Being a female trainer I commonly get concerns with clients
whom are continually bloated, sluggish, backed up and feel like lower ab’s are
a magical mystical urban legend.
I come across it THAT often I feel I should write about it because not everyone is open about their guts and could be living with a food baby when they don’t need to be!
Working in pharmacy for 7ish years it was extremely common for females to come in and buy movicol, coloxyl and senna, Metamucil and all these other ‘doctor recommended’ products to help with stomach discomfort and relieve.
And if you have been to the doctors then you know exactly what I’m talking about because these items are the ‘quick fix’ answer to all stomach upsets.
It drives me mental.
These products are neither beneficial nor good for your body long term and only mask the problem rather then pin point what is happening and solve the problem.
I’ve also suffered from gut issues and feel like I have tried absolutely everything under the sun – but in doing so it has paid off!
I now longer have ‘food babies’ unless of course I over eat or eat and ‘trigger’ foods.
I’m not bloated, I don’t feel sluggish, backed up or constantly full and even more excitingly my lower abs are FINALLY starting to lean out (don’t expect this to happen with out A LOT of hard work)
So what did I do? Firstly I told the doctor to shove the movicol (okay that didn’t really happen but that’s what I would of liked to do) and focused more on my diet.
I wrote a food diary (you know I love these things!!) and with it at the end of each day writing how my stomach felt and how my movements were going. I would also monitor after meals how my stomach felt e.g bloated, gurgerly, upset or content.
By doing this I was able to notice certain foods that triggered the bloat!
Mine were and common ones can be:
-White carbs such as any form of white bread and potato.
-Things that were high in MSG – sauces, especially take away Chinese!
I come across it THAT often I feel I should write about it because not everyone is open about their guts and could be living with a food baby when they don’t need to be!
Working in pharmacy for 7ish years it was extremely common for females to come in and buy movicol, coloxyl and senna, Metamucil and all these other ‘doctor recommended’ products to help with stomach discomfort and relieve.
And if you have been to the doctors then you know exactly what I’m talking about because these items are the ‘quick fix’ answer to all stomach upsets.
It drives me mental.
These products are neither beneficial nor good for your body long term and only mask the problem rather then pin point what is happening and solve the problem.
I’ve also suffered from gut issues and feel like I have tried absolutely everything under the sun – but in doing so it has paid off!
I now longer have ‘food babies’ unless of course I over eat or eat and ‘trigger’ foods.
I’m not bloated, I don’t feel sluggish, backed up or constantly full and even more excitingly my lower abs are FINALLY starting to lean out (don’t expect this to happen with out A LOT of hard work)
So what did I do? Firstly I told the doctor to shove the movicol (okay that didn’t really happen but that’s what I would of liked to do) and focused more on my diet.
I wrote a food diary (you know I love these things!!) and with it at the end of each day writing how my stomach felt and how my movements were going. I would also monitor after meals how my stomach felt e.g bloated, gurgerly, upset or content.
By doing this I was able to notice certain foods that triggered the bloat!
Mine were and common ones can be:
-White carbs such as any form of white bread and potato.
-Things that were high in MSG – sauces, especially take away Chinese!
-Certain nuts (usually because I’d eat a whole bag rather
then the handful I should of had)
-Dairy not cheese or yogurt only milk and ice-cream (again because I’d have a massive bowl of ice-cream and a giant chocolate milk shake)
-Dried fruit again for the above reason – which btw if you can stop at 3 dates I applaud you because that shit isn’t easy!
-Whey protein.
By knowing what triggers I was able to limited these foods from my diet and increase foods that will help with my digestive issues.
Foods and supplement I added to help my stomach go back to normal again were:
-Dairy not cheese or yogurt only milk and ice-cream (again because I’d have a massive bowl of ice-cream and a giant chocolate milk shake)
-Dried fruit again for the above reason – which btw if you can stop at 3 dates I applaud you because that shit isn’t easy!
-Whey protein.
By knowing what triggers I was able to limited these foods from my diet and increase foods that will help with my digestive issues.
Foods and supplement I added to help my stomach go back to normal again were:
-Chia seeds/bran (Just a tablespoon mixed with my oats in the morning)
-Apple cider vinegar (in a glass mix a little bit of water and ACV and shot it twice a day before meals)
-Probotic (Inner health plus is a great start)
-Grainy carbs (When or if I eat carbs I always go for extremely grainy version so I get a good dose of fibre)
-Avo (Upping my good fats such as those found in avo to ¼ - ½ daily gave my intestines a nice smooth lining to process my food properly)
-Eating more regular meal. (By eating regular small-portioned meals my body adjusted to this and begun to let go of food it would hold onto around my stomach area.)
-Started fasted walks. (Adding in 4 fasted walks – walking for 20 minutes before eating – really got my digestive system function well, it helps burn fat – catch ya later spare tire – and you get some exercise in!)
-H2O – minimum 2-3L of water EVERYDAY!
These are all things that have personally helped me – remembering my diet is pretty good! If your day-to-day diet is filled with highly processed foods and junk look at adjusting and eliminating these first before you add any good stuff and get help from a specialist in the industry such as a dietician or nutritionist rather then a GP.
Stay Strong & Stretch,
Tel x
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