Is there something wrong with me?

[Daisy_Girl]

lmao, My hubby would leave me for her in a HEARTBEAT! I always call her "his girlfriend".

Gotta love MILs!

 

[herselftheelf]

Hey everyone I was just wondering if anyone could help me figure out if theres something wrong with me and if so what.
When I wake up in the morning or if I havent eaten in awhile (a real long while) my stomach is flat as a board but all I have to do is drink a glass of water or have my egg white and cream of wheat breakfast and I now look like I did when I was 4 months pregnant! I'm 100% serious right now I don't know why my stomach gets so big and does this mean that in order to have a flat stomach I can't eat?
If anybody could help me or has any suggestions I would really really appreciate them.

Hey Parker, what's probably happening is that while you are dehydrated at night, and before breakfast, your stomach is flat. After you replenish your sodium and potassium, your body starts to hold more water.

During your menstrual cycle especially, your body will hold anywhere from 10-15 extra pounds of water. You can try using a mild diuretic, if it bothers you, but be careful with that stuff, because screwing with your eloctrolyte balance can seriously mess up your heart.

There is nothing wrong with you. What your body is doing is completely normal. You can also try cutting down on sodium intake (but make sure you get enough, because you can get really sick by completely eliminating it.)

I hope this helps.

 

[herselftheelf]

IMO you should listen to Vel's advice...

8am before eating

10 minutes after eating Cream of Wheat

End of day

...wow. That's probably not water retention. That looks like an accute inflammation of adipose tissue. Is it only happening in your stomach?
I would definitely see a doctor.

 

[PARKER-911]

...wow. That's probably not water retention. That looks like an accute inflammation of adipose tissue. Is it only happening in your stomach?
I would definitely see a doctor.

Yup only my stomach

 

[wlmcrae]

Right off hand, gluten intolerance. To test this, eliminate EVERYTHING containing gluten from your diet - that would be anything made from wheat or spelt or containing wheat or spelt by-products and any other grain containing gluten. Do a web search on 'celiac disease' or 'gluten intolerance' and see if you recognize yourself. (The pics are really helpful.)

 

[PARKER-911]

Right off hand, gluten intolerance. To test this, eliminate EVERYTHING containing gluten from your diet - that would be anything made from wheat or spelt or containing wheat or spelt by-products and any other grain containing gluten. Do a web search on 'celiac disease' or 'gluten intolerance' and see if you recognize yourself. (The pics are really helpful.)

How long does it take of doing that to figure out if that's the problem or not?

 

[wlmcrae]

It depends on how damaged your tissues are, actually, and whether you can eliminate ALL gluten (it is used as a filler/additive in MANY things - a celiac website could tell you more). I expect, though, that you should notice a difference fairly quickly in how you feel after eating - how you look may take a little longer, depending on whether there are other inflammatory processes occuring. There is a medical test that determines whether you in fact have celiac disease - it involves a biopsy of the intestinal villi to see if there is damage, since celiac actually 'burns' the intestines and can create leaky gut syndrome.

 

[sarita]

Wow, are you having and pain or change in bowel habits? You could follow up with a gastroenterologist, he can rule out celiac disease/ IBS/ lactose intol or other pathology. I hope this gets better for you. BTW- I still think you look great otherwise . Sarita.

 

[heavy_duty]

any updates?

 

[ripvanwinkle]

i have the same thing on var/hgh var 5 two times daily and since june 1 and hgh 2 iu daily since april and within past three weeks stomach is bloated cut out dairy, wine, wheat vianegar. woindering if it is the var but i look 4 months pregnant.