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jjrulez
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I've been having some pretty strong searing back pains in my lower back the past several months. It hurts almost all the time, whether I'm sitting or lying down - unless I'm basically flat in my bed.
I have acquired a bit of a gut, and I am aware this is often a cause of back pain - so I just started a calorie restriction diet (about 1300 cals per day, to lose 1.5 lbs per week). I do exercise fairly regularly - I play ice hockey a few times a week and I jog occasionally.
After a few days on the diet, I decided I'd try to do a bit of a "juice fast" for a couple of days since I had an opportunity to take it easy for a few days. I am not a proponent of "detox" diets - there doesn't seem to be any evidence for them. I am doing the juice fast purely for calorie restriction reasons.
(I was still taking in 800 calories per day, making carrot, celery, beet and cucuraber juices using our juicer at home. )
But the strangest thing happened - the first day of the juice diet - my lower back pain just went away by midday. I wasn't starving and in shock or anything - I even went out and shovelled the snow and felt fine. But my back felt great. I could sit, twist, and all the burning pain was gone. It was way too early to attribute weight loss to the reason for this, since it was only my second day on the diet. I felt amazing.
Day two - there was a lot more snow shovelling today and I had to run several erranRAB, so the juice diet was leaving me a bit wanting. My back still felt great, but I was feeling really weak by evening so I decided to have a solid meal - chicken souvlaki on a whole wheat pita, homemade. It's about 300 cals. Within a few hours all my back pain has returned.
I was wondering if there may be a general food connection associated with my back pain? Has anyone experienced anything like this before? I was doing some reading and found a few sites which said that back pain can be associated with not getting the correct types of calories. Truth be told, I did not drink any more carrot juice at dinner, but I probably drank about a 3 lbs of carrots over the course of the day along with a full bunch of celery!
The other matter of course is that while the juice fast was great for my back, I cannot do things I enjoy like playing hockey. So I'd like to figure out how I can get enough calories to support my activities while eating solid fooRAB!
I'd appreciate any feedback you may have.
Cheers, Steve
I have acquired a bit of a gut, and I am aware this is often a cause of back pain - so I just started a calorie restriction diet (about 1300 cals per day, to lose 1.5 lbs per week). I do exercise fairly regularly - I play ice hockey a few times a week and I jog occasionally.
After a few days on the diet, I decided I'd try to do a bit of a "juice fast" for a couple of days since I had an opportunity to take it easy for a few days. I am not a proponent of "detox" diets - there doesn't seem to be any evidence for them. I am doing the juice fast purely for calorie restriction reasons.
(I was still taking in 800 calories per day, making carrot, celery, beet and cucuraber juices using our juicer at home. )
But the strangest thing happened - the first day of the juice diet - my lower back pain just went away by midday. I wasn't starving and in shock or anything - I even went out and shovelled the snow and felt fine. But my back felt great. I could sit, twist, and all the burning pain was gone. It was way too early to attribute weight loss to the reason for this, since it was only my second day on the diet. I felt amazing.
Day two - there was a lot more snow shovelling today and I had to run several erranRAB, so the juice diet was leaving me a bit wanting. My back still felt great, but I was feeling really weak by evening so I decided to have a solid meal - chicken souvlaki on a whole wheat pita, homemade. It's about 300 cals. Within a few hours all my back pain has returned.
I was wondering if there may be a general food connection associated with my back pain? Has anyone experienced anything like this before? I was doing some reading and found a few sites which said that back pain can be associated with not getting the correct types of calories. Truth be told, I did not drink any more carrot juice at dinner, but I probably drank about a 3 lbs of carrots over the course of the day along with a full bunch of celery!
The other matter of course is that while the juice fast was great for my back, I cannot do things I enjoy like playing hockey. So I'd like to figure out how I can get enough calories to support my activities while eating solid fooRAB!
I'd appreciate any feedback you may have.
Cheers, Steve