In my life this week…
Hair cut
This week I paid a visit to
my local hair salon to get my hair cut. I also had a lovely treatment, which is
meant to make your hair lovely and nourished and shiny. Usually they also give
you a head massage with the treatment, but I was really disappointed that this
time, the massage was pretty much non-existent. It’s my favourite part! I didn’t
have anything major done to my hair. It just needed a trim to get rid of any
split ends, but it still felt lovely and light and bouncy afterwards. I just
love the feeling you get after having your hair done. I’ve also booked an
appointment to get my colour re-done as it’s starting to look a little less
red.
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| Image from Wehearit |
Low FODMAP Diet
So, this week I started the
Low FODMAP Diet. For those of you who haven’t been following me long, you may
not have heard of this, fairly new, diet. It’s not for weight loss or anything
like that. It’s a medical diet that has shown great results for people with IBS
and other similar digestive problems. I don’t have IBS – I saw my
gastroenterologist this week and she thinks I have a problem with the nerves in
my digestive system so I have delayed emptying or something similar. I’m seeing
a specialist up in London in November for further tests and hopefully some
answers, but for now I’m giving this diet a try just to see if it will make any
difference to my symptoms. It’s pretty restrictive – you have to cut out
gluten, wheat, dairy, a lot of different fruits and vegetables, especially
onion and garlic. It’s quite a difficult diet to get my head around, especially
with the fact that I also struggle with an eating disorder, so I’ve found the
last week quite stressful. But I’m slowly building up a book of recipes I can
eat, so I’m hoping as the weeks go by it will get slightly easier to find
things to eat. I was a bit naughty yesterday and ate some dairy and gluten, and
was really unwell in the evening, so it’s obviously got something in it that
might help me a bit.
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| Image from LivingHappywith IBS.com |
Meet-ups
Yesterday I had the most
wonderful day with a really special group of friends. I put on a vintage tea
party to celebrate my birthday and invited a group of friends who I have met
through being ill. I like to invite all my ill friends, because I know from
experience that, even when you’re unwell, it’s horrible to be left out of
things and not invited. I do this most years and usually there are just a few
of us, but this year there were 15 of us, all in my little front room! We
enjoyed sandwiches, cakes and scones and loads of chatting in between. I saw
some old friends, but also met some new friends that I’ve been talking to
online for years. It was amazing to finally meet some of the most special
friends I’ve made; to finally see them in person was just perfect! I really
overdid it and feel so poorly today, but it was totally worth it to have such a
lovely time.
What has grabbed your attention this
week? I love hearing about people’s new discoveries and you may end up sharing
something that makes it onto my list next week!
My aunt was doing the FODMAP diet to figure out her digestive problems problems as well. Hopefully you can find out what triggers your reactions & don't have to cut out too much. :] // itsCarmen.com ☼ ☯
ReplyDeleteThank you Carmen I'm hoping it might help my symptoms a bit, although my gastro consultant isn't sure it will work because of my other digestive problems xx
DeleteThe part was fabulous, thank you, Jenny!
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Lissa
I'm really glad you enjoyed it Lissa :) It was lovely to see you again xx
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