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| Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 | |
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| _2:43 pm_[ang_grrr] |
Fodmap stuff here. I'd really like to lose half a stone before Christmas. I'm the same weight now as I was last Christmas and I was half a stone heavier then than I was this time in November last year. If I put another half a stone on over the festive season I will be very nearly back to my heaviest.I spoke to the WW leader last week about fodmapping and putting weight on and she said "speak to a dietician". I know that I've been eating far too many crisps and "safe" snacks like this dairy free chocolate spread on rice cakes that I've now had to ban from the househttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Natures-Store-Gluten-Hazelnut-Spread/dp/B00PUHCK5QI really need to know what my worst triggers are so that I can choose and plan properly. I'm really lucky that the effects are cumulative so that I *can* eat moderate amount of foods over a limited time, or limited amounts of other food over a longer period. The easiest change I've made is the milk, to be honest, I'm just lucky that it's available in Sainsbury's in a skimmed version.(I'm sitting here and burping at the moment because I had mushrooms in my Chilli. For pity's sake). (2 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Thursday, October 27th, 2016 | |
| _10:24 am_[ang_grrr] |
Fodmap update. Well where are we?I've been following the low fodmap diet for the past few weeks. I've recorded when and why I've had problems...13th October: Ravi meal, ate pasta and with pesto sauce which had cream in. Was almost immediately bloated and uncomfortable.14th October: ill the next day despite eating sensibly.20th October: birthday meal. Chose lowest fodmap options (mussels, steak and chips, no sauce). 21st - 22nd October: bad planning so crumpets at breakfast time and not low-lactose milk. Constant stomach ache and cramps back.26th October: working from home the day before so had a "treat" of black pudding, toast, bacon, egg and sausage. Ill yesterday morning.I haven't eated any onion or garlic (except garlic oil) except if in processed foods. I've had varying amounts of ordinary milk and also some milk products, I have tried gluten free bread but still eaten some wheat products. I've not had any high fodmap fruit or veg (apart from a small amount of cauli or sprouts on Sunday dinner).I have felt a lot better. I'm still tired but the constant stomach pain is mostly gone (apart from the times above where it was linked to specific stuff). I'm sleeping a lot better, possibly because I'm not in so much pain at night. I've also noticed that the pain in my hands is less than I would expect at this time of year. Also: I had a lump developing on a knuckle and it seems to have gone down a little. I have no idea if it's coincidence, all in my mind or what.As I read around this I hear a lot of "if you want to do the exclusion/reintroduction talk to a dietician". I'm not sure I want to do that at the moment but I'm really pleased that a controlled but not restricted diet has made a difference. (Comment on this) |
| Monday, October 10th, 2016 | |
| _10:26 am_[ang_grrr] |
Food, you are my nemesis. Not about dieting, although about diet.About, oh, 17 years ago my IBS reached the point that I was miserable enough that I did a total exclusion and reintroduction diet. At the time there was clear evidence that some food groups triggered some people, other food groups other people. The usual suspects (alcohol, spicy food, fatty food, caffiene) were in there and also onions and the like, wheat, yeast, dairy. I did an 8 week plan that started off with me eating nothing but rice krispies, soya milk, chicken, rice and carrots and then built up from there.It went really well. I discovered that the really problematic food for me (at the time) was citrus, yeasts and too much sulphates so onion, red wine, etc. Also green peppers and sweetcorn and, for some reason, wholemeal breads. After being fine for a few years it built up again with cream and fatty food and alcohol and everything causing a problem too, eventually it was obvious this was the gallbladder.I was ok for a while, then everything built up again, this time I blamed the wandering womb. Once out I had 2-3 years of really good intestinal health. Slowly, though, things have been getting bad again. I've been putting it down to stress and overloading the system with too much problem food. The thing is, it can be pretty random, for instance I can eat porridge, say all week and be fine, then the next week have one bowl and be ill. Or I can drink one cup of instant coffee and cramp within a minute, do the same the next day and be fine.Over the summer I started hearing about FODMAPS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FODMAP) . FODMAPS (Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides And Polyols) are like the next generation of IBS research, as far as I can tell. It goes some way to explain why I have the problems that I have. I know, for instance, that if I have a banana mid morning I'm fine but an apple I get a stomach ache. When I start following a diet and start having more curry and couscous the indigestion ramps up. It also explains why the old groupings seemed to have such a random effect and why the exculsion diets sort of work but then didn't really.For instance, swapping milk for soya milk didn't really make any difference at the time and as such I've never seen milk as being a problem for me. Lactose is a fodmap, however whole soya bean is too, and I probably tolerate small amounts in isolation (a morning cup of tea) but it gets difficult when I have larger amounts (on cereal) or in combination (a custard slice). Bananas are a low fodmap fruit but apples aren't. Neither are plums which explains why the last time I ended up in hospital it was after a breakfast of stewed plums and muesli and lunch including split pea soup (peas are little fodmap grenades). Last week was pretty miserable. On Wednesday I went out for dinner and despite ordering something I thought pretty sensible (chicken satay, korean fried chicken and salad and rice) I was ill all evening. I suspect the sweet and sticky coating caused it but, again, I had had split pea soup for lunch. Soup I'd made with ham slow-cooked in cider. It was only reading round IBS diets on Friday that I realised that I couldn't have created a more fodmap-laden meal if I'd tried.So, I'm not on a diet, but I am trying to lower my fodmaps. Of course I'm starting in exactly the way they tell you not to by not doing a total exclusion diet to start with. I'm out for a leaving meal on Thursday and it's just too difficult to go for an italian and have no wheat, no onion, no garlic and no cream*.Easy wins are getting lactose-reduced milk (not soya, as the beans contain fodmaps!) and having potato and rice as my starches this week. The interesting thing is that you can have some common sugars as we can digest them so I have flapjacks (home-made) as a snack. It's really weird as I had already noticed that nuts are causing a problem apart from peanuts and that ties in with the research. I'm looking at my diet and realising that I do naturally cut down a lot of high fodmap food (although not wheat or milk). So far this morning I've had orange juice, tea, coffee and rice cereal (all with lactose-reduced milk) and a banana and no stomach ache! I believe fodmaps are cumulative and can linger round, however, so I need to record what I eat and when I get pain. I'm hoping I can get myself to a comfortable place again.*I know I could probably do it and I am going to try but not to the point I create a anxious situation for myself. (4 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Friday, September 9th, 2016 | |
| _3:16 pm_[ms_cataclysm] |
Is dieting like Brexit? It's probably best not to talk about having your cake and eating it when you're thinking about dieting. Which is a pity because that phrase pretty much sums up my problem which is that a lot of the things that I want from my diet aren't compatible. So while I'm deciding what's essential and what I'm just going to have to put up with, I'm eating a lot of salad with cold sliced meats and reading around.I think that I'm probably going to carry on running down kitchen food stocks and eating salad while the warm weather lasts, look into the logistics of batch cooking and investigate the supermarket healthy eating ranges. (Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 | |
| _6:07 pm_[ms_cataclysm] |
Well that wasn't my best idea... I had a cunning plan to combine decluttering with kickstarting my diet by using up the ten days supply of old VLCD meal replacements still lurking in the back of a kitchen cupboard. Hadn't realised they were quiet so old though ... a mere 7 years past their sell-by date. I opened one and I couldn't even whisk it up. It's now in the bin . So, I think I need a plan B. I don't have a huge amount of mental bandwidth to put into dieting at the moment - I still have big lumps of difficult things in my life. But I do want to try to lose some of my cancer flab . (4 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 | |
| _2:17 pm_[ms_cataclysm] |
Dieting So, I'm still not dieting because of the whole post cancer thing but I am working steadily down my post cancer "to do" list and diet is getting nearer the top. (Comment on this) |
| Monday, June 6th, 2016 | |
| _3:37 pm_[ang_grrr] |
Opportunity for change EDIT: My BMI is too high, I'd have to lose half a stone to be eligible for the study...I have the paperwork to apply for a 24 week weight loss study at the university. In effect it's a meal replacement diet followed strictly for 8 weeks and then more loosely for a further 12. There's lots of other gubbins around it but there are measurements that sound quite groovy and it is for science.There's a small compensatory payment (probably the price of a sandwich each week of the study) and they provide all your food in the first 8 weeks then you have to eat some meals at the centre in the next 12 but it's not that onerous. On paper it looks like a good opportunity to get an LCD for free and potentially lose some weight.What is putting me off...1. For the first 8 weeks it looks like it's all meal replacement and each group starts in June. This means that I will be on the meal packs for my weekend away with the OldPals and, theoretically, be on a diet if I go on holiday at the end of August. 2. To get to stage 2 (12 week follow up) you have to lose 8% of your body weight in weeks 1-8. For me that would be a little over 2 lb per week, a rate of weight loss I would be amazed if I kept up.I'm thinking try and apply and see if I make it through the screening and then what's next. (9 Comments |Comment on this) |
| Monday, February 1st, 2016 | |
| _10:41 am_[frandowdsofa] |
MMWI 117.3 kgs, down 2.1 kgs. All Hail Dukan. (Comment on this) |
| Monday, January 25th, 2016 | |
| _7:35 pm_[frandowdsofa] |
MMWI 119.4 kgs. Bad, Very Bad. (Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 | |
| _1:02 pm_[ang_grrr] |
Well, this is just hateful http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34969424I imagine they think passing these fat-shaming cards out to people is hilarious. (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
| Monday, August 24th, 2015 | |
| _1:06 pm_[ias] |
MMWI 9st 5lbs, down 1.6 lbsNot complaining, down is down and given I only did two fast days last week but didn't get to the gym, It's rather pleasing. Unlikely to get to the gym this week either due to few classes on and having to look after the garklet. (Comment on this) |
| Thursday, August 13th, 2015 | |
| _12:11 pm_[ang_grrr] |
I have stuff to say about this link... but no time to say it right now so I'm sticking it here before it gets lost againhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/11/obesity-incurable-disease-cameron-punishing-sufferers?CMP=fb_gu(thanks  ramtops) (Comment on this) |
| _11:27 am_[frandowdsofa] |
Gym weight 114.4. Not Sure I Really Believe That. (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
| Saturday, August 1st, 2015 | |
| _10:07 am_[frandowdsofa] |
Gym weight 117 kg. (Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 | |
| _12:40 pm_[ramtops] |
MMWI 25 may 2015 69.6kgs (10st 11lbs)last 7 days 81,352 steps/53km (according to Fitbit)Wonder what I have to do to lose an ounce ...[last week]68.6kgs(10st 11lbs)last 7 days 64,889 steps/41.71km (according to Fitbit) (Comment on this) |
| Monday, May 18th, 2015 | |
| _11:28 am_[ramtops] |
MMWI 18 may 2015 Long time since I did one of these, but my health is suffering from stress, moving, husband with depression, comfort eating etc.Back on the straight and narrow now, I hope - bought a treadmill at the weekend, counting calories again.68.6kgs(10st 11lbs)last 7 days 64,889 steps/41.71km (according to Fitbit) (Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 | |
| _1:43 pm_[ias] |
TMWI 10 st 0.6 lbs (BMI=29)So another bit off. Bit by bit, as long as it is downwards (she hopes). Not bad given the amount of alcohol we had during the week last week, and yet again did not manage one, let alone two low cal days. So far this is just on skipping lunches and replacing them with two apples, and no snacking on biscuits at coffee time. Definitely going to keep off the alcohol mid-week, so only Fri-Sun to drown my sorrows ;) (Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 | |
| _9:35 am_[ias] |
TMWI (On a Tuesday again) 10st 1.4lbs (approx BMI of 29.4)Down a pound from the previous week. Not bad for just missing out weekday lunches (replacing with a couple of apples and gallons of tea) and no alcohol mid-week. Didn't manange the two days of very low cal last week, so will try to introduce at least on of those this week. (Comment on this) |
| Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 | |
| _10:24 am_[ias] |
TMWI Hello all. I'm back. I had got down to 8st12 before the dissertation summer in 2013 led to a half stone gain, and then since Xmas, despite now walking to work, I've gone from 9.7 up to this morning's weigh-in of:10 st 2.4 lbsI swore I would never get to 10st 3lbs again and here I am with a gnat's whisker of it. So drastic measures, or at least any measures, are needed. I threw out almost all my 'fat' clothes and so now have a very limited wardrobe and loads of gorgeous but too small clothes.Before Xmas I had been loosing around a pound a week after dropping lunch during the week (I found I wasn't missing it) so I'm going to try that again, stop drinking booze mid-week (Friday-Sunday only) and try to do two very low cal days a week (not quite the 5:2 but something like it). We've just come back from holiday where we were eating and drinking our way around Sussex and now am having severe cake withdrawal but I really can't give in to it unless I'm going to balance it out with something else. I'm feeling as if I've really got used to over-eating again so I need the discipline of a couple of days a week of very little to re-train myself as to what hunger as opposed to craving feels like. (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
| Monday, December 15th, 2014 | |
| _2:01 pm_[ms_cataclysm] |
MMWI 17st 7 lbs - down 2lbs from fortnight ago. So I'm losing weight acceptably slowly for this stage of chemo. (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
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