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go ahead and start now. since you were reporting constipation as if that's unusual for you, i assume you usually have D? and that's kinda under control at the moment? as long as you're not outrageously stuck in a high pain cycle or a diarrhea cycle, you should start today! if you've been doing the diet for a few weeks, you're ready!

adding insolubles can be a bit scary. just start slow!

do you usually make a sauce with your chicken and pasta? if so, try chopping up some broccoli and putting it in the sauce. or zucchini. or carrots. or spinach.

i also sometimes chop up some of the above veggies really finely and steam them then throw them in with my rice after i cook it. then have fish or chicken alongside and you're set!

do you have cereal in the mornings? chop up a little fruit and put it in. or toss some on your waffles. add a tomato to your sammich if you can tolerate tomatoes. sometimes i used to shred a little lettuce and put it on. or seed a cucumber and toss THAT on a sammich. it's good!

while you're at it, if you're a sammich kind of gal and you don't think it's too weird, try one slice of your white bread, once slice of whole grain.

i like fruit on my chicken, sweet-n-sour style. pineapple, oranges, peaches, apricots- those all work well.

have a little bit of a melon or some berries as a side salad with a meal. you can put some vanilla soy yogurt on top. YUM!

there are some great recipes on the boards. go check 'em out!

you can do it! let me know how it goes! just remember to do it slowly.....

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