Day 2 - Not the best start!

Sickkk..... I am sooooo sick today.

Last year I was diagnosed with IBS, which sounds pretty lame and uneventful, but it sucks a big one... a lot...

Donuts and Apples... a recipe for disaster.

I went to a dietician for it early last year and found that if I followed the Low FODMAPS diet plan, I was less likely to have flare ups. So that's what I have done for a year now. Sometimes I haven't been exactly faithful to the program. It's hard to give up bread or wheat or barley... or apples and watermelon... or cream cheese, dried fruit, spicey foods, too much onion and garlic.

Yep... My food life kinda sucks most of the time!

Sometimes I can get away with something. If it's a one time thing and I take a low quantity. Like cheese. I'm good with cheese, for the most part. But bread = disaster.

I had a fruit drink given to me at work once. I picked one that was strawberry and melon. Cuz I knew it would be safe. Halfway through the day, I started to have mild discomfort, and I pulled the juice bottle out of my desk bin (there wasn't anything else in there, thanks!). Should have read the label before drinking it, because it contained 90% apple juice. I knew from that point on, apples would be the death of me. Go figure!

Sad Panda

Anyway. That brings us to today. Yesterday I had my shakes all day and then had lamb chops with baked wedges for dinner. Not exactly bad stuff there. Woke up this morning in a pretty bad state. Sweats, cramps, etc. No more detail required... Needless to say, I have been having a not fun day on my third to last day of my vacation. So sad... :(

And the only thing that I can guess it was caused by was the shakes I had yesterday. However, the first time I did it, I had no problems. Soooo was this just a fluke? Is it just a flare-up unrelated to food habits? Or did the shakes actually give me the needed cleanse a little early? Hard to say. Testing it out tomorrow to see. But today, I just felt too ill to do much of anything. Eggs and bacon for breakfast. A handful of nuts this afternoon, and ready for some gf hot dogs tonight. Fingers crossed it settles soon!