Congrats to you. Mindi

What a difference a year makes...I weighed in at 199 this morning Tanya 329/199/healthy & happy

Congratulations, Sally!

Hey , thanks for the input. I talked to the doc and dietician she said I need to get more of a certain protein that actually helps move the bowels. You can find it in apples with the skin the skin has the protein we need to move it along and pears wioth skin and also corn and popcorn so this weekend I did it all. Last night I had really bad pains like things where trying to move along but this morning I only went a very little so now my stomach is bloated. So the smooth tea does work I get it at weis's grocery store it is a herbal laxative I took it 2 days in a row and it emptied out. I just would rather get it going on my own without having to take something but I guess thats not gonna happen so I will take the tea tonight and then just do it maybe every other day till I am emptied out again. The tea does work and I did not get any cramps with it so I like it and it doesnt taste bad . The doc was like that works but the stuff I gave you didnt the stuff they gave me was what we took before surgery to get claeaned out and it didnt do anything. So I guess I will just use the tea for now until I find the right mix of foods to get it working again.

I am having the same thing, only I go even less than you do. My issue has been going on pretty much since surgery, though. When I haven't gone in a while, and/or it's a "bigger load" (omg, i'm so sorry if i'm offending anyone) I get incredibly nausceous until it's all over. This happened the other day, i thought i was going to keel over in pain from gas cramps... and after I went, what was in the toilet was pretty impressive. Mine aren't "hard" either. I'm DEFINITELY gonna talk to my dr. about it at my 1 year postop appt in 2 weeks, and i'd encourage you to talk to yours, too. I'm sure he'll just tell us to increase our fiber and water intake. What is this smooth move tea you're talking about?