Over the last few months I have been experiencing episodes of severe pain in my upper abdomen. At first I thought that it was indigestion. Only after a few episodes I realized that medication for indigestion was not helping with the pain and I decided to speak to my doctor about this. My doctor has decided to do some blood work and an ultrasound to look into problems with my gall bladder.
Last night I experienced another bout of pain. It started at about 9pm and lasted until 6am in the morning. It was a severe pain that prevented me form sleeping.
Today I decided to look up some information about the gall bladder and problems associated with this organ. I discovered that the most common problem is gall stones which is caused by diets high in fat (hmmm I think that applies to me). The other interesting find was that one of the main cures for gallstones is losing weight and reducing high fat foods. Okay, although I don't yet have confirmation that this indeed is my problem it does sound a lot like what symptoms I am experiencing and I certainly need to lose weight and reduce the fat in my diet.
Lets look at what I ate yesterday....
-whole wheat toast with peanut butter
-chicken noodle soup (entire can)
-ruffles chips
-bagel
-tomato
-cheese
-4 reece's peanut butter cups
-large package mini eggs
-chilli
-broccoli and dip
-4 reece's peanut butter cups
-mint chocolate chip ice cream
Okay I didn't bother to add up the points for this day but I think I managed to eat about 3 days worth of points in one day. I definitely need to start writing down what I eat and following my WW points.
Let's see how I did today...
-banana
-2 slices of whole wheat toast
-mayonaisse
-tomato
-clementine
-whole wheat toast
-peanut butter
-fish crackers
Okay so a much better day, but still in need of some refinement. I need to balance my food better between, fats, carbs and proteins.
Tomorrows goal is for a healthy eating day with better balance.
Jacquie
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