Easter

Ahh Easter. That special time of year when chocolate flows like a heavenly fountain over all of us.....how i love it.

By ensuring that i had FODMAP friendly gravy, onion in a bowl on the side of the Greek salad i thought i was in for a very happy day... until i found myself sitting right in front of a fruit fulled hot cross bun.... i couldn't help myself ... i reached over and cut it in half, covered it in butter and downed it with a smile.... i also had a teeny weeny glass of red wine....Bad idea AMY!

5 hours later my stomach informed me that it was not in a good mood.  It wasn't bad but it was there. And exhausted as i was i pulled myself together for my dinner guests and tried to forget about it... which i did successfully until i went to bed and realised that my stomach was full to my sternum... well that's how i felt. It took me a while to get to sleep because of the feeling.

I appear to have low stomach acid as well as FODMAP intolerance so as i waited to go to sleep i started to stress about the effect all this would have tomorrow ... luckily it wasn't too bad. Just slight discomfort. But its SO stressful... no wonder my system is so delicate, on top of the food issues the stress must be upsetting it to no end... SO frustrating.

Hint: I find that cook vegetables are easier for my body to process and really help with my FODMAP symptoms.