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[hellsbells 0]

:cursing::blink:hi bit of a personal subject but since banding does anyone have trouble with their bowl movements, i am having a bad time every few days and wondered if it is due to the lack of fibre i am eating or the amount of food i now eat. Thanks if anyone has the same or diff and hope this does not offend.

[losingjusme 12]

hi,

where are you in your journey? are you on solid food yet? are you having any movement? (remember - liquids in tend to produce liquids out)..

good luck

[anon 1]

Previously, I went every day, sometimes twice a day, but since my I have approached my sweet spot, my movements have reduced to around once or twice a week...I think that this is partly down to the quantity of food I now eat! If I'm not careful, I get constipated, and I'm aware of how much fibre I've eaten....

To combat this I take Benefibre... no taste, no texture, no smell and it doesn't turn into a gel in your stomach so it stays down!

I did spend some considerable time taking laxatives, but they're not good to take long term and the fibre is a healthier way to keep everything ticking over!

Hx

[smsmithart 4]

get a high colonics my friends swears by them ...she says thay make u lose weight and your belly seems slimmer for weeks

do it good luck

[anon 1]

OMG!!!

Have you had one?

Hx

[smsmithart 4]

nope im to be banded on the 28th ...but ive thought about it and i would do it if i had poop isuues but i dont so after banding i might do it just for the slimming affect...because everyone will be on my back everyday asking have u lost any weight yet?

[anon 1]

I didn't tell anyone that I'd had a band fitted.

My OH knows, a few of my close friends (3!) and that's it!

I've lost 68lb in the 47 weeks since my op... It's slower than I anticipated, but hey it's down and not up! I've lost weight before, so nobody has really questioned my success... it's just Mynie on another diet!

I might consider a colonic though.... been having a look at local practitioners!

I'm not sure if I'll ever tell anyone.... OH says it's nobody's business but my own!

I'm halfway there now and I hope that I'll reach 'normal by my birthday in June! Not target but at least in the realms of =BMI 25!

Hx

[smsmithart 4]

my friends says u can lose a few lbs doing it...

oh and go straight home as it could be a long day of reading in the reading room

[anon 1]

ROFL!!

Might make that phone call today, as I'm sure I'm a bit 'bunged up'!

[alexis14217 1]

okay ..I dont want to sound weird or anything and my doctors says it's okay not to orr, but I was banded on March 25th and no bowel movement since then..4 days later is that normal at first?