Home remedies for bloated stomach?

vm007

Hi,

So I've been very strict on my CICO what I missed out was and realize now is that lack of vegetables /fiber from my diet.

Day before yesterday so Friday I felt like my stomach would explode and an alien would come out of it (just like the movie)

I couldn't sit straight cause stomach kept feeling like it'll explode I had to lay down. Saturday I ended up with diarrhoea? I don't know how the chemistry works. First nothing coming out then all at once?

All day I felt drained, lack of energy, dead, lazy.
Similar thing today, Sunday. I ate a banana today, I ate rice with yogurt (apparently that is suppose to help), tried mint leaves.

It still feels like stomach is trying to push itself out. It doesn't feel flat as it used to. Should I just give "letting body run its course" and go to a doctor?

Also, any recommendations on good easy ways to add fiber to diet? (I say easy in sense, which I don't have to cook and can just boil or steam or mix in water)

Kait_Dee

Definitely let your body run its course. Get loads of water and be intuitive with food - don’t force feed and don’t hold back. Consider adding oats, whole grain breads and full veggies and fruits with skins. There are also a lot of good fibre supplements out there too.

Here’s to hoping for a speedy recovery and a happier stomach soon!!

vm007

Kait_Dee wrote: »

Definitely let your body run its course. Get loads of water and be intuitive with food - don’t force feed and don’t hold back. Consider adding oats, whole grain breads and full veggies and fruits with skins. There are also a lot of good fibre supplements out there too.

Here’s to hoping for a speedy recovery and a happier stomach soon!!

Thank you.

I've do drink oat milk tea daily but I guess I can start with actual oat milk as well.
Will start adding steamed veggies to my calories and apple.

No matter how much weight a person lifts in the gym and suddenly something like this makes one feel the weakest human on planet. Lol

AnnPT77

vm007 wrote: »

Kait_Dee wrote: »

Definitely let your body run its course. Get loads of water and be intuitive with food - don’t force feed and don’t hold back. Consider adding oats, whole grain breads and full veggies and fruits with skins. There are also a lot of good fibre supplements out there too.

Here’s to hoping for a speedy recovery and a happier stomach soon!!

Thank you.

I've do drink oat milk tea daily but I guess I can start with actual oat milk as well.
Will start adding steamed veggies to my calories and apple.

No matter how much weight a person lifts in the gym and suddenly something like this makes one feel the weakest human on planet. Lol

Not oat milk. Actual oats. Like oatmeal or porridge - whatever they call it where you live.

Steamed veggies are good (roasted ones can be tastier, pretty much as easy, though they do take a little longer to cook). Raw veggies are good. Beans (like kidney beans, lentils, split peas, refried beans, etc.) are good. Whole grains are good.

To avoid constipation, the basics are enough fiber, enough fat (something some people cut down too far when trying to lose weight), enough hydration (water and other fluids). (Keep in mind that hydration needs can change depending on - for one example - how hot the weather is or how much you work out.) If balancing those doesn't give good results going forward, consider making sure you have middle-moving exercise, enough magnesium in your eating, maybe consider adding probiotic foods (like live culture yogurt).

If you're constipated (no BMs) for multiple days in a row, definitely consult your doctor. Longer constipation (obstruction) can be dangerous. If it's briefer, but uncomfortable, consider whether your fiber-fat-hydration have been different recently, and adjust. It's OK to use over-the-counter remedies, preferably mild ones, in the rare instance, but don't make that a habit. Instead, get the basics where they need to be, to be OK most of the time.

Good luck!

rosebarnalice

At first, I really had problems with notoriously poot-producing veggies like beans and cruciferous veggies (cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, etc), but could easily handle carrots and green beans, and common salad ingredients like lettuces, spinach, tomatoes, and cucumbers.

I added the beans and cruciferous veggies over time. It took me a couple of months to build up from a small portion once or twice a week to a regular +- 100 gram portion 3 or 4 X per week, to what I eat regularly now--which is easily 8-12 meals per week (I rely on beans for a lot of my protein as well).

I also focused early on my grain fibers-- my main switch being from eating oatmeal to eating a combination of oats, chia, flax seed, hemp seeds, and wheat bran.

earlnabby

Any time you increase veggies and fiber, it is typically best to do it slowly (like a slight increase every day for a week or two). Adding too much at once can cause gastric issues. Also, cooked veggies are less likely to cause issues than raw so introducing them in a cooked version first can help.

Strudders67

In addition to eating veggies and beans, I sprinkle 10-15g of chia seeds in to my morning yoghurt to boost my fibre intake. I've changed my diary in MFP so that fibre is one of the things that I keep track of each day along with fat, protein and carbs. The suggestion (here in the UK) is to eat 30g a day. Most people don't even get 20g.