Pooping

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mllst18
mllst18 Posts: 188 Member
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Since I started eating better, I only poop about once every 2 or 3 days...Before, I pooped several times a day...Do you guys weigh yourselves on days you don't poop, and if you do, do you only count the days that you pooped (assuming that this number is your REAL weight loss?)? Basically, have you noticed any changes with your pooping? Thanks for indulging me guys! You're all amazing :flowerforyou:
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  • bsracer
    bsracer Posts: 35 Member
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    Well poop is not my favorite topic lol but since you started it................................lol.
    I have also noticed a big decrease in frequency of my trips to "dropping the kids off at the pool". The other thing I have Really noticed is that if I eat really well and keep on track.....things are good in the "crap shack"! but if I stray and jump off the wagon and go back and forth from healthy eating to not so healthy, I have hell to pay!! There are days when I could poop through a screen door and not touch the wires, and other days when I'm setting there thinking "hmmmmm I dont remember eating a porcciipine!!" so I think they key is just being consistant!! hope this helps!! Kyle
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
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    Increase fiber. Drink water. Poop be happy.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    Well poop is not my favorite topic lol but since you started it................................lol.
    I have also noticed a big decrease in frequency of my trips to "dropping the kids off at the pool". The other thing I have Really noticed is that if I eat really well and keep on track.....things are good in the "crap shack"! but if I stray and jump off the wagon and go back and forth from healthy eating to not so healthy, I have hell to pay!! There are days when I could poop through a screen door and not touch the wires, and other days when I'm setting there thinking "hmmmmm I dont remember eating a porcciipine!!" so I think they key is just being consistant!! hope this helps!! Kyle

    :laugh: :heart:

    Funny as hell, the way you put it, yet all 100% true!
  • mogletdeluxe
    mogletdeluxe Posts: 623 Member
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    Well poop is not my favorite topic lol but since you started it................................lol.
    I have also noticed a big decrease in frequency of my trips to "dropping the kids off at the pool". The other thing I have Really noticed is that if I eat really well and keep on track.....things are good in the "crap shack"! but if I stray and jump off the wagon and go back and forth from healthy eating to not so healthy, I have hell to pay!! There are days when I could poop through a screen door and not touch the wires, and other days when I'm setting there thinking "hmmmmm I dont remember eating a porcciipine!!" so I think they key is just being consistant!! hope this helps!! Kyle

    Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha! You're awesome!
  • taekwonkenpo
    taekwonkenpo Posts: 1,004
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    Wow..................... i just don't know. How do turtles poop anyway?
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
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    I think you need more Taco Bell in your life
  • KeriAnn06
    KeriAnn06 Posts: 49 Member
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    I have had these issues all of my life. I don't think it matters how I eat and I have only ever found one thing that helpsl
    http://www.earthsbounty.com/oxy_cleanse.htm
    It's the most amazing product in the world and it's not full of psyllium fibre or herbs. It's all natural. Just vitamin c, sodium and magnesium
  • KathyRed07
    KathyRed07 Posts: 75
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    Well poop is not my favorite topic lol but since you started it................................lol.
    I have also noticed a big decrease in frequency of my trips to "dropping the kids off at the pool". The other thing I have Really noticed is that if I eat really well and keep on track.....things are good in the "crap shack"! but if I stray and jump off the wagon and go back and forth from healthy eating to not so healthy, I have hell to pay!! There are days when I could poop through a screen door and not touch the wires, and other days when I'm setting there thinking "hmmmmm I dont remember eating a porcciipine!!" so I think they key is just being consistant!! hope this helps!! Kyle

    THAT just made my morning - LOL!!!!
  • FitzyFitzpatrick
    FitzyFitzpatrick Posts: 188 Member
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    I have completely cut out anything fried since February...and consequently the frequency has decreased. Nothing to grease the skids, is how I look at it.

    I eat PLENTY of fiber and protein, I just think there isn't so much waste to eliminate! The good stuff gets USED!
  • stephvaile
    stephvaile Posts: 298
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    Since I started eating better, I only poop about once every 2 or 3 days...Before, I pooped several times a day...Do you guys weigh yourselves on days you don't poop, and if you do, do you only count the days that you pooped (assuming that this number is your REAL weight loss?)? Basically, have you noticed any changes with your pooping? Thanks for indulging me guys! You're all amazing :flowerforyou:


    when i upped my protein i had a really HARD time going to the loo so much so i hurt myself so i had to reduce my protein and upped my fibre , going to the loo regular is a must but what is regular everybody is different , i would say going 3 days is too long so up your fibre intake water and exercise these all get things moving nicely only you know if you are having a problem as for weighing i would say most people weigh first thing in the morning after the toilet before any food , but as long as u weigh same time every week in the same clothes it doesn,t matter .
  • tamba01
    tamba01 Posts: 110 Member
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    I have completely cut out anything fried since February...and consequently the frequency has decreased. Nothing to grease the skids, is how I look at it.

    I eat PLENTY of fiber and protein, I just think there isn't so much waste to eliminate! The good stuff gets USED!
    I never thought of it that way :)
  • Maryaly40
    Maryaly40 Posts: 551 Member
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    Well poop is not my favorite topic lol but since you started it................................lol.
    I have also noticed a big decrease in frequency of my trips to "dropping the kids off at the pool". The other thing I have Really noticed is that if I eat really well and keep on track.....things are good in the "crap shack"! but if I stray and jump off the wagon and go back and forth from healthy eating to not so healthy, I have hell to pay!! There are days when I could poop through a screen door and not touch the wires, and other days when I'm setting there thinking "hmmmmm I dont remember eating a porcciipine!!" so I think they key is just being consistant!! hope this helps!! Kyle

    This was AWESOME!!!!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
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    Pooing is private. :sad:
  • FindingSamMon
    FindingSamMon Posts: 774 Member
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    Just had to note that at the bottom of my screen is a Mr. Lube advert......hmmm
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
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    since going paleo I poop everyday, but here is a great link to see what your poop
    means!

    http://kimberlysnyder.net/blog/2011/10/18/what-your-poop-and-pee-are-telling-you-about-your-body/
  • stef_monster
    stef_monster Posts: 205 Member
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    I have weirdly specific 'rules' for weighing myself. I go to the bathroom first thing in the morning, then exercise, then go to the bathroom again (if I need to), then weigh myself. If I haven't had a BM or think I'm not completely 'empty', I'll weigh myself again the next day. Before I hit my goal I pretty much lived on the scale. I saw a lot of scary fluctuations, but over time it averaged out. What I'm trying to say is, a BM probably isn't going to throw your 'real weight loss' number off by more than half a pound or so. Everybody's different though. I'd suggest trying to weigh yourself on days you go if you find yourself weighing less on those days.
  • Crazy_Diet_Mom
    Crazy_Diet_Mom Posts: 51
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    I just think there isn't so much waste to eliminate! The good stuff gets USED!


    I'm on board with this theory.
  • edennew
    edennew Posts: 231 Member
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    I think a person should poop every day. if you aren't, then your fiber may not be high enough. My protein is way higher so I'm having a harder (pun intended) time, but still go every day. As someone mentioned, magnesium is also supposed to help.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
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    Try taking a probiotic every day. I'm a probiotic pusher. I had #2 issues my entire life and thought that icky, backed up feeling stomach was "normal"... but probiotics later and I feel like an entirely different person.
  • woodsy0912
    woodsy0912 Posts: 323
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    Ugh I used to have major problems in this area before I started eating healthy. 2 weeks into my lifestyle change and the completely disappeared! I can't believe how my quality of life has improved with this one simple thing. :bigsmile:

    I have noticed as well that if I have a bad day or couple of days it makes it worse again. :ohwell:

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