Pooping! :(

Women don't poop....

Coffee, dark roast does it for me. Add to that BEANS (pinto/black) are very high in fiber. Don't fear the beans. Make sure to eat your healthy fats, too.

Wow two pages and no one looked at your diary? Well if they did I didn't notice any comments so here are mine. Either you are a troll or you have a serious eating disorder..sorry just being honest but I am just going by what you logged so if it is incorrect well then sorry but you should close your diary if you don't want honest help.

Firstly I see you are drinking one or two glasses of water a day? WTF? Why? Secondly you are starving your body, one day your net calories were around 70 I believe(I went back about a week) other days are not a lot better really. Thirdly if you have a problem pooing then why are you tracking everything else but the most important thing for it which other than water would be fibre?

I'm not trying to be mean but if you are doing the totally opposite of what it takes to poo well guess what happens.......you have a problem taking a poo. simple really.

I have had issues with this for most of my life as well. My mother in law started buying me large bags of chia seeds and hemp seeds. I add them to my oatmeal in the morning and have not had a problem since. Fiber suppliments always made me clog up wprse so this is super easy, yummy, and works like a charm. She buys them in bulk at Costco.

also bouncing around like running or bouncing on a trampoline will help.
coconut oil works for me also.

and hahaha to jackdiesel99, my husband thought the same thing, it still makes him sad to know the truth

lalallaalala I can't hear you...it's not true!!

Don't avoid fat! Healthy fats are essential to many things, digestive health being one of them. I've found that not only are water and fiber important to keep things moving, healthy fats in the diet are key as well. Nuts, nut butters, avocado, olive & coconut oils are all a part of my diet and have made a difference for me (along with exercise, water and fiber, etc, etc).

It's the fat that you need. Eat the fat!!

Also, you probably just aren't getting the nutrients you need because you really aren't eating enough food period. You need to eat more.

Yes, this is so so so gross I know!

But is it important to be a 'regular pooper' in order to keep consistent weight loss?
I've had issues with this from a young age and depend on HUGE amounts of fiber or other means to regulate.

Is pooping important for weight loss?
And what ways are there to help regulate?

Thanks!
Sorry for being TMI!

Fiber is important to weight loss, which results in a more regular pooping cycle. My suggestion is to monitor your fiber as well as your main macros. You can add it to your Food Diary macros by going to your settings and choosing it in one of the drop downs under "Nutrients Tracked".
Women should get a minimum of 18-25 grams of fiber a day.

And for cryin out loud, drink some water!! Not tryin to be mean or anything but water is essential. You are logging only 1 or 2 glasses and some times none. Your body needs at the very minimum 8 glasses a day, but you should be striving for at least half your body weight in ounces per day. If you weigh 180, you should be getting at least 90 oz of water a day.

So... Every time I get backed up despite my good diet, I have my thyroid checked. And every time, it comes back that I need to get my thyroid suppliment re-upped. Especially to you ladies that have had children recently, DO get your thyroid checked. A bum thyroid WILL CAUSE CONSTIPATION LIKE WHOA.

Also some people with gluten sensitivity/allergies/etc have problems with constipation. Might be worth eliminating some food groups from your diet to see if you have a dairy/gluten/something allergy.

And yogurt is almost always your friend.

ive come realize that i poop more when i drinks lots of water. Also since i'm not a coffee drinker, two - three cups of black coffee with maybe on maybe two individual creamers only, will make me go too. but i dont do the coffee thing anymore because i've become so regular. im not a seller of anything, but i have come to love the Greens from the ITWorks line. im sure you can find some diferent brand from a health store or on-line, but i started taking that about 6 months ago and i LOVE them. i took it religously for two months and my acne cleared up. that alone made me a lover lol. and protein, when i drink protein shakes i go more regularly too. and since i go more regularly, my farts dont stink so bad either!!

Are your food diary entries accurate? You have eaten a total of 86 grams of fiber since March 8th, which is as far back as I looked.

I ate 85 grams of fiber YESTERDAY alone.

Your definition of "lots of fiber" seems to differ from mine.

And you're under-eating massively to begin with... About half the days you're at like 1000 or less calories...

Maybe your bowels have shut down to under-use.

Thanks be to Allah someone finally took a look at the diary. jebus

I've been able to lose weight. I have IBS and sometimes don't go for many a day. It's good for you to be a regular pooper, but probably doesn't affect weight loss all that much.

Yes it is very important to be regular. Lots of water, fruit and vegs. Limit your caffeine! If you intake caffeine make sure you drink a cup of water for every cup of caffeineted beverage.

This is wrong. Coffe is awesome!!!! makes me go big time every morning!

Kombucha is a very good natural probiotic that helps with digestive issues.

What has helped for me is lots of water and taking a good probiotic. Look for a really good one at a natural food / supplement store. The ones sold at places like Walmart or Walgreens aren't nearly as good. I think the lowest you should go is supposed to be 4 billion live cultures. The higher the number, the better the probiotic.