This is my usual hearty cyclists Low FODMAP Lunch 🚴🏼♀️ It's basically a Low FODMAP Pitta with chicken, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and a bit of mayo. Ready salted crisps are always a safe bet. I find that eating little and often works best for my tummy. I generally can't eat big meals without feeling bloated … Continue reading Symptom free cycling 🙋🏼♀️
After making a batch of Low FODMAP 🍅 Tomato soup (and devouring for lunch) the little man 👦🏼 and I went for cycle. I felt fuelled but little man was feeling tired 😵 we still racked up a decent 8.77 miles 🛣. Mr Bennett is out of action due to injury 😖 but he did … Continue reading Low FODMAP Tomato Soup, Cycle Ride and Mr B’s neck injury!
Lately I've been giving some insight into the different aspects of my life that IBS affects. I've talked about careers, travelling, health and fitness but one that's closer to my heart is relationships. To maintain relationships there is a good amount of food, drink and travelling involved. A two way relationship will see each person … Continue reading IBS and Relationships
How do you build fitness into your routine when you have to make allowances for IBS? Managing your IBS symptoms can be exhausting enough without trying to add extra activities to your day but being fit and healthy is part of your IBS recovery. IBS stopped me from excercising When my IBS symptoms were at … Continue reading IBS and Fitness
Simple, quick and easy breakfast! Kellogg’s Cornflakes are Low FODMAP according to Monash University. I eat them at least 3 mornings per week with my trusty almond milk and they make my tummy feel calm 👌🏻 The Low FODMAP Diet doesn't need to be difficult and complex when you find naturally Low FODMAP foods. What … Continue reading All hail Low FODMAP Gems 🙌🏻💎
I listened to a podcast of Jeremy Vines radio show on BBC radio 2, broadcast on Monday 20th May 2019. Part of the show was a discussion about IBS with a handful of sufferers calling in with their own IBS stories. The first caller, a lady named Charlie, called in and described what day to … Continue reading BBC Radio 2 Podcast Discussion #r2vine @drsarahjarvis
🚴🏼♀️🏅 This would never have been possible before discovering the Low FODMAP Diet. Not just because it was an issue being away from the toilet but also because of the lack of energy and feeling constantly ill. I feel really strong right now 💪🏻 but what gives me the biggest pleasure is doing an outdoor … Continue reading What the Low FODMAP Diet allows me to do…
Its Mental Health awareness week here in the UK and this years theme is Body Image – how we think and feel about our bodies. This is so relevant to my IBS journey that I want to spread awareness of the mental health issues experienced by IBS sufferers. I'm speaking from first hand experience here … Continue reading IBS and Mental Health