http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVgi8hoFFc "Everything Comes Down to Poo" from Scrubs. Very appropriate for this thread!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVgi8hoFFc "Everything Comes Down to Poo" from Scrubs. Very appropriate for this thread!!
Glad you found true love, indy via these 'tests' of his care for you :p Are you going to do any cycling on your vows-exchange-honeymoon?Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Suppository isn't bad for curing problem. Worse things in life. I just make sure I don't go cycling with one inside me...yea, sure. Chugging up the hill. Wouldn't want an oops! :o
I'm like badger and other au naturel folks on BM ...I eat certain natural foods for good piping function instead of pharmacy laxatives. (I realize certain illnesses cause constipation when hospitalized, so that does require laxative.) Last time I had a pharmacy laxative, was when I was a child. I actually seldom have problems with constipation..but thx BikingNurse for the bran tip.
Daily fruits, veggies, certain grains, fluids, enough sleep, eating meals at reasonable times and daily exercise helps me.
But the exception is when I eat beans of any sort, it is abit constipation. So East Indian bean dishes or that yummy authentic Mexican restaurant meal with refried beans...takes 1-2 days for me to be normal again. Has anyone had this minor problem with beans of any sort?
Wow, that's weird, beans are so high in fiber both soluble and insoluble, you'd think they'd have the opposite effect.
I wouldn't know, I probably have some kind of legumes at least four days a week.
Thankfully, I knew I'd found true love well before those "test." They're just icing on the cake. We may rent some bikes, but I doubt that we do any actual touring. He's not as big of a fan as I am of multi-day tours, although I'm trying to work on that. He's a cyclist at least, so that's good.Quote:
Originally Posted by shootingstar
I'm not sure what food really help or hurt me. Until now, it's never been a huge issue as I've been regular no matter what. Over the last two days, I've had fiber cereal, beans, lentils, lettuce and other assorted veggies and apples. It did dawn on me yesterdeay that my diet has changed to some degree in that I'm eating a bit more meat, so I'm going to scale that back, too. That's probably best anyway.
As much as I hate the constipation and hemorroids, it has been a bit of a wake up call to clean up my diet a bit. It's not that I've been eating poorly, really, but it could stand some improvement. When I'm riding a lot, I tend to look at foods almost strictly from an energy standpoint, so I end up eating a lot of fresh and whole foods. Lately, I've gotten away from that to some degree.
Hahahahaaaaaaaaa... that's what I was thinking when I read the OP- halfway through my morning cup of coffee, every day...Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinSpinSugar
I need some kefir.
I have been quite , well bent out of shape so to speak cos I eat large amounts of fruit and veg( allergic to EVERYTHING), alot of it raw - and well, it gets a bit bloated feeling lots of days. In fact, I look fatter!!( must be those 6 apples a day!)
Kefir sounds good.
I think its no longer being able to have coffee that makes me feel so unwieldy. It was somewhat helpful( like a atom bomb, i would say.)
I just wish that raw food did not take so much SPACE to digest. Putting on lycra really makes it look like Im in my first trimester:confused:
it was mentioned here before in this thread, but coffee works for me, too. As does rubbing my belly clockwise (looking down at your belly, it would be counter clockwise if someone's looking at you, if that makes any sense?) I do it in the shower with some soap to make it slippery, and honestly, within an hour I'm "going".
Hmm, belly massage. I will try that too :) Cant have coffee:(
Pumpkin bread works for me; don't know why, but it does.
And it's yummy, too. :)
Somehow handling and folding laundry gets things moving...hmmm.