New to MFP and trying to get healthier as well as loose some kilos

AnExpatWife

Hi everyone. I'm new here and am starting to keep a food diary to try to loose some weight but also to try and help identify which foods might be causing my digestive issues.
I could eat whatever I wanted standing on my head (not literally) until a bout of diverticulitis 4 years ago. I had a second bout 3 months afterwards and have suffered with 'IBS' since.
I have seen a Gastroenterologist who ruled out Celiac and lactose and fructose intolerance and also did a colonoscopy.
I have been following a low fibre diet at his suggestion to stop my intestines spasming. I was going to go back and see him to see if it was ok to start eating fruit and veggies again but he has since moved surgery and I am currently looking for a new gastroenterologist.
I recently met a naturopath whilst I was in Australia who was telling me about the low FODMAP diet and am thinking about giving this a try and then re-introducing things to see what gives me issues. I get swelling, bloating and intestinal pain often and can't pin it down to any one food. I travel a lot so eating out in restaurants also makes it quite difficult.
I'm 5'3" and 88 kg and looking to loose about 10-15kg also as I think being over weight probably doesn't help much either...
If anyone has any tips, experience or advice to share I would appreciate it, also feel free to add me as a friend... the more the merrier. I will leave my diary open to share.
Have a great evening to you all from Zurich.

cmriverside

Hey, welcome.

At the tops of the individual forums are the Most Useful posts/threads...you might want to look through those.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/

Click on the Getting Started one, or the General. The sticky posts at the top are great, full of info.

cmriverside

They are titled "Announcement"

ngoziish

Hello, I am not sure how to help with the condition you described, but I encourage you to continue keeping track of what you eat using the MFP App. Since you indicated you travel and eat out a lot, you might want to make sure whatever restaurant it is has a calorie count for each of their food on the menu. Most restaurant do, but you might want to ask. This will make it easier to log. I hope this is helpful.

There may be someone here that has similar condition as you and maybe able to assist you better than I can. In my opinion, seek out more medical opinion from different doctors and then make up your mind on what's best for you. Feel free to add me if you like. All the best!

AnExpatWife

ngozlish - thanks - I've added you.

AnExpatWife

Thanks - that will give me a lot of bedtime reading !!

cmriverside wrote: »

Hey, welcome.

At the tops of the individual forums are the Most Useful posts/threads...you might want to look through those.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/

Click on the Getting Started one, or the General. The sticky posts at the top are great, full of info.