OH WHERE OH WHERE HAS MY WHOOSHIE FAIRY GONE?

oh where, oh where can she be??? time for me to complain again! here it is thursday already and i have not lost a lb this since sunday. matter of fact, i have gone up and down a lb all week. i am trying to break this 160 barrier, but someone doesn't want to see me into the 150's i guess! i am going to try to up my fluids today, see if that helps. ok another thing, kinda gross, i know, but i have also had no BM for like the last 5 days. i took a correctol tuesday night and another one last night and still nothing! i'm thinking that also may be why i am "stuck", no pun intended! so, on that note, if you guys have seen the whooshie fairy (or the BM fairy!), please send her my way and fast!!!! hugs~mary jo

Sorry to hear about you whoosie troubles. I was having the same problem and a friend told me to up my water intake from 64 ounces to at least 100 ounces and guess what presto chango I no longer have any constipation problems. Hope this helps Lynn

thanks lynn! i am trying to boost my water intake today. i usually average right around 60 oz. i am around 35 oz right now, so going to keep going til i get at least 80oz!

OH MARY jo... please be careful and i hope u BM soon. I am sure that is why ur weight too is not comeing down. BE careful and dont go to long without it. UP THE water! GOOD LUCK (((HUG)))) and congratulations on ur weight ur doing awesome girl! LISA 310/216/ONDERLAND somwhere

thanks lisa, you're so sweet! i am starting to get a little concerned myself with the BM issue. i was trying to think of the last day, i think it may have been saturday. maybe i should pick up some colace and try that. my doc's office told me at my 3 month appt that i should "go" at least every other day....i am usually lucky to go 2x's a week. no pain though, so i guess that is good. how long should i wait before calling the doc? or maybe i will see if the colace works before calling. hope you are doing well! hugssss

You are doing so GREAT!!!!! I don't know WHERE she is....I think she must be on vacation. I have been stuck at 185...seems like forever. It's making me I have had the same problem with the BMs. It finally got better when I started eating chicken w/sauteed onions & peppers (my absolute fav thing to eat! - It's like having fajita's w/out the shell). I started going every other day. This week, however, I'm dying. The last time this happened, I took colace. The nurse told me to "pop" the little gel capsule open and put it in applesauce or something. Well, let me warn you now, that stuff is NASTY tasting.....but it worked the very next day. I think I need to back off on the refried beans and cheese. I haven't eaten that in a long while....and I ate it early this week....and now the problem is back. Good luck! Pam

hey pam!!!!! geez, i miss how much we all used to post! ok gross, i know, but i did have a BM this morning! WOOHOOO! BUT, the whooshie fairy still did not visit, was still stuck at 160 this am. BOOOOOO!!!!!! i think i still will get the colace to try. i need to be more "regular". i am not sure if i don't eat enough or maybe wrong combination of foods, could be not enough fluids...who knows! i hope things "loosen up" for you, too! heehee hugsssss

Hi Mary Jo- A couple of thoughts... Don't let yourself go too long with the BM thing. You can get impacted, backed up, and then you will start throwing up. On top of that if you have an impaction, you can do serious damage to your colon. Take the suggestion of popping open the colace capsule and run...all the way to the bathroom!!! I have only had one occasion that I got backed up. A Fleet enema was my friend after three days of pushing. I have since tried to solve the problem naturally. My little secret is watermelon. OH MY GOD does it taste good. I can rest assured that within 24 hours of eating watermelon that I am going to be visited by the wooshie fairy. Take care and good luck!! -Cheri

hey cheri! hmmm, colace??? or watermelon??? i might try that myself. i am sure it is much tastier than the colace! and probably cheaper too! thanks for the tip! hugs

GROSS ALERT! I have the complete opposite problem with bm. They are like colored water and i have had two accdients this week for no apparent reason. I take glucophage for my diabetes. 2550mg a day. It gives me bad runs but at least i never have the back up issues. But today i bent over and i guess the pressure released something. I feel like a baby. I was so glad i was wearing a long sweater that covered my creme colored pants. All i could think of were those old commercials for xenocal. When they read of the side affects they say,"may have uncontroled oily bowel movments" i used to rember mocking that so badly. Well today i finally understood why they warned people of it. HA HA