First thing was to get tested for food intollerances and allergies, especially lactose, fructose, histamine, gluten. If you are intollerant to sth and you keep eating it, your intestines will be inflamed and unhappy all the time, and you will not know what is triggering your symptoms. Now I am most of the time not eating anything I am intollerant to. But I would not know what to avoid without the tests.
Second thing was to find out and educate myself about SIBO. I can very much recommend the book ā The Microbiome Connection: Your Guide to IBS, SIBO, and Low-Fermentation Eatingā by Mark Pimentel. Pimentel is the current top researcher on IBS and SIBO. I tested positive for SIBO and did the suggested antibiotic treatment.
Not eating foods I am intollerant to and ongoing medication keeps me symptom free.
Yesterday I had such strong cravings for sugar in the evening. I had 4 biscuits and later my boyfriend went to grab an yoghurt and I asked him to bring me one too and as he stood up to go to the fridge I changed myind. I knew itās Ed and didnāt want to eat late at the night. I wasnāt hungry, more the opposite because I had a big filling dinner. I blame the habit of eating in front of the telly. I stopped doing it since I stopped binging, because I know itās one of my biggest triggers.
51 days no takeaways.
47 days no sugar.
33 days no crisps.
4 days no binge-eating.
Somewhere along the line I got my numbers wrong, these are the correct ones.
I ate strawberries again, I think I have a new addiction.
The biggest and best news isā¦I went to the gym and swimming yesterday! It was a very terrifying experience and itās going to be hard to keep going back, but I want to. I plan to use my next day pass tomorrow (I have therapy today), and then rejoin on my way out.
It is time for me to dump my junk food addiction. I quit drinking 13 and 1/2 months ago, but substituting the occasional ice cream cone or small bag of gummie bears or chocolate bar has evolved into a full blown addiction. It has to stop!!! Looking forward to support here from you great folks who have been so helpful in my journey to quit alcohol!
Thanks.
52 days no takeaways.
48 days no sugar.
34 days no crisps.
5 days no binge-eating.
After therapy yesterday I found myself romanticising bingeing crisps and a tv show all afternoon. I managed to distract myself.
Then in the evening it came back full force, along with takeaway cravings, because I had to stay awake for my swimming goggles to be delivered so I was dealing with the insatiable appetite from my meds. I got through that too, and I am so grateful to wake-up and realise I didnāt give in, at first I wasnāt sure.
I had some biscuits late at night yesterday but I didnāt binge on them.
Ed got stronger now. Before, if I ate a big dinner and felt full afterwards, I didnāt feel like eating anything. That was different last two days. Yesterday and the day before, I over ate during my dinner, yet I was craving something sweet, despite being so full. I never experienced this before and it makes me scared. Why is this?
I am playing with thoughts about fasting, but then it might be Ed again wanting me to go crazy - starve myself first and then eat uncontrollably.
@Jana1988 Really sorry to hear you are on this rollercoaster of cravings. I completely understand the wish to get rid of the cravings, but in my experience they donāt vanish completely. Yesterday I also had cravings for specific sweets. What has changed is my attitude towards them. They come up, I register them, I label them as not useful, and keep doing what I was doing. Iām not scared of cravings any more.
And I totally get the idea to purge via fasting so you can binge again.
Have you ever tried mindfulnes training/meditation to find a way to deal with your cravings? @CATMANCAM Congrats on making it to the pool Thatās a huge step And congrats on beating the meds-induced appetite . I get these when my hormones fluctuate. I feel you friend @Rebabeeba Welcome to the thread Good job on getting through day 1. @Pattycake Welcome to the thread That is a strong decision you made there about your eating habits. Do you already have a plan, ideas what you want to achieve, tools you already use? Please share if you feel like it. We all can learn from each other.
283 days no sugar
147 UPF
21 gluten
21 dairy
Staying present - instead of the counter I had - makes me feel much more relaxed around eating. Sometimes Iāll eat more, sometimes less, and I stay present with that.
Thanks for the warm welcome, @CATMANCAM , @Jana1988 , and @acromouse . Today is my first day no junk food. I had worked my way up to eating through a share size bag of hersheys nuggets ( one serving is three, 9 servings per bag, I was eating through a whole bag everry two days! Thatās an extra 600 calories a day. Plus, eating a candy bar every time I go grocery shopping, plus treating myself to a double dip ice cream cone per week to boot. OMGš±.
Not to mention hubby gets the munchies every night and complains when there isnāt anything to snack on, so I buy Fritos and cheese popcorn and crap like that and join him when he snacks.
My plan is to stop buying this shit, number one,
Number two, go back to using an app called Lose It! Where you log all food intake , weight, exercise. You set a goal to achieve. And work on it, mine is to lose ten pounds over the next few months.
Number three, be accountable daily here.
How awesome stuff 
Really well done, I know how big that is for you 
Thatās a huge step 
And congrats on beating the meds-induced appetite 
Good job on getting through day 1.