Other people with IBS trying to live healthier?

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  • coral_b
    coral_b Posts: 264 Member
    I'm just starting out to figure out my IBS... I avoid milk like it's poison, eat minimal wheat/gluten. NEVER have onion or garlic.
    FODMAP diet is strict but very good out line of foods to avoid.
    I don't get toilet troubles per-say, slow digestion (every 5-6 days!!) just started fibre supplements, been exercising daily and eating my BMR worth of cals... no loss in 7 weeks! just waiting for my body to adjust and sticking at it.
    Horrible condition.. My main symptom is incapacitating cramps.
    all of these tips are brilliant... great to not feel alone.
  • LorienCoffeeBean
    LorienCoffeeBean Posts: 227 Member
    i eat two scoops of chia seeds a day and it has done wonders for my bowels. i still have occasional IBS flare ups (stress or greasy or spicy foods) but day to day im almost normal!
  • estielouise
    estielouise Posts: 46 Member
    For me, having IBS includes so much bloating that it was difficult for me to see any positive changes in my body when I tried to lose weight. I would bloat up so much that my pants wouldn't fit at the end of the day. I started taking probiotics daily, and I have found that my bloating is probably 80% decreased!! I still have IBS symptoms, but I am so happy with the decrease in bloating! Now that I can see the changes in my waistline due to eating healthier and exercising more (rather than any progress being masked by a huge amount of bloat), I am so motivated to keep going!!

    what probiotics are you taking? is it tablets, or yoghurts? or something else?
  • hdlb
    hdlb Posts: 333 Member
    I don't have IBS, but I do have IBD (Crohns disease). After 3 years of living with what docs thought was IBS and celiac, I was diagnosed in April, and had a huge portion of my intestine removed in June.. Now I'm in the process of losing the weight I gained while on prednisone. Awful stuff.

    I take my maintenance meds, plus a probiotic and a powder that gets mixed with juice and helps to "bind" everything. Stops the D completely unless I accidentally eat gluten or oats. Ive spent the last 2 months eating things I shouldn't eat, but it's time to smarten up, accept my food limitations, and start eating as well as I can.
  • cheeky0122
    cheeky0122 Posts: 38 Member
    I probably don't monitor what I eat as well as I should..there's a handful of foods that I love but send my stomach into a fit...still eating them. I don't find that the IBS gives me many problems when it comes to actually /losing/ weight but I get bloated so easily and sometimes it's really bad that any weight loss doesn't matter because of stupid bloat!
  • RaineSmith
    RaineSmith Posts: 11
    I too eat chia seeds and find it helps!
  • estielouise
    estielouise Posts: 46 Member
    For me IBS is a complete nightmare, sometimes I can bloat up so much, I change change a dress size in a day. It definately is hard for me to lose weight! My body thinks its in starvation mode most of the time and stores my fat like a safe! I eat healthily, and blandly most of the time- I gave up on spicy food and Junk food years ago (I can occasionally have mcdonalds provided its just the plain burgers or the chicken! I try not to though!)
    I used to love hiking but now worry about getting half way up a hill and needing the loo (the movement and exercise, sometimes actually triggers the need to go). I am now back to exercising after not doing it for 3 years, I put on 3 stone. Since January, I have lost 10 pounds, 5 before joining MFP, and 5 since joining MFP, but it has been hard work and a slog to reduce every step of the way, most people on here can lose 2 pounds in a week or so, I am lucky to lose 1/2 a pound in a fortnight, or more! (I lost a pound this month!)
    For me I know the pain will reduce when I can shift the weight, but for now, it has an affect on my job, my relationship, my energy levels and my whole life. It really is dibilitating, and whats worse is because there is no cure, and because doctors have such little knowledge on the subject, they either leave to to get on with it, or guess! People who don't have it, think your exagerating, or just dont understand.

    Its nice to know other people on here that can understand, and we can support each other! Good luck to all of you with the daily struggle, and well done for having the strength to try to change our circumstance!
  • LAnne16
    LAnne16 Posts: 272 Member
    My IBS is all over the place. It's a nightmare.
    I'm generally IBS-C, but then there's days where I'll eat something (and I'll know beforehand) and will just make my tummy rumblings happen and the bathroom call my name.

    Have you guys found at all that the transition to healthier eating is like... confusing your digestive system at all? I've been eating a lot better, and yet I'm getting constant rumblings and bloating and D. I feel like my body's not used to the better food and doesn't know what to do with it?

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