(embarrassing) digestive concern

Drink plenty of water

Mine was actually the opposite as I was taking in more fiber, eating more regularly, drinking more water, and exercising. You may want to look into the foods you are eating. I am sure any diet change can greatly affect regularity!

Yes, that happened to me too. I take Metamcuil twice a day now. I was watching the Dr. Oz show and he suggested that we all do this, so that we can get enough fiber in our diets. It works fabulous! But....one caveat, you will be gassy for the first couple weeks until your body gets used to all that extra fiber....so take it at night or when you know you'll be alone, because your co-workers won't like it....lol!

Yes, yes, yes. I use omegas, more fat, lots of water and fibre

hasn't happen to me but I am drinking dieters tea 3 times a week to give my system some help.

I should point out that Metamucil is NOT A LAXATIVE, it's just psyllium husk. I also agree with the other blogger who suggested you get enough of the good fats in your diet. If I get to the end of the day and I still have calories left to consume, I will sometimes takes a spoonful of olive oil or flax seed oil.

Try some Organic Smooth Move © SENNA tea, from Traditional Medicines, before bed, it'll help regulate you but DON'T drink it daily. Lots of Water, Veggies and Fruit. I rarely eat red meat because it doesn't agree with me.

Happened to me! But I was fine after a few days....Make sure you drink lots of water!

If this is just in your first week it could be a normal adjustment period and should...um...pass. Our bodies an react in aggravating ways when there is a change in diet.

If it does not, then start making adjustments to your diet and see what helps move things along.

Drinking plenty (more than the recommended 8 x 8oz servings a day) of water is solid advice for almost everyone and can help with constipation.

However, what constipates a person is not universal. I am of Ashkenazi (Russian) Jewish descent and have an inherited sensitivity to dairy, in anything but small amounts it opens me up in very unpleasant ways. Other people experience the opposite effect.

I would not go to any extremes, just pay attention to what your body tells you when you eat certain types of foods and you should be able to make the appropriate adjustments and feel comfortable again.

However, if you start to experience pain and have not gone in several days, you might want to seek medical advice.

It really wouldn't hurt for you to take a ducolax tablet or two, these are the best ones, if you are feeling this miserable! I have been having problems with hard stools so I take stool softners and they seem to help a lot, if I don't take them it is very painful and agonizing. I don't think that you would abuse a few laxitives and it is perfectly safe as a once in awhile thing, this happens to everyone, why suffer?!

OMG I am so glad to see someone else is having this problem!! And you know what, all the advice on here is great except that NONE of it has worked for me, prune juice, fresh prunes, fiber cereal, fiber bars, laxatives, enema's I have tried it all and nothing works. I might get a movement to occur but then the constipation just comes back and I am eating tons of fiber a day. Sometimes up to 50 grams of fiber a day. I drink plenty of water, eat tons of veggies and have cut out sugars, sweets etc..same as you. I have even gone to the doctor about this because sometimes I get so backed up that i start to have severe pains in my side and lower stomach. I dont know what causes it, I wish I did and I wish I had a solution but Ive got nothing. At least you can know you are not in this alone! I take a probiotic pearl (acidophilis) and it helps some, but I am still not regular and activia yogurt is a joke in my book, sure never helped me any. I hate to sound like there is no answer but I havent found one yet. If you find one, let me know and good luck to you!

Look at your food journal, some foods cause this. Lettuce is my killer. I have had the same problems, gone to the ER even and it is all about the foods you eat. Be carefull with lettuce, NO popcorn or anything with seeds. Nuts didnt bother me but they do others I know with simular issues. Look at the days you felt the worst and see what you ate that day. Start cutting out foods one at a time until you have found what affects your body. Hope this helps.

Hi! :flowerforyou:

I like so many others have had the same problem - I guess for me what works is the metamucil a few times a day spread out. Sometimes, I will also take Miralax at the recommended dosage. Neither of these has been harsh for me and i was diagnosed with irritable bowel a while back - total constipation. Not too scary or serious though. But this is what my gastro Dr. told me to try and it worked. :blushing:

Since then I really studied up on both types of fiber. I noticed I have a really difficult time with the insoluble fibers like broccoli and whole grains, and do much better with the soluable type like peas, psyillum, rice, potatoes, oranges , etc . I know using the net you can find lists of both. My system likes things cooked instead of raw as well. Sometimes fiber is just too tough (eewwww!) to get through the digestive system uncooked. I was just eating mountains of broccoli and wondering why wasn't I going!!

Most of all what helped me was to relax, I was the type to worry too much - still am!

So my advice is to experiment with the different kinds of fiber, lots of liquids, etc....maybe try the Metamucil or Miralax.

Best!
Julia

I started to feel a bit impacted too. Doctor recommended Miralax for me - trouble is for me to keep it up!

I try to get in my lettuce and fiber bars/cereal. So much water that people at work think there is something wrong with me I go to the restroom so often!

Only thing I ever feel is 'plugged'. Sometimes if the Miralax doesn't work, I opt for the stronger laxative....which is okay - sometimes only!

Like others said, I have found moving makes me 'move'. On one of my bike rides last week, I felt like I was going to ... go.

Imagine what our insides were like before we started eating better - all that fat and grease! YUCK!