So ... does anyone else have a lazy colon

Well, sorry...I don't have any suggestions, but I have this problem also. Not as bad as you...I at least have one every two days. But, it is frustrating. Sometimes I feel kinda icky...don't really know how to describe it...
Everyone tells me drink lots of water...but I DO. I drink tons of water....
ANYWAY, maybe someone else will have some good advice that you and I both can take and use :happy:

If you feel the need to move things along, you could try something like psyllium husk powder- mixng int in with a beverage or juice. It works well. I got mine at Whole Foods, but also at trader Joes as well. Many natural stores have it as well.
Basically like taking lots of fiber, but its very natural.

It could take a while to change, so there's always that. Given enough time, things changed for me.
I was told that if it really bothered me, to take three tablets of magnesium, and you will produce within an hour, with no pain. Something in magnesium relaxes muscles, and there you go! :laugh:

It could take a while to change, so there's always that. Given enough time, things changed for me.
I was told that if it really bothered me, to take three tablets of magnesium, and you will produce within an hour, with no pain. Something in magnesium relaxes muscles, and there you go! :laugh:

I have heard that if you are taking calcium supplements it can really slow you down to the point of stopping you and that to counter act it you should always take magnesium with the calcium.

I don't go everyday either and I find that usually the only time I REALLY have to go, it comes on during the middle of my long run...which is frustrating in itself but I guess it makes me run faster! LOL :laugh: Does anyone else have this problem?

I too have this problem. My whole family does, I found a herbal tea called the The Slimming Tea works for me. I will only take it if I have not gone in a couple of weeks, and yes that is almost normal for me. It has a natural herb called Seena. I would not recommend that you drink it all the time.

I don't have this problem ALL the time, some weeks are better than others---but on a bad week, I drink a cup of senna tea before bed, maybe two days in a row. WARNING: Because senna stimulates the colon, the results can be a bit explosive at first. Follow the directions on the box. One to try: Super Dieter's Tea

laxative tea. Smooth Moves. Works great!

I would like to share my experience and knowledge.

There's 100's of thousands of people that have the same problem. Comes from our north american diets. I used to have the same problem, and been taking digestive cleanse herbs for years on and off. (while I was eating greasy fast food) to help me elminate.

I'm afraid to say, Doctors don't always know what's best. Even though some people don't go every day, you should have at least 2-3 bowel movemenst every day and usually 1 in the morning upon waking up.
Think about it this way, when we're babies, we are constantly going. Pets are going throughout the day. When we were younger, we were going throughout the day, it's not until we get older, our colons get lazier, we get compacted fecal matter in our bodies.

I've read that our food takes 24 hours to get processed by our bodies. Since we are eating several times during the day, the food is constantly moving, and so should your BM's.

Ever wonder what happens when you need to have a BM and ther'es no where to go, you don't like using the public washroom, so we hold it and then magically later on, most people don't have to go anymore.

When it backs up the pipes, now your big intestine and small intestines are getting backed up. I saw another thread on here about colon cleanse that it's not needed. I disagree. People were saying that since they had a colonoscopy and saw nothing that the 'large colon' isn't backed up.
Unfortunately it's the small intestines that back up as well.

Without getting into too much detail.

There's little villa (like little fingers) that are on the inside walls of the small intestine. They process the nutrients out of the food. When your waste is backed up in the pipes, it starts sticking and coating the inner walls. Like other piping in the body, when it get's plugged up, you become constipated.
You also aren't possibly getting all the nutrients of your food, as part of the villa can be covered up.

Small intestines are 2.5-3cms in diameter. Just like your stomach can stretch, so does 23 FEET of small intestines in your body. What's worse is that once it starts to stretch there's not ample room for it to fully increase everywhere, so some area's the intestine can get crimped, causing cramps and constipation.

I started to wonder about this years and years ago. How come that person has skinny legs, and skinny arms, no extra fat in other places, but has a HUGE BELLY. It's not always the stomach. I would bet money for sure. That person had a problem having BM's.

Just because you have 1BM every day or every other day doens't mean it's healthy.. Your finally getting rid of dinner that you hate 4-5 days previous.

Laxatives are only temporary, as they basically act like drano in your pipes and create an opening that usually only liquid waste can go through. Then it gets clogged up again.

Over 10 years ago, I was eating dinner, having 2nd helpings for dinners, and I believe it was Xmas time when I realized that I ate so much food, yet the next day, I would have BM that was no where near the amount of food I ate. I then noticed for a few days and realized that I wasn't getting rid of anywhere close to the amount I was eating, I'd get bloated, gained more weight, something had to be done.

I found out about a herbal cleanse, and you can take it as a tea, or as a capsule, and when I did.. Bam. I was having at least 2 BM's, and started to remove alot of matter that was decomposing in my body.

E-mail me if you are interested in finding out more about this product.

It does contrain Physillium husk and I have heard before that this herb has been great for promoting BM's

Elvis Presley before passing away bloated up with weight. When passed away, he had lots of his favorite sandwich undigested in his system. Deep fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

From snopes.com : Elvis's colon should be about 2 inches in dimater, however it was at least 3.5 and some places 4.5-5 inches in diameter and was jam packed .

dairy, it does one or the opposite for people. dairy and cereal.

If you really want to know how your colon is doing, go to a gastroenterologist and get a colonoscopy. The amount of laxative you have to take before getting scoped could clean out a blue whale. You'll feel completely empty, and then a TRAINED PROFESSIONAL who went to MEDICAL SCHOOL can tell you what, if anything, is wrong with your colon. I did it and was diagnosed with IBS. I now have a prescription for the debilitating abdominal pain I used to get after long runs and have eliminated the trigger foods (beans, chicory root found in Fiber One products, whey, plain milk) that caused GI upset. Problem solved!

Songbyrdsweet, I've read your posts and seen your pics. You've done a great job so far and have a great physique.:flowerforyou:
I used to love watching roller derby on tv, and wish you luck. I enjoyed thumping guys around in all the years I played Ice hockey.

Anything I say below is not inteneded to dis-respect you.:flowerforyou:
Quoted from Wikipedia so I don't mis interpret anything

>Colonoscopy:
>Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large colon and the distal part of the small bowel

What I mentioned in the thread has to do with the 23 FEET of Small intestines having build up.
A Colonoscopy looks at 6 ft of your large intestine (colon).
Laxatives only pushed out the digested and undigested food in your GI.
For many people, that will not remove the packed in stuff that has been there for longer periods of time.

>IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
>Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a blanket term for a variety of diseases causing discomfort in the gastro-intestinal tract.
>Although there is no cure for IBS, there are treatments which attempt to relieve symptoms, including dietary adjustments, medication and psychological interventions
>The exact cause of IBS is unknown.
>Several conditions may present as IBS including coeliac disease, mild infections,
>parasitic infections like giardiasis, several inflammatory bowel diseases, functional chronic constipation, and chronic functional abdominal pain.

I actually thought it was only diarrhea very often during the day, but I noticed that you could have diarrhea(IBS-D) or be constipated(IBS-C) and still be diagnosed with IBS

So you went to a trained professional, who went to medical school, and all he could diagnose you with, is a blanket term that covers a variety of symptoms.
They don't know what causes it, and that there's no cure, but they prescribe medication for these symptoms that you are having.

You say problem solved, and that's your opinion.:flowerforyou:

There are many people in life that don't want to have to take medication every day of their life.
We've seen our parents, friends, relatives taking all kinds of medication because that's what the doctors prescribe.
Yet we've seen so many examples in life, TV, Biggest loser, where people have over come there medical problem and stopped taking medication.

Some people want to control their own health.

There are many people that are taking herbs (Experience ) to combot the symptoms of IBS and become regular.
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This is a distributors website that has lots of information and some testimonials. Along with the herbs listed in the product.

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If you would like to send me an e-mail if you have any questions, or to get more information.

Lastly, I would gladly send you a sample for you to try.
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Thanks
Peter

I am usually pretty regular, but sometimes I have streaks (NOT in my pants... let's be clear!) where I won't go for a day or two. I usually do one of the following to get things moving along:

1) Drink coffee... For whatever reason coffee makes things move for me.
2) Ex-lax... 3-4 squares of the chocolate stuff before I go to bed and I'm good to go the next day!
3) Go shopping at Target... Never fails! As soon as I am at the exact opposite corner of the store as the restroom, I need to crap!
4) Wait for Aunt Flow to arrive... Am I the only one that gets the $h*ts when I have my period?

:laugh: :laugh: LMAO....i totally feel you on the going to target, it always seems if i try to do any kind of shopping, i have to go...may b its my bodys way of telling me not to spend money..lol, and no i have the same prob when my auntie flow comes to town...::laugh: