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Search for FODMAP in the app store, there’s a few apps that you can use to search and look for low FODMAP stuff. I’m going to be starting the same diet next week myself, to help with my own stomach issues. It’s confusing for sure. I’m trying to gain weight though - hoping identifying my trigger foods will help in the long…

Today was a fail. No appetite, had to force myself to eat dinner. Didn’t eat much yesterday either because I had to get an endoscopy done. More medical testing this weekend to check for sucrose intolerance. I’ve taken a similar test before and it made me feel horrible, so there’s another day when I probably won’t eat much.…

No idea what to get my Dad for Father’s Day. And dealing with some health stuff so it’s going to be hard to go out and find something anyway. And when I ask him outright what he wants he just makes some joke answer. But he gets pissy if other people in the family don’t drop hints about what they want for…

Goals for 6/13 - eat more than I did today - 40 oz of water I thought my calorie count was good today, until I logged everything and realized I actually did horrible. And yet somehow I still feel completely stuffed. I really don’t understand my body. Pretty much at rock bottom right now. I’m 20 pounds underweight and that…

Went to my nutritionist today and was told yet again that it’s not the food causing my digestive issues, it’s all related to stress. Hearing that just makes me blame myself because I can’t figure out good coping techniques to keep my emotions under control (I’m in therapy but it’s not helping much - finding a new therapist…

Water consumption was terrible yesterday. Need to do better today. Also falling behind on household chores and writing (again) so need to make some progress with that after work. Still logging my food, still falling well short of my calorie goal. But as far as that goes, yesterday was a little better than the day before.…

Logged my food most days last week. I was doing better, slowly increasing what I ate and making more balanced meals for myself while I tried to recover from being sick. Then another round of symptoms struck and I’m right back where I started. I just don’t know what to do any more. I’m not giving up, but I’m so tired of my…

I logged all my food today. And I made a conscious effort to make my meals more balanced. I’ll call that a win

Need to start logging again tomorrow. Vacation was fun, but the whole time I was only able to eat crackers, toast, and rice. I need to push myself more, no matter how sick it makes me feel afterward. I can’t carry on the way I’ve been doing the past few days. So tomorrow I’m recommitting to myself

JFT 5/23 - log all food - 40 oz of water - Wash dishes - Laundry - Pack for vacation Yeah, none of these happened today. Vacation might not happen either. Spent most of the afternoon with extreme stomach pain. Managed half a slice of plain toast for dinner and even that is making my belly feel very unsettled. I’ve prayed…

IBS is majorly f***ing with my stomach, so my road trip tomorrow that I’ve been planning for over a month may not happen 😭 I’m tired of my stomach issues completely ruling my life but I can’t get any control of my symptoms. Everything I try, the relief is extremely short-lived, and nothing works on a consistent basis. I…

JFT 5/22 - log all food ✅ Had to guess on some of the quantities because I lost track of how much junk food I grazed on. - 40 oz of water ✅ - Yoga ✅ - Wash dishes ❌ Ran out of steam - Laundry ✅ It’s clean but it’s not folded 11 hours of work today. My reward is getting up super early tomorrow to get even more work done…

JFT 5/21 - log all food ✅ - 40 oz of water ❌ - Clean out refrigerator ✅ JFT 5/22 - log all food - 40 oz of water - Yoga - Wash dishes - Laundry Looking at a very long workday today, complete with a solid 8 hours of meetings. And after that I need to do a fair amount of housework before I leave for vacation in a couple…

JFT 5/21 - log all food - 40 oz of water - Clean out refrigerator

JFT 5/21 - log all food ✅ - 40 oz of water ❌ - Apply for new job(s) ✅ I thought I did well with eating today but my calorie count says differently :( Only made it to 32 oz of water. This is about the tenth job application I’ve put out there. So far I haven’t even gotten an interview. I’m desperate to get out of the…

JFT 5/20 - log all food ✅ - 40 oz of water ✅ - Some sort of self-care ✅ JFT 5/21 - log all food - 40 oz of water - Apply for new job(s)

JFT 5/20 - log all food - 40 oz of water - Some sort of self-care Stomach pain woke me up in the middle of the night, so I’ll probably just be sticking with bland foods today. Still going to log what I eat though and hold myself accountable. Self-care needs to happen today too. I’ve been under a massive amount of stress…

JFT 5/19 - log all food ✅ - 40 oz of water ❌ Logged all my food but didn’t eat nearly as much as I should have or as much as I thought. Feeling too crummy to eat any more though. 32 oz of water

JFT 5/19 - log all food - 40 oz of water Still struggling with IBS flare-ups, maybe logging will help me figure something out. Or at least make me aware of how much I’m really eating or not eating.

Went to bed hopeful last night because I finally had a day with no IBS symptoms. Then horrible pain woke me up in the middle of the night. I can’t afford to lose any more weight, but I’m also terrified to eat anything because I don’t want to be in any more pain. And the anxiety just makes the pain worse and I don’t know…

Major amounts of stomach pain, leading to a majorly low mood. I’ve been working so hard to find a solution to the pain but nothing I try is working. My dad asked how I was doing and I told him about what I’m going through and he’s just like, “well, I don’t know what to tell you.” Maybe act like you care about me? Because…

I’m 5 minutes from home and I’m sitting in my car in a parking lot because there’s a torrential downpour outside. Looks like I might be here for a while 🫤

I’m looking into it, probably going to start tomorrow. It’s supposed to be done with the support of a nutritionist, but since mine’s not listening to me, I’ll just try it myself and do the best I can. I had another symptom flare this afternoon and I’m just completely over it at this point.

I have a chronic gut condition that’s been flaring up recently and want my nutritionist to help me figure out what my trigger foods are. She’s insisting the food isn’t causing the flare-up (even though the symptoms get worse after eating) and just keeps telling me to eat more veggies and drink more water. I’m tired of…

Insomnia struck again last night. Slept for maybe 2.5 hours, tried and failed to get back to sleep for another 2.5 hours, then finally dozed for maybe the last hour and a half before my alarm went off. I’m always grumpy when I haven’t slept much, so hopefully I can get through the day without taking someone’s head off.

Recently finished “Imaginary Friend” by Stephen Chbosky. So good!!! Highly recommend. Now I’m halfway through “The Running Man” by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King) even though I just started it two nights ago. Also re-reading “Wizard and Glass” (also by Stephen King). I’ll give you three guesses who my favorite author is…

IBS is irking me today. This disease completely sucks and I’m not having much success managing the symptoms or finding any support.

I’m in the US

I forgot to refrigerate my leftovers from dinner so I don’t have anything to eat for tomorrow 😞 I hate my scatterbrained self sometimes. Also I want to go to bed but the raging thunderstorm outside won’t let me sleep, and I think it’s supposed to rain all night.

Ended up having to cancel my nutritionist appointment because of severe stomach pain. Never mind the fact that I ate the same exact meal yesterday with no I’ll effects. I’m done posting goals for a while. I need to get this pain under control before I can focus on gaining weight. I wish everyone luck in their respective…