I give thanks for all that I have.
Let me tell you a story. I’ve always battled with reflux, but since my pregnancy it has been much much worse. It was pretty excruciating while I was pregnant and I haven’t been able to get a grip on it since. I’ve tried different diets thinking it was because of food I was eating with no luck. I stopped lighting candles because that seemed to aggravate it. The worst part is that I would think I had a hold on it and then I would go right back to where I was. Take the last two days for example. Yesterday, no reflux. A little bit in the evening after I had a beer. Today, I ate the exact same diet and it has been out of control all day. Ruined my run, in fact. For those of you that have it, you know that you can hardly breathe when it is acting up so running was pretty painful. To top it off, I’m crazy bloated. Not a great day.
I was catching up on some Instagram at a lull in my afternoon and saw an ad from Natural Calm. Apparently, magnesium helps with digestion. Side note: all of those antacids I’ve been bingeing on for years now are majorly hurting my ability to digest food properly. Here’s an interesting fact I learned from Dr Axe today:
Magnesium helps to relax muscles within the digestive tract, including the intestinal wall, plus it neutralizes stomach acid and helps move stool through the intestines.
Here I thought the only reason to take Natural Calm was to help my anxiety. Come to find out it could be helping my digestion too?! I have noticed a correlation between bloating and that “need to poop” feeling and increased reflux. Here’s hoping this is a life changer! I’ll certainly keep you updated! Let’s be clear tomato-based and citrus foods are still a no go!
Last but not least, be kind with yourself. My workout this afternoon was pretty awful. Between what seem to be allergies or the onset of a cold and this lovely reflux issue, I should have known that my workout would suffer. I didn’t set any expectations to kill it. I told myself that getting up and moving my body for 30-60 minutes would be a win. Even if I wasn’t going at my usual pace, I was going. The old me would have been such a bitch right now and I’d be tearing myself down. New me: “Well, you could’ve used those as excuses and skipped it altogether, but you didn’t.” Win!
Have a lovely weekend friends!
Elizabeth
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