I’m putting my best foot forward.

I bought some reusable chopsticks on amazon today in an effort to eat healthier. I’m only going to eat what I can eat with chopsticks (excluding soup, which is obviously eaten with a spoon, and excluding fruit). That means no pizza, no grilled cheese sandwiches, or anything unhealthy like that. Sure, you can eat stuff like Oreos with chopsticks, I suppose, but that’s weird and sounds difficult, so I’m not going to try. Sticking to healthy foods. Plus, the chopsticks force smaller bites and slower eating, reducing the possibility of bloating from eating too fast. I’m not overweight, but I do have phases where I eat unhealthily.

I used to do the chopstick thing a while back, until I lost them. I made sure to buy a backup set this time, though, because the chopstick “diet” worked well.

I’m also going to try to be more compliant with my meds. I’m going to try taking them everyday from now on. The constipation I get from them is a real pain, but hopefully chopsticks will make things a little easier, even if they are not the complete solution to the problem. The constipation is a big turnoff for me, so I’m trying to help ease things since stuff like linzess doesn’t work properly (gives me liquid diarrhea).

Finally, I am going to work on developing better coping skills for handling everyday stressors. I usually let my anxiety overtake me and I just succumb to whatever it wants me to do. I am going to tell this to my therapist so that I can lead a mentally healthier life in addition to a physically healthier life. I just do a really good job at hiding things from her, so I know she doesn’t suspect a thing.

[AspiringAuthor]

Soup, soup, soup! Not with chopsticks, with a spoon, but you can still use chopsticks to get out solid pieces from soup. Soup should help with the gut function. Hope you stabilize soon and enjoy your chopsticks diet.

You can probably chop up pineapple and eat it with chopsticks, come to think of it.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Have you tried Amitiza? I can't tolerate Linzess either but Amitiza is much easier on the gut and works really well. I've been on it since it came out, probably 9 or 10 years now. It's not perfect but it is so much better with it than without it

[cashart10]

Wonderful idea! I hope it works out for you!

[cashart10]

Oh yea...and I totally get the constipation issue too. I’ve just dealt with it. I’ve mentioned it before but always assumed I’d need a take one for the team mentality about that particular side effect.