Yoga: 90 minute ashtanga class
Bloating: 6
Cramping: 4
Constipation: 7
Diarrhea: 0
Woke up feeling still full of gas from the night before. I only woke up at 10 and yoga class is at 11, so I ate my breakfast a little too fast so that it'd have time to digest before class. Ideally I wouldn't eat in the hour before class - I think they recommend two hours but I eat too frequently for this to be always possible. So when I left for class I was feeling even more bloated and uncomfortable.
Class was hard - I could tell that I hadn't been in a week. I was also feeling self-conscious about my body. Not only was I bloated but when I regained weight from my eating disorder treatment, it all tended to lodge in my midsection. I have researched this phenomenon, apparently it's common and the fat should redistribute over time - but it can take up to a year. Which right now feels like an eternity. So in the meantime I'm just struggling with the feeling of having no waist which gives me a rather squat appearance.
But I digress. Yoga - hard but good. Mind was very busy comparing my body to others in the room. And I was doing a fair bit of "mind-reading" of the teacher - he is a famous yogi in these parts and I kept thinking, when he looked over at me, he was thinking "she is not good enough to take my classs". Oh the lovely places the mind goes!
In the afternoon I went to an acupuncture/shiatsu treatment to further help relax. I have a few sessions covered by my health plan so I figure I may as well use them up. I have done acupuncture for IBS many times before, to be honest I really can't say I noticed a big difference, but I do know that I feel more relaxed during and after treatment. So if everyone is right and stress is in fact aggravating my symptoms, then it only makes sense to hit it with as many forms of relaxation as I can.
Did groceries, made a nice dinner, now curling up with a DVD. I'm in less discomfort this evening than I have been in probably a week. Let's hope it keeps up!
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