Hydration and IBS symptoms or stomach tightness

Although  I have yet to experience any major breakthrough in weightgain, my broken collarbone is finally, after five months of difficulty, allowing me some physical activity again. This importantly includes household chores, driving and.... drumroll... RUNNING! Toward the end of today's 5K gentle run, having eaten or drunken nothing at all, from around end of morning and a successful breakfast, I felt a not-unfamiliar stomach tightness arrive. Obviously it is familiar, but what I mean is that I remember this from my running days - I have not been running regularly for 5 years, but I have had stomach issues for nearly double that.

The point is: hydrating myself sufficiently to avoid this. When I specialised more in distance running at speed, I managed to teach myself to prepare in such a way that I did not dehydrate too much by ensuring during the hour prior to the activity I was drinking quite a lot. The point is with running, is that a lot of inexperienced runners, regardless of stomach issues, go a bit nuts when it comes to hydration, often drinking way too much. In extreme cases, this can be extremely dangerous, even lethal.

I guess we IBS folks need to be aware that hydration is part of the complex web of factors that can affect our gut well-being, that's all I want to say.

Weight: 60 kg

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hope despite suffering: mining my "failed" faith healing for a deeper perspective and connection

Image
For 8 long years, I have been battling increasingly frequent and intense gut pain. My symptoms are often referred to collectively as IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) or Leaky Gut . For chronic sufferers, we have been shown to experience from the same level of causal discomfort a higher intensity of suffering than someone who doesn't regularly suffer. When I suffer from it badly, I can't socialise, I am moody and very self-pitiful. Added to the horridness of the situation is not really knowing how to manage it - all diets have let me down and medical reports have sent me conflicting reports that have left me thoroughly confused. Image taken from the wonderful Kettle & Fire website Ah yes, confusion. I have been very confused recently! If you add to the mix that I am a confessing Christian, you know, the kind who actually believes in the power of a good God to interact on our behalf, then that confusion can actually get worse. Many people who believe in God and his
Read more

Carbs!

Image
It's difficult not to get too excited too quickly, but this week has been my best week in ages. It began on Monday, Tuesday... Years ago, I had thought I might be gluten-intolerant, maybe have Caeliac's disease or something. However, all the tests ruled that out, and I've never really found any relief in gluten-free products. But I've never, ever questioned the category generally of carbs. Until now. In my previous post I began to sketch why the FODMAP process can be unhelpful, the big realisation being that cheese, no matter how little lactose it has left in it, has just the same impact on Casein intolerances (I have a detailed post about this in my drafts, coming soon). Since then, and on the plus side, I have noticed that apple purée appears ok and so do cooked onion and garlic. I can also generally eat more fruit than the FODMAP diet advises. Perhaps I'll be able to reintroduce later, but I'm currently down to a tiny sprinkle of carbs at some meals
Read more

Yeti orange Icepops !!!

Image
My new unpleasant lesson for the day (for me, obviously): Don't touch Ice pops !! Remember all the lessons I learned with drinks and juices, one of my strongest and most unpleasant reactions? Same applies here.
Read more