Snack/Food Options for Gurgly Stomach?

[Jessanne3]

Hi!  I am sorry if a similar post has been made already, I dug through and couldn't exactly find what I was asking so I thought I'd start a new topic.  Thank you in advance for anyone who reads and shares advice!

I am on Day 7, wahoo!  And overall have felt great and haven't had trouble keeping motivation.  My mental clarity has been good, which has been surprising to me, but I kind of eased into it as I was reading the book/prepping over for a few weeks before my "official" start date, so I wouldn't be quitting sugar and grains cold turkey.  My skin is looking great and I am feeling really motivated to keep going.

So my questions are 1- am I not eating enough?  Because I am really hungry and can tell my body is wanting for food (get really fatigued physically, not so much mentally) between meals.  I want to listen to my body and eat if I am feeling hungry!  And 2- what can I eat when my stomach feels like it cannot handle any more fruit and veggies.  Just meat?  Is that ok?

To paint a better picture, this pretty much been the usual routine:

Breakfast  - 8 am - Turkey meatballs (homemade, compliant), usually 3 balls which is a serving size the size of my fist and a handfull of berries (blue, rasp, straw-) OR a banana.  (I have a known egg intolerance, so unfortunately those are out for me)

Lunch - 12 pm - usually dinner leftovers, have been baked chicken and veggies, or combo of the below.  Or a can of water based tuna with compliant relish mixed in over bed of kale.

Dinner - could be anytime between 6:30-8:00 by the time I get home from work/yoga - Compliant crock pot coconut curry chicken, crock pot pork roast with W30 Chimichurri sauce, veggies, one or two servings of either: bok choy, kale, broccoli and cauliflower (only had these twice - I know they are more "gassy"), fingerling potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomato, avocado, zoodles. 

Snack - could be ONE of the following, usually around 11 am AND 3 pm, having a really hard time going without snacks - tangerine, grapefruit, banana, lara bar (only if I really need to eat something and it was all I had available before yoga, this has been 2x). 

So maybe my portions for meals are not big enough to last until the next meal?  But I don't like eating huge meals because I get SO full and bloated, part of the reason I wanted to do W30 to begin with.  With my job, I work at an office and more often than not have meetings back to back.  I can't exactly schedule in "small meal breaks" throughout the day.  That is why a fruit snack was easy to grab and go.  I've been trying to limit almond butter, which I had twice with a banana snack, but I feel like nuts kind of bother my stomach, they make it crampy and painful, so what other protein can I have during the day to tide me over?  Cold meat?  Connected to that is that I feel like I am eating too much fruit/veggies and my stomach is gurgly and churning and feels sloshy.  I haven't had diarrhea but let me tell you in the evenings, omg, I have never smelled such foulness coming out of me (insert embarrassed emoji!).  So I know SOMETHING is happening internally.  Overall I have remained "regular" time of day and consistency, so not sure what is up with the sloshy stomach and smells... (sorry to get gross).  I am wondering if I am maybe reacting to FODMAPs... I've only learned about those in the last 2 days so need to try harder to cut them out.  Just worried that I won't be left with anything to eat though if I do that!

Ok I'll wrap up this post.  ANY thoughts at all would be helpful!  Thank you

Jess

 

 

 

 

 

[ShannonM816]

1 hour ago, Jessanne3 said:

Breakfast  - 8 am - Turkey meatballs (homemade, compliant), usually 3 balls which is a serving size the size of my fist and a handfull of berries (blue, rasp, straw-) OR a banana.  (I have a known egg intolerance, so unfortunately those are out for me)

Lunch - 12 pm - usually dinner leftovers, have been baked chicken and veggies, or combo of the below.  Or a can of water based tuna with compliant relish mixed in over bed of kale.

Dinner - could be anytime between 6:30-8:00 by the time I get home from work/yoga - Compliant crock pot coconut curry chicken, crock pot pork roast with W30 Chimichurri sauce, veggies, one or two servings of either: bok choy, kale, broccoli and cauliflower (only had these twice - I know they are more "gassy"), fingerling potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomato, avocado, zoodles. 

You're not eating enough. Your meals aren't all following the meal template. 

breakfast: Try having another meatball or two at breakfast, have 1-3 cups of vegetables with them, and have some kind of fat with the meal -- avocado, olives, coconut of any kind, compliant mayo, bacon, or some kind of dip or sauce.

Lunch: Leftovers are great, tuna is great, but again, add fat.

Dinner: this meal looks good, but remember that the meal template is  a range, 1-2 palm-sized portions of protein, 1-2 thumb-sized portions of fat (or the equivalents for olives, coconuts, etc.), and when it says fill the plate with vegetables, one cup is a bare minimum, aim for closer to three at most meals.

In general, cooked vegetables are easier on the digestion than raw, so for a while, skip the salads and raw veggies in favor of cooked stuff and see if that helps.

If you do need to eat between meals, have a mini-meal of protein, fat, and vegetables, or at least two of the three.  The easiest thing would probably be to keep cans or pouches of tuna for protein and packages of olives or compliant pre-made guacamole for fat.

And as far as the gurgly stomach, you're still early on -- for now, drop the nuts entirely, cook most of your vegetables, try adding in probiotics (you can add raw sauerkraut or kimchi or other fermented vegetables or try some kombucha) and see if it clears up.

[Jessanne3]

Hi Shannon, thank you so much for the advice!  It seems obvious now that I am reading back what I wrote and what your direction is... more fat, more food, better balance.  Thank you!  I thought that I had been following the food guide in my portions, but maybe not well enough, so I am printing 2 copies of that template, one for my kitchen and one for my desk at work!  I usually do cook all of my veggies because I prefer that, and do enjoy a kombucha.  I have only had 2 kombuchas over the last week, is there a limit on that?  (Like can I have one every day?) I love kombucha!  And olives or tuna as a snack would be good.  

Hopefully adding more food in will help the gurgles.

Thanks again,