Hi everyone, I have an anouncement to make. No, I haven't lost more weight, but I will.

!!!! I am NOT constipated. Things did move quite slowly for me at first but they did not come to a halt. Now, I go more than I ever have
(sometimes 2xs a day ) and that bloated filled gut feeling is gone. That has never happened to me before, ever. I really needed to share that with everyone.

It all comes out in the end
Black57

LOL....oh the little joys.
Glad everything is workin it's way out for ya !!

THanks for responding. I am kinda like you. I hope to be down to 125 lbs by Thanksgiving. I hope to have a carb blow-out by eating mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and craberry sauce and do a repeat for Christmas.

Black57

Sweet potatoes are fine for me in pre maintenance.... so if you are there, you can still make good choices.

I'm on day 5 of induction and nothing is MOVING! i always get constipated in general. Pre atkins I had to eat ALL bran every day in order to have some movement. NOw that I omitted the bran I"m stuck, and I HATE THIS. What did u do to get things moving again?? I really would love to add back the bran , but I want to follow the induction strictly. ANy suggestions.

BTW I drink TONS OF WATER, little salt, am tkaing psyllium husk pills,have alot of fat, eat two salds and some veg a day, and I excercise. SO what MORE can I do?!?!!

Piera

I don't do anything out of the ordinary. But, I do eat very well. I eat lots of veggies and fats. including olive oil and butter, without fear. Cheese doesn't even plug me up, however, I do eat it sparingly. I eat less food but I eat well. I don't eat alot of the manufactured low carb food but I do enjoy them as well.

Black

Good for you! I feel the same way! I have NEVER done this good on a diet....ever!

A couple of days ago I posted that I used Correctol to get things moving because I thought I was constipated. Well for a quick update it got so bad that I went to the hospital on Monday. Come to find out that I had appendicitis and I was on the operating table Monday night!

What a surprise. I'm still in recovery though. What makes me the most mad is all the crap I ate in the hospital. I gained 4 pounds in 2 days. AAAaaaggghhh! How frustrating. I hadn't cheated for a couple of weeks and then I was basically forced to eat what was put in front of me. Oh well. At least I wasn't constipated.

I go many times a day and I love it. I even stopped taking the psyllium capsules because don't think I need them. When I eat cheese I go so much it gets painful. I am lactose intolerant but I like cheese.

Peace
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