It's time to start doing some testing

I feel like I'm on the brink of a major change. 

I've been educating myself on various methods of losing weight such as intermittent fasting and ketosis. 

I've tried getting into ketosis before with less-than-desirable results. But I may have done it wrong. It needs to be done in a gradual manner rather than jumping right into it.

Next week I'm going to do some testing. 

The whole catalyst for this is that I started noticing that the stomach bloat I've had is NOT a normal thing.  I have lived with food intolerances (not allergies) all my life and I've just accepted the symptoms as normal. So next week I'm going to cut the most likely food candidates for my food intolerance and see if I can figure it out.  Perhaps it's dairy?  Or maybe grains? 

I've been reading The Virgin Diet by JJ Virgin and there are a LOT of symptoms she mentions in there that just hit home for me.

1) Have you tried unsuccessfully to lose weight?
2) Is what you used to do to lose weight no longer working?
3) Are you a yo-yo dieter?
4) Do you frequently experience discomfort after eating, such as bloating, gas or indigestion?
5) Can you only lose weight by starving yourself or exercising like a maniac - or possibly not even then?
6) Are you feeling and looking older than you should?

I answered yes to more than one of those questions - which indicates that I have a food intolerance to something.I just need to figure out what.

Hopefully after I figure it out I will start to feel better and maybe finally lose the stomach bloat I've learned to live with but never have been able to eliminate before no matter how hard I exercise or cut calories. 

I'll keep you posted!