Too Much of a Good Thing

When I decided to attempt to make healthy life changes, I thought I'd focus on trying to get more calcium- everyone needs calcium- and more fiber. Fiber helps lower bad cholesterol and helps you to feel full longer. I thought it would be hard to get enough fiber... Turns out I was wrong.

Here are some of the foods I've been eating:
Fiber One Bars- 35% of my DV of fiber per bar
Baby Carrots- 8% per serving (I eat at least two servings a day)
Flat Out Multi-Grain Wraps with Fiber and Omega 3- 31% per wrap
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus- 12% per 2 Tbs
Triscuits- 12% per serving
Bagel Thins- 16% per bagel
Low Fat Chocolate Fudge Ice Cream Bars- 20% per bar
Green Bell Peppers- 5% per approx 1/2 c
Steamed Broccoli- 10% per 1/2 c
Romaine Lettuce- 3% per 1/2 c

Now, I don't eat every one of these every day but I do eat many of them each day. For instance, a Fiber One bar is part of my breakfast at least five days a week. I eat carrots every day and go through at least two 16oz bags each week. I either eat a bagel thin or a wrap for lunch and I always include green bell peppers and some lettuce with hummus as a spread. If I use the wraps for dinner instead of lunch, say to make burritos, I always have two. It adds up fast... A little too fast. If you assume that I ate everything except the broccoli and the bagel thin and only had one wrap then I got about 134% of my fiber for one day. Is it any wonder that I was sick to my stomach yesterday?... Not in the gross way, just in the crampy, yucky feeling way.

Branden says I need to ease off a little and add good things in slowly. He's probably right. I thought that by making my lunch with a bagel thin today wouldn't be adding any more fiber so my stomach could calm down a little. Yeah, that was before I looked at the package and found out that I'd just eaten 16% instead of 31%... Not enough of a difference to even take me down to 100%. CRAP! I'll either get the hang of this or I'll get used to this. One way or the other, I'll never again believe people who say it's hard to get enough fiber in your daily diet. Now I need to work on a couple other nutrients!