My Anti-Constipation Plan

I have always had a constipation problem no matter what I eat from SAD to 80-10-10. So this is what I've gleaned from this site on ways I can resolve this issue.

Eat less often (2 or 3 meals instead of 4 or 5), but bigger meals
Eat 1 type of fruit per day, finishing off with my greens like lettuce and celery
Drink lots of water 3-4 quarts per day
No overts (nut, avocadoes, just the fruit and greens) for the first 6 months
Exercise hardcore at least 1 hour per day, more if possible
Replenish water lost from exercise by using the scale weight of before and after exercise

Basically I have been doing everything bulleted above, except the eat 1 type of fruit per day, and I am still constipated after being 80-10-10 for 3 weeks. Any ideas?

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Permalink Reply by tanawana on April 26, 2011 at 7:02am

Though alot of trial and error at one point, I see your plan to be pretty much what I came up with also. What I also had to do was pay careful attention to the fruits or foods that slowed me down as opposed to which didn't. Subtle stuff to most people, but made a difference to me. Took a long time.

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Permalink Reply by LeafySweets on April 26, 2011 at 7:05am

tanawana, Alot of people here say to eat more bananas for constipation, but I've been sticking with about 6 a day because I've heard just the opposite. I also do a mono-meal of apples after my morning citrus drink. I just can't win. Hopefully the longer I'm on this, the better.

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Permalink Reply by tanawana on April 26, 2011 at 7:17am

Bananas can be tricky for sure, and do differ from person to person in their effect I found out. Maybe try the typical citrus w/banana(not the greatest combo but who cares :O) or try some prunes or even add more greens to your day. Some may frown upon it, but adding certain steamed veggies or yam/sweet potatoes, or even greens may be a stepping stone to consider for the time being. Also, instead of hardcore exercising, maybe try instead walking or yoga with more focus on digestive helping postures. All in all it sucks for sure :O(

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Permalink Reply by LeafySweets on April 26, 2011 at 7:22am

Thanks all! I'm going to up my cals even more and just wait it out.

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Permalink Reply by hellcat on April 26, 2011 at 8:43am

Ditto this.

I used to have really irregular/infrequent BMs when I was anorexic. What's really helped me is having LARGE meals (well, large for ME anyway - around 700-1000 calories at a time). Something about having all that food go IN.... pushes some stuff OUT if you know what I mean ;) Blending helps to get those cals in.

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Permalink Reply by M ♦ on April 26, 2011 at 2:07pm

yep yep and yep! doing this changed everything for me :)

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Permalink Reply by LeafySweets on April 27, 2011 at 7:20am

OFF SUBJECT: I just love your hair. What do you use on it? I am almost silver naturally and am thinking about using Manic Panic to go metallic, but I love pink too. Do you know of a good temporary color that really is temporary?

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Permalink Reply by Whitney Paige on April 26, 2011 at 10:22am

eating 80-10-10 and a series of colonics/ colon hydrotherapy helped me tons. I went from once per week to 4 times per day! The SAD diet makes the colon really sluggish and sometimes its needs a boost to get it working optimally again

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fossgreen on April 26, 2011 at 11:55am

3 weeks is a pretty short time compared to how long you've been alive. If you eat enough fruit, I think the constipation will give way soon enough.

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Permalink Reply by Leslie on April 26, 2011 at 2:59pm

Sorry if this is a bit awkward...but do you squat?

It's very helpful, not to mention it saves the waste of toilet cover wax papers.

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Permalink Reply by Aleeya Bilal on April 26, 2011 at 4:32pm

lol Alyshea, I make the same thing banana/spinach/date smoothie , it works like a charm!

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Permalink Reply by Leonie on April 26, 2011 at 7:06pm

Hey, maybe ur body needs more time, cos if u had wheat before these 3 weeks, than ur guts probably need more time to get the glue out.. Just continue having fresh fruits & veggies en drink water, it'll work out fine :) (ps: really, 3 weeks is not very much compared to the years before.. I know it would be far easier if we would all have the benefits we wanted after day 2 of lfrv, but hah, that's a bit whishful thinking :))