Took a break from making recipes/posting on my blog & on here this past week and I thought I’d share why.

I try to be as open as possible with you guys in my gut health journey with my IBS, SIBO, and food allergies. Y’all know I love a good bloating pic.

But this picture was hard to post. Because it’s a look of feeling defeated. This was me most of Thursday-Sunday morning.

I was having an extreme bloating episode that lasted four days. I was clueless as to what was causing this episode as I had been doing my daily workouts, eating clean (limiting my starchy carb intake), practicing mindful affirmations.

So basically doing EVERYTHING right. It was the biggest bloat belly I’ve ever had. Not to mention the most painful feeling in the world.

When you have IBS, SIBO, or chronic illness you know that episodes can happen at any moment and anytime. Even when you’ve done everything right.

It’s hopeless knowing you can’t control it and hard to accept that this is apart of my condition and can happen.

It also doesn’t motivate me to make recipes knowing that food is a trigger for me.

But this was me. Laying on the couch, with my dog by my side. Because that was the ONLY thing making me feel somewhat better. #pettherapy

Know that it’s okay to take time away and do whatever is going to make YOU feel better. And sometimes that is just simply laying on the couch.