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My BFF tried for years to convince her doctors that she had celiacs(s), a wheat intolerance, problem. Whatever tests they ran on her came back negative. She put herself on a gluten free diet anyway and changed doctors. It took 5 years to get the proper diagnosis and she is gluten intolerant.

I'm eating a much better diet now than before the surgeries. The way foods effect me is almost night and day. I've learned to love fruits and to lay off diet sodas, alcohol and greasy foods - to name some things. Not that my diet was all bad but those foods where in it. I went on all kinds of diets over the years trying to help my UC and IBS like Atkins, weight watchers, soups et al.

The most expensive was an anti inflammation diet with organic supplements prescribed by a holistic MD, that lived 2 states away. She was very expensive and my insurance did not cover any of her tests, medications or treatments. One of her treatments included infusions of a peroxide containing solution! For example she prescribed things like Borage Oil, B-12 shots, MSM, flax seed oil etc. I spent a lot of money buying things such as almond flour et al for the diet.

There was one diet with a lot of salmon by a doctor named Perricone (?). I tried Manatech supplements, that were supposed to not only fix IBD but diabeties and probably cancer. My diabetic friend took them too. When nothing happened I quit buying them after spending over $1,000 on it. A few years ago I got a class action lawsuit settlement against them, thanks to the State of Texas, of pennies on the dollar. I bought UC, heart healthy, health spa and weight watcher cookbooks. I'm sure I'm missing something. We have worked meals from the cookbooks into our current diet and have learned to cook healthier. I don't like restaurant food anymore either.

So now I get over 40% of the daily protein requirement from an all plant based powder I use in my fruit/veggie smoothies. I eat lean meat and keep the serving size to that of a deck of cards. I do eat crackers, pretzels and V-8 juice for salty foods besides my electrolyte replacement drink. I use NUUN tables for that. I eat sweet and regular potatoes, beets, pasta and some bread or tortillas and most help thicken my stool. I've found that wild, brown and white rice are no longer my friends. I still can not eat fresh veggies, salads, yet after 2 years. I loved salads.

It is easy to give up food when you eat it and immediately get sick. That is one thing good about having such a short transit time is you get immediate feedback. Confused

I lost all my prednisone weight after the surgeries as I had to make myself eat then. I'd like to loose more weight but am not going on a diet where I have to count calories, points, make detailed food journals ect. I'm staying on my own diet, like many of us are on, and am not trying to loose weight. I want to get better first and what I'm doing is maintaining my current weight and if I remain here the rest of my life I am fine with it. I lost back 9 BMI points to fluctuating between 1 - 2 points over the top of the normal range. That's the measurement I think is one of the best to focus on. Others measure inches, I did a diet that did that too, or focus on the scales, calories and whatever. Whatever floats your boat.

There is no one right or wrong way. Plus when we want something, that we know is going to give us trouble, go ahead thinking it is worth the grief tonight or tomorrow (mushrooms, lettuce, etc.).
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