Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Egg Whites=Problems? If So...any alternatives?

I think I have made a rather odd discovery.
Egg whites have no reason not to be safe given their low fat content and no dairy/red meat.

I make an egg white omlet 3 times a week on days when I am going to the gym to lift weights.
I need the extra protein this provides at breakfast and can defintely notice the difference in energy when lifting.
This is mandatory.

However, recently I've noticed after having the omlet, I feel bloated and gassy.
This is nowhere near like what would happen with milk/dairy/or red meat where I would be almost insufferable and long lasting.

By the end of the day I am fine, but nonetheless there is some relatively mild discomfort.
Thing is, when I use egg whites or egg beaters in a recipe, I don't notice anything casually.

This sounds like me and almond milk. If I have a glass I feel bloated and gassy, but used in cooking it's fine.

Thus I had a few questions

1) Is this unusual? Do any of you not tolerate egg whites?

2) If so...why...how come they bother us given it's not fatty/dairy/redmeat?

3) Is it uncommon to be fine if using 1 cup or so of it mixed in with others when baking but having it as an omlet to suffer?
-Again if so, why? Is it the smaller amounts watered down different in digesting that big?

4) So if I can't handle it...then what are my options.
Figure I need protein before I workout.
I already have a protein shake afterwards.
Do I have any options...if I must cut out the egg whites what can provide me the protein and energy and not hurt my workout?

Thanks!

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IBS-C and Bloating

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