Do you get "runner"s gut" sometimes

Its Bc your mind is weak.

Tummy hurts?

Be an adult crap your pants, and move on.

soyboy

kummy wrote:

How would a meat and egg rich diet not make you sh*t more?

Because there is very little fiber and almost everything gets digested and assimilated. My daily sh!t volume is about 1/4 or less than when i was shoveling the plants. Two minutes to drop anchor and a few squares of TP and done for the day.

Yeah...I just ran 82 miles this last week effortlessly at age 63...but I have all kinds of "deficiencies".

Meanwhile, back at the plant-based ranch, plants don't have:

Vitamin A, B6 (Pyridoxal, Pyridoxamine), B12, D, E (Animal) F, K2, Q10. Amino acids: Creatine, Carnitine, Carnosine, and Taurine. Also Heme-iron, Collagen, Omegas: DHA, EPA, CLA, Cholesterol and Complete Protein (Consists of 9 essential amino acids)

Antinutrients & harmful substances in plants: Alkaloids, Alpha-amylases, Arsenics, Cellulose, Cyanogenic glycosides, Fiber, Flavonoids, Gluten, Lectins, Mycotoxins, Oxalates, Phenolics, Photosensitizers, Phytic acid, Salicylates, Saponins, Sulforaphane, Tannins, Terpenoids and etc. 99.99% of all pesticides in plant food are natural and found in organic produce too.

So far I have found that I can't take hours before running:

1) Coffee

2) Beer

They will give me stomach pain.

It's definitely not "milk problem" as I don't consummate milk much and I have no problem with it usually.

It mainly happen in the afternoon and running not easy and not very hard. I hav heard about crude vegetables being the hardest to digest so I avoid it as well before a run.

But yesterday :

Wake up at 6am (was working) : Ate a big breakfast, with bread, jam, orange juice, cofee

Did not eat at launch

Run at 14h00...

Legs and cardio were great, I was moving with little effort at good pace, but my stomach was growling. I had to stop at around 10km to avoid shitting on myself. 1-2 minutes later I restarted and the stomach felt better. I ended the run 7km after that and coming back in the toilet I definitely had some diarhhea. It was frustrating since the legs and cardio system were working great

Do you eat any fruits or veggies at all? Or anything besides meat/fish/eggs? Just curious.

I used to have this problem alot, but no longer suffer. The factors that changed were:

- Stress - my life is much easier now than it was at the time, it isn't 'easy' but I haven't been in a fight this year.

- Diet - my diet is much more rich in vegetables (and fruit to some extent). I do eat proper protein like fish etc. but much less processed cargs,

- Training volume - I run much more now, which means that my stomach is permanently 'upset' which means its easier to go to the loo before going for a run

Now I rarely have this problem

Because you will have severe constipation which will eventually lead to things like ulcerative colitis and colon cancer.

I used to have this problem when I was younger and ate a crappy diet. Now I eat pretty well balanced diet, take a probiotic and never once have felt like I was going to crap myself during a run. Even during 100 mile ultra's I have no stomach troubles. It always baffles me how obsessed some runners are with bowel movements, and avoiding crappy themselves, taking things like imodium and what not.

Mana Rio wrote:

It happens to me from times to times.

Only sometimes running in the afternoon, mainly when I run longer at moderate pace, not hard but not easy it never happen during very easy runs or faster and shorter runs. The stomach gurgles and growls and then I feel the need to go to the toilet. It's frutrating, I must stop and then wait for it to calm before I can start running again.

Ignore most of what people have posted so far.

1. Try waiting longer between eating and running.

2. Cut out foods and drinks you consumed before an episode, substitute, experiment... and pay attention to night/day before as well.

3. Pay attention to hydration (be properly hydrated).

jhand366 wrote:

Do you eat any fruits or veggies at all? Or anything besides meat/fish/eggs? Just curious.

Only meat, fish, eggs and butterfat, with about five bananas and/or a pound of blueberries/week. 1% vegan.

Man, those bananas and blueberries probably the only thing keeping you out of the hospital.

constipation wrote:

Man, those bananas and blueberries probably the only thing keeping you out of the hospital.

Yeah right. I had many hospital visits as a vegetarian/WFPB. Completley destroyed my gut with IBS and put me into A-fib. I haven't taken a med, even ibuprofen, much less needed a hospital, i 10 years since going paleo>keto>carnivore.

Meanwhile, my former club teammate, same age, was vegan and is now dead from cancer. There but for the realization of toxicity of plants and carbs go I.

I go in and out of cycles (4-8 weeks) of having GI issues sporadically. In a bad one right now. I don't leave home without TP. I never stop to "let it calm down" unless that is code... If I'm stopping, it's to drop it like its hot in the bushes or (now a city slicker) construction site rocket or the site itself if they lock the johnny on me.

- Try reduction diets (eliminate one thing for minimum 3 weeks - most common as you see from the comments: alcohol, caffeine, dairy, gluten, meat)

- Try probiotics - this has helped the most for me. But your gut "gets used to it", so keep mixing it up

- Go right before you leave

- If you can flex your schedule, don't do runs that trigger the runs on days you know it'll be really bad

- Avoid fibre as much as is practical

- Pack TP

- Get used to poppin' a squat anywhere opportunistic

- Run along ravines or running routes in the dark (if that feels safe) and you'll have plenty of options for emergency bombs

- Wake up at 4am to start the process early on race days

- Get some pepto for the bad days, but don't become dependent

Good luck!

Run faster. If the digestive system doesn't shut down in half a mile you are jogging too slow.