Sometimes without warning it can feel like my stomach is a beach ball being inflated , it feels likes if it expands any more its going to explode like that scene in Downton Abbey where Earl Grantham's stomach ulcer bust.
Only it's just gas, and I'm probably just going to keep cramping, burping and trumping for a few hours instead.
Then when it's finally over (usually within a day) my stomach looks toned and flatter than before for a few hours until it returns back to normal, It feels nice briefly because the cramping as stopped, I'm no longer bloated and it feels and looks better.
But then I remember that some people actually buy laxative inducing products for the exact same effect and I suddenly don't feel so good anymore.
IBS is awful, trust me you don't want to inflict this kind of thing on yourself. The cramping, the exhaustion and all the time spent on the toilet really isn't worth anything good. I don't have a problem with my weight, I just wished IBS didn't make me bloat.
According to research on eating disorders in 2012 form eating disorder charity B-eat out the 194 people they surveyed with eating disorders 158 of them had used laxatives in relation to their eating disorder. Out of those 158 over half of them felt they had developed an addiction.
Taking Laxatives does not make you lose weight, neither does triggering food allergies to make yourself sick.
Laxatives mostly effect the large intestines and bowels, food intake in absorbed through the small intestines so all laxatives are doing is clearing the bowels and dehydrating you.
Dehydration is dangerous and long term laxative abuse can cause damage to your bowels and even organ failure.
I find this really upsetting, if you do ever find your self turning to laxatives or trying to trigger allergies for the sake of weight loss please, please see someone. Go see a nutritionist or a doctor.
I'm sorry if you came here looking for weight loss advice, this isn't really that kind of blog.
