Day 5/42

Happy President's Day!! We hope you all enjoyed a nice break from the day-to-day.

Breakfast -
Dry cereal, Kix

Lunch -
Mooyah, Lettuce wrapped cheeseburgers with bacon and low-FODMAP approved veggie toppings
Medium fry to share

Dinner -
absolutely not low-FODMAP compliant slice of Sam's Club pizza

Guys. Yesterday was a long day for us. I had off of work and Matt only worked the morning and after that we literally ran around town back and forth to look at phone plans and compare Costco/Sam's Club memberships, etc. We were tired so please don't judge us for our dinner choice. The thing that we've come to understand with a diet or eating plan such as this is that you just can't beat yourself up for slipping. We had a few solid days of low-FODMAP and have already begun to notice what foods bother us when we don't eat strictly low-FODMAP.

The biggest thing we've noticed is we both have varied levels of reactions to HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup). Before visiting the GI, Matt gave up soda for 2 weeks and had a significant decrease in digestive issues. Now if I have even a sip of a soda, it's automatically too sweet for me and I hear my stomach saying "please, no!". It's no where near as severe as Matt's reaction to HFCS but it is a reaction, and I know that I'll be limiting it a lot going forward.

If you recall, we had a similar dinner to our lunch today on Friday. Today we chose not to use ketchup on our burgers or fries and surprisingly both felt MUCH better.