Problem

I think I have not only a intolerance but a full out allergy.  Unfortunately I am not 100% sure which food caused it.  My I have got my suspicions. 

Monday, Feb 28

5:30-2 Cups coffee, 2 T. Cream with flavoring

8:00-2 Sourdough toast, 2 pats butter

12:00-1 cup lettuce, 1 hard boiled egg, 1/4 c raw carrots, 2 T. diced onions, 1/2 tsp. evoo, splash of lemon juice, 1 slice french bread that kris brought.  1/2 pat butter

12:15-Bm, 1 1/2 hours, several trips, 1 accident, burning bottom, throut feels like it is closing, nose starts running like I am getting a cold.  Very tired the rest of the day.

2:00-1/2 Banana

4:00-Salmon baked 4oz, fried rice pattys made with Rice, sauted onion, egg, sundried tomato soaked in hot water

Too Many New Foods In One Day

Saturday Feb. 26

7:00-2 cups coffee, 2 T. real cream with Cinnamon flavor

8:30-Breakfast-3/4 Cup Oatmeal (NO MILK), 1 T. Real grade A Maple Syrup, 1 pat of butter

2:00-Banana

4:00-Late Lunch-2 eggs fried with Pam, 2 pats butter, 2 slices Sourdough bread toasted.

7:00-Light dinner-1 small baked potato, 1 cup lettuce, 1 1/2 T. finely diced raw onion, extra virgin olive oil a small drizzle, a splash of fresh lemon juice.

I really shouldn't have added so many new foods in one day.  I will try not to do that again.  But since it was mostly condiments in small doses, I thought rightly that I would be OK.

*BM-11:00pm-The most normal I have had in a year.  Definitely not normal for someone with a rectum, but for me, it was about the best I could hope for.  20 min. session, 3 trips, 1 urgent.

Not sure what food I will add today.  I don't want to go to the grocery store today, so I will try to find something I already have.  I think I need to add a vegetable.  But don't want to have canned, I have some asparagus in the fridge but it's getting pretty old so I will need to look at it.  From what I read on ibs diet, asparagus would be a good choice.

Yesterday, I was again diaper less and active.  I had little worry of an accident.  I am not looking forward to the time when I eat something that triggers issues, I got a feeling it will be in one of two categories, Meat and Dairy.  I really could live without chicken, pork or beef, but a life without cheese would be sad indeed.

Lettuce, potato, butter

Friday, February 25th

6:00-2 cups coffee
9:00-1 cup coffee with Flavored real cream probably tablespoon.
10:00- 1/2 banana
11:30-Lunch-Salmon(left over from last night) 4oz.  3/4 Cup rice, 1cup Lettuce
5:00-Dinner-1 egg fried with Pam, 1/2 Cup Lettuce, Medium Baked Potato, 1 Pat of real butter

*No BM

I am feeling so good.  My sores are healing, I have no pain, and hope this keeps up a while longer before I make a mistake and eat the wrong thing.  Today, I think I am going to try Oatmeal with a little maple syrup, no milk, for breakfast.  I really am not sure what my body will do but in my research, maple syrup tends to be ok in small doses, but who knows about the oatmeal.  I am really just wanting something hot and filling for breakfast.  So far, except for the creamer and flavored real cream, all else coincide with how I will be eating during March for the Real Food Challenge.

Egg, Banana, Salmon

Thursday, Feb. 24

7:00-Breakfast-2/3 Cup plain white basmati rice
10:30-Snack-3/4 Cup rice
1:00-Lunch-3/4 Cup rice and one egg, scrambled with no oil or milk.
3:00-Snack-One banana
5:30-Dinner-Salmon 4oz, 2/3 cup rice. 

Bm-7:30 pm.  Normal (for me).  1/2 hour session.  5 trips and no cramping.  Somewhat urgent.

Changing my plan a little yesterday after talking to my colon/rectal Surgeon.  Him wanting me to treat the elimination diet more like the IBS one.  So I decided to add three new foods that I was fairly certain was safe.  I made sure the egg was just an egg without oil or milk.  I have a history of low potasium so I ate a banana, and to add one more protein, I decided on Salmon which I am pretty certain I would do well with.  The thing about Salmon is that I love to creatively prepare it and then dip it into cocktail or tartar sauce.  But I ended up baking it with salt and pepper and eating it plain.  It was still delicious.

I am glad to have finally had a bm and a fairly normal one at that.  So I feel like I am at a good baseline.  I am not sure if I will add another new food today and if so, what would it be.  I am out of bananas and I need to go to the store, so it would be good for me to decide on the new food in case I don't have it. 

Egg

banana

Salmon

Hungry!

I eat too much.  How else can I explain why I have at 3cups rice so far and I feel like I could eat my young.  OK, maybe that is an exaggeration but it is almost 5:00 and in the last 5 hours I have ate 3 cups of rice and I want to devour anything and everything.  I guess that's why I am blogging.  Maybe voicing it will put it in perspective.  3 cups of rice is a lot.  But I know over the last few weeks, I have been eating far too much, so it would make since that my stomach wants more. 

I have written to my colon cancer surgeon to see if I could get some guidance on how to reintroduce some foods in a day or so.  So I will see if he has advice or will refer me to a dietitian.  We will see.

Still no "cleansing" yet.  Please oh please oh please, make it all come soon, hard and fast. 

Elimination

So here I am once again trying to figure things out.  I posted on my main blog about this but will from now on, journal about my diet here.  Link is below

kjrestart

Doing a bit better

I forgot to weigh in this morning.  I will do it first thing in the morning.  I am finally getting my eating a bit under control.  Not eating low cal. or low fat, but am not eating mountain size servings anymore.  Need to grocery shop this morning and am planing to stay away from as much processed junk as possible.

August 31, 2010

I am still trying to figure out this new site I am calculating my food and exercise.  Not sure if I will like this site better than my old one but will give it a few more days to understand how it works.

Breakfast- 2 large servings of juice
Lunch-2 large servings of juice
Dinner-Salmon burger, 1 slice sour dough bread, mayo, green salad, dressing, 3 oatmeal cookies

Water-6 glasses

Exercise-walk moderately-45 min.  Ride bike-15 min

Calories-1328   Exercise- 216 cal.

Trying to stay with juices during the day to not trigger my digestion issues.
           

Well let's try this again

I had a bad day with eating and then my day got even worse because of my "digestion".  I ate three meals and definitely ate too huge of portions. 
When I eat three meals, my bathroom issues take over my day and I do little else but run to the bathroom.  So today I am going to keep better track and also just very small snacks and one meal.  Hopefully I will do and feel better today.

Here I go again.

Today I start keeping track of my eating and exercise.  Had I started this days ago, I might be ahead.  As it is, I ate way too much this weekend and my weight is up even more.  I did exercise and so there is progress there.  Well, I guess I should tell you I weigh 131 lbs.  A few days ago I was 1 1/2 lbs lighter but this is my life and I am a real and flawed woman.  So here I go.  I am trying a different online site to keep track of my food and exercise.

New Name New Diet

Since my last surgery, I can eat anything I want.  So I have renamed this blog and am focusing on keeping my weight down.  I also need to figure out the amount and timing I eat.  If I eat too often or too much, I find I am in bathroom the whole day.  I my eating habits may look unhealthy but may be a neccessity.  So here it goes.

Another blockage

I had one blockage last week. Much worse then the two previous ones. And today I have another obstruction.

For breakfast I ate a lemon square and one egg cheese omelet. I guess all it took was that lemon square because less then an hour later the cramping started. Very painful. I stopped eating or drinking until just a few minutes ago I had a jello. So I guess it's mashed potatos for dinner tonight.

I go to Portland to have a test done on Friday. It will take most the day. I did call Dr. L and he wants me in the emergency room if I start vomiting, or don't pass gas or have a BM within the next 24 hours. Otherwise I go in on friday for the test as planned.

I can not believe how frustrating this is.

Thursday and Friday's eating

I didn't post Thursdays menu because I ate 3 questionable foods that caused D. So I will just post the three items. I don't know which was the problem or it could of been the combo. Alfredo sauce from Mac's. Gin and tonic. or Ice cream. All are low fiber but not low residue. Up all night with D.

Friday

Breakfast

• coffee and creamer
• toast
• butter and jam

Lunch

• French toast
• butter
• syrup
• apple juice

Dinner

• Basmati Rice

Fiber-4.5 Fat-42.02 Calories-1354

Health-No bm, but after being up all night I am not surprised or worried.

Steamed clams

I went out to a local restaurant for my sister's birthday today. Creekside Grill. I was a little nervous because I did not want to make a mistake. I was relieved when I saw steamed clams on the menu. It is something that has not bothered me so far. And I enjoy it. My fat grams were way over the top today. Ch. Chip cookies are something I need to not make as often. Definitely ate more today than I have been today. Hopefully I will still sleep ok.

Breakfast

• coffee
• creamer
• toast and butter
• ch chip cookie

Lunch

• Steamed clams
• garlic toast

Dinner

• french toast
• syrup

Snacks

• Toast and butter
• ch chip cookies

Fiber-4.2 Calories-1696 Fat-68.85

Health-BM-L 9:00am and 8:45pm

Soluable and insoluable fiber

This morning, starting at 8:45am I started having bathroom issues. Didn't last long. Most of what I ate yesterday I thought was safe. But I am thinking the Mozzarella might be the culprit. I hope not. I love cheese and did not eat much of it yesterday but I might be totally cutting out dairy.


I have been reading a lot about soluable vs insoluable fiber. I need to wait another day or two for my body to totally heal, then I am going to experiment adding a little more soluable fiber into my diet. I need my body to be healed first so I have a good baseline.


Breakfast

• coffee


• creamer


• egg


• toast


• butter

Lunch

• Bow tie pasta with pizza sauce


• 2 pieces of toast


• butter

Snack

• 3 choc. chip cookies


• fresh apple juice

Skipped dinner so that I wouldn't have problems and miss Baileys last school concert.

Fiber-5.1 grams Calories-1123 Fat-39.46 grams

Health-My abdomen is feeling almost normal now. BM-8:45am-L. Butter is the only dairy I had today, so I will see if I have the same problems tomorrow or if I will have improved. Hungry but it is 9:40 and we just got home from concert. Too late to eat or I will not get sleep tonight.

My eating was on target today except the calories are low. I got a new book, it is for IBS but I think it has good info and recipes I can adapt.

Breakfast-

• Rice Krispies
• sugar
• milk
• coffee
• creamer

Lunch-

• Pasta with pizza sauce and mozzarella

Dinner

• Tilapia
• Basmati Rice
• Tartar sauce

Fiber-3.3 grams Calories-848 Fat-19.69 grams

Health-Felt much better today. Was very careful. Hopefully new cookbook with help me stay on track

Weight-124.5

BM-9:00am-N. 1:30pm-N

Improvement!

This morning, I woke up feeling that my intestines are on the upswing in healing. When I eat too much fiber or meat or residue, if it is starting to block, I get bad cramping. I might also vomit. 3 nights ago I started doing both. The vomiting stopped. Slowly, over a day or so the cramping stopped. But then I am left with the bloating, swelling of the abdomen, intestines and stomach. It also is tender to touch. I have not wanted any pressure from pants, even some of my jammies to be against my middle.

This morning, I woke up knowing I had improved a lot. I am still swollen in my upper small intestines, but I don't feel like someone took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the inside of my bowels. Yes, that's how it felt. The secret to avoiding doing this is to first make good choices, keep track throughout the day on fiber grams, and then post here on my day so if I have an issue, I can go back and see what the problem may be. Why do I get lazy and stop this process until I have problems? I don't know. But I need to be consistent. Today, I plan on eating more. My calories have been too low because I wanted to give my bowels a bit of a break. I probably could use one more day of very low eating but I am hungry and might start making bad choices if I don't eat more soon.

I weighed myself this morning. I guess the tightness of my pants is only because of swelling. I weighed 124.5. I am conflicted about what weight would be the healthiest for me. I know I can't be any bigger because I gain it in my abdomen region. Which is not good for cancer detection. And I am pretty sure if I lose 10 or 15 more pounds, most of it would come off my middle because that's the only place I still have fat. But to maintain 110 to 115 lbs would be much harder and the foods I eat are not low fat, diety type of foods. I guess I will just stick with trying to keep my calories between 1400-1600 and if with more activity, I lose a few more pounds, great! If not, it wasn't meant to be.

Breakfast

• coffee
• creamer

Lunch

• egg
• 2 bread
• butter

Dinner

• Mac and cheese

Fiber-5.0 Calories-691 Fat-28.79

Health-Abdomen is still sore and swollen. I was careful today, eating things that I knew would not bother my intestines. Haven't weighed myself in a while. I need to remember to do that in the morning. It may not be pretty. BM at 7:30pm. A pretty normal one for me.

Saturday May 29, 2010

I kept my eating somewhat to a minimum.

Breakfast

• coffee
• creamer

Lunch

• Halibut
• mashed potatoes
• garlic toast

Dinner

• I skipped, just to be safe

Fiber-4.4 grams Calories-547 Fat-15.17 grams

Health-Cramping has been slowing down. BM about 2:00 in afternoon. Not very much. But my abdomen, intestines and bowel are very swollen and very sore. Need to have my head examined if I ever do this to myself again.

Spitting Nails

I am so angry at myself. I have no business just winging it with my diet. The stakes are too high.

Not only have I not been keeping track of fiber grams, but I also have introduced many foods to my diet at the same time. Without even documenting. So today, I am about 36 hours from my last bm, I had bad cramping last night. and I vomited 3 times. All signs that I possibly have a blockage. I can't even say what food has caused it because in yesterday, I had 3 new foods. Stupid, stupid, stupid. So today, I am going to my sisters to celebrate her birthday. Then we are all going to lunch. I will be lucky if I make it to my sis's. Let alone go to lunch.

I will not eat breakfast this morning, just coffee. If I do make it to lunch, I need to be very careful what I eat. If I am still cramping, I will skip lunch also.

I have said it before, I need to be meticulous on documenting what goes in my body. But I have ignored this. I have had too many scares this month. I am being reckless with my life. Stupid stupid stupid.