I've had an absolutely mental week full of ups and downs. I'm over the moon to report my hubby secured another contract so on the money front things are looking up. He starts Monday so its going to be a big change for us from him working from home as he'll be away during the week now. In a way though I'm looking forward to the improvement in my routine and maybe getting on top of things around the house as I'll have nothing better to do.
After being told I have ibs last week and it not getting any better I decided to try going dairy free. I've been dairy free now since Sunday and my stomach has been so much better. I'm not sure if its a coincidence but I'm going to continue being dairy free for a few weeks then think about slowly reintroducing it. I don't want to be dairy free long term if I can help it but if its the difference between not eating dairy or being in pain I think I'd rather choose not eating dairy. Who knows it might a lactose thing in which case that will make it a little easier. On the weight watchers front I think not eating dairy will actually help as it forces me to cut out cheese and chocolate which are two of my biggest downfalls. It also makes it difficult to snack on junk as most processed snacks include dairy, meals should be fairly easy its just snacking. I've discovered soya milk and rice milk though meaning I can have cereal still. I've also cut out caffeine so no tea, coffee or cola as I know this is a trigger for me too. Its been weird changing my diet but enjoyable too as its forcing me to look at ingredients and really think about the foods I enjoy eating.
I suspect I will gain tonight at weigh in because despite being dairy free I literally haven't tracked/stuck to ww all week. It sucks as I really don't want to gain but hey these weeks happen and its more important that I learn to get back on track after bad weeks than never go off track. I'm a little worried that it'll be some huge embarrassing number and I'll be really embarrassed in front of my leader but she's not there to judge so I just need to face it!
I really really really need to get on track this week and of course we've got a kiddie free day on Saturday to celebrate our anniversary so we'll be eating out and generally enjoying ourseleves, guess my weekly points need to be saved for Saturday then! Life goes on, just hoping next week shows a loss not sure I could cope with gaining 3 weeks in a row!
Fingers crossed for weigh in tonight that it's not as bad as I think x
I have IBS for 5 years now, about a year ago I had a really bad episode and after that been lactose free since and it makes so much difference! I did try reintroducing it slowly and found that it really wasnt working for me so have cut it out again. I hope reintroducing it works for you, all i'd say is start slowly and make yoghurt/milk last thing you introduce. Reintroduce by having small things such as chocolate which has some milk in it or mayonnaise but isnt same as actually drinking milk. Good luck. S xx
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