Extremely bloated and painful. Up four pounds
rachelfaith92
Posts: 202 Member
Went to an engagement party and ate lots of cheeses, crackers, olives, and other salty foods. I never surpassed 1800 calories. Continued to eat sugary and crappy foods for the next three days after that. And now I am constipated, extremely bloated and up four pounds. I look pregnant. I took laxatives to ease some of the constipation and I have finally been able to go once. I am usually going after every time I eat so I know some "assistance" was needed when it had been going over 2 days without a bm. Is there any way to get rid of this bloating before Thursday? I had a banana for breakfast today and am trying to eat light. What can I do to minimize the bloating if not rid it completely?
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Drink lots of water and eat more fiber.0
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GasX is a wonderful thing. Metamucil will add fiber to your fatty diet. Lots of water will clear out the salt.
I'd eat healthy and low fat and it will clear out.
Good luck!0 -
I'm no doctor by any means but I find that if I eat light (and avoid too many starches) keep well hydrated and keep exercising it will help to alleviate these bloating/fullness issues.
Take care.0 -
Well, stay away from bananas to start with. Drink a lot of water. Have some good healthy fats (avacados, olive oil) and leafy greens. You might also want to try yogurt to help get your gut in better order.0
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Thank you for your tips everyone. I will try anything to alleviate this extremely uncomfortable feeling0
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Lots of water, natural fiber (pills), lots of fresh fruits and veggies, and take a water pill. Stay away from processed carbs such as breads, pasta, oats, etc. You can purchase natural herbal water pills if you don't want synthetic....don't forget to exercise that always helps!0
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lots of water and eat some fruit0
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Well, stay away from bananas to start with. Drink a lot of water. Have some good healthy fats (avacados, olive oil) and leafy greens. You might also want to try yogurt to help get your gut in better order.
Definitely this!0 -
Try a colon cleanse....It helps aid in absorption and WILL get you going again.0
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I am in the same boat. When I get bloating like this it usually takes about 3 days to go down. So I am expecting mine to be gone by Friday at the latest.
Like everyone said, drink lots of water, avoid high sodium food in the next days. I would not recommend upping fiber right now if you need the bloating to go away by Thursday because upping fiber (at least in my experience) leads to bloating for a few days till the body is used to the new levels.0 -
Eat some greek yogurt that has a lot of good probiotics to help with digestion. I'd recommend Choban, pretty much every flavor is good...I'm not fond of the lemon or orange but I know other folks are.
A few other things I've eaten that help - lots of fibrous veggies. Just last night we had boiled dinner (ham, cabbage, carrots, turnip, etc) and that pretty much cleaned me out. Pretty much every meal I've ever made that's contained 3 or more bell peppers does the same trick.
Make sure you're drinking plenty of water too! All that sodium means you're a little dehydrated and that will slow the works down.
And yes, definitely stay away from cheese and bananas for a while.0 -
Oh gawd, this happens to me far too often
I agree with everyone else, up your water intake, keep exercising (even if it's painful), eat light and stay away from starches. On days like these, it helps me to get my carbs from fruits and veggies, not bread, cereal, oatmeal, etc.
And Gas-X!!!
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It sounds like you might have a dairy allergy...but that's up to you!
Try this:
Add a tablespoon of pure cranberry juice (no sugars, has to be just 100% Cran) to your water.
Stick to Fruits and Veggies, but stay away from tomatoes and super acidic ones. Pineapple, too. Try to stay with Bananas, apples, pears, strawberries and blueberries. The good stuff with lots of fiber.
If you really must do bread for a little bit, just do something annoyingly good for you, like whole grain.
Give it a day or two. No need to steer clear of meat, I never found that it helped to omit it.
I'm gluten free and I get these symptoms if I've "glutenated", meaning I've eaten anything with wheat or wheat gluten added. Super salty foods can do it, too but I really think it may be the dairy. They can be similar in symptoms. Before i went gluten free I'd get this a lot and the above regimen helped a lot after a couple of days.
good luck!0 -
water! gallons of it.
high fiber fruits and vestibules.
stay away from grains.0 -
I am in the same boat. When I get bloating like this it usually takes about 3 days to go down. So I am expecting mine to be gone by Friday at the latest.
Like everyone said, drink lots of water, avoid high sodium food in the next days. I would not recommend upping fiber right now if you need the bloating to go away by Thursday because upping fiber (at least in my experience) leads to bloating for a few days till the body is used to the new levels.
Oooh yes...good point on the fiber.0 -
What's wrong with bananas???0
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yoga! or at least doing mild twists of your core, ie lay on your back, lift your right leg up over your body and let it fall to the left or sit in a chair and gently twist your core. drink tons of water. good luck!0
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lots of water (12 to 16 cups) Also consider using a stool softener and a gentle laxative like Miralax. Obviously, fiber suggestions are really good for BM, however that wont help you with gas (reading between lines
). My suggestion- get regular and then deal with gas... 0 -
This is a common problem for me too. Some great ideas here. BUMP for later!0
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What's wrong with bananas???
Bananas sometimes produce constipation.0 -
Drink lots of warm water and take two TBSP of flax oil directly off the spoon. Also, try elevating your feet while sitting on the toilet (like on a book or a box). That should sort you out. If not take about 450 mg of magnesium to hydrate your bowels. Good luck!0
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Coconut Water - low cal and high in potassium0
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try some probiotics.. that usually helps balance out things0
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If I feel like to need to flush out the system. I drink a lot of water and get in a good treadmill run for at least 30 minutes. That usually helps me.0
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I was dealing with this for the last few days but mine was due to TOM. It was TERRIBLE. Same thing for me, painful, up a few pounds, and looked pregnant! I used a heating pad and it seemed to work a bit! Good luck and I definitely feel your pain!!0
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I hope you feel better soon. I know a lot of us are in the same boat after the holiday weekend. Besides the other advice here, I added some raw ginger and cinnamon to my smoothies to help with the bloating and inflammation. If you have any (I don't, unfortunately) fresh cilantro is also good for gas and bloating. You may want to put some on a salad or in stir fry.0
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Curry! :P
Oh how I do hope you post when you go - put it in the success stories LOL0 -
When I eat like this I take a day of having lots of low sodium V-8 and fresh veggies. I agree with everyone else, keep the water coming.0
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Lmao! I'll keep you updated. I'm going to drink a lot of water and take a break from eating today, keep it to water filled veggies.0
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If you are truly constipated, try prunes or prune juice. Fail safe.
Oh, and drink lots of water.0
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