Today we celebrate the birthday of hippocampus! I hope it is a wonderful day for you, and that you have a year filled with delight.

My cousin has been following the low FODMAP diet, and it's a real challenge. She is one of the healthiest people I know. She and her husband are in biking groups that travel frequently, undertaking extremely long bike trips. She has a large garden, bakes her bread, and has been a vegetarian as long as I can remember. Well into her 70s, she looks fantastic. However, she has a minimal list of foods she can eat. She tried adding a tiny quarter of a garlic clove with her allowed veggies, and was in horrific pain as a result. She is doing what she has to do because the pain is awful, but as someone who loves to grow her food and create in the kitchen, it is sad.

I’m sorry, askye, that sounds really frustrating

That’s a pretty tough list of restrictions, askye. I hope you are able to figure some satisfying easy meals to keep in your back pocket. For being something we all have to do constantly, keeping ourselves fed could be easier

Happy hippocampus day!

Definitely a challenge, askye. You may not need to meal plan everything in advance, but having a list of options for meals and snacks can be helpful. Eating the same thing every day for some meals and snacks may be easier at first before adding more options. Hang in there. It is good to know what you are dealing with at last!

Dietary restrictions like that always make me wish that Bachelor Chow was real.

For being something we all have to do constantly, keeping ourselves fed could be easier

Dietary restrictions like that always make me wish that Bachelor Chow was real.

Preach. Good luck with everything, askye.