What low fiber diet means to me?

            As a Crohn’s disease patient, I cannot eat food with fiber. This varies from patient to patient. But in my case, I have to live with a low fiber diet every day. So, I decided to learn what a low fiber diet is. Of course, starting a diet is difficult, especially if it requires stopping eating all the things you love. Well, I started doing some research and here it is… According to Wikipedia, there are two types of fiber: the soluble and the insoluble ones. The soluble fiber is the one that can be dissolved in water and the insoluble is the one that cannot be dissolved. All food that comes from a plant HAS fiber. Everything that says WHOLE WHEAT has fiber. Seeds have fiber. However, there are some foods that have a low content of fiber, which are the ones you can eat. For example, I was reading the other day from the MayoClinic web site, they have a list of the low fiber food we are allowed to eat, for example: pancakes, bread, white pasta, yogurts, milk, crackers… Ok, hold it there!!! All the things I can eat make me gain weight!! I gained almost 20lb in a year eating like this… I got frustrated because I wanted to loose weight and I realized that I was only allowed to eat pasta, rice and potatoes (no skin). Yeap, thank you! Things I cannot eat: seed, salads, fruits, vegetables, beans and wheat…

            Every time I go to a restaurant is an adventure… I have to detailed look at the menu… And I start in my head: Hmmm, lets see what can I eat, what can I eat… Some times I have to start changing things around… Today I will tell you a little story that happened to me in a restaurant. I love Mexican food… You have no idea how much I love it… However, I can only eat some stuff… for example, I can only eat white flour tortillas… nothing with corn…no beans, only avocado no guacamole (guacamole has tomato, and onions… FIBER!). So, I went to this Mexican restaurant, crossing my fingers expecting everything to be all right… EH!! WRONG! I asked for a flour tortilla burrito, no beans, no salad, no guacamole but avocado, meat, cheese and sour cream. Simple, right? When the burrito came, it had guacamole… So, I ask the waiter to take it back and change the guacamole for avocado. Of course, all my friends started eating. The guys in the kitchen where kind enough to do the burrito new for me… meat, cheese, sour cream, avocado…and beans!! They forgot I asked for no beans!!! So… I asked the waiter to take the burrito back… He looked at me like: This lady is sooooo picky… I saw the look and I told him: I know I know… It seems that I am being picky… But I am not, I wish I could eat that… But I can’t. Long story short, he came back with the burrito and it was the way I wanted. However, all my friends were done with their food, the guys at the kitchen were looking at me like: lets see if we did it right and the waiter was like: I hope is right because I am new here and they already told me I might be fired if this is not right… Oh man!

            Anyway, I will soon write down a list of low fiber content food for those who are like me… and new recipes for a low fiber food so you do not get bore with the same plate every day!!!