Indigestion
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rosie
Celebrated Member
Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 106
Thu Feb 07, 2008 11: 57 am    Post subject: Indigestion
This time around I ' m suffering really badly from indigestion. Am drinking loads of water but am still blown up like a baloon and thorny [ / icon_cry. gif]
Help!
Ginny_O
Common Member
Joined: 26 Dec 2007
Posts: 141
Stage: Maryland
Thu Feb 07, 2008 4: 53 pm    Post subject:
What are you eating?
rosie
Popular Member
Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 106
Fri Feb 08, 2008 1: 02 pm    Post subject:
It ' s not acidy indigestion just uncomfy in my chest like I ' ve swallowed lots of air
This is what I ' ve been eating ( fairly typicaL menus for me whilst on Atkins )
Wednesday
Breakfast - 3 pork sausages
Lunch - 3 Chicken drumsticks with salad ( lettuce and cucumber )
Dinner - Beef and oatmeal casserole with spinach
Thursday
Breakfast - Bacon
Lunch - Prawns, lettuce and cucmber
Dinner - 2 small chicken breasts topped with a sprinkling of cheese with broccoli
Friday
Breakfast - Salmon
Lunch - 3 Chicken drumsticks with salad ( lettuce and cucumber )
Dinner - Will be griddled tuna steak with runner beans
I haven ' t been measuring the veggies that accurately ( don ' t get the cup thing! ) but have been having a bowl full of lettuce at lunch and decent veg portions in the evening.
Am also slightly constipated - would that cause indigestion?
ildanoch
Senior Member
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Posts: 212
Fri Feb 08, 2008 3: 15 pm    Post subject:
cucumbers can cause gas and being constipated can definately make you feel ill-fitting. are you drinking enough water?
and I was curious... what don ' t you get about the " cup thing "???
Deborah
rosie
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Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 106
Fri Feb 08, 2008 9: 47 pm    Post subject:
Am getting about 4 pints of water a day but finding it hard to drink as I ' m so full of gas! [ / icon_redface. gif]
Will try and cut out the cucumber and see if that helps at all. Have been like this for several days now and it ' s really getting me down. I ' m off work for the weekend now so can hopefully get out and about a bit more in the fields at home which I hope will help.
As for the cup thing - I ' m just not sure what a cup looks like!?! Is it some sort of standard measure or does it just mean a cup that you drink tea out of? ( but we have about 4 sizes of those!! ) [ / icon_lol. gif]
desertbitch
Senior Member
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Posts: 367
Location: High Desert, CA.
Sun Feb 10, 2008 5: 01 pm    Post subject:
In America we use " cup " as in measuring cup. It is a specific size. I wish we had switched over to metric. Maybe one of the other non _americans can tell you what to use.
Hope you are feeling less bloated.
Ginny_O
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007
Posts: 141
Location: Maryland
Sun Feb 10, 2008 5: 24 pm    Post subject:
A cup is 8 oz - about a teacup size. Four cups is a quart, which is about a liter. So figure 250 ml is a cup.
Bliss Pirate
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Joined: 06 Jan 2004
Posts: 3106
Location: St. Paul, MN
Mon Feb 11, 2008 4: 06 am    Post subject:
When it comes to salad... I ' ve calibrated my hand...
A cup is about a handfull of loose lettuce / salad mix. I used to measure it, now I just grab it.
rosie
Established Member
Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 106
Mon Feb 11, 2008 3: 01 pm    Post subject:
Thanks guys makes a bit more sense now and sounds like I ' ve been getting it right anyway! I think I ' ll stick with Bliss ' handful measuring device!
Am a bit better than I was.... but still not entirely right