Bloat (this makes me laugh)

Orphia

To be serious as well, here's the best bloat post ever, by @AnnPT77 :

AnnPT77 wrote: »

If the bloating is water weight, drink enough water, stay at a consistent carb level, and stay at a consistent sodium level. (In premenopausal women,the answer to hormone related water weight is patience)

If the bloating is constipation, eat enough fiber, get enough water, get enough fat. Around here, fat is often the one that's the problem.

If the bloating is a "food baby" (like from a big holiday meal), go back to normal consumption and wait 60-72 hours for nature to take its course.

If the bloating is gas, simethecone is as good a short-term expedient as any.

If you've dramatically increased fiber recently, and become gassy as a result, it would've been better to have ramped fiber up gradually, and it might help to add some probiotic foods (live culture yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kim chi, kombucha fermented pickles, . . . ).

Consider whether your bloating tends to occur after consuming certain foods. It could be a direct effect (from something like carbonated beverages) or a food sensitivity/intolerance. If you suspect intolerance, see a registered dietician or allergist as appropriate. Don't just assume you have some trendy food sensitivity: Take steps to find out for sure.

If the bloating is none of those, please be more specific about what you're experience, rather than euphemistic, so we can give you more tailored suggestions.

And my 2 cents: if the bloating is none of these, are you sure you're not just sticking your stomach out and/or comparing yourself to athletes in peak condition with optimal lighting?

middlehaitch

Funny, thank you @Orphia. (And for posting)

A good bout of common sense, thank you, yet again, @AnnPT77.

And don't forget posture, pelvic tilt, can make your abdomen stick out, without bloat.

Cheers, h.
Someone, please nominate for a sticky, I have overstayed my welcome there, I think.

AnnPT77

Heh! Thanks, Orphia! :flowerforyou:

After 12 years, we can rule out pregnancy, too.

And have I gone from being (in my 30s) the only student in my graduate marketing classes willing to blurt out (correctly) that the basis of one famous successful ad campaign was "sex"; to being (in my 60s), an MFP poster willing to speak frankly about "constipation"? My, how one's interests do change over the years! LOL

I don't think I can nominate it either.