Hi Jeff,
I'm on day 13 of the diet and have been thrilled by my blood sugar lowering vastly and the energy boost. However, I have completely uncontrollable gas and it smells like I'm rotting inside. With no other way to put it... I have the "walking farts". I poot down the hall at work and leave a cloud. I poot in my office when my boss is leaning over my shoulder. It comes out loud and almost wet sounding and I can not control it. It comes every few minutes and does not stop even when I sleep. This has been going on for over a week.
My typical day is brown rice, various beans, spinach, mushrooms, corn tortillas. potatoes & salsa. I use no supplements or vitamins. I average around 1000-2000 cals a day at 30-60g fiber, less than 10% fat, less than 15% protein. I stopped oatmeal (plain) as is gives me heartburn for some reason.
I had a couple of slight cheat days where I ate a little cheese sauce over New Years, but I've had this before the cheat, during, and after.
I do have gastropresis (impaired gut motility from the stomach to the colon). This is from uncontrolled thyroid disease for many years (controlled now). This is why I don't eat as much as some. I get fuller quicker and food takes longer to leave the stomach.
I have been able to get off my motility med because I can now have almost daily BMs where before w/o meds I might go 10 days. The diet is helping.
Any thoughts? I just started drinking more water today. I know the food sits longer in my gut and I am used to dealing with severe bloating from eating a solid diet... is there something I can do? I really would rather not go back to a liquid diet. My gastro doc doesn't know what to do with me anymore. He'll just put me on low dose daily erythromicin which doesn't work that great anyhow.
Crossing my fingers... this is VERY embarrasing.