diet/bloating problems

[PCxPete]

ive been pretty good with my diet the past couple of weeks and im already starting to see the improvement (tonight i was told i looked like id lost a load of weight by a person that saw me less than a month ago. score)

but ive got a couple of problems/queries.

as for my diet i eat 2/3 cup of oats in the morning, then every 3 hours following i have stuff like, cottage cheese (32g protein, 2g carbs, 1g fat), this low fat bacon, chicken, tuna, wholemeal bread/pita etc.

now as a rule i can eat pretty good like this all day and not have any bloating, but on w/o days i knock back a pre & post w/o shake with skim milk and sometimes (not always) i end up bloated for the rest of the day.

just this week ive started takign creatine for the first time and ive noticed that i bloat sometimes and not other, with these basic ingrediants in my diet when would be the best time to take my creatine + water? 1hour before each meal? with my meal? after my meal? (im loading atm, 4x a day)

i just want to really work out what makes me bloat and how to limit it, cause i go from a pretty good lookign flat gut, to back to where i was 3months ago with a nice big bump and it annoys the shit outta me.

hopefully that post wasnt to random that you guys can make some sense out of it.

many thanks.

 

[Stryc-9]

Are you lactose intolerant? That could easily cause bloating.

 

[Ceebs]

Lactose intolerant would be my guess too. And certain brands of whey bloat the hell out of me, so depending on what's in your post-workout shake, that could also be the culprit.

 

[PCxPete]

i take optimum nutrition 100% whey protein (vanilla)

i dunno if im lactose intolerant to be honest? how else would i know?

my only other knowledge of that is from beevis and butthead

"maybe your lactose intolerant?"

"no i said i <i>poop</i> too much!"

 

[ZKaudio]

whey products bloat me a million times more than creatine ever has.

 

[witkowsd]

I take a product from Now called "Super Enzyme" before every meal that contains Soy or whey - I am lactose intolerant and everything I take gives me gas and bloating. these pills seem to help a little bit with that. I got them off of dpsnutrition site.

 

[cdownie927]

Your feeling of bloated may be caused by the air that is put in your protein shake from a blender etc. The longer you blend it the more air that will go into the shake so its nothing to worry about which gives you that bloated feeling

 

[EliteBB]

It's probably two things:

1) you are lactose intolerant and therefore you should stop drinking milk altogether

2) you are using a cheap whey protein that causes bad bloating/stomach gas. Go for whey isolate which is more expensive but won't give you any bloating at all.