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Tried a new recipe last night, from a meal delivery service called Hungryroot that my nutritionist recommended. It was supposed to be gut friendly but sadly it isn’t friendly to my gut. Ate some plain toast for lunch and even that is enough to make me feel sick. Hope the other recipe kits I got from Hungryroot work better…

4:30am and I can’t sleep so I might as well post my goals. I did eat dinner last night so I’ll count that as a win. JFT 8/29: - cook chicken for dinner (even if I don’t want to) - Dentist appointment this morning - Nutritionist appointment this afternoon Anxious for both of these appointments because the dentist is not my…

No appetite today. Ordered a kids meal for lunch and couldn’t finish it. So tired of feeling sick and tired every day. My goal for today: eat dinner, even if I don’t want it. I hate forcing myself to eat but some days that’s all I can do. I have my next nutritionist appointment tomorrow afternoon and I’m hoping my weight…

Only 2 goals for today: record all food and cook dinner in the crockpot. Insomnia only granted me about 4 hours of sleep last night, so I don’t think I’m going to have the energy to do much else

Really need to focus on making better food choices tomorrow. My tummy is not pleased with me tonight. Too much sugar and carbs.Trying not to beat myself up too bad and just move forward. In other news, I published Book #6 today! If I could be allowed a brief moment of self-promotion…it’s on Amazon if anyone wants to check…

Rode the struggle bus all day today. Feel more like an untidy, disorganized, overwhelmed, burnt out mess than a functioning adult member of society. I’ve been really down since my last nutritionist appointment on Thursday, where I found out I’d lost over two pounds in two weeks - it took me two months to gain those pounds…

@littleblackskirt To be honest the picture is deceptive. I was sitting on a stone wall a good 20 feet from the drop off. I’m not that brave either LOL. If nothing else, I’ve gotten my exercise for today. Car needed a state inspection so I dropped it off and then walked half a mile back home. Going to have to walk another…

Thought I’d share a few pics from my recent road trip to West Virginia to visit some National Park sites. Hiked part of the Appalachian trail while I was out there - bit more rugged than I was expecting but still got through it. Apparently I walked 14,000 steps on Sunday and my goodness could my calves feel it. Definitely…

Followed my gut and turned down the job opportunity because there were a few too many red flags that I’d be getting into a situation similar to where I’m at now. I guess only time will tell if it was the right call. On a slightly happier note, my weight went up at the nutritionist today. 99.4 pounds. My goal is 110 so I…

I have one goal for today, which is to keep my anxiety at a reasonable level. I’m playing phone tag with a recruiter. Got rejected for a job last month, but now they may have another position opening up. Trouble is, it’s not the job or field I ultimately want, and I don’t want to move to another (more expensive) state and…

@emgracewrites - I have a friend that suffers from IBS it’s a terrible thing to deal with. It’s a shame they haven’t come up with a cure for it yet. @Snowflake1968 i also really wish there was a cure. Maybe one day. For now “all” I have to do is manage my stress, drink enough water, get enough sleep, and keep a very close…

I’m trying to gain at the moment. Getting 1500 is a challenge for me too, largely because I have food sensitivity issues I have to work around. Pretty much all the healthy foods listed above would cause severe GI symptoms for me. I find things I can tolerate and then increase the quantity of those things. I also think you…

Two small wins for me today: - I survived the sensory overwhelm that is shopping at Walmart - I made myself a balanced dinner (tuna, baked potato, peas). Didn’t eat nearly all of it, but I’ve had a week-long string of bad IBS days so im happy with what I did manage to eat. I hate the flare-ups that are caused by that time…

To the person who randomly rang my doorbell about 10 times at midnight and then ran off…thanks for that. I really needed to be woken up from a sound sleep and scared out of my mind because my number one biggest fear is someone breaking into my apartment in the middle of the night. You’ll be happy to know that an hour later…

Stupid IBS acting up again. Very plain food for me all day today to try and relieve the pain and take back some level of control. Really hoping my gut gives me a break soon, this is exhausting. My goal for tomorrow is just to survive the work day. Then I can start reading all the books I checked out from the library about…

All the time. Just got out of a meeting where my boss guilt tripped me for taking vacation during the busy week of the month. Mind you I haven’t taken a full week off work in about 2 years. And she’s going on vacation during the busy week next month. Everything always seems to be my fault. Certainly not my supervisor or…

Don’t know if today was a win or not but at least I made it. And I only missed my work deadline by an hour and a half 🫤 I’m exhausted but my mind is spinning with how much I still have to get done by the end of this week. All I do is work and sleep, and most of my meals are eaten in front of my work computer. I desperately…

I’m in the reintroduction phase of low FODMAP. But when I’m in an IBS flare it’s nice to know I have the safety net of going back to low FODMAP foods to give my stomach a break. Definitely recommend the MONASH University app/website

Bad day overall today, from acne breakouts, to major work problems, to my IBS flaring up yet again and making me feel awful. I’m trying so hard to change my circumstances but nothing I do is good enough. Feeling really hopeless, overwhelmed, and stuck tonight and wondering why I even keep trying to change things.

Today was a complete wash. Didn’t log food, barely ate dinner because my stomach wanted no part of it. No exercise or enough water either. And my work computer completely died and I can’t get a new one until 10am tomorrow. Normally I start work at 6 so I’m basically losing half a day. Not ideal when I have a non-negotiable…

Goals for 6/24 - cook tofu with gnocchi and spinach for dinner ❌ - Yoga ❌ - treadmill instead - 48 oz of water ❌ - Do better than I did yesterday ✅ Goals for 6/25 - cook tofu with gnocchi and spinach - Yoga - 48 oz of water - Do better than I did yesterday

Hi 👋🏻 I’ve taken a very long break from using this app but I’ve decided to give it another shot. Age: 33 Height: 5’4” Current weight: 98.4 Goal weight: 110 Got some work to do. Also still have work to do controlling my IBS which makes everything more complicated and leads to a lot of anxiety around food. But I don’t have…

94 degrees outside today but feels like 101 🥵

Stress and anxiety. From work, life, an upcoming dentist appointment to get 2 cavities fixed, and IBS (which ironically is made worse by stress and anxiety).

Made it through another busy work week. I was going to go to the library and use one of their free resources to look for a better job but it’s looking like my IBS has different plans for me today. Guess I’ll just do as much as I can from home. I know there’s nothing I can really do except ride it out but I seriously…

Made bad eating choices this afternoon. Ate a small breakfast so I wouldn’t have any IBS issues during my morning meeting. It was only supposed to be an hour, ended up being almost 3 hours. I was starving by the time I finally got home so I had a sandwich. That part was fine. The 400 calories worth of pretzels I had along…

Got lots of editing done this long weekend. And my weight went up again at my last nutritionist appointment so that’s good. Also survived my grant writing certification classes, so I’m happy that’s over. Now if I could only find a job in that field…my parents just keep telling me to have faith and be patient but after…

I tend to get nightmares with different recurring themes depending on what’s causing me anxiety in real life. Woke up at 4:45 this morning from a dream that combined all three of the recurring themes: out of control cars, back in school but don’t know the schedule, and someone breaking into the house and I’m powerless to…

Working from the office today. My smoke alarm started chirping at 9:30 last night and the noise was still going on this morning at 7:30 when I left. Even with a step stool I’m too short to reach up and disconnect it, so I put in a work order. Should be fixed today but the noise was driving me nuts last night trying to…

Today was surprisingly productive at work. I say surprising because I’m still fighting with IBS symptoms and I only got 5 hours of sleep last night. This class that I’m taking was kind of a struggle tonight. The whole reason I signed up was so I could pursue a career in grant writing but now im not sure that’s the right…