Help!! Lots more fruit and veg but alot less movement :-/

emmao86

Can someone please help me to understand this......... (dont read if ur eating :-/)

I've been trying to change my eating habits and lifestyle for 3 weeks now and have gone from eating NO fruit and occasionally veg to lots of fruit and veg, at least my five a day if possible. I've been trying to exercise regularly nearly every day but am feeling really blotted and very constipated and have even had to take senacot!! I've tried drinkin as near to 2 litres of water a day or as much as I can drink because I have to consciously force myself to drink water as I don't drink alot normally.

Someone please help or give me some ideas and suggestions as to what I could possible do differently or tell me what doing wrong!

Thanx fitness pals :-D

smokinjackd

If you have upped your fiber radically it will take you a bit to get use to it.

Marmitegeoff

Your body will need to adjust to the new foods, But I find that I need to also eat some very hight fibre cereals first Thing.

mccbabe1

wow... 3wks now?! your body should be used to it by now.. I think.. hmmm

i just googled this site

http://www.livestrong.com/article/512238-what-if-a-person-eats-too-many-vegetables/

Constipation
In addition to digestible carbohydrate, vegetables contain indigestible fiber. Although your body lacks the digestive enzymes necessary to extract nutrients from this type of carbohydrate, fiber plays a role in maintaining your digestive health. By adding bulk to waste as it moves through your intestines, fiber regulates your bowels and helps prevent constipation. However, excess consumption of fiber can actually cause constipation by providing so much bulk within your intestines that the movement of waste products slows down. Eating too many vegetables can increase your fiber intake to the point of causing constipation.



Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/512238-what-if-a-person-eats-too-many-vegetables/#ixzz25rADrTSU