and walk the other way. Not because of dietary issues, but because I'm trying to lose some weight before my stepdaughters wedding in July. Funny thing is this; I can eat a scoop of ice cream and end there, but cookies -- any kind of cookies -- I can eat twenty of them. My great niece sells them but I donated to the troops this year, lol. My favorites are the thin mints (frozen of course) and the coconut carmel chocolate; not sure what they are called this year!

 

Stereo -- what's Jimmy John's? I'll be in Charleston this May, so I might have to look them up.

Posted 2/27/2012 4:20 PM (GMT 0)
My daughter sold those, but they don't sell the ones you guys have up here in Canada. I think they now sell the "healthier" version with no trans fats here. Not very tasty.
Posted 2/27/2012 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
mmmm, thin mints! once ate a whole box when i was pregnant (and not flaring!)

gave up my fav food ice cream when i discovered lactose intolernat have not had an issue with cheating since my repsonse is so bad

its the foods i am not sure about or dont have any immediate response that i end up indulging in.....
Posted 2/27/2012 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
Am I the only one who isn't a fan of Girl Scout cookies? Maybe I'm just too much of a snob when it comes to cookies, and prefer homemade ones. Heck, someone once told me my cookies tasted like they came from a bakery as a way to compliment me, and I thought it was somewhat insulting! :)
Posted 2/27/2012 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
I've been addicted to Thin Mints ever since I was a Girl Scout myself.

I've got four or five boxes coming (forget how many I ordered) and I'll probably buy more when I see them outside the grocery stores because I wanted to make an extra effort to support the GS this year.

Luckily I have coworkers to help me eat them. I'm trying to lose weight as well.
Posted 2/28/2012 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
I can't believe none of you have mentioned Samoas!!! I thought they were everyone's favorite!!! My daughter sells them and we bought 4 boxes. They are already gone :).
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