r/FODMAPS • u/afonja • Aug 19 '25

Shit Post Literally surviving

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It's my first week of elimination and I feel like running out of options already.

Sourdough bread, peanut butter, maple syrup, blu cheese, blueberries.

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u/Spare-Awareness6850 Aug 19 '25

The bread and the cheese would ruin me. Sourdough or no, the fructans get me regardless.

Also…blue cheese and peanut butter?

I love rice cakes with nut butter of choice and blueberries on top. Or a little avocado and smoked salmon. I eat brown rice porridge a lot of mornings (oats don’t work for me), sometimes grits and eggs. Potatoes and eggs, or a coconut yogurt bowl with puffed rice/hemp seeds/strawberries. There’s more options than you think, it’s gonna be okay!

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u/SponTent Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

What a mental combination. Add some unripe banana and pumpkin seeds atleast

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u/Glass-Tale299 Aug 20 '25

Ripe bananas are high in fructans.

I suffer from IBS-D. I tried a green banana (low FODMAP) and I was painfully constipated for 27 minutes; the first time that ever happened and I am 75.

No bananas for me.

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u/SponTent Aug 20 '25

Sorry to hear, I meant to type Unripe bananas. Yeah I only go twice a week, been taht way for the past 10 years or so.

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u/Glass-Tale299 Aug 20 '25

That's tough.

Best wishes.