Toilet problems

You might try a fiber supplement, interestingly they work both to firm up
loose stools and loosen dry ones. The intestines work best with a steady
supply of fiber.

In news:[email hidden],
elise <[email hidden]> stated
| Hi
| I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine.
| Whenever I go into Ketosis basically - I get diarrhoea - I never get
| constipated on Atkins - Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs
| anyway for a check up for PCOS so am intending to ask her then.
|
| It's just really annoying as I have to go about 30 mins after eating
| and it doesn't affect my loss in anyway. Just wondering if I might be
| overdoing the water - I drink between 2 to 3 litres a day + herbal
| teas and decaff coffee(3 cups max). I don't take any fibre
| supplements, just a multi vitamin and if I eat any wheat (bread etc)
| then I get really, really bad IBS.
|
| Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs
| with bowel cancer or something equally cheery???

Could you be getting too much sugar alcohol?

I doubt the ketosis is causing it. To achieve ketosis you are probably
eating something new, which your body doesn't like.

"elise" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi
I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine.
Whenever I go into Ketosis basically - I get diarrhoea - I never get

constipated

Quoted message said:

on Atkins - Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up

for

Quoted message said:

PCOS so am intending to ask her then.

It's just really annoying as I have to go about 30 mins after eating and

it

Quoted message said:

doesn't affect my loss in anyway. Just wondering if I might be overdoing

the

Quoted message said:

water - I drink between 2 to 3 litres a day + herbal teas and decaff

coffee(3

Quoted message said:

cups max). I don't take any fibre supplements, just a multi vitamin and if

I eat

Quoted message said:

any wheat (bread etc) then I get really, really bad IBS.

Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs with

bowel

Quoted message said:

cancer or something equally cheery???

--
Elise
http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/elisebutt

elise said:

I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine.
Whenever I go into Ketosis basically - I get diarrhoea - I never get

constipated

Quoted message said:

on Atkins

Welcome to ketosis. Have you stayed in ketosis for at least
two weeks to see that this early effect is temporary? Have
you moved on to OWL and seen that this early effect is
temporary>

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Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up for
PCOS so am intending to ask her then.

That's nice but lots of doctors are clueless about Atkins.
Unless your doc knows that the early effects last maybe two
weeks, his/her advice won't be of much use. Then again having
that knowledge will suggest cluefullness.

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Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs

with bowel

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cancer or something equally cheery???

So many it seems like half of all Atkids get this standard
early temporary effect. No way two weeks of temporary effects
will have a long term effect.

"elise" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Hi
I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine.
Whenever I go into Ketosis basically - I get diarrhoea - I never get
constipated
on Atkins - Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up
for
PCOS so am intending to ask her then.

Well, finally. I thought it was just me who had this problem. I keep
reading about constipation problems while on Atkins and this is the first
I've seen of someone who has the opposite problem just like me. 🙂

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It's just really annoying as I have to go about 30 mins after eating and
it
doesn't affect my loss in anyway. Just wondering if I might be overdoing
the
water - I drink between 2 to 3 litres a day + herbal teas and decaff
coffee(3
cups max). I don't take any fibre supplements, just a multi vitamin and if
I eat
any wheat (bread etc) then I get really, really bad IBS.

I don't have IBS but I do drink lots and lots of water. I think the other
responses you have received are probably correct. This will be my first
week of OWL and am waiting eagerly to see if the [censored] issues resolve
themselves as Doug has mentioned. If not, I'll just incorporate a fiber
supplement once I'm done navigating the wide field of available ones.

Just glad I wasn't the only one.

--
Felicia D.
210/195/140 since: 4/1/2005
monthly goal: 8 lbs.

My sister had the same problem but the answer turned out to be the low carb
candy she thought was harmless.

"Doug Freyburger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

elise said:

I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like mine.
Whenever I go into Ketosis basically - I get diarrhoea - I never get

constipated

Quoted message said:

on Atkins

Welcome to ketosis. Have you stayed in ketosis for at least
two weeks to see that this early effect is temporary? Have
you moved on to OWL and seen that this early effect is
temporary>

Quoted message said:

Have got an appt with my Doctor on Thurs anyway for a check up for
PCOS so am intending to ask her then.

That's nice but lots of doctors are clueless about Atkins.
Unless your doc knows that the early effects last maybe two
weeks, his/her advice won't be of much use. Then again having
that knowledge will suggest cluefullness.

Quoted message said:

Anyone else have any probs like this or am I going to pop my clogs

with bowel

Quoted message said:

cancer or something equally cheery???

So many it seems like half of all Atkids get this standard
early temporary effect. No way two weeks of temporary effects
will have a long term effect.

That's the thing - I should have mentioned that I did Atkins for a year until
last summer when I went to Barcelona for a holiday and then Paris and it was
really hard getting extra veggies as we ate out all the time - everything seemed
to be potato, pasta or rice based and I was getting peed off with eating the
most boring things on the menu so I quit basically.
Finally got around to going back on Atkins - definitely going to stick this
time - can't afford any more holidays after this next one in California, where I
can't foresee a problem with eating out.

Anyway I had the problem throughout the year that I was on Atkins - probably why
I lost so much so easily - LOL!! I don't tend to overdo the sugar-free candy too
much as they really aggravate it and then I can't be more than a 15 min brisk
walk from the loo, or I'm in trouble 😉

Actually I thought today wasn't too bad as I only had time for a couple of
boiled eggs before we went out for the day, then only had time for a quick cup
of coffee until we got home at 6ish. Then I had a normal dinner - Steak &
salad - whoosh - off to the loo again - sigh!!

I used to take fibre tablets last year as well and they had absolutely no effect
either way.
Elise

elise said:

Doug Freyburger said:

elise wrote:

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I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any problems like

mine.

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Whenever I go into Ketosis basically - I get diarrhoea - I never

get

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constipated on Atkins

Quoted message said:

Welcome to ketosis. Have you stayed in ketosis for at least
two weeks to see that this early effect is temporary?

Anyway I had the problem throughout the year that I was on Atkins

A year is a very different issue than the usual Induction loosness.

Another thing to check: Did you stay on Indcution? Moving up the
carb ladder to find your CCLL is another thing that helps resolve
the issue.

If you did spend the week out of ketosis to find your CCLL, then
it will be harder. I think this is caused "dumping syndrome".
The initial approach is to keep a log of what you eat and when
you have loose bowel movements. Try to figure out some combination
that causes. For a while I had the problem around once every other
week and logging showed that it was a combination of pork plus hot
pepper plus high salt that did it for me. I stopped salting any
pork meal and it almost never happens any more. For you it might
be a single common food or a common combination.

have you ever had gallbladder surgery? i know a lot of folks (myself
included at first) get diarrea (sp?) because of the lack of bile shots
the gallbladder so wonderfully contributed. because of surgery, i
added a fiber supplement, metamucel psyllium caplets. they really
helped bulk things up a lot. hope that helps.