I had a Chinese absolutely fine! Most things have been fine so far to be honest, apart from the last week when I was really really sick and I still can’t quite work out what caused it. I had gone up to 3.75 but that was 2 days prior to starting to be ill, so can’t imagine it’s that though maybe?
In the day I’d eaten my tuna and chickpea salad for lunch (tuna, chickpeas, red onion, red pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, lemon juice and parsley). I tend to make this in advance and eat it for lunch most days - however since seeing it all come back up I’m well and truly put off and on the hunt for another lunch idea that’s as economical, easy to prep in advance and lasts. That evening we had quesadillas made with mixed beans, a little cheese (hardly any for me), tomato and a few spices, and with the crosta and mollica flatbreads that are non upf and fairly high protein.
Given the horrendous IBS flare ups I’ve had in the past, I should probably be avoiding too much of the onion/ garlic/ beans etc (I should probably do the FODMAP thing). I do wonder if between the chickpeas and beans in one day; plus onion pepper etc - was just too much of those kind of trigger foods in one day and then combined with mounjaro my gut just couldn’t take it!
My weight is really static this week - I think I’ve lost a stone but depends which time I’ve weighed - official weigh day is tomorrow now so I’ll just go with whatever that says!
I feel bloated, burpy and swollen still. I have ordered some Biomel to try and help a bit, and I’m going to try and be really mindful (and demure and cutesy if anyone gets the reference!!) of what I’m eating this week to see if I can ease things a bit.
I’m off to Spain with a friend on Friday. I really don’t want to go up to 5 before hand so might try another 3.75, or might even drop back down to 2.5 in light of the week I’ve had. Not sure yet.
I agree that other people’s expectations of us are hard to navigate. I bought some of the heck chicken sausages the other day as DD loves them and they were on offer. DH has announced that he’ll do sausage chips and beans for dinner, to DD’s delight. I said that probably wouldn’t suit me so he can crack on with that and I might use up some frozen white fish we have in the freezer with some veg and he pulled a face - he really gets stressy about us eating different meals for some reason. On the one hand he’s really supportive and keeps telling me how well I’m doing but on the other hand it’s all ‘let’s get pizza; I’ll do burgers for dinner, I don’t want new potatoes can’t we have chips?’ Etc etc I swear it’s subconscious but it’s weird!
Then for my trip away, I know my (incredibly slim!) friend is thinking we will be drinking every night - she is just that rare naturally blessed person who can eat and drink what she likes and remain a size 8. And she’s in her 50s and it’s not caught up with her yet! I don’t want to disappoint her and kill the mood on holiday - we have had some utterly amazing trips with brilliant food and plenty of hilarious drunken escapades - this is our first time going away now in over 5 years since before I was pregnant (previously we went away together at least once every year, even when both in relationships) and it’s a big deal for us both. But I’m also so anxious about a) navigating the food/ drinking side and b) leaving DD this long which I thought I’d be ready for but turns out I’m not!
Sorry for the long waffle! Get well soon @eeeeeeeee - keep your fluids up at least and try some electrolyte drinks if you can.