Committed

A couple of months back, I bought Fiber One Bars in chocolate and peanut butter flavors.  I was immediately hooked.  They are only 140 calories, very filling, and super tastey!!  I had to watch it because sometimes I would eat 2 or 3 in one day because they are so addicting.  But I loved adding the extra fiber to my diet in such a delicous way. I would buy in bulk so I would always have a few around at work to keep me from indulging in other unhealthy snacks.

I didn’t immediately recognize the timing, but around the same time I started eating the bars, I started suffering from horrible gas attacks.  And when I say attacks, I am putting it mildly.  I would spend a couple of hours holding back wind, and this would cause my stomach to gurgle as badly and loudly as if I truly was passing gas - for hours at a time.

I remember one time I was at a meeting at work when it got really bad.  I am a female in a senior management role, and its tough enough dealing with an all-male executive team without any extra reasons for them to not take me seriously.  It was horribly embarrassing, and the more embarrassed I got the more my stomach got upset.  My colleagues were really nice and ignored it, but the gurgles in my stomach sounded as bad as if I was freely passing gas.  I still get embarrassed just thinking about it!!

It was only when I ran out of the bars last week when I realized that they were the cause of my gas.  I haven’t had one in a week, and I haven’t had the problem in that entire time.

It was tough to give them up, but I can’t go through that again!!