[abbby-*]

This is so frustrating.
I am NOT passing motion consistently. It can go up to days and i am aware that this is totally unhealthy.

I take reasonable amount of vegetables everyday, but it just won't come.
Abdomen is so distended and i feel bloated all the time.

Any help? or any homemade remedy that works?

sorry if topic is posted before. but this is urgent.

[Azngel]

yeahhhh i get bad constipation too. sometimes i dont go for a week >_<. im not sure what you mean by reasonable amount b/c i think a lot of times ppl over estimate their veggie intake.

i started eating Fiber One cereal every morning and eating a large spinach salad for lunch and that has pretty much solved my problem. for a last minute solution, i drink a laxative tea and that pretty much gets me going within 12hrs.
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dont go overboard with the laxative tea and only take it when you need it b/c it can cause problems in the long run when abused.

[abbby-*]

hey azngel thanks heaps!

i'm not on laxatives yet so far, trying to go the natural way.
well i take cereal in the morning, and a serving of veg for lunch as well, it's quite alot, but still, ya know.
i should go get more bulky fruits like papayas i guess.

Sigh it's simply horrid to know that your gut is filled with junks junks junks.

Sometimes for a period of time my bowel habit will be consistent, like daily. But sometimes it just won't come.

And looking at your diet tracker loox like you've been working very hard and doing well, congratS! i ought to lose another 20lbs too this coming months. are you on dailyplate by any chance? how long have you started btw?

[mineforkeeps.]

Drink prune juice! It helps you go.

[Azngel]

^i actually dropped 10lbs without doing anything else special when i started eating Fiber One cereal and spinach. the fiber from both foods kept me full for a really long time and really cut down on my cravings so i just unconsciously ate less and dropped weight.

i really recommend the cereal and spinach combination b/c it pretty much took 2days of that diet before i started pooping everyday. and my poop was even green from the spinach so i know it was the spinach that was helping me so much.

just remember to eat a lot of fiber and if you really cant get that fiber thru foods then you can try Benefiber which is a tasteless/colorless fiber supplement. i always keep a box of laxative tea on hand just for the occasional times when i need extra help.

[nymph]

Increase fiber
Increase fluids
Increase exercise

Maybe your veggies don't have a lot of fiber
Expand your fiber intake from more sources, eat 100% whole grain bread, apples (with the peel), oranges + tangerines, carrots, boiled greens. Those are my personal favorite sources for fiber

[--=WinGz=--]

Try to eat more fruit every day, especially oranges and bananas ^^ i also heard that apples have laxatives in it or something like that.. ^^
and drink a glass of warm water in the morning when u get up. i heard that it prevents constipation ^^

[juicydarling]

^ Wow, Fiber One? Cool! I'm gonna eat it now, haha!

Try Activia, the yogurt =) It works!
Don't eat laxatives, it'll just make your pooping habits more irregular, because it's FORCING your body to poop, not letting it naturally come out. Haha sorry if that was kind of gross.

[1kaaa]

i always drink apple juice like 2 cans a day from costco. it works for me.
i've had that problem since i was a kid, but try apple juice?

[woei]

try to eat lots of fruits like papaya n watermelon...it helps me to poop well...

[Senorita_]

I'd say eat lot's of Dietry Fibre foods such as legumes, oats, or barley.
Drink milk or soymilk, it helps as well. =)

[sunmoon]

guys -- i think the solution should be twofold :-

1) make sure you exercise and exercise hard -- burning the sweat flushes the toxins out of your system and forces your bowels to get into motion. when i say hard i mean hard enough to burn inside.

2) yes eat a lot of vegetables but her eis something more important: when you eat make sure for EACH meal you have a balance of rice, meat and vegtable on each plate and on each SPOONFUL. Chew properly so that the entire thing becomes mixed up in your mouth. when you choose how you fill your SPOON pick carefully from a bit of rice a bit of meat and a bit of vegetable. At least make sure each mouthful has a mix of the three so that when it goes into your bowels it goes in as a good healthy mix. there is no use bunching up platefuls of meat and vegie in lumps. it will just get constipated.

at the end have fruit and drink sour tasting orange juice with lots of pulp. orange juice will help digestion. dont get the cheap orange juice that is useless. get BERRI.

[XtineZaiKen]

I'm just gonna echo a few things that have been said: increase your water intake (6-8 glasses a day), increase fiber in your diet, and exercise. Exercise would help a lot since it stimulates peristalsis (a wave-like contraction that helps push wastes to your colon).

If you're still constipated, consult your doctor. It doesn't hurt to seek professional help. ^^

[madeinkorea23]

try the new Pizza Hut Tuscani pasta. eat some of that and you'll be sitting on the toilet for a very long time guaranteed. but honestly i think its fiber that really helps and drinking a lot of water.

[abbby-*]

thanks alot peeps.. i've loaded up lotsa fruits

i guess it all starts with a healthy diet overall.
this whole thingy is so distressing it plunged my mood so low.

sunmoon - thats new! never heard of mixing food before hand helps. hehe thanks i will take note of that.

thanks guys

[vip_gd]

i guess eat lots of fibre
or wat lots of bananas
and oh yes, exercise .. it will *ahem* circulate your bowels

[mai_anne]

Fiber is the way to go.

I had the same problem. I unno but after eating an avocado I was able to go regularly again..

[S2Janie]

try the new Pizza Hut Tuscani pasta. eat some of that and you'll be sitting on the toilet for a very long time guaranteed. but honestly i think its fiber that really helps and drinking a lot of water.

LOL thats funny, is the tuscani pasta bad?


I agree with everything everyone said. I would consult a doctor, because there might be more to it. If you eat all the veggy and drink all the water u are suppose to drink and eat and dont see result, yeah i would consult a doctor for sure.

GOOD LUCK~