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I did so well with my SCD diet over the whole holiday... or so I thought. Then I found out that one of my relatives (who said he had told me everything he had put in the chili I ate twice) had put also put beer in it...
That bummed me out and I ate several other things I should not have had today - and I don't feel so good! Anybody ever do that?
Celie
I lost my willpower today...
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That sounds like me on a diet. Eat one thing wrong and then have big pig out. 
The dietitians & psychs I worked with said when that happens, the best strategy is to write it all down in the food diary - every crumb. In that case they also said to work out the calories as well. If possible, write it down that day. If not, do it the next. They also wanted me to write down how I was feeling - tired? pain? angry? sad? etc. Also see if I could relate those feelings to something in particular. In a situation like this it may be disappointment and anger that someone knowingly contaminated you.
The process of writing it down can help you to become an 'observer' of yourself. The theory is that we are using food to either punish or reward ourselves, and exploring the emotions helps us identify what we are really reacting to and potentially choose other ways to react to that emotion.
Your mileage may vary, as they say.
Lyn
The dietitians & psychs I worked with said when that happens, the best strategy is to write it all down in the food diary - every crumb. In that case they also said to work out the calories as well. If possible, write it down that day. If not, do it the next. They also wanted me to write down how I was feeling - tired? pain? angry? sad? etc. Also see if I could relate those feelings to something in particular. In a situation like this it may be disappointment and anger that someone knowingly contaminated you.
The process of writing it down can help you to become an 'observer' of yourself. The theory is that we are using food to either punish or reward ourselves, and exploring the emotions helps us identify what we are really reacting to and potentially choose other ways to react to that emotion.
Your mileage may vary, as they say.
Lyn
I definitely agree. My food diary has been my lifeline and the key to eliminating offensive foods. I would be lost without it.Lyn wrote:The dietitians & psychs I worked with said when that happens, the best strategy is to write it all down in the food diary - every crumb. In that case they also said to work out the calories as well. If possible, write it down that day. If not, do it the next.
Gloria
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Celie,
You're definitely not the first member of this board to do something like that, so please don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Stuff happens. The last time I checked, we were all human, (not a single android in the bunch.
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There's a chance that there might not have been enough gluten in the beer to cause you to have a reaction, (depending on the brand, how much he added, and how sensitive you are to it). Of course, that's a moot point now, but if you had watched and waited, there was a chance that you might possibly have lucked out, and had either a very light reaction, or none at all.
This proves one more time, that it's always risky to trust others' cooking, despite their good intentions.
Lyn's and Gloria's advice sounds like a good way to benefit from a bad experience. I hope you feel better soon.
Tex
You're definitely not the first member of this board to do something like that, so please don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Stuff happens. The last time I checked, we were all human, (not a single android in the bunch.
)There's a chance that there might not have been enough gluten in the beer to cause you to have a reaction, (depending on the brand, how much he added, and how sensitive you are to it). Of course, that's a moot point now, but if you had watched and waited, there was a chance that you might possibly have lucked out, and had either a very light reaction, or none at all.
This proves one more time, that it's always risky to trust others' cooking, despite their good intentions.
Lyn's and Gloria's advice sounds like a good way to benefit from a bad experience. I hope you feel better soon.
Tex
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Hi Celie:
Sorry to hear you are not feeling well , even if it was a bit self-induced.
Earlier on when I first stopped eating gluten, or when I got my enterlab results back saying I was not intolerant of casein even though I knew darn well I was because I had identified it on my own 7 years before, I would occasionally cave in and try to eat something I shouldn't. The casein was just hopeful thinking that just maybe the test was right. The wheat was 57 years of habit and a certain level of unacceptance of reality that I still had. Sometimes I would even eat something I shouldn't with wheat in it totally by accident, just not even realizing it was off limits until I had already eaten it! Pure habit! Of course, on those occasions, I always suffered the consequences of my actions.
And what they did was just help me to remember why I was not eating those things.. After probably 6 or 7 times doing this during those first few months, I eventually learned that it is just whole lot easier to not eat the stuff than it is to cave in, and now it is virtually never a problem.
I don't know how long you have been on the SC diet, but if not long, I am sure it will get easier to resist temptation as time goes on. But I don't think you should "beat yourself up about it." You are probably already suffering, and you will eventually get to the point where you would, without much inner struggle, rather just pass on the food than experience the sickness.
Hope you feel better soon.
Linda
Sorry to hear you are not feeling well , even if it was a bit self-induced.
Earlier on when I first stopped eating gluten, or when I got my enterlab results back saying I was not intolerant of casein even though I knew darn well I was because I had identified it on my own 7 years before, I would occasionally cave in and try to eat something I shouldn't. The casein was just hopeful thinking that just maybe the test was right. The wheat was 57 years of habit and a certain level of unacceptance of reality that I still had. Sometimes I would even eat something I shouldn't with wheat in it totally by accident, just not even realizing it was off limits until I had already eaten it! Pure habit! Of course, on those occasions, I always suffered the consequences of my actions.
And what they did was just help me to remember why I was not eating those things.. After probably 6 or 7 times doing this during those first few months, I eventually learned that it is just whole lot easier to not eat the stuff than it is to cave in, and now it is virtually never a problem. I don't know how long you have been on the SC diet, but if not long, I am sure it will get easier to resist temptation as time goes on. But I don't think you should "beat yourself up about it." You are probably already suffering, and you will eventually get to the point where you would, without much inner struggle, rather just pass on the food than experience the sickness.
Hope you feel better soon.
Linda
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Thank you all for your encouragement. I was frustrated and just let go. I have been SCD for six weeks and I had not had one thing that was not legal during that time. The holiday weekend was full of social eating situations that made me want food I can't have. Without the beer, the chilli would have been fine.
As Tex says I need to prepare what I eat and not trust my well meaning relatives. He did not mean to mislead me. He just had no idea. I did not tell him or react in any way. I just decided to eat those things I wanted. Perhaps it was the excuse...
I had some pain and a lot of gurgling, but the Enocort prevented anything more than that. So, I am ok. I will start weaning off Entocort this week, so I must get back to the diet...
Thanks again!
Celie
As Tex says I need to prepare what I eat and not trust my well meaning relatives. He did not mean to mislead me. He just had no idea. I did not tell him or react in any way. I just decided to eat those things I wanted. Perhaps it was the excuse...
I had some pain and a lot of gurgling, but the Enocort prevented anything more than that. So, I am ok. I will start weaning off Entocort this week, so I must get back to the diet...
Thanks again!
Celie
Had a similar experience at work, we had a lunch and I asked one of my coworkers what was in his dish, he told me and I looked everything up and it looked clear. As I was eating my second bite of the stuff, he said oh yeah there is cream of chicken soup in it. I am not too terribly sensitive so the consequences were a little gut pain but no D. It just goes to show that you really have to be careful because people don't understand where gluten hides.