Not the most pleasant subject, I know. I have found some advice, but not a lot about this. What do you think, especially if you are a distance or open water swimmer?
After swimming hard or for more than a mile in the open water, I'm left with the most bloated feeling! I WANT to (let's put it politely) FLATULATE, but just remain bloated for up to 4 hours. I have a feeling this has to do with not exhaling completely, thus compounding the air in my stomach and gut.
When I really pay attention to expelling all the air as I swim, I get winded!!
I have tried Gas-X after swimming, but it doesn't really work. I just have to wait for the air to "filter out" over time. It can be painful!
Do particular foods create gas? Should I hold to the old dictum of never eating less than 2 hours before swimming? Is this something that plagues older swimmers more than young ones?
What's going on with me? I'm a 54 year old woman.
THANKS!
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Ahem, Solar, you wish 02 was all that was coming out of us....Jim, here is the recipe for "gas" (not foul smelling gas): cook wheat with lentils, then eat. You will start leaking air through both openings. The foul smelling stuff is a mixture of gas producing stuff and some protein...sauerkraut and potatoes and some blood pudding work well. I miss my younger days when we had farting contests, and better yet, burping contests...this before the advent of large coca colas, we had to burp with just the regular size stuff...I could burp the national anthem, wait, that's from "9 and half weeks of love". For you naive persons, try this:http://www.fart.com/
Ahem, Solar, you wish 02 was all that was coming out of us....Jim, here is the recipe for "gas" (not foul smelling gas): cook wheat with lentils, then eat. You will start leaking air through both openings. The foul smelling stuff is a mixture of gas producing stuff and some protein...sauerkraut and potatoes and some blood pudding work well. I miss my younger days when we had farting contests, and better yet, burping contests...this before the advent of large coca colas, we had to burp with just the regular size stuff...I could burp the national anthem, wait, that's from "9 and half weeks of love". For you naive persons, try this:http://www.fart.com/
