STILL constipated :(
#317578 - 10/27/07 09:27 PM
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haleym
Reged: 10/07/07
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I just need some advice.... I am up to 2 tbs of Acacia in the morning, first thing when I get up and 2 tbs at night, right before bed. I am also taking 2 aloe, and 2 magnesium and Im still constipated!! Can anyone help....I am adding a lot of IF(veggies, Ezekiel flourless bread, I even had a smoothie this morning with a banana, strawberries and some apple juice),eliminated all dairy, drinking tons of water and I workout 6 days a week...what else can I do??????? Or what am I doing wrong?
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Hi Haley,
You may not like this but I would try to eliminate the wheat free bread. Wheat free products often contain substitute bean flours and those may be the culprit. When I had a pretty good few weeks this past summer I was eating tons of french bread - yup, that white, yummy stuff. And my C got so much better! And I still managed to lose weight even though I was eating white bread.
If you're miserable I would give regular white flour a shot.
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get tested for celiacs
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#317613 - 10/29/07 06:45 AM
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haleym
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thanks Zara..... yeah last night i even added 3 tsp of Natural calm and this morning.......nothing. can you give me an example of a sample eating plan when you were not super backed up please??? thanks for your help....lossin hope
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ok.....does that seem like thats what it could be?
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I've never tried natural calm so I'm not sure how effective that is. Although a lot of people here had success with it.
Here's my sample menu:
morning - cup of "fake coffee" (Caro) with rice milk or a cup of molasses drink (1 T of molasses poured over with hot water plus rice milk)
breakfast - oatmeal squares mixed with rice crispies, rice milk
snack - banana or apple (I can eat them with skin most of the time)
lunch - sandwich made with french bread, Marmite spread (yeast extract and it's definitely and acquired taste ), slided avocado and turkey breast
snack - rice cakes with butter substitute, or fruit (apple, banana), or cereal with rice milk
dinner - grilled chicken or fish with potatoes (white or sweet) or rice, or baked potatoes with salsa, or home stir-fry made with chicken+mushrooms+sprouts+rice noodles
snack - dry cereal out of the box (I just LOVE those oatmeal squares) or a cookie (homemade or chips ahoy if I was feeling good)
supplements - 1 serving of Citrucel twice a day plus 250mg of Mg.
Now that I think about it dinners were usually very similar to recipes in EFI book.
Hope this helps and you feel better soon!
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And this allows you to have a BM everyday????
seems like the only veggies you have are with dinner? but u are still able to "go"
I have an appt with a new GI on thursday because my lasts tests( upper and lower GI, ultrasound, colonoscopy) were 6 years ago and I have just been self medicating (aloe, coffee, monthly colonics) so I know that i shoud get re tested and I dont know if he ever tested for SIBO or Celiacs
o by the way, thanks for your meal plan
you love that cereal:)
its hard for me to not get anxiety about eating all these carbs...even after reading the articles on it
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Yes, this meal plan pretty much worked in summer and allowed me to have a BM every day or almost every day. But I was home (as in I didn't travel), had a regular schedule and had time to focus on my diet. Then I went on vacation and pretty much fell off the wagon and I'm still trying to get back. I think the major change that allowed me to have BM was cutting out dairy. And portion control worked, I had 5-6 small meals a day and it was great. Now my eating is much more random - I skip a meal and eat a lot during the next one. It's really bad for me and makes me C and gives me gas. I'm just having difficulties not to eat a lot when I'm really hungry. I'm trying to get back to eating regular meals though.
You're right about the veggies, I don't really eat many except for dinner sometimes. I just never liked them much but I eat bananas and I think they help as the have a lot of fiber:)
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