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I'll go into FODMAP later, as I am 1) not an expert and 2) it is 1:33 AM.

I am annoyed about the lack of garlic and onions. What is my life exactly with no sriracha? GARLIC.

I wanted to shake up my diet (punintentional) in December so I'd been drinking Vega shakes as an easy way to keep lunch at work without worrying about 1. if it'd make me sick or 2. having to pack anything and 3. spending money/time/gas eating out. Drinking a meal replacement for lunch at work is cost effective, lazy, minimizes your carbon imprint to an extent, and involves minimal clean up. I'm generally on this trend of minimizing my lifestyle, and the choices I have to make. My job is stressful, I'm not particularly happy with my life right in general, and I have metric fucktons of anxiety that make decision making painful and panic inducing. Poor baby, I know. But that's the truth of it. I can't help it. On top of that, my gut deciding to betray me completely has made food an ordeal rather than a pleasure, because nothing feels safe to eat if everything is going to make me really acidic and burpy (but oddly no heartburn) or squishy pants/buttpee. So, back to the shake thing- Vega feels safe, it has lots of vitamins, and I like that it's got greens added. Celiac aside, I am not a picky eater, so I'm okay eating the same thing every day. Enter HUEL. I'd seen ads for Huel here and there, and finally decided last month to order some but hadn't tried it yet because I was trying to finish the Vega I still had. Gastroenterologist says I have to do FODMAP and I wanted to start it immediately. I was thinking the pea protein would be problematic, but Huel's website is awesome and super informative and FODMAP free! So yesterday was my first day on the Huel train. It tastes a lot like oatmeal with vanilla. Not a bad thing, IMO. Definitely edible. For dinner, I had chicken thighs, carrots, sweet potatoes, and some golden raisins fried in a pan with oil, and with garam masala (which ooops had garlic >.< ), red pepper flakes, turmeric, salt and pepper, and a bit of basil and oregano and cayenne pepper. piled on quinoa.  I also had some Blue Diamond crackers with Parmigiana slices and some pumpkin seeds. Right now, honestly I feel fine, even though this morning/day were a trial of fire with a lot of burping/refluxy feels up until I got home and ate those crackers. I'm still a little bit burpy but nowhere near as much as earlier. So ended Day 1 of FODMAP, with only a little slip and overall feeling much better than I started out.  Also, at my doctor's visit I weighed 242.2 lbs fully dressed, in the middle of the day, with food in my stomach. So I'll take my victories where they come.

Friday is payday, and I'm ordering a blender, food scales, new measuring cups/spoons, and a human scale.

Santé!