Back to Basics (again)

Oct 12, 2011

For the last 2-3 days I have been SO super bloated.  I literally look 3-4 months pregnant....and I am clearly NOT pregnant!  It is painful, makes simple tasks seem so hard and I even catch myself breathing different, like the pressure and distension is literally affecting everything.  I must admit that I have been eating things that I probably shouldn't eat and more than I should so TODAY I have promised myself to get back to the BASICS and see if I can get this feeling under control.  I had been teetering between 184 and 186, but  yesterday and today I was up to 189-190.  And I can feel every single ounce.  I had stopped tracking my food and calories.  I know that I eat way too fast and take big bites.  So today I am focused on changing that.  I also was drinking a lot of coffee, energy drinks, and regular soda......I know....walking a thin line.  So today I am sticking with my hot teas and water.  For breakfast I had 1/2 an egg with a few slivers of onion.  For snack I am haing 1/4 cup of cottage cheese and 1/4 cup neptune salad.  For lunch I brought Portobello Mushroom soup....I am a little worried about the sodium in the soup though....only going to have about a cup and see how that goes.  For dinner I am having fish, talapia (baked).  
It is strange because I have been eating different things but the bloating and extremely distended abdomen is still there.  It goes away somewhat at night but as soon as I eat something it is right back again.  Not sure what is going on....but it does worry me a little bit.  I read online that it could be an obstruction, I could have IBS, or UC.  There is a list of possibilities.  I had my gallbladder taken out in 2003 so I have always had "bathroom" issues.  But this bloated madness is pushing me over the edge.
Right now I have taken about 3 bites of cottage cheese and the pressure and tightness is so bad I had to sit back away from my desk.  Not sure what is going on....but it needs to go away ASAP!!!

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