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Sick Of The Bloating!

adelaidez

By adelaidez
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Hi,im new to the forum and recently have gotten told i had to stay away from gluten like a month ago but anyways i had anorexia when i was 15 (now im 18) no one ever gets over it and well i feel that also this is making it worse, i cant stand the bloating i get, it makes me like double my size and i have an obsession over my body and stomach looking good, this has triggered things from the past and i feel that i am safer to stay away from sweets, anything in cans, and live off fruit and veg, and after days of living on fruit etc it goes down very well but it takes a good week for it to go down and still is bloated after a week but if i try and eat normally but stay away from gluten it takes longer and i get paranoid about getting bloating.

I must eat about 1000 calories a day or not even that, and when i hit a gluten grain by accident i binge eat :S so i am def worrying about it, and it def isnt healthy!

My diet has changed alot, i use to eat pasta and bread everyday but now i eat fruit and more fruit, and i always manage to get a grain of gluten in something at least once a week if eat somehting else but veg(im new to this) and as none of my family have this problem they don

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Hi,im new to the forum and recently have gotten told i had to stay away from gluten like a month ago but anyways i had anorexia when i was 15 (now im 18) no one ever gets over it and well i feel that also this is making it worse, i cant stand the bloating i get, it makes me like double my size and i have an obsession over my body and stomach looking good, this has triggered things from the past and i feel that i am safer to stay away from sweets, anything in cans, and live off fruit and veg, and after days of living on fruit etc it goes down very well but it takes a good week for it to go down and still is bloated after a week but if i try and eat normally but stay away from gluten it takes longer and i get paranoid about getting bloating.

I must eat about 1000 calories a day or not even that, and when i hit a gluten grain by accident i binge eat :S so i am def worrying about it, and it def isnt healthy!

My diet has changed alot, i use to eat pasta and bread everyday but now i eat fruit and more fruit, and i always manage to get a grain of gluten in something at least once a week if eat somehting else but veg(im new to this) and as none of my family have this problem they don

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i have a very similar experience. in fact, i created a post about this same issue a few days ago. just found out im gluten intolerant and am also "recovering" from anorexia. though your right, the thoughts never leave you and i must admit i do not want to get better if it means gaining weight. gluten makes it all so much worse, and i cannot make the bloating/swelling in my tummy go down, even though i have switched to a gluten free diet a couple weeks ago. the only time i had a flat/concave stomach was when i was eating less than 50 calories a day...which usually came only from the lowest calorie fruits/vegetables. i am hoping to god that this gluten free diet starts flattening my stomach soon, otherwise i fear that i will return to my old ways because i just cannot stand this.

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I also suffer with eating disorders. You are right - the thoughts NEVER totally go away, but you can get BETTER. I was ALWAYS so afraid to eat, but I have learned that when you don't eat, your metabolism drops to nothing. My husband is in to body building, and he is constantly ressearching information. He has taught me that I can actually eat a lot more than I thought I could without gaining weight. It's just a matter to adjusting to eating that amount of food. It really messes with your head at first - but it really does work. I am so happy to not be starving anymore!! Anyway, I found that taking soy and dairy out of my diet helped SO MUCH with the bloating.

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Can I just ask, what is it about soy that causes bloating?

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From what I understand, Soy is a hard protein for a lot of people to digest. It's a bummer because SO MANY foods have soy in them. I used to love eating soy ice-cream, but it caused me to be SO BLOATED! I always thought that soy was supposed to be so good for you, but the more I read about it, I'm not so sure.

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I love how the article above the exercises disses patients who think they have a problem with wheat, but then at the bottom they advise patients avoid bread, malted products, beer, vinegar, and soy sauce! rotfl :lol:

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the only time i had a flat/concave stomach was when i was eating less than 50 calories a day....

Please excuse me for saying this but I do not think that this is something to aim for, or something which is very attractive. Especially if you have to limit yourself to 50 calories a day to achieve it. You have probably heard and ignored this 50 times before, but I could not hold my tongue. Sorry.

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I cannot imagine how triggering having to be on a gluten free diet is for people dealing with anorexia. My hope is that those of you who are dealing with this are working with mental health professionals. The only way to have a healthy body is to be able to work on loving your body (which means working on loving it even when its bloated). Peace!

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sorry mushroom, i realize that it is completely unhealthy and i do not advocate that lifestyle in any way. just trying to make the point that yes, eating disorders are really darned and the person who has one has a very skewed thought process. adding gluten intolerance in the mix really exacerbates this terrible process and makes the afflicted person go to even more extreme measures to "get rid of the bloat." but once again, that is absolutely not something to strive for. health should be the ultimate goal.

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I'm not anorexic but have always been pretty thin for my height and have been accused of being anorexic. The bloating is my #1 problem as well - not only uncomfortable but makes me look 6 months pregnant or like I have a blubber belly, which I don't. Some days I can wear a pair of pants that are very loose in the waist and if I eat the wrong thing within a couple of hours the pants feel tight in the waist. I hate it. It seems that when I am very careful to avoid any gluten my abdomen is flat again within a couple of days.

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Thanks everyone for your replies. Sorry i don

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