diarrhea (TMI)

[gizmo77]

there is nothing on my diet thatis new, except beef jerky (i used to eat beef sticks). however, the cramping/diarrhea was much later after i started that and i have eaten the beef jerky and not had any probelms within 12 hrs. i THOUGHT it was acv so i cut that out. i havent done COT yet and only 3 bsd on fri and 2 saturday, none today. the probelms were before i started bsd.

i also think that it is food poisoning. i read online it can last 7-10days. anytime i had it, i d throw up and its be over within 24hrs. never had it this long. still cant imagine what it could have been..a subway salad? just never know i guess. or i also thought of my girls colds (even tho they are very gone now) may have turned into this stomach thing. so i agree with you tehre atomic. i have been extra thirsty lately (could also be weather changing, drier weatehr). so i will get that gatorade you rec'd.

i cant think of any food i may have created sensitivity to. its the same stuff everyday!!! or rotated thru out the week.

im bummed about cutting out the apricots and raisins. together they were giving me 1500mg of potassium/day. there arent that many foods that give you that amount for the little serving they require. and im bummed (a little less) on the acv. i hope to get back on track soon this week for my attempt!
sucks.
thanksfor your help guys.

[TTC5]

It very well could be food poisoning too!! That is awful can last ages Get some hydralite in to you xx

[gizmo77]

i think it was too. one or the other. im slowly getting better...hope it didnt kill my 3 month sway

[Hobbermittens]

No, I don't think it killed your sway! Keep taking your supps and eating well and you should be fine!!

[gizmo77]

okay i felt fine all day then i tried ACV again...no good: gassy, diarrhea again (this is how it all startted). then i looked up acv and i found some info that ill post in another thread...weird. i guess im done with acv.

[gizmo77]

I think you're still fine for your attempt. The kind of diarrhea that messes up your electrolytes is the kind where you can't eat things to replenish yourself at the same time. The first thing I'd do is buy some Gatorade and/or coconut water and have some after every loose stool (the Gatorade G2 natural also has Stevia in it )

You can try cutting back on some of the higher fiber stuff and see if it helps and you can try Immodium (it's fine for a blue sway and it really works) I have found that bananas are one of the worst for yucky stools with kids, even though they don't have a lot of fiber in them - there are other chemicals in fruits that can make your poos go bad - the fiber may not have anything to do with it. A lot of places recommend bananas but I really think they make things worse. You can also try blueberries, they actually do seem to help.

i couldnt find the G2 natural at my stores, so i just went with gatorade performance, with the highest potassium. will the sugar (sucrose and dextrose) in it be bad for my sway. i know dextrose is what stevia is made from. now i am down to about 1-2 episodes a day. i mean i have NO idea what it is except that my body is DONE with this diet (high potassium/sodium/calories), etc. i have had issues like this before where id go thru periods of time not caring about what i ate and then gain all this non health weight then suddenly my body breaks down and i get sick in the stomach and then i start dieting and feel better.
i cut down the amount of rasisins and apricots (those are the highest fiber things im eating). i have no more of that horrible cramping (thank god), so whatever that was (probably stomach bug like you said) passed. but still have some rumbling and diarrhea. im going o try immodium today. its worked wonders for me in the past but i hope it doesnt hurt my sway. i just feel like anything unnatural will hurt it!

havings aid that i restarted BSD! but only like 4-5x/day (to make up for no acv). im not getting diarrrhea immediately after the bsd, or immediately after any meal or particular food in general. its random. so thats why its hard to distinguish what it is causing it!!!.

also i tried COT and man i dont know how you ppl drink that. i took one sip and said THATS IT. so not COT for me. i guess im not a seltzer water person.

im just really worried..all this crap last minute teh week of my attempt. everything was fine last month :-(

[atomic sagebrush]

That kind of Gatorade is fine as long as you have it with some protein!

I don't think the Immodium sways either direction - the only concern would be that it could dry you up?!? IF that seems to happen, jsut stop taking it as O nears and do the Robitussin.

I answered you more in depth on your other thread.

[TTC5]

I would stop the acv for sure! I'm not having it

[Hobbermittens]

Could it be stress? I have IBS, and when I am really stressed, worried, etc., I get the runs (not for days, though).

[gizmo77]

i just recently thought IBS. i did have it before yrs ago and yes iam stressed...so who knows what it is. anyway i took a dose of immodium a couple days ago and so far no diarrhea but now i am still getting cramping occasionally like 2-3 xs per day. never ending. maybe Gods tryingto tell me this isnt the month...i dont know..im still going fwd.