Intro trouble

[Guest guest]

Having some trouble with intro-dieting (went back to it since I skipped it in

the beginning). Reacted badly to both the chicken soup (onion?) and the

cheesecake (it was sooo good, though!). Should make another batch of chicken

soup without onion of course, but simply don't have the time for that kind of

cooking during the week.

I seem to tolerate meat and eggs well, other than that I react with a lot of

bloating, pressure and generalized fluid retention in the body to most anything

I eat.

Any ideas or experiences?

Thanks,

Lilian

[Guest guest]

Hi Lilian,

Have you started a food diary? This will help to keep track of

what foods you can or cannot tolerate. For the first few days, stick to what

is easiest to digest for you. Then start introducing 1 food at a time, just a

small amount (1 tsp) and wait a couple of days before increasing a little.

Once that food is ok for you, you can move on to another. Make sure your

vegees and fruit are peeled, seeded and cooked. Can you tolerate fish? Salmon

is nutritious and filling. Have you started making yogourt? Can you tolerate

small amounts of nut butter?

All the best,

SCD 20 mths

From: BTVC-SCD

[mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of liliholm

Sent: December-01-09 10:00 AM

To: BTVC-SCD

Subject: Intro trouble

Having some trouble with intro-dieting (went

back to it since I skipped it in the beginning). Reacted badly to both the

chicken soup (onion?) and the cheesecake (it was sooo good, though!). Should

make another batch of chicken soup without onion of course, but simply don't

have the time for that kind of cooking during the week.

I seem to tolerate meat and eggs well, other than that I react with a lot of

bloating, pressure and generalized fluid retention in the body to most anything

I eat.

Any ideas or experiences?

Thanks,

Lilian

[Guest guest]

> Having some trouble with intro-dieting (went back to it since I

> skipped it in the beginning). Reacted badly to both the chicken soup

> (onion?) and the cheesecake (it was sooo good, though!). Should make

> another batch of chicken soup without onion of course, but simply

> don't have the time for that kind of cooking during the week.

>

> I seem to tolerate meat and eggs well, other than that I react with

> a lot of bloating, pressure and generalized fluid retention in the

> body to most anything I eat.

>

> Any ideas or experiences?

your version of intro should be whatever you tolerate best - if that

is meat and eggs, so be it.

Marilyn did something similar for hers.

have you tried adding in pureed zucchini or spinach?

I'd perhaps try a meat bone broth next - you might react to that

better than

chicken. roast the bones first until brown and then cook for a long

time.

Mara

[Guest guest]

At 08:59 AM 12/1/2009, you wrote:

Any ideas or

experiences?

The chicken soup is a super (or should I say, soup-er) item to have on

hand. However, I started full SCD right after gall bladder surgery, so

was not equal to doing much cooking. My husband is an excellent engineer,

but he is NOT a cook.

So, he would bring home beef roasts and pork roasts (the two meats I

tolerated best) and I would drag my way to the kitchen to talk him

through preparing them (usually with just a little pepper) and roasting

them. Then he would slice them and put snack-sized portions in bags in

the fridge so I could just grab them, and eat.

My husband also peeled and sliced POUNDS of zucchini (courgettes), which

also went in bags in the fridge, and the veggie steamer was ready on the

stove.

I didn't actually eat the soup until I'd been SCD for some time... partly

because I did not tolerate the carrots at all.

I strongly recommend keeping a food diary. It will be tedious as all

get-out -- you literally write down the date and time of everything you

eat. Then you also write down the date and time of all your gut-related

reactions. This makes it possible for you to track what foods are related

to what reactions, and figure out what may be giving you grief. Our

memories are notoriously bad at keeping track of things.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

You guys rock- thanks for all the ideas!

I now have a batch of meat patties on the ready, will start food-jornaling, and

the meat broth sounds good.

Now if I could only figure out what to eat for breakfast, starting to get kinda

sick of eggs...

Lili

[Guest guest]

Hi Lili,

Here’s a link about bone broth, directions are halfway

down the page (I found the info helpful):

http://www.townsendletter.com/FebMarch2005/broth0205.htm

Carol

CD 21 yrs SCD 5 yrs

From:

BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of liliholm

You guys rock- thanks for all the ideas!

I now have a batch of meat patties on the ready, will start food-jornaling, and

the meat broth sounds good.