SYMPTOM'S TRACKER

When starting on this new journey, it's a really good idea to track your symptoms to follow your progress and keep you motivated.

As we mentioned, healing can take time. Your gut will heal gradually, and your symptoms will also diminish gradually. It can be very useful to follow your symptom's progression over time, and it's a great way to see that you are indeed improving and feeling better.

Sometimes it might feel like you are taking three steps forward and one step back... it's in those times that it can be helpful to come back to this symptom's tracker, as a reminder that you have improved a lot... and that you should stick to it!

Use the PDF below to help you with this.

FOOD DIARY

We also highly recommend starting a food diary to help you track which foods might be most problematic for you. This will be especially useful as you go through the Adventurous Diet, where you will be testing your tolerance to various foods.

You can do the same with supplements.

Trust us, you will forget!

Here is an example:

Monday:

Breakfast (eggs with bacon): Felt bloated 2 hours after eating. I've had bacon before with no reactions... am I reacting to eggs? Test again to be sure!

Lunch (Chicken soup): Felt good all afternoon, yeah for chicken soup!

Dinner (beef cheeks with steamed carrots and green beans): Felt a bit heavy for 2 hours after dinner, like there was a rock in my stomach. Maybe I should try something to help digest protein better?