Non-Gimmicky Cleanse to Move Old Food Out

celshade
celshade Posts: 131 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
After I visited back home, I took a day off and ate some good ol' southern food. It's far heavier than anything I have been eating, and now I feel very uncomfortable, sluggish, and bloated.

I am not interested in a "cleanse" to "lose weight" etc, like the Master Cleanse.

Just wondering if anyone had any tips besides time and waiting it out.

I ate this meal yesterday at lunch and still haven't eaten 24 hours later - I feel far too full, like eating another bite would make me throw up. Still!
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  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Have a cup of coffee. That might get things moving.
  • jlemoore
    jlemoore Posts: 702 Member
    Bowl of All bran and get guzzling your water.
  • rougenoire
    rougenoire Posts: 114 Member
    Plenty of water and some exercise!
  • Emtabo01
    Emtabo01 Posts: 672
    Eat prunes?
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
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  • kayduro
    kayduro Posts: 249 Member
    Prunes, salad, probiotics.
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Prune juice FTW!
    As a kid, I remember grown folks used to drink this carbonated stuff in a green glass bottle.... Citrus Nitrate... or something like that. That was some 'twice a year max, during a 3-day weekend' type of stuff.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    prune juice, lots of water, cup of coffee, probiotic yogurt.
  • brittrose33
    brittrose33 Posts: 58
    You're going to get this a lot, but water, water, water! That's what helps me after pizza and beer night with the friends. I put lemon in it as well. I also eat food high in fibre, or with a high water content. I normally do a lettuce and spinach salad with lots of veggies and green apples, and for dinner something with beans galore with a side of the salad I made for lunch. It helps me feel less gross and bloated. Did I mention water? :laugh:
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Bottle brush.
  • erinsueburns
    erinsueburns Posts: 865 Member
    High fiber foods, plenty of liquids especially coffee or green tea (not for any mythical cleanse like properties, just for the fluid and the caffeine). Nuts are a good choice too, the fiber and the fats will sometimes loosen things up. And when I feel particularly bloated with foods I'll sometimes do some belly dancing moves. It sometimes seems the twisting and muscle contracting will get sluggish bowels to respond.
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    Indian or Mexican food
  • whitetiger011680
    whitetiger011680 Posts: 218 Member
    Miralax
  • erinsueburns
    erinsueburns Posts: 865 Member
    Prune juice FTW!
    As a kid, I remember grown folks used to drink this carbonated stuff in a green glass bottle.... Citrus Nitrate... or something like that. That was some 'twice a year max, during a 3-day weekend' type of stuff.

    Maybe magnesium citrate?
  • Manda86
    Manda86 Posts: 1,859 Member
    There are exercises that are supposed to stimulate peristalsis.

    Try dynamic horse stance! (Maybe the horse is so dynamic because he's 10 pounds lighter)

    dynamic_hrse_ball1.jpg
  • Tobyblue
    Tobyblue Posts: 2 Member
    I found that some good hard exercise will get me going again. If the food had a fair amount of sugar, it will make you sluggish. As for me, it takes a few days to get rid of the sugar blues, even with exercise.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Under-cooked pork?
  • slrea2012
    slrea2012 Posts: 31 Member
    Lots of water and a 30 to 40 min run/jog.
  • wwstewart
    wwstewart Posts: 135 Member
    I use coffee and water. Those are my go-to things. Pretty much helps with regularity, alertness, hydration, not killing people in the mornings...
  • Manda86
    Manda86 Posts: 1,859 Member
    I use coffee and water. Those are my go-to things. Pretty much helps with regularity, alertness, hydration, not killing people in the mornings...

    I second that emotion. Caffeine saves lives.
  • McChubbyruewho
    McChubbyruewho Posts: 194
    Fiber wont work without enough water, so tons of water and tons of fruits and veggies, WORK for me every time =) and burritos =)
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    What goes in must come out right? But I agree with the water...I have had a few days over Christmas when I ate lots of stuff that I wouldn`t usually eat and got a little `stuck`...I just drank lots of water and got back to the regular food...well...it all went well in the end :)
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Water, exercise, water, cup of coffee, water, long nap, water......in that order:wink:
  • pamwhite712
    pamwhite712 Posts: 193 Member
    Prune juice FTW!
    As a kid, I remember grown folks used to drink this carbonated stuff in a green glass bottle.... Citrus Nitrate... or something like that. That was some 'twice a year max, during a 3-day weekend' type of stuff.

    They sell that at the Walgreen's here. My sister-in-law has problems in that area and uses it.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    There are exercises that are supposed to stimulate peristalsis.

    Try dynamic horse stance! (Maybe the horse is so dynamic because he's 10 pounds lighter)

    dynamic_hrse_ball1.jpg

    This is a gif in my head. My imagination added the next few frames, and it's quite fabulous.
  • Sapporo
    Sapporo Posts: 693 Member
    Lots of water and bean burritos with hot sauce.
  • eris1981
    eris1981 Posts: 58 Member
    When I overdo it on traditional southern food (I live in Mississippi, it happens more often than I'd like to admit), I drink water with lemon juice for a few days . . . besides fat and carbs, southern food tends to be heavy on the salt, too, and the lemon juice has mild diuretic properties to help with retaining fluid from all the sodium.
  • KelleyRob
    KelleyRob Posts: 97 Member
    I'm a nurse in OB and after c-sections if they have problems we sometimes give what we call a 'bomb' 1/2 c prune juice, 1/3 c apple juice and about 1/2 c dr pepper. Drink up!! Hope this helps. :drinker:
  • PottsvilleCurse1925
    PottsvilleCurse1925 Posts: 354 Member
    Just poop.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    Prune juice FTW!
    As a kid, I remember grown folks used to drink this carbonated stuff in a green glass bottle.... Citrus Nitrate... or something like that. That was some 'twice a year max, during a 3-day weekend' type of stuff.

    Maybe magnesium citrate?

    Sounds right. That stuff is wicked mean (but quite effective).

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