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[Jersey Girl]

Jersey, please recap the list of foods you’ve determined that you must avoid.

It's easier to list what I do eat every day.

Breakfast:

Oatmeal (pure maple syrup, cinnamon, sometimes blueberries)
Cheerios Almond Crunch (once or twice per week)

Lunch or Dinner:

Monterey Jack cheese 6-8 slices off the block or goat cheese or 2 little baby bel snack size rounds (not sure if that's real cheese)
Red grapes or peeled apple slices without skins or fresh strawberries)
Club Crackers (8)

Salad:
Shredded ice berg lettuce
half raw tomato with no seeds
Shredded Rotisserie Chicken from Walmart (Traditional seasoning)
Ranch Dressing

Lunch, Dinner or Snack:
Chobani Non-Fat Greek Yogurt Vanilla (add bananas or blueberries or strawberries or all three if it's a meal)

Cheat sometimes:

Lay's Potato Chips, Lightly Salted Classic Flavor (handful)
Maybe once every 2 months I get a Margherita Pizza. I can usually eat two small slices of that at a time.

That's it. That's what I eat every day of my life.


Avoid:

An empty stomach.

Notice there are no raw vegs. I can eat steamed or roasted broccoli, brussel sprouts, baby carrots and sweet potatoes but it's a toss up of how it goes so I tend to avoid. I can eat homemade chicken soup but don't make it in warm weather

I still have some things to try but haven't yet. So basically I avoid fat, refined sugar, raw, spicy, cooked tomatoes,no bread except for the grains I listed and NO eggs, or green beans, egg plant, I don't know what else it's hit and miss. I try something and if it blows up my belly, I avoid it then try again.

My attitude right now totally stinks since the nuclear attack of gastritis I had this past Monday that set off my heart and put in the ER. Example: I just got home from Hobby Lobby buying a few paints and thought how I wish I could stop some place to get an ice cream cone and then I basically cried most of the way home. Eating my chicken salad right now and stomach is throbbing because it feels like needles and pins inside--that's inflammation. Moist microwave heat packs help.

I better shut up before my crap mood becomes contagious. Sick of it all right now. I'll bounce back.

[msnobody]

I’ve tried to like oatmeal, but haven’t been able to make myself like it yet.

[Jersey Girl]

I’ve tried to like oatmeal, but haven’t been able to make myself like it yet.

I've eaten it my whole life and for the past 10 years usually every day. I used to eat it with milk and sugar or sweetener on it. Now I use no milk, only pure maple syrup, and cinnamon. I think it tastes like a cinnamon bun or more like a bakery item at least. Some folks don't like the texture though.

Maybe you'd like those microwave ones in envelopes? They come in all kinds of flavors.

[IWMP]

Jersey, please recap the list of foods you’ve determined that you must avoid.

It's easier to list what I do eat every day.

Breakfast:

Oatmeal (pure maple syrup, cinnamon, sometimes blueberries)
Cheerios Almond Crunch (once or twice per week)

Lunch or Dinner:

Monterey Jack cheese 6-8 slices off the block or goat cheese or 2 little baby bel snack size rounds (not sure if that's real cheese)
Red grapes or peeled apple slices without skins or fresh strawberries)
Club Crackers (8)

Salad:
Shredded ice berg lettuce
half raw tomato with no seeds
Shredded Rotisserie Chicken from Walmart (Traditional seasoning)
Ranch Dressing

Lunch, Dinner or Snack:
Chobani Non-Fat Greek Yogurt Vanilla (add bananas or blueberries or strawberries or all three if it's a meal)

Cheat sometimes:

Lay's Potato Chips, Lightly Salted Classic Flavor (handful)
Maybe once every 2 months I get a Margherita Pizza. I can usually eat two small slices of that at a time.

That's it. That's what I eat every day of my life.


Avoid:

An empty stomach.

Notice there are no raw vegs. I can eat steamed or roasted broccoli, brussel sprouts, baby carrots and sweet potatoes but it's a toss up of how it goes so I tend to avoid. I can eat homemade chicken soup but don't make it in warm weather

I still have some things to try but haven't yet. So basically I avoid fat, refined sugar, raw, spicy, cooked tomatoes,no bread except for the grains I listed and NO eggs, or green beans, egg plant, I don't know what else it's hit and miss. I try something and if it blows up my belly, I avoid it then try again.

My attitude right now totally stinks since the nuclear attack of gastritis I had this past Monday that set off my heart and put in the ER. Example: I just got home from Hobby Lobby buying a few paints and thought how I wish I could stop some place to get an ice cream cone and then I basically cried most of the way home. Eating my chicken salad right now and stomach is throbbing because it feels like needles and pins inside--that's inflammation. Moist microwave heat packs help.

I better shut up before my crap mood becomes contagious. Sick of it all right now. I'll bounce back.

I hope you recover soon.

Your diet sounds a lot like the LOW FODMAP diet. Are you able to eat pasta? Maybe gluten free pasta. Considering what you do eat, you have done really well to gain weight. What milk do you drink? Are you able to drink protein shakes or like complan shakes?

[Jersey Girl]

I hope you recover soon.

Your diet sounds a lot like the LOW FODMAP diet. Are you able to eat pasta? Maybe gluten free pasta. Considering what you do eat, you have done really well to gain weight. What milk do you drink? Are you able to drink protein shakes or like complan shakes?

I haven't eaten pasta since before Christmas. Only because I thought I should cut out the tomato sauce I make for it so the pasta went with it. I drink 2% milk. I haven't tried protein shakes. Haven't tried Complan shakes. If those are like "Ensure" for weight gain, I tried that brand once and it upset my stomach.

I'm going to call the gastro place tomorrow and request that I be tested for SIBO. Apparently she put testing me for that in her clinical notes (my Primary told me this) but never bothered to tell ME. If I have that, that would explain a LOT. What really bothers me is why she didn't test me for that back in March. All this time I've still got symptoms coming and going. If I have SIBO I'll really be ticked off that she neglected to do that right off instead of leaving me to suffer for the next 5 months. When a course of antibiotics could knock it out in just a few days! Can't stand her!

Apparently with SIBO sugar feeds the bacterial overgrowth and the bacteria consumes your nutrients and that causes you to lose weight.

I think the reason I gained some weight is because I made it my business to make sure I eat 3 meals per day and shoved in extra calories with yogurt, chips, and the pizza.

I'm calling tomorrow and getting on this. I still think, and will always think, that this is a result of having Covid. All the good food lists are what I've eaten for the past 8 years at least. So how did I get this? I'm saying it's a form of long Covid and researchers are studying this, too.

[IWMP]

I hope you recover soon.

Your diet sounds a lot like the LOW FODMAP diet. Are you able to eat pasta? Maybe gluten free pasta. Considering what you do eat, you have done really well to gain weight. What milk do you drink? Are you able to drink protein shakes or like complan shakes?

I haven't eaten pasta since before Christmas. Only because I thought I should cut out the tomato sauce I make for it so the pasta went with it. I drink 2% milk. I haven't tried protein shakes. Haven't tried Complan shakes. If those are like "Ensure" for weight gain, I tried that brand once and it upset my stomach.

I'm going to call the gastro place tomorrow and request that I be tested for SIBO. Apparently she put testing me for that in her clinical notes (my Primary told me this) but never bothered to tell ME. If I have that, that would explain a LOT. What really bothers me is why she didn't test me for that back in March. All this time I've still got symptoms coming and going. If I have SIBO I'll really be ticked off that she neglected to do that right off instead of leaving me to suffer for the next 5 months. When a course of antibiotics could knock it out in just a few days! Can't stand her!

Apparently with SIBO sugar feeds the bacterial overgrowth and the bacteria consumes your nutrients and that causes you to lose weight.

I think the reason I gained some weight is because I made it my business to make sure I eat 3 meals per day and shoved in extra calories with yogurt, chips, and the pizza.

I'm calling tomorrow and getting on this. I still think, and will always think, that this is a result of having Covid. All the good food lists are what I've eaten for the past 8 years at least. So how did I get this? I'm saying it's a form of long Covid and researchers are studying this, too.

Gosh. Makes me think of all the years (9) my mum couldn't eat because she believed she had a stomach ulcer and she only ate plain dry things and it turned out to be h.pylori and a couple of weeks antibiotics and she hasn't had acid issues since. My whole childhood nearly. She was always in pain. It would be good if you had a simple solution though. COVID did a number on some people.

Have you tried plain pasta with salt? I know it's bland can add cheese and rotisserie chicken bits and have it like a salad pasta. Just because pasta good at helping weight gain.

Fingers crossed you get tested soon.

The shakes are probably like what you tried. Tried them with Oliver (pediasure). Didn't make a difference.

Is oatmeal the same as porridge? Or is it dry?

[Jersey Girl]

So whenever I've looked at UK breakfast menus the porridge looked like oatmeal. So...I looked it up and the wiki says oatmeal is a type of porridge. Don't recall if it said there are other kinds.

It's dry until you cook it with water in it to poof it up.

I haven't had pasta since Christmas time. I do have Tortellini with ricotta in the freezer and am going to try that with olive oil and fresh basil I've got growing on the deck in a pot.

I was tested for h.pylori when I got those scopes and it was negative. Your poor Mum! I absolutely sympathize with her story! It's miserable!

I made an appointment with the gastro place. That PA I didn't like is no longer there! Tried for the Doctor but he's not available until November so am seeing another PA and asked the scheduling person to put a note on there about SIBO. I'm after the antibiotics! Lord if I could feel normal again I would be SO happy!

[IWMP]

So whenever I've looked at UK breakfast menus the porridge looked like oatmeal. So...I looked it up and the wiki says oatmeal is a type of porridge. Don't recall if it said there are other kinds.

It's dry until you cook it with water in it to poof it up.

I haven't had pasta since Christmas time. I do have Tortellini with ricotta in the freezer and am going to try that with olive oil and fresh basil I've got growing on the deck in a pot.

I was tested for h.pylori when I got those scopes and it was negative. Your poor Mum! I absolutely sympathize with her story! It's miserable!

I made an appointment with the gastro place. That PA I didn't like is no longer there! Tried for the Doctor but he's not available until November so am seeing another PA and asked the scheduling person to put a note on there about SIBO. I'm after the antibiotics! Lord if I could feel normal again I would be SO happy!

Sounds like porridge. Hope the pasta goes well and I hope you can get seen and tested soon. I wonder if you can buy a test kit off the internet. I know they aren't diagnostic or accurate but it could help you.


Fingers crossed

[Jersey Girl]

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[IWMP]

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6.885714 Stone for the UK residents amongst us.

well done xx