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I’m writing this from my very uncomfortable, rather chilly bathroom floor. Yep, really. I bet you really wanted to know that huh?
What a difference a day makes.
I shouldn’t talk about my belly when I’m constipated. Without fail, it hears me and then acts up when I don’t want it to. I won’t be going out to dinner tonight as planned (boooooooo!). I’ll be on the couch in my pajamas under a blanket waiting for the pain in my belly to go away. What, that doesn’t sound like fun to you?
I felt fine all day. Then about the time I was leaving work things where not so good. I took my medication (at the same time I take it everyday) and headed out. I barely made it home. I am glad my house was on the way to where I was going or I would have been sitting in some supermarket or gas station bathroom instead of my own. And that would have really sucked. The pain was intense, as it usually is when I have been constipated and then things start to move again. It made for a very long car ride home.
I get the house to myself tonight. I told the Hubby to take the Kid and go out like we where supposed to. That way I don’t have to cook dinner and I can take a nap on the couch.
Things around here aren’t moving very fast (if you know what I mean), so there really isn’t much to talk about.
Unless you think that hearing about me spending lots of time in the bathroom, with the only result being my legs falling asleep, is interesting.
I hate the bloated icky feeling that comes with constipation (who doesn’t?). With my luck I’ll be in the bathroom tomorrow as I am trying to leave work because I have somewhere I actually have to be. Because that is always what happens.
I tend to stay away from anything with flavor. Flavor tends to come from spice. And I tend to stay away from anything with tomatoes because they are acidic (sniffle…pasta, oh how I miss you…). But there is one tomato thing I can eat – ketchup. And I found a recipe for sloppy joes with nothing in it I couldn’t eat (once I put in turkey for the ground hamburger of course). So I made them last night. Yum! Something different! YAY!!!!!!!!!!
They aren’t fantastic, and I won’t want them every week but they’re great for something different. Hubby is loving the variety, even the things we haven’t liked. This trying new things is fun! So far. 
I think I will try one or two other sloppy joe recipes if I can find any. Any suggestions?
I decided that the new stuff I try doesn’t necessarily need to be totally new food. New ways to cook old boring food should count too! So, to that end, I tried a new spice rub on some meat this week.
And the verdict?
I don’t know if I can eat it because after one bite I sure as hell didn’t want to eat it! It was so gross I tried the one bite and then went back to eating my sweet potato and didn’t even try the meat again. Even the hubby didn’t really like it, and that is rare.
Oh well, on the plus side, I didn’t find something that make me sick.
I made a couple new recipes this weekend. No new foods, just new ways to make the food I normally eat. For this trip into New Recipieville I took along my Betty Crocker cookbook. And I found a fantastic recipe for chicken pot pie! Where has this recipe been????? I can’t believe I hadn’t tried it before. yummmmmm! I’ll have to make it again soon. Wahoo, something new and yummy to do with chicken!
now I have to go scan a different cook book for something to try this weekend…
Sunday morning I spent an hour in the bathroom. At 4am no less. So something was not so good in the belly.
But I have no idea what it was.
It could be any number of things:
1. the soy ice cream (I really hope it wasn’t this)
2. the oreos I ate (this is strange to me, I ate a bunch of oreos last weekend and was fine. But, the oreos this weekend where double stuffed and perhaps I can only eat regular oreos since they have less oil?)
3. I didn’t get enough sleep this weekend (this is probably just an added bonus)
4. I am on a panini kick and have therefor had a lot more of mayonnaise than I usually do (i’ll have to write about this one more, i bought a cast iron panini pan and ooooo yum! but you need to use oil on the bread, the pan and then i put mayonnaise on the sandwich)
5. or, of course, it could just be for the heck of it
See my problem?? I need to go about this better. One thing at a time. Duh! I know better than to experiment with food like this.
In the spirit of my newly made resolutions, when I went shopping this weekend I decided to pick up some new food I hadn’t eaten before (It was really easy to be brave on day one).
And, of course, I started with desert! haha
I LOVE ice cream. I miss it – especially cookies and cream ice cream. I need something that can pretend to be ice cream every once in awhile. Everyone needs to be able to eat a smooth, yummy, creamy treat smothered in chocolate. mmmm… (can you see why I can’t lose weight? I think my sweet tooth is the size of Texas….)
So, with that rationalization in place, I picked up some soy based ice cream wanna be. Now, I did not have high expectations. At all. I have tried soy ice cream in the past and wasn’t impressed. But! Really, it was…. ok. I don’t love it. But I don’t hate it. The worst part was the aftertaste. *blech* And right after I ate it I had a wicked stomach ache. I am hoping that is because I foolishly ate it on an empty stomach. Theoretically, that should have been fine. Theoretically. Who knows. It only lasted a few minutes so we’ll see. After all, it was soy, no dairy, there “should” be no reaction. But they do use oil so we’ll have to see. I am now in “wait and see” mode. I’ll wait a few more days and have some more next weekend and see what happens. But so far so good.
My fingers are crossed.
I guess next time I’ll have to try something more substantial than desert.
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? I usually do. Sort of. You know, the kind that are forgotten by Feb 1st. But this year, I think I will make a few and try to stick to them. Putting them up here kinda makes them more “official” don’t you think? The “Year of Me” is almost up already and there are still things I want to do! I think I’ll have to change it to “The Decade of Me”. Maybe that will work and I’ll have enough time to get everything done. Ha! Most likely not.
Anyway, this year I resolve to:
1. Keep the number on the scale getting smaller but I am not going to give myself a pressure filled goal. Officially.
2. I am going to go to the eye doctor. My job is killing my eyes and I need to get them looked at.
3. I am going to be brave enough to try again to eat some of the food that I cut out of my diet a year ago. Now that I am on medication and feeling well the majority of the time I want to try to add some stuff back in. I need more variety. But I don’t know what to try yet. And I think I have lost my “Brave Woman” badge, but I am going to try and find it. At the very least, I will think about it all year long.
4. I am going to keep blogging! yeppers. It has helped the mental health aspect of this stupid disorder tremendously. More that I thought it would when I started.
5. I am going to start exercising again. Slowly. I’m going to start with walking. Again, slowly. And we’ll see how it goes now that I have the medicine to help.
6. I am going to date my Husband this year. A lot. I am going out to the movies instead of just renting them! And I am going OUT to eat in a REAL restaurant more than once!
7. I am going to take my son to the Zoo! And if I end up sitting in the bathroom while they stare at elephants oh well. He’ll enjoy himself anyway.
8. And most importantly, I am going to live my life outside of the bathroom. Hell, even better, this year I am aiming to live outside my house!
ok, so it’s already January 4th. I feel like the year is racing away from me already! How sad is that? It does not bode well for the rest of this year. Perhaps it was my two long weekends home with the Hubby and the Kid that messed my brain all up.
The last few weeks have been hectic life-wise but pretty quiet IBS-wise. I survived my 5 day Christmas “vacation” with only one bad night. Spent a little time in the bathroom with the Hubby keeping me company and I was alright the next day (we where at my in-laws house so he kept me company in case I needed anything since I would not have been able to yell for him from the bathroom like I do here at home. what a great hubby I have!)
I give all the credit for my surviving the holiday season at the in-laws to my sister-in-law. She ROCKS! She had already gone shopping before we got there and already had food I could eat (milk, the right butter, the right bread, etc). And she is always aware of what and how she is cooking so that there is something yummy that I can eat. And to top it off, she is a wonderful cook. She made mashed potatoes! I know, simple right? For some reason that I don’t understand (perhaps because they are a ton of work??) I never make mashed potatoes. Ever. I always nuke potatoes in the microwave. She makes fantastic mashed potatoes. I haven’t been able to eat mashed potatoes in…. sheesh… I can’t remember the last time I had them. Anyway, her cooking made my day (ahh the simple things in life…).
It was hard to avoid all the treats though. I love peanut butter fudge. And baklava. And lots of other treats that only come out at the holidays. But I was really good, I didn’t eat anything I shouldn’t. But I sniffed a lot of stuff! haha (this is what my life has come to ~ sniffing cookies to get my sweet tooth fix!)
I had a 5 day weekend last weekend. It was great! Except it throws the schedule all off. We all got into the habit of sleeping two hours later than usual. I was surprised though, I did ok. I was afraid by Sunday or Monday I would be in trouble but I felt pretty good all weekend. I even got to spend one whole day shopping with my husband! Wahoo! Spending money on gadgets and gizmos and mixers. Fantastic!
Now it’s back to work and reality. booooo!
