My end goal is a healed digestive system with healthy gut bacteria that can break down whatever I choose to eat, while still eating a very healthy diet. During this healthy gut diet, I made a deal with myself: once a month, I can choose a reward- a cheat day if you will. I saved my first cheat day for a holiday- Fat Tuesday. Here in Pennsylvania we make/eat fasnachts- potato doughnuts- on Fat Tuesday and so I made my famous fasnachts (I always make them bite size) and had the equivalent of 1-2 average sized donuts. I even took 2 and sandwiched them around a spoonful of coffee ice cream! Given that it was cheat day, I also treated myself (and shared with DH) to a favorite off-limits meal- a pub sandwich! This sandwich is open faced, piled high with roast beef, cheese, mashed potatoes, mushrooms, onions and gravy. I had them serve it on top of soft pretzels.
Results: My digestive system seemed to handle the donuts pretty well, which I ate with digestive enzymes. The sandwich caused a lot of gas, but otherwise was tolerated well. I did not eat it with digestive enzymes and I have noticed those make a huge difference in how much gas is produced when I eat in general. I enjoyed cheat day and don't regret allowing myself to have it. I suspect part of my lifestyle change in general will be to limit non-legal foods to specific days (like only on weekends)
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