Bodybuilding Diet: Dealing With Abdominal Distention and Bloating

As bodybuilders or powerlifters, we eat more than the average human.
I've always been limited in my diet by Abdominal Distention and bloating/gas.
I've always dealt with it.

Since I get acid reflux, and have always dealt with that using some form of acid reducer....
This causes more issues with digestion.
Heck, humans are one of the only mammals that drunk when they eat. This I suspect can neutralize needed stomach acidity. I do have a referral for endoscopy.

People see all the youtube videos, and people with flat stomachs, not knowing that some of these videos are made with some preperation in diet for that day. Otherwise they would have a distended stomach.

People see a video of a pro bodybuilder with their shirt off in the off-season, training in a video, and cry "Bubble Gut", not even considering the immense amount of food in the abdomen.

My stomach is distended usually throughout the day. Flatter when I wake up. In the summer on vacation, I modify my diet for flatter stomach during times when I may have my shirt off.

So what say you on the issue of stomach distension? Do you say screw it and go full bear mode. Do you suck it in while out and about?(helps with vacuum anyway).

I can only imagine how uncomfortable mass monsters are. I mean look at what this dude is eating. I realize it can be somewhat for the looks of the video, but still... no way I am trying to eat like this. Plus, I'm now only 5'9" at 41 yrs. I'm around 235 and you can see my abs most of the time. They sort of diminish in the winter when I go bear mode and increase calories. So, no mass monster, so no need to eat like this.


View: https://youtu.be/GygkvDNIXKI
 
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16500 is impossible to eat comefortably. As bodybuilders we need to eat a surplus not much more. Getting that gh turtle shell only detracts from all that mass we fight to keep. Sure i turn heads and people ask all the usual stuff. I have an ego and that is why i lift. But there are times we get unwanted attention.
Yesterday 930am was at the hospital to get bloodwork done. Appointment was at 1030 so decided to have a quick second breakfast. This bit is bad but macas is right there. Got 5 double burgers and a toasted sandwich. Weekly fat in one meal. People just sat and watched me eat it all. Same people who get one burger a coke and fries and are too fat to fit through the door.
But for us at meso it is a meal. For them a family feast. Unwanted attention being bigger than most.
 
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