belly pain on day 23

[booksandcoffee]

Hi guys!

 

I'm on day 23 of my first Whole 30. Overall it's gone great... first couple of weeks were full of cravings, but now I finally have the whole 3-meals-a-day thing down. After my last two meals I've noticed constant crampy abdominal pain which is entirely new to me. I never had abdominal pain or digestive issues (that I was aware of at least) pre whole 30. 

I also have worked a night shift for the past 2 weeks, 5 nights of 13h shifts, so I know my body is definitely under some stress.

 

Here is an overview of my last 24h: 

 

M1: (about 4pm yesterday)

Meatballs (home made, compliant) with baked white potatoes, greens salad (raw) with olive oil, ½ banana, black coffee

 

M2: (about midnight)

Left over meatballs with potato, roasted broccoli/cauliflower with coconut oil 

 

Snack: about 4am: a larabar

 

M3: veggie omelet (4 eggs, peppers, onion, tomatoes). 

 

I usually cook at 4pm and have those leftovers during my night shift. The amount of potatoes in the last 24h is definitely more than usual.. I have never noticed symptoms with them before! I also read somewhere that having fruit immediately after a meal can slow down digestion?

 

 

I'm open to all suggestions! Thanks!

 

[Tom Denham]

Hmm. The bit about fruit slowing digestion is false, although you can find lots of strong opinions about things like this. 

 

Raw salad greens are a little more stressful than cooked veggies, but you are reporting trouble after meals 2 and 3, not 1, so that is not a strong candidate for explaining things. Larabars are junk food and the nuts in them can be a little hard on digestion, but again, that does not seem likely to be a good explanation of what you are reporting. 

 

Maybe this is just some weird thing that your meals can't explain.

[booksandcoffee]

Thanks so much for your reply Tom! The pain went away at the end of today... I drank some camomile tea yesterday and today which I think helped. Nice to know that I can still eat fruit after a meal! There's so much junk information even on 'healthy' pages.