Can you hide severe bloating with exercise?
jennagirl240
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I'm at a healthy weight. I could lose about 5 pounds but overall I'm at a healthy weight. I have severe bloating that gets worse after each meal (no matter what I eat) and makes me look several months pregnant and have a muffin top which I've never had before. My question is, can you hide this with a lot of core exercises to where my stomach looks flat and normal?
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Why not deal with the cause of the bloating?5
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TavistockToad wrote: »Why not deal with the cause of the bloating?
Doctors don't know what's causing it and have been unable to figure that out for years. I'm sick of the bloating. It is extremely embarrassing. I can't wear ANYTHING even baggy sweaters without looking pregnant!0 -
A muffin top is created when your clothes are too tight.
Have you seen a Dr about the bloating?
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jennagirl240 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »Why not deal with the cause of the bloating?
Doctors don't know what's causing it and have been unable to figure that out for years. I'm sick of the bloating. It is extremely embarrassing. I can't wear ANYTHING even baggy sweaters without looking pregnant!
Exercise won't help. Have you done FODMAP?2 -
RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »A muffin top is created when your clothes are too tight.
Have you seen a Dr about the bloating?
The muffin top has NOTHING to do with clothes. It's there even when I'm naked. The muffin top gets worse throughout the day and grows just like the stomach bloat from the front. The muffin top expands further out each time I eat.
I've seen 20+ doctors about the bloating. They've ruled out anything serious. They have no idea what's causing it. But I also have a lot of swelling in my legs and breasts and arms. So it's not just my stomach. My stomach is the worst. But my legs "grow" over the course of the day too just like my stomach does.0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »jennagirl240 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »Why not deal with the cause of the bloating?
Doctors don't know what's causing it and have been unable to figure that out for years. I'm sick of the bloating. It is extremely embarrassing. I can't wear ANYTHING even baggy sweaters without looking pregnant!
Exercise won't help. Have you done FODMAP?
No I haven't but I get severely bloated with potatoes which is allowed on the FODMAP diet. I also get bloated with bananas and milk which are also allowed. I can't pinpoint it to a particular food but if I have potatoes the bloating and swelling is severe. I have a lot of nutritional deficiencies and hypoglycemia so I can't do any restrictive diet changes. But if it helps at all, I'm eating the same diet I've always eaten.0 -
jennagirl240 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »jennagirl240 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »Why not deal with the cause of the bloating?
Doctors don't know what's causing it and have been unable to figure that out for years. I'm sick of the bloating. It is extremely embarrassing. I can't wear ANYTHING even baggy sweaters without looking pregnant!
Exercise won't help. Have you done FODMAP?
No I haven't but I get severely bloated with potatoes which is allowed on the FODMAP diet. I also get bloated with bananas and milk which are also allowed. I can't pinpoint it to a particular food but if I have potatoes the bloating and swelling is severe. I have a lot of nutritional deficiencies and hypoglycemia so I can't do any restrictive diet changes. But if it helps at all, I'm eating the same diet I've always eaten.
You can't pinpoint particular food, but you've just pinpointed 3 things that bloat you?
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TavistockToad wrote: »jennagirl240 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »jennagirl240 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »Why not deal with the cause of the bloating?
Doctors don't know what's causing it and have been unable to figure that out for years. I'm sick of the bloating. It is extremely embarrassing. I can't wear ANYTHING even baggy sweaters without looking pregnant!
Exercise won't help. Have you done FODMAP?
No I haven't but I get severely bloated with potatoes which is allowed on the FODMAP diet. I also get bloated with bananas and milk which are also allowed. I can't pinpoint it to a particular food but if I have potatoes the bloating and swelling is severe. I have a lot of nutritional deficiencies and hypoglycemia so I can't do any restrictive diet changes. But if it helps at all, I'm eating the same diet I've always eaten.
You can't pinpoint particular food, but you've just pinpointed 3 things that bloat you?
:huh:
It's every food. That's the point. Potatoes are the worst but even when I have no potatoes, milk, or bananas, the bloating is still severe. It doesn't matter what I eat. It's literally everything.0 -
Exercise can't do anything for bloating.
Bloating is an inflammatory response by the body. It's basically fluid. Even if there was a magical way to stop it you wouldn't want to as the body is doing it to heal or process something.
Short of keeping an extremely detailed timed diary of food vs symptoms I can't see how you can improve it.0 -
RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »Exercise can't do anything for bloating.
Bloating is an inflammatory response by the body. It's basically fluid. Even if there was a magical way to stop it you wouldn't want to as the body is doing it to heal or process something.
Short of keeping an extremely detailed timed diary of food vs symptoms I can't see how you can improve it.
So is it food allergies? It does seem like an inflammatory response cause I'm having swelling all over. But how can I be allergic to everything I'm eating? I've kept a food diary before and I bloat after every meal so I really can't tell anything.0 -
Have you tried the gaps diet?2
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And did they check your gut bacteria?3
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Is it bloating... Or just a distended belly from having eaten food?2
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I'm sorry fodmaps have not helped yourself, did nothing for me either. Its controversial on here, it may be worth discovering some good allergy/intolerance testing if you can. General medicine is not too good at this. Our UK system was adamant, I was fine with dairy but indepth private testing showed casein, the protein as an issue, I know everyone shouts about lactose but casein is far more comon apparently! giggle.
Bovine dairy is generally type predominantly 1 casein, (there are some type 2 herds identified by testing. Goat is type 2, and is closer to human milk as well, 3 and 4 types are not recognised as being an issue because they are lesser in presentation within our milk supply. Yes, there is lactose in goat, sheep and other milk but the different dominant casein can make all the difference for many.
How are your b 12 levels too? Often its never tested but its so important in a multitude of ways. We are supposed to have an enzyme which protects and carries it from the mouth to where it is absorbed, some of us lack this enzyme others have too little.
Two other ideas come to mind histamine intolerance and salicylate intolerance, these can co exist and are not complimentary, a safe histamine veg is not necessarily safe salicylate wise! a real pain. In principal everyone can eliminate these things but some of us loose the ability over time, a few from an early age. The combination makes a vegan diet impossible too many exclusions. Salicylate is related to aspirin and other pain relief products too.
Histamine can be amplified by poor food preparation areas, in general its higher on cold meats and everyone knows the wine/alcohol, chocolate problems. Salicylate is present in many fruits and veg, its a protection from moulds and mildews, I needed to go really low to keep going at one point, now to be usual, I make good use of dietary microbes, enzymes and things. Flavoured dietary microbes products are probably high in salicylate and others influence histamine production in a bad way but there are products out there which bypass the problem.
I'm often condemned for this next thought. The endocrine system can be out of balance. General medicine is of the opinion the thyroid is the only gland to observe but functional practitioners look to the others because the thyroid is the point of crossover and can be diminished by other gland imbalances. Digestive transit can be under endocrine influence and is often problematic, particularly where periods of overly fast and overly slow occur in the one person both are extremely bad for the digestive microbes, essential for breaking down foods to their miniscule fragments. Elimination rates should be once/twice a day, more frequent or fewer can be the seat of a problem. One basic issues can create others.
The quality literature say to eliminate peripheral endocrine issues before treating central thyroid but the medics generally do not and their, in my view the range of test with numbers they use are not accurate enough. A professor in immunology told me to look to the cutting edge of science, its where my salvation has come from. Ann Avery is good for Histamine, Salicylatesensitivity.com (I think its, .com) is good for salicylate. You would need to read and do your own research.
Very much in your favour is your principal symptom being having bloating after meals. I take this to mean your issues what ever they prove to be, have not done too much damage to your system and you should find extremely good results when you identify your personal key. I truly hope it is one key for you rather than the interacting series I have. All the very best, I hope you can identify your personal answer. Follow your personal understanding of yourself, read and read, dismiss what you know does not apply.10 -
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Do you mind sharing how tall you are and your current weight?
I'm wondering if you perhaps have a very small frame, and what looks like bloating might just be caused by the additional food in your stomach.
Is the bloating painful, or do you experience any other side effects?1 -
The bloating adds about five pounds, right? Kind of throwing it out there but have they checked for lymphedema?0
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jennagirl240 wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »Exercise can't do anything for bloating.
Bloating is an inflammatory response by the body. It's basically fluid. Even if there was a magical way to stop it you wouldn't want to as the body is doing it to heal or process something.
Short of keeping an extremely detailed timed diary of food vs symptoms I can't see how you can improve it.
So is it food allergies? It does seem like an inflammatory response cause I'm having swelling all over. But how can I be allergic to everything I'm eating? I've kept a food diary before and I bloat after every meal so I really can't tell anything.
You've been to 20 doctors and the topic of allergies never came up?
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Are you 100% sure its connected to food and not something else either in the environment or in medication? What is a typical food day for you?0
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Moosmum - I really wish the only damage poor endocrine function had done to my body was a couple of lbs extra weight!! there is too much ignorance in this world and much of it starts in the doctors office. The local endocrinologist contradicted the Regional expert in Immunology as to the cause of my problems!! this is life limiting ignorance.6
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jennagirl240 wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »A muffin top is created when your clothes are too tight.
Have you seen a Dr about the bloating?
The muffin top has NOTHING to do with clothes. It's there even when I'm naked...
Then it's not a muffin top. It's just additional fat.
And this doesn't sound like bloating, if it's everything, as you mentioned.
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You know, I'm out of here. Thanks for the non help. You're right, someone's stomach expands after they eat with each meal so much so that they look like they have a man's beer belly and are about to give birth. I mean you see that after everyone eats!! And the bloating is very uncomfortable. I get shortness of breath from it and can't move. I'm 5'3 and 130. The same weight I've been most of my life. Before I was 130, I was 114 and still looked 6 months pregnant and before that I was 102 and still looked 6 months pregnant.
It's NOT additional fat. Oh yeah, you're right fat GROWS throughout the DAY. The muffin top and stomach expansion grows throughout the day. My bad. I didn't realize fat grows throughout the day. Thanks for informing me.2 -
jennagirl240 wrote: »You know, I'm out of here. Thanks for the non help. You're right, someone's stomach expands after they eat with each meal so much so that they look like they have a man's beer belly and are about to give birth. I mean you see that after everyone eats!! And the bloating is very uncomfortable. I get shortness of breath from it and can't move. I'm 5'3 and 130. The same weight I've been most of my life. Before I was 130, I was 114 and still looked 6 months pregnant and before that I was 102 and still looked 6 months pregnant.
It's NOT additional fat. Oh yeah, you're right fat GROWS throughout the DAY. The muffin top and stomach expansion grows throughout the day. My bad. I didn't realize fat grows throughout the day. Thanks for informing me.
If you've been to twenty doctors and they couldn't figure it out, I'm not sure why you're angry that people here don't have any ideas either.12 -
janejellyroll wrote: »jennagirl240 wrote: »You know, I'm out of here. Thanks for the non help. You're right, someone's stomach expands after they eat with each meal so much so that they look like they have a man's beer belly and are about to give birth. I mean you see that after everyone eats!! And the bloating is very uncomfortable. I get shortness of breath from it and can't move. I'm 5'3 and 130. The same weight I've been most of my life. Before I was 130, I was 114 and still looked 6 months pregnant and before that I was 102 and still looked 6 months pregnant.
It's NOT additional fat. Oh yeah, you're right fat GROWS throughout the DAY. The muffin top and stomach expansion grows throughout the day. My bad. I didn't realize fat grows throughout the day. Thanks for informing me.
If you've been to twenty doctors and they couldn't figure it out, I'm not sure why you're angry that people here don't have any ideas either.jennagirl240 wrote: »You know, I'm out of here. Thanks for the non help. You're right, someone's stomach expands after they eat with each meal so much so that they look like they have a man's beer belly and are about to give birth. I mean you see that after everyone eats!! And the bloating is very uncomfortable. I get shortness of breath from it and can't move. I'm 5'3 and 130. The same weight I've been most of my life. Before I was 130, I was 114 and still looked 6 months pregnant and before that I was 102 and still looked 6 months pregnant.
It's NOT additional fat. Oh yeah, you're right fat GROWS throughout the DAY. The muffin top and stomach expansion grows throughout the day. My bad. I didn't realize fat grows throughout the day. Thanks for informing me.
If I had shortness of breath and couldn't move I would not be leaving my doctors office till I has an answer...8 -
When you mentioned shortness of breath, it made me think of something (not that I think it's even remotely likely, but just throwing it out there)... a (very short) friend of mine had to have a hysterectomy because of a large fibroid that would fill with fluid and cause her to have chest pain & shortness of breath, because of the infringement on the other organs. She didn't mention gastro-intestinal issues, but I can't imagine that they could have been avoided (I got the condensed version- hadn't seen her in 30 years). Might be worth a visit to an ob/gyn.
At any rate, I agree with the previous poster- if there is pain present and it's interfering with your ability to live your life, you need to continue to follow up with a doctor. Other comments have held out rather specific possibilities that you haven't addressed or ruled out, so without more to go on, there's not much to be done here except say, "No, you can't hide bloating with exercise." Hope you feel better soon.1 -
jennagirl240 wrote: »You know, I'm out of here. Thanks for the non help. You're right, someone's stomach expands after they eat with each meal so much so that they look like they have a man's beer belly and are about to give birth. I mean you see that after everyone eats!! And the bloating is very uncomfortable. I get shortness of breath from it and can't move. I'm 5'3 and 130. The same weight I've been most of my life. Before I was 130, I was 114 and still looked 6 months pregnant and before that I was 102 and still looked 6 months pregnant.
It's NOT additional fat. Oh yeah, you're right fat GROWS throughout the DAY. The muffin top and stomach expansion grows throughout the day. My bad. I didn't realize fat grows throughout the day. Thanks for informing me.
Not quite sure what prompted this over-reaction. What I saw was people making suggestions, asking questions to clarify or try to identify possible causes, asking for additional information... sounds like attempts to help to me.3 -
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When you mentioned shortness of breath, it made me think of something (not that I think it's even remotely likely, but just throwing it out there)... a (very short) friend of mine had to have a hysterectomy because of a large fibroid that would fill with fluid and cause her to have chest pain & shortness of breath, because of the infringement on the other organs. She didn't mention gastro-intestinal issues, but I can't imagine that they could have been avoided (I got the condensed version- hadn't seen her in 30 years). Might be worth a visit to an ob/gyn.
At any rate, I agree with the previous poster- if there is pain present and it's interfering with your ability to live your life, you need to continue to follow up with a doctor. Other comments have held out rather specific possibilities that you haven't addressed or ruled out, so without more to go on, there's not much to be done here except say, "No, you can't hide bloating with exercise." Hope you feel better soon.
I've just had a hysterectomy last week due to this. (14cm growth)
It doesn't go away, you are literally huge the whole time.0 -
RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »When you mentioned shortness of breath, it made me think of something (not that I think it's even remotely likely, but just throwing it out there)... a (very short) friend of mine had to have a hysterectomy because of a large fibroid that would fill with fluid and cause her to have chest pain & shortness of breath, because of the infringement on the other organs. She didn't mention gastro-intestinal issues, but I can't imagine that they could have been avoided (I got the condensed version- hadn't seen her in 30 years). Might be worth a visit to an ob/gyn.
At any rate, I agree with the previous poster- if there is pain present and it's interfering with your ability to live your life, you need to continue to follow up with a doctor. Other comments have held out rather specific possibilities that you haven't addressed or ruled out, so without more to go on, there's not much to be done here except say, "No, you can't hide bloating with exercise." Hope you feel better soon.
I've just had a hysterectomy last week due to this. (14cm growth)
It doesn't go away, you are literally huge the whole time.
It sounded like this friend would have to go in and have the fluid drained occasionally and would get temporary relief. But admittedly, I don't know all of the details.
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