bloat

[NY Muscle]

once you start to use laxatives, your body depends on them, causing u to take more and more. I used to have to take 40 at a time in order for them to work. Mike, she may be "recovering" by eating, but see if she will eat something besides a protein bar, b/c they are very very hard to diegest. Which could be causing the bloat as well.

damn i miss the old round, light blue coated extra strength ex lax pills...i would drop like 10lbs of crap and water to make weight for wrestling in high school lol

they discontinued those and the main ingredient is no longer OTC.

 

[starfish]

OK, on the wild chance someone her has done it.... What do you think of colon hydrotherapy???



Do you ever get clogged up from eating more protein and will flax help??? I'm going to try it.

 

[Debu]

NY - would flax oil work the same or does it have to be the flax meal? I tried the flax oil thing and it did not work.

HBG - 40 at a time! OH MY!!! I'm am soo glad you don't do that anymore!

I think I have screwed up my body from my ED days. I CANNOT GO. The more fiber I take the more bloated I get. I have tried everything....except flax MEAL.

 

[NY Muscle]

has to be flax meal not flax oil

and as far as bloated from fiber...drink more water, and it will make you goto the bathroom.

 

[Raina]

Interesting post. I wish I'd had more advise when I was early into recovery. It was awful. I ate very small meals every couple of hours-- cold or room temperture food. It made me feel less full and didn't overwhelm my system as much. I'm thankful that I didn't abuse laxatives. I completely screwed up my digestive system though....even without them. It took over a year of fairly normal eating behavior to properly absorb again. I also had a lot of bleeding in my stomach and intestinal track. It was all very glamorous.

I leaned harder into anorexia once the bulimia brought me to the point of requiring throat surgery. I couldn't purge so I quit eating again. 2 years into being focused on recovery and I'm still not back to normal in many respects. It kind of sucks to say, but at least in my case, it took time-- and not just time-- time where I worked my ass off to eat and watch what I was eating. Ultimately, being consistant is what's going to do the most good.

 

[hardbdygrl]

NY - would flax oil work the same or does it have to be the flax meal? I tried the flax oil thing and it did not work.

HBG - 40 at a time! OH MY!!! I'm am soo glad you don't do that anymore!

I think I have screwed up my body from my ED days. I CANNOT GO. The more fiber I take the more bloated I get. I have tried everything....except flax MEAL.

Debu, Im the same way,the more fiber the more bloated, And i still cant go!!! it suucks!! NYM i know drinking alot of water is supposed to help the problem,, but even still that does not help

lol i cant belive im having this conversation buuuuuuuut owell hehhe

 

[starfish]

I did colon hydrotherapy once and it worked great....


..... and no it was not gross, gross is letting all that stuff sit inside you

 

[Debu]

Debu, Im the same way,the more fiber the more bloated, And i still cant go!!! it suucks!! NYM i know drinking alot of water is supposed to help the problem,, but even still that does not help

lol i cant belive im having this conversation buuuuuuuut owell hehhe

I"m soooo glad I've finally found another person who gets more constipated with an increase in fiber!!! FINALLY I"M NOT ALONE! I've tried EVERYTHING except the flax meal...right now I have to drink those oriental diet teas to make me go, it's so unpredictable. It makes it so hard to go low carb days when I mainly eat vegetables because of the pain. The things we go thru to drop BF! I already drink 1 to 1.5 gallons of water a day, plus one diet pepsi and coffee so I don't think I can drink anymore.