Sep 27, 2008
I think I’m going to go to Google instead of the doctor from now on.
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I went to the doctor yesterday because I want to know why exercise makes me feel like puking.
His fix?
Eat breakfast.
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That’s old school doctorin’, that is!
If your legs hurt when you stretch it out like that … well, stop stretchin’ it out like that! :-)
I have a puking problem when I am not on my thyroid medicine. If you puke up you breakfast, maybe you could google hyperthyroidism
I – as a qualified Registered Nurse (note the authority) – have a more simple solution: don’t exercise. (grin)
haha …
i – as an unqualified unregistered nurse (note the lack of authority) – have a simple solution, too: get more exercise.
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I have the same problem – especially when I run. Someone suggested I wasn’t drinking enough water. So I started drinking more, and it has really made a big difference.
Shoot, Abraham… looks like you have to chose between Tia’s and my advice. :-D (btw… health care workers are often the most out of shape people out there… chuckle)
On a side and somewhat related note: I was sitting beside a city bus the other day on which was a picture of a woman on a treadmill with a BIG GRIN on her face. I can spot misleading advertising when I see it. NO ONE grins on a treadmill unless they’re flirting or watching a funny show which takes their mind of the fact that they are running on a treadmill. Most of us – in fact – are simply trying to not throw up…
The only time I’ve had the “urge to purge” during exercise was when I HAD eaten breakfast before.
My advice? Exercise outdoors.
I tell folks my pediatrician is Dr. Google. He’s always available, makes housecalls, he’s never stumped – though sometimes conflicted, and best of all, there’s no co-pay.
One warning, avoid milk if you eat breakfast before exercise.
The best strategy is to eat a small breakfast, exercise and then eat more after exercising. The small first breakfast boosts your bloodsugar and keeps you from feeling sick during the exercise; too large of a breakfast will also make you sick.
Then, after exercising, your metabolism is in gear and you can have more breakfast. And that has other benefits; several smaller meals are better than three large meals.
i learned the hard way, blood sugar level really makes a huge difference between feeling like puking/passing out and feeling awesome afterward.
or…you could just post your problem and get tons of advice rather than discussing how much we all love Dr. Google and how much our doctors hate to talk to us about all that we found on Google…
as a cross-country runner, i’m with bruce. diet around exercise can make a huge difference. staying well hydrated is immensely important (like drinking water the night before, a little before you run, and plenty after), and staying away from dairy and citrus/acidic foods (these upset your stomach while exercising) and soda (which significantly slows down the rate at which your muscles rebuild themselves after you exercise).
also, stretching after a warm-up is important, as well as cooling down and stretching afterward (which one of my coaches thought was even more important than stretching beforehand).
sounds like a lot, but it’s relatively simple and fairly easy, whether you’re training for a marathon or just trying to keep in shape. hopefully this will help.
If your nose runs and your feet smell, you’re built upsidedown.
The secret is electrolytes. Easy solution: You need to consume salt during, and especially after exercise. Less easy solution (but still easy): buy and use Hammer electrolytes (about $15.00 for 120 capsules). This rescued both my and my wife’s running.
wow…. this has been THE most helpful single chunk of info on this I’ve read. And I’ve googled lots on this b/c I, too, can’t seem to exercise without absolutely HAVING to puke. Plus I’m completely worn out for the next few hours. I’d just about decided that I’m just one of those people who can’t exercise…. I have a wee bit of hope now! Maybe tomorrow!!
I hope that advice was free…
I have no idea what’s wrong with you, or what you should do about it.
Happy to help.
ED.
My advice… take all the advice here, and try them out for a few days at a time. If it doesn’t work, try the next… and go on. It is free. But, do exercise outside near bushes…..
I’d cast my vote on the needing more salt theory first… if my blood pressure is low, I feel like puking, and if I eat some more salt, I feel better.
Every fall when the boys’ football season started and the girls’ basketball season started, we would all compare stories and keep score of which group puked more while trying to get themselves back in shape…are you just out of shape? Also…if the goal of exercising is to lose weight, I can see the puking thing helping. If the goal is to be healthier…I can can see how the puking thing is not fitting in!
Dark Chocolate does help me a lot! I don’t do much exerice like I should do. Really, I stay in A/C and not be out in the hot weather. I am so thankful for the cool weather (dry cold also) which does help me a lot to be able to exerice more. Water does help me too (not too much or not too quickly). Then I eat big breakfast afterward.
I haven’t try salt on that part.
I do hope this does help.
Our daughter was sick since the beginning of summer…we took her to the doctor several times for the same complaint…fatigue, low grade fever, sore throat, swollen lymphodes. Finally on the 5th visit they decided to take a blood test to see what was going on…MONO! She had mono all summer! Why couldn’t they have checked that the first time. The symptoms didn’t change.
2 questions- what are you doing for exercise, and what time of day? (guessing morning due to the breakfast comment).
I think doctors as a whole are starting to have inferiority complexes about Google and WebMD. I can go onto the net and find out that with regards to certain things in my wife’s pregnancy, different doctors ascribe to different theories, and then I can find out what those theories are and the pros and cons of each. When we go to the doctor I just get from him his theory and the reasons Google said he would ascribe to it. I think that makes the docs nervous.
Shortly after our son was born, he had to see a couple of Drs/specialists. One encouraged us to search the internet for info, and the other actually handed us something he printed off of WebMD.