Exercise linked to leaky gut

Nooooooooooooooo !!!

You're killing' me over here, Jerseyguy1......what a terrible find (JK) but the timeline matches up perfectly for me. I quit smoking, gained a ton of weight, began exercising......and then got addicted to distance running.

My first bout of colitis was in 2008/2009 and my first marathon was ALSO in 2009.......

I'd be willing to bet that plenty of folks who hate exercise develop UC though. This crazy disease has no prejudices I don't think. But maybe since there are a host of avenues that lead to it, there should necessarily be a host of paths out? each specifically tailored to what preceded the illness?

Thinking out loud again.

Side note, is your VSL DS covered by insurance or out of pocket? thnx

EDIT:

The article says:
"Two hours appears to be the threshold, the researchers said. After two hours of continuous endurance exercise when 60 percent of an individual's maximum intensity level is reached, gut damage may occur. Costa said that examples of such exercise are running and cycling."

And I am a 4 hour marathoner......many training runs were 3+ hours. I had already decided my marathoning days were behind me, but this presents an area I am going to have to look further into!

Post Edited (MarjieKay) : 6/29/2017 3:04:05 PM (GMT-6)

Yeah, NC, I agree......I added strength to my routine awhile back and had decided to go with triathlons (triathletes even LOOK much better than distance runners, lol). Just more fit.

This is really a bummer because I was just discussing it with a friend and we realized that preceding this new flare I had gotten really obsessed with running and had actually been working out way too much (like 3+ hours a day). But it was a combo of running, walking, biking and strength training. but stress is stress, right?

I also had some other stressors I won't go into.....my stress load was huge. I have never thought of exercise as stress per say, but more of a stress reliever. Even though I saw an episode awhile back on 60 minutes that followed a group of folks for decades and they concluded that 45 minutes of exercise 6 times a week was optimal.

Hmmm. More to think about.

Edited for clarity ;-)

Post Edited (MarjieKay) : 6/29/2017 3:56:40 PM (GMT-6)

I train with a former Army Ranger trainer whose job it was to get people in shape to be Rangers. He's a tough man. I've gotten my body fat down to 13 percent.

For me it gives me drive and purpose.

When I was teaching six days a week in the spring semester and not getting enough sleep, that was stress!

But, I just filed final grades for the Summer semester. I was looking forward to banging it out in the gym.

I do weights almost exclusively now. I was once overweight. It was only by doing great this that I have lost weight - and kept it off.

There's a lot of genius in my family background. But, there's also a lot of early death from drinking and smoking.

I don't drink or smoke. I lift and teach and learn.

I take every set to failure. Sometimes, I'll feel nauseous at the end of a set. That's when I put the weights down. It always coincides with when my muscles run out of ATP and there's nothing left. That's my body telling me I have stolen blood from my gut.

Like you guys, I feel accomplished.

But, it goes further then that. I look at my colleagues and I see aging people who are angry, dissatisfied with life and teaching, overweight - and aging rapidly.

I am not.

In spite of having colitis, hormonally I am young.

I know that those hormone especially are released and created in a guy my age only excuse I push it.

Moderate exercise is fine for staying functional. I don't want to be functional. I want to be exceptional.

I was there in 2016. I was down to two or three bowel movements a day.

My doctor was right. That's still inflammation - and that's not good.

But, all in all, I was feeling good pretty awesome.

Hmmm...

MarjieKay, my VSL3 is a prescription and is covered by insurance.

That's just it.

I've never puked, either.

I don't know. But, I do know this. You and I need to stoke that dopamine. If you tell us not to go places with our exercise, we will go places with things we ought not.

Let's say hypothetically that we just did. We pledged to one another that we wouldn't any longer. We'd still have MAP living somewhere inside.

I'm not sure I have moderation in me. That's the honest truth. It isn't who I am.

I've reprogrammed my brain to do healthy behaviors - exercise, juicing, grass-fed meats, homegrown salads.

I'm not sure I'm ready to accept that my gym routine if causing or contributions get to my colitis.