Ah well, them's the breaks huh? I still manage to fit in the odd thing (had
steamed raspberry jam pudding and ice cream last night) but am trying to
stay "safe" for awhile.
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Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)
"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
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"Sharon Harper" wrote:
Anyone not interested can just skip along to the next post!!
As y'all know I've been having some problems. The 'scopy showed nothing
"nasty" and have not heard back about the bits sent for further tests so
am
assuming all is a-ok. The doctor did say it could possibly be IBS
(irritable bowel syndrome).
So being a married technologically advanced husband (ie computer geek) I
researched on the net and discovered many, many symptoms that sounded
like
moi. Mind you Coeliac Disease also sounds very similar! Anyways, I
found a
very basic meal plan and have stuck to that for a week (yes, wonders
never
cease - I actually stuck to a diet!!) with the results that (a) symptoms
have reduced greatly and (b) I lost 3 kilos in the first week. Granted
(b)
excites me more than (a) but when you are my weight....well! The meal
plan
basically cuts out all the yummy foods leaving you with a very bland
diet -
2 slices wholemeal toast for breaky, some crackers and vegemite with a
piece
of fruit for morning tea, sandwich or salad for lunch, and a "normal"
dinner - not to many vegies and no creamy yummy things. No fried or
calorie
laden anythings. I've also given up coffee as that can be a "trigger"
food
too.
I put the theory to a test today and had some potato wedges with sweet
chilli sour cream for lunch with some coffee. Well! My oh my thank
heavens
I was at home!! Within half an hour symptoms had reappeared with a
vengeance. ROFLOL - back to the blandness for me! Which isn't too bad
'cause I ain't hungry. And eating with me is more "habit" than hunger
so I
must break the habit.
Back to regular quilting stations now....
Sharon, I'm so glad you seem to have discovered what the problem has
been and -- even better -- what to do about it! It's too bad that the
really yummy things are always the ones we must cut out, isn't it? :S
But if the results are so good, it's worth it! 
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1
AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education