Bad Abdominal Problems
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:38 am
Hi Everyone,
My name is Cindy & I have been eating/living a whole foods/starch, low-fat, sugar/flour/oil/salt/alcohol free lifestyle for 9 years.
I've come here to try & help myself & maybe others who experience my situation. I've added images so you can see my abdomen as soon as I wake in the morning & then after lunch. I've also added a picture from a regular day so you can see my limbs/shoulders/waist are not big. It's my stomach that blows up like a balloon & I look 9 months pregnant by 1pm everyday. I am 5'3" & weigh approx. 105 pounds. Started with the Starch Solution over 9 years ago at 225 pounds. I have maintained the weight loss for years & easily eat the same repetitive diet. I exercise with yoga every morning & a 1-1/2 hour walk (2.75 miles) everyday.
2-3 pieces fruit for breakfast if hungry in the morning. Always a huge salad for lunch with a head or more of lettuce, lots of raw/steamed veggies & some mixture of balsamic vinegar, Tamari, Kirkland no salt seasoning, lemon juice or coconut aminos. Any salt/sugar comes only from condiments such as Sriracha/organic ketchup/mustard/balsamic vinegar/tamari/coconut aminos/hot sauce. For starch, I will have a sweet potato of some sort (microwaved). Dinner is another huge salad followed with a filling amount of microwaved potatoes (russet, stokes, hannah, Japanese, or whatever is on hand). Sometimes I have rice/beans or pasta but not often. This has been going on for years & everything seemed to be fine, I've even a bit underweight if anything. But now, everything is absolutely NOT ok & I don't know what to do. I'm so miserable that I'm considering abandoning a lifestyle that I've practiced for nearly a decade because living with an overly inflated stomach for months isn't a reasonable way to live any longer. I can't even walk with a normal gait. The science proves Dr. McDougall is not wrong but my body is sending out red flags that something is very out of balance.
Can someone please help me? It doesn't matter if everything's cooked, what order I eat the food, etc., the bloat starts after I eat & the whole uncomfortable process starts. My digestion is regular everyday but differs in formation despite eating the same food everyday. I drink 3 liters of water daily as well & have done this for years.
Something is desperately wrong. It's uncomfortable, unsightly, humiliating & unacceptable. I will eat meat if that's what it takes to stop this distention, bloating, abdominal inflation or whatever it is. But, the science doesn't show that as a rational long term answer. I've had it for 10 months & I can't endure it anymore. Waking up everyday facing this is brutal. Jeff, Dr. McDougall, anyone, can you please advise me? All I know, is to trust the starches, fruits & vegetables but something about the way I'm doing it is direly wrong. How can I get care for this initiated?
Thanks,
Cindy
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My name is Cindy & I have been eating/living a whole foods/starch, low-fat, sugar/flour/oil/salt/alcohol free lifestyle for 9 years.
I've come here to try & help myself & maybe others who experience my situation. I've added images so you can see my abdomen as soon as I wake in the morning & then after lunch. I've also added a picture from a regular day so you can see my limbs/shoulders/waist are not big. It's my stomach that blows up like a balloon & I look 9 months pregnant by 1pm everyday. I am 5'3" & weigh approx. 105 pounds. Started with the Starch Solution over 9 years ago at 225 pounds. I have maintained the weight loss for years & easily eat the same repetitive diet. I exercise with yoga every morning & a 1-1/2 hour walk (2.75 miles) everyday.
2-3 pieces fruit for breakfast if hungry in the morning. Always a huge salad for lunch with a head or more of lettuce, lots of raw/steamed veggies & some mixture of balsamic vinegar, Tamari, Kirkland no salt seasoning, lemon juice or coconut aminos. Any salt/sugar comes only from condiments such as Sriracha/organic ketchup/mustard/balsamic vinegar/tamari/coconut aminos/hot sauce. For starch, I will have a sweet potato of some sort (microwaved). Dinner is another huge salad followed with a filling amount of microwaved potatoes (russet, stokes, hannah, Japanese, or whatever is on hand). Sometimes I have rice/beans or pasta but not often. This has been going on for years & everything seemed to be fine, I've even a bit underweight if anything. But now, everything is absolutely NOT ok & I don't know what to do. I'm so miserable that I'm considering abandoning a lifestyle that I've practiced for nearly a decade because living with an overly inflated stomach for months isn't a reasonable way to live any longer. I can't even walk with a normal gait. The science proves Dr. McDougall is not wrong but my body is sending out red flags that something is very out of balance.
Can someone please help me? It doesn't matter if everything's cooked, what order I eat the food, etc., the bloat starts after I eat & the whole uncomfortable process starts. My digestion is regular everyday but differs in formation despite eating the same food everyday. I drink 3 liters of water daily as well & have done this for years.
Something is desperately wrong. It's uncomfortable, unsightly, humiliating & unacceptable. I will eat meat if that's what it takes to stop this distention, bloating, abdominal inflation or whatever it is. But, the science doesn't show that as a rational long term answer. I've had it for 10 months & I can't endure it anymore. Waking up everyday facing this is brutal. Jeff, Dr. McDougall, anyone, can you please advise me? All I know, is to trust the starches, fruits & vegetables but something about the way I'm doing it is direly wrong. How can I get care for this initiated?
Thanks,
Cindy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/191672749 ... ed-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/191672749@N02/50808731318
https://www.flickr.com/photos/191672749 ... ed-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/191672749 ... ed-public/