Elimination phase and straining at the leash!

As I hinted in my first post, I am very interest in the potential benefits, now I think fairly well proven, in the ever-honing FODMAP diet. I am just on the edge of seeing some longer spells of bloatation and pain-free eating. But I am not good at self-discipline. When things seem more settled, I naturally look quickly outward to the other many foods that I am dying to reintroduce.

I am like a desperate dog, straining at the leash, and I sometimes introduce 2 uncertain foods/drinks within the same 24 hour period. Like, yesterday, resulting in seriously uncomfortable and meal-aborting gut discomfort that was not easily traceable.
So what do we do with that desperate dog within us? How tightly do we reign her in?

My answer until recently would have been to strictly limit to ONE new uncertain food or drink item at a time, and not at crazy quantities either. The fallout just isn't worth a massive dose of discomfort.

BUT my answer for my map toward my free tum, is not ONE, not right now. You may remember from my first post that I have lost too much weight through this (and other compounding issues like stress). Despite my glimmers of FODMAP hope, my stable weight has yet to shift. I'm still around 60.5 kg. So for me, I have a goal of not just a freer tum, but putting weight back on (I've also never felt the cold so bad!!) So guess what - I'm accepting to simply eat repetitively on safely established foods and drinks until I hit my next, modest goal, of 62 kg.

So the answer is not to experiment with ONE new food/drink item, but rather ZERO until I hit that prized 62 marker.

Back soon to let you know how that goes and a few links to some good FODMAP resources.

John, for FreeTum

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