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@Kelli I agree about eating sensibley,  food monitoring -being conscientious about food types & timing of food. I’m not always practicing a good clean sensible diet for me consistently and I think that affects my feel good, then, don’t feel good issues/ gas bloat issues. For example I might eat to much when I’m stressed & anxious & pick corn chips & snacky foods then I feel that causes my personal digestive issues when I eat a lot at one time family & friends gatherings etc, I woke up this morning to no bloat but haven’t eaten since yesterday late afternoon. I was trying to “rest” the pouch. I always drink plenty of water. I use GasX instead of Imodium for example as the Imodium caused trapped gas & trapped BMs for me. I rather the soft liquid stool as I ended up in the ER on vacation w/ a painful blockage from Imodium in the early years following takedown as doc told me to use Imodium but it’s trial & error unfortunately.  When I eat well/ sensible foods I find for breakfast chobani plain Greek yogurt in a smoothie with 1/2 banana & frozen 1/2 cup of blueberries, squirt of honey really helps me through the morning. I wish I had a direct answer. I feel like the jpouch is almost like when people get that lap band surgery…they have to eat smaller portions to pass through the digestive tract. I can’t really eat snacks like cheese & crackers or chips & salsa type food -  a small sensible meal is better for me (half of a sandwich ) & I give the food time to absorb & pass until I eat again. I’m not sure if anyone else does this but if I eat a little roasted a broccoli I’ll eat a 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes with the broccoli as the transporter to carry it through the jpouch (creates a formed stool) as the roasted broccoli alone can cause emptying issues.

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