Fiber hi protein foods

Hi Cat Lady,  I love cats, too.  What kind of suppositories do you use?  I have got to get this process started.  I need to have a study done for a leaking bladder, but dr says I have to get regular before she will do it.

BTW your pictures are cute.

Ruby
RNY  3/2005
262/125/135
hi/lo/today    

Thank you for the compliment. Sometimes, it is difficult to wrap my head around the weight loss, but I think it is becoming more real each day, especially since I can fit into skinny jeans.

I use the generic glycerin suppositories that one can buy in any drug or supermarket. There are also laxative suppositories that you can use. Fleet's makes one, ducolax another, and then the least expensive are the generics.

Congratulations on your massive weight loss and maintenance. WTG!!!

I am using Miralax daily and for the most part it helps. I need to start using the stool softeners again. I bought some Magnesium Oxide to use. I found it on the internet cheap but the darn things are uncoated. My throat is hurting right now from trying to swallow it. I take 2 a day (200mg) and would like to take more but it is hard to get down. Anyone have any suggestions?

I put a spoon of Benefiber in a protien shake. It's tasteless and mixes well and is the brand my surgeon told me to use. I also find if I eat a serving of fruit and a serving of yogurt with live cultures each day, and get in all my water, which I usually drink cold, I'm ok.

The first few months I used Benefiber in everything.  Then i discovered Miralax and used that twice a week.  Then in the last month or two I started taking a colace a couple times a week.

What's really working for me now is eating some berries and veggies daily.  Not a lot but some.

My favorite really high fiber item is La Tortialla Factory Whole Wheat Low Carb Tortilla. 
80 calores, 18 carbs and 12 fiber.  After not eating that sort of thing, part of one of those is a personal invitation for the BooM Princess to come visit.   

I use Miralax about 3x a week and include as many high fiber foods in my diet as I can after I meet my protein goal. I was MISERABLE for a month before I started the Miralax :(

 




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I use the magnesium product, and my masters degree nutritionist who I've used for years (not the surgeon NUT) recommended it for when I got very very ill several years ago. 

(I've embedded a photo but it doesn't show, sorry.  The stuff you want is in a white canister about the the diameter of a baseball bat, about 8 inches high, and has a mostly blue label with the word CALM most prevalent.  I get mine at the local health food store.  The CVS doesn't carry it)

It's Natural Vitality brand Organic Orange Flavor Natural Calm, which is 325 mg of Ionic magnesium citrate. I take it to aid in calcium absorption and to help maintain a calm state.  I can attest to the fact that my state of relaxation is much deeper and I get agitated less when I take this every day.  It actually tastes good in a glass of water.
tracey

p.s. will someone please tell me the secret of posting a photo.  I seem to be following the directions.  Is there a JPEG size limit?

The GYN mentioned Natural Calm.  I found it on line from Vitacost, 16 oz for 22.77 plus 4.99 shipping.  I ordered the plain kind.  Hope it works.  

Thanks for your help
Ruby  

My Dr. gave me and rx for Glycolax (this is the same as Miralax).  My insurance covers it with the rx.  I take it everyday and 1 or 2 generic colace in the morning and 1  or 2 at night.  I have no problems since following this.  The high fiber seems to bind me up more than help me.  
Good luck finding out what works for you. 

I use powdered Fiber, Wal-Mart Brand.  Has no taste and you can mix it into anyhing.  I use water or my shake.  I also take a stool oftener 3 times a day and I take 4 Flaxseed Oil pills, 1200 mg. 4 times a day.  2 with breakfast, 1 with lunch and 1 with dinner.  All this works great every day. I buy everything at Wal-Mart and it isn't that expensive.
Good luck.

Susan G.