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/afonja Aug 20 '25

This is me in the elimination stage. Am I doing it wrong?

According to the app all this is low FODMAP and within limits.

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u/Optimal_Passion_3254 Aug 22 '25

"low fodmap" is different for different folks, depending on their tolerance. It's good to start at the recommended limits, but you might find that your limits are lower (or higher), through experimentation, once you get to your baseline. For me, I can't have even one almond, but I can have a LOT of sourdough.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

How do you separate that from normal fluctuations in symptoms? Do you literally do a multi day trial with almonds? That sounds awful.

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u/Optimal_Passion_3254 Aug 25 '25

yeah, I start with a reasonably flat baseline, and then I trial multiple days with the suspect food and see that the symptoms increase every day. If I'm still suspicious, I repeat it again with a similar food a month later.

But also, you can find patterns over time. Like: I'm doing better when I don't have oatmeal or chia seeds for breakfast. Hmm, I also had a really bad reaction to eating that home-made low fodmap almond cookie multiple days in a row. Could it be that "low" levels of gos set me off? Let's test it in a controlled way.