Don't be so hard on yourself, Shannon. I've been stable for over a year now, but I still have surprise attacks on occasion. You know what I think? I think it's just the body's way of waking me up to reality, reminding me I still have IBS.
If I can tolerate a salad, I have a BIGGGGGG salad, or maybe two helpings. Then, the next morning, BAM! I have to run to the bathroom, where I explode.
Do you keep a food journal? When I began Heather's program a hundred years ago, I started a food journal. I kept it up religiously, and now I'm just in the habit of doing it every day, automatically, only now it's converted into a Weight Watcher Diary. Anyway, I like being able to look back at the day before my "explosion" to see what culprit I can find. Sometimes I find it, other times I don't. That tells me it's not a particular item, but a culmination of lotsa things. For example, a tiny bit of dead cow carcass, a tiny bit of Ranch dressing on my tiny bit of salad, together with a tiny bit of coffee, and, oh yes, a tiny bit of HFCS in the tiny bit of Cool Whip in my "Snicker Style Dessert Bars" that I'm addicted to (see Recipe Board).
I just think it's a wake-up call for you, that's all. With me, I just cut back on all the triggers for a day, then I'm good to go again.
Oh! One more thing that I noticed -- it's sometimes not at all what I eat in the way of food, but a new medication. Also, I discovered it was the calcium supplements I'd been taking for over 25 years; suddenly my body didn't like it any more and I had to cut the dosage back by half. Check your meds. Once again, the food journal is the trick here.
Hope you're feeling better this morning.
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