Alcohol and all that comes along

'); } Spontaneously, last night, I had a few drinks with my cousin. Maybe even more than a few. What's worse, I had a few on Sunday, when I had 3 beers which ended up in many adventures related to my  stomach during next day. Somewhere on this blog there is an article that's mentioning alcohol as one of the no no things for people with IBS. Then again, no one ever mentioned that I'm some kind of a rational person. No Sir!
Our spontaneous party ended around 2am, after which I had a pleasant meal, consisting mainly of bacon and cheese. My (nervous) stomach probably doesn't love me much, but privately held medical institutions probably will. Did I mention I'm around 200 pounds? How about mentioning that my bones aren't that big?

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

The main problem with people, including myself (especially myself), is that they don't usually take much care of themselves until they start having real problems. Even worse is when they grab a problem or two and continue acting as stupid as they did before... And thus we come to my life story :).

I need to drop down to 180 pounds, to start eating regularly (& healthy) and to start spending my energy  somewhere (like swimming for example) (or, even better, by having other kinds of fun).

Time to go to sleep. Please be smarter than I am and don't drink. Even better, avoid smoking as well. One is sure: when I spend 7 or 10 days eating vegetables, going to bed in some decent hours and avoid alcohol & smokes, I end feeling much better and my problem basically vanishes (except in some stressful situations). This, however, is a subject for some other blog post.

Keep coming!

Nervous Stomach - rules of thumb (and some of my own)

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I've received an e-mail from a friend who is a doctor yesterday. He likes to tease me about my condition, by default denying to recognize it as a real thing. I can correlate to that - he works in E.R. and in his line of duty he sees some bad things, on a daily basis. Anyways, he sent me a link to an article about diet people with stomach issues should follow. A rather general article, saying what should people do when they have different stomach issues - ranging from inability to go to wc and do the thing to being very able and running there as if chased by Tasmanian devil in heat. Needless to say, I wasn't very impressed.

The issue with all the advice found online and in magazines is that they're so general. As a result, I should probably avoid drinking and eating all kind of things I like. Ok, that's probably true anyways, but still :). It was hard enough to accept the fact that beer is somewhat bad for my stomach. This didn't change too much on the fact that I still love it and go for one or two - or more - with friends from time to time. What it did change is that this happens less often than it did before (even though some people would try to prove me wrong).

It was my best intention to mention few rules of thumb - and some of my own, like suggested in the title. So, here they are.

Avoid:

• beer :(
• sparkly drinks, in general
• too much sugar
• coffee
• stress
• dairy products

Enjoy:

• tea (chamomile, for example. Peppermint is great, as well)
• food with much cellulose (i.e. cereals, cereals and some more cereals)
• vegetables
• yogurt
• healthy living (this one I love the most)

Obviously, one should avoid stress. Sex is a great stress relief. Practice it safe. And try to avoid doing it on public places (as you might be caught, which might produce stress instead of removing it).

I'll be back on this sometimes.

Stay good!