Bars & Wind!!!

[bridejoo]

Hi everyone

I'm feeling FAB after my great week 1 loss today and have already been enjoying the flavoured water powders and bars (had one last night and one just now for lunch).

Before I begin to get excited about them every day, can someone put my mind at ease about the wind situation. Sorry to be so gross and so personal!!!

Last night I ate a bar around 8.30pm and by 11.30pm I was the windy-est I'd been in ages, then just after 11.45pm I had to get out of bed to 'pay a visit' which was very unpleasant!!!

Will this be the bars or is it just pure coincidence? I had not 'been' for a couple of days anyway and had felt a little gurgly around the tummy area yesterday morning.

Please tell me this was a coincidence! I have a naturally gentle tummy anyway, so the slightly thing that doesn't agree with me and its right out hours later! As I plan on having a bar every day at work for lunch so save faffing with my hand blender, it will relieve my concerns to get your experience / thoughts etc!!!

Thank you so much again

xxx

 

[nadhak]

Hi Bridejoo
well I have heard that the bars make you windy and a bit loose in the old bowel dept.....however this does not happen to me!
I am sure someone will be along soon to help you out!

 

[Eileen]

Same happened too me when i first tryed them but it soon settled down.

 

[tishtosh]

I agree with Eileen - it soon wears off and you become used to the bars. They help keep you regular along with lots of water. Good luck Bridejoo!

 

[Wicked Witch]

This happened to me too. The first week with bars was very gurgly and loose in that department. It has now settled down and although I am still loose at least I don't have problems with consipation. Also the wind has completely stopped and I now only go every other day.
I'm sure it will settle down in a couple of days.
Enjoy your high ...isn't ketosis a wonderful thing!
Lx

 

[bridejoo]

Well its official, I don't think I have ever suffered so much in my life ever!!! LOL

So until my tummy settles down (as I can cope with it at night when I'm home) I won't be eating the bars during my lunch hour at work, back to faffing with the shakes!!!

Don't suppose all this extra 'loss' will result in me losing a lb or 2 more will it??!?!?

Thanks so much for your replies! Its comforting to know it will calm down and if it doesn't, hey ho, I do enjoy the shakes so they will be just fine too.

At least my fruity flavoured water won't do me any harm!!!

Bride Joo xxx

 

[Redpam]

Apparently the LL water flavourings have a "natural" laxative effect. Or so we were advised when doing LL. When someone complained about feeling bunged up the LLC advised drinking more flavoured water. So perhaps the combination of the 2 gave you those effects

 

[Ameythist]

Hya I personally find it is the lemons bars which are the culprits!! All the others are ok

 

[littleblue]

I still get really bad wind with the bars, and it is very hard to control- don't eat before meetings!
I had a really jippy tummy for the second and third weeks, but that settled down.

 

[pticouk]

I had a couple of the bars in week 1 when we were allowed them and had so much pain from them I had to return 1 and now I have this mental block and won't be trying another one for the rest of my time on LL, in fact in my group 4 of us have had the same thing to varying degrees. The water flavourings also make me very gurgly but not the pain and wind the bars did. I didn't think I had a sensitive stomach but am now thinking maybe I have an underlying problem like IBS and will definately listen to my body more when I start eating again.

Helen