stomach bloat...

[penniedo]

Hi everyone. For the past two days my stomach has been extremely bloated and grumbly feeling. I just started rung 3 on Sunday and had 2tbls of chunky peanutbutter (natural, no sugar) and than Tuesday I had 1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds. The timing is off for it to be TOM issues so could it be some kind of trigger to the new foods?? I have never had issues with nuts before. Or maybe it's just a stomach bug and I'm looking to hard for triggers?? Thanks!

[not2late]

Re: stomach bloat...

Abdominal bloating is a symptom of Blood Sugar Instability. Remove the nuts from your diet and see if they are the culprit.

[penniedo]

Re: stomach bloat...

So do you think I should skip the rung and move on to Berrys or go back to the Veggie rung?? (I skipped dairy because I am lactose intolerant)

[2big4mysize]

Re: stomach bloat...

no don't skip it do as Megs said remove them and see what happens. then test again with the nuts one type one brand at a time and see if it was those nuts or something else. we have folk who can't tolerate macadamia nuts but can handle almonds oe walnuts we have some folk who can't hanlde any nuts and many mnay folk who can do peanut butter.

Also nuts in the processing can be exposed to mold and yeast spores and can cause Candida issues too so you got lots of things going on more carbs, new foods, new day could be this could be that? so you repeat the experinet controlling as many variables as possible. if nuts return re causes it try niuts return but carb count 5 net lower as you may be at your right now CCLL and exceeding it did this.

keep good records and see. hope your bloat is gone soon.

[penniedo]

Re: stomach bloat...

Thanks 2big and Not2late. You are both so helpful! So in your experience do you think 3 days is a long enough wait before trying them again or should I wait until next week? And just out of curiosity in trying to learn what the heck I'm doing, it seems like it could take weeks on certain rungs before you are knowledgeable and comfortable enough before moving on? Does that seem like a valid observation?? I just don't want to rush threw the rungs but than again, I don't want to read too much into them either.

[not2late]

Re: stomach bloat...

You can wait a few days or you can wait until the bloat is gone then re-try again.

[Pineapple]

Re: stomach bloat...

I bloat very easily, but usually if I drink more water it seems to die down within about an hour. Of course now that I've seen all this other advice I'm going to look into yeast issues too XP

[not2late]

Re: stomach bloat...

Thanks 2big and Not2late. You are both so helpful! So in your experience do you think 3 days is a long enough wait before trying them again or should I wait until next week? And just out of curiosity in trying to learn what the heck I'm doing, it seems like it could take weeks on certain rungs before you are knowledgeable and comfortable enough before moving on? Does that seem like a valid observation?? I just don't want to rush threw the rungs but than again, I don't want to read too much into them either.

I spend/spent a lot of time on my rungs because before Atkins I eat a wide variety of foods (lots of different veggies, fruits, ethic food and food products). So, I went through the rungs slowly to see if the various foods I used to eat had any effect on me.

Therefore it really depends on what your diet/menues are like. If you don't care too much for exotic ethnic foods or if you limit yourself to certain veggies and fruits, then you try out the foods you would normally eat on a particular rung. For example, when you get to the legume rung, you might want to try out kidney beans if that was something you ate pre-Atkins and would like to eat again.

[bunny]

Re: stomach bloat...

Hi everyone. For the past two days my stomach has been extremely bloated and grumbly feeling. I just started rung 3 on Sunday and had 2tbls of chunky peanutbutter (natural, no sugar) and than Tuesday I had 1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds. The timing is off for it to be TOM issues so could it be some kind of trigger to the new foods?? I have never had issues with nuts before. Or maybe it's just a stomach bug and I'm looking to hard for triggers?? Thanks!

Hi i need same help i start my Atkins diet 11 days ago and i lost only 5 pounds ,to me i think is not much can please let me know if its ok or not because i'm about to quit this diet.
Thanks!

[bunny]

Re: stomach bloat...

Hi i need same help i start my Atkins diet 11 days ago and i lost only 5 pounds ,to me i think is not much can please let me know if its ok or not because i'm about to quit this diet.
Thanks!

[penniedo]

Re: stomach bloat...

Bunny, I have only lost 7lbs in 8 weeks so to me, 5 lbs in 11 days is WONDERFUL!! I'm sure you didnt gain your extra weight overnight so how could you expect to take it off overnight?? Follow the rules of the plan and have trust, it will happen!!