What keeps you regular?

Stacy M.
on 7/6/09 1:02 pm - Woodbury, MN

Hi ho all you RNY'ers....

So I'm 3 weeks out and I am wondering what regimen/advice you have for me to help keep me "regular"... I have not poo'd for about a week and I took the Milk of Magnesia as told by the RN and yes it worked.. however.... I'm curious to know what you folks do to keep things moving along on a more regular basis so I don't feel so stopped up...

Thanks a bunch!

And yes every thing came out okay.. ha ha

Stacy

Stacy
I'M FINALLY A LOSER  TOO!!!

HW 240  SW 229  CW 160.4   FG 150     FG 130-140
highest   surgery   current        first goal   final goal

Laura in Texas
on 7/6/09 1:07 pm

RNY on 09/17/08

I eat a dixie cup full of fiber One cereal everyday. LOVE that stuff!! And I'm regular~ I go every morning. you're still early out. It will get better!!

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Stacy M.
on 7/6/09 1:18 pm - Woodbury, MN

RNY on 06/17/09

Thanks Laura... I was so regular on the clock every day before surgery that only going once a week scares me! I know its normal this early out but still.. annoying!

Stacy
I'M FINALLY A LOSER  TOO!!!

HW 240  SW 229  CW 160.4   FG 150     FG 130-140
highest   surgery   current        first goal   final goal

christine G.
on 7/6/09 1:20 pm

I'm 2 months out, and about a month out i was contsipated for over a week and it was horrendous- since then at the advice of others on here ive been using benefiber everyday, mix it into yogurt, oatmeal, drinks too i guess... not gritty and i havent had any issues since. when I had stricture and wasnt able to keep anything down for a few days and didn go to the bathroom, as soon as I was able to i stared taking colace for a few days; which worked. good luck!

Christine

Breast Lift/Brachioplasty January 18, 2011
Lower Body Lift March 3, 2011
Inner Thigh Lipo/Lift May 4, 2011

ejjy
on 7/6/09 1:28 pm - Watertown, MA

RNY on 06/16/09

started taking a couple of tablespoons of benefiber in the morning and at night, that seems to be getting things moving down there, time will tell!

RNY 6/16/09 - Last weighed 10/27/2011 weighed 151 lost 52 pounds 66% toward personal goal of 125, six pounds from unofficial unpretentious goal of 145lbs......basically very happy. boo-rah, RNY!

(deactivated member)
on 7/6/09 1:31 pm - Falls Church, VA

RNY on 08/13/08

Too much fiber will bulk you up...dont overdo it, especially when eating so little to begin with. I keep my fats up in a normal range, take my daily Colace and every so often a Dulcolax. If I dont go everyday, I am in a bad way. I dont know how people can go for days...

New Shell
on 7/6/09 8:23 pm - Livermore Falls, ME

RNY on 11/10/08

I too take 2servings of Benefiber everyday. I tried to take Miralax when I ran out of Benefiber over the weekend and it didn't work the same. I bought some the other day and started taking it again yesterday, so hopefully soon I will be back to going every day. I feel much better when I can go everyday.

Heaviest 297 / Consult 287/ Pre Op 267/ Current 189

Corgi Mom !.
on 7/6/09 8:20 pm - sunny, FL

RNY on 03/16/05

I agree with Crystal. Walmart sells a generic vegetable laxative (very gentle) I take two every morning and it keeps me regular. If I don't take these daily I feel like poo..excuse the pun.

Corgi Mom
RNY
3/16/05
287/129 bmi 20.2 height 5'7"
Loss is good Maintanance is GREAT
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Andrea U.
on 7/6/09 10:35 pm - Wilson, NC

Miralax is my friend.

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Just Valena
on 7/6/09 11:42 pm - Nunyabizness

RNY on 05/03/04

Lots of water, Fiber One, and I take Magnesium once in the morning and once at night. The magnesium was recently suggested to me by someone here and I noticed the change pretty quickly!