Question:
Putting out more than taking in..GROSS SORRY

OK I have no clue how or why but I can "put out" more than I take in. As in BM, Poop, voiding! I mean WAY more. and I show it to someone and they say HOW you do not eat that much ina week! SO what is it all about? And I am platueing right now?    — Sabrina H_NC (posted on January 31, 2004)

January 31, 2004
Is your BM yellowish in color? Or dark? Yellowish is actually fat leaving your body. If its loose, it may appear more than it really is. If you don't poo every day, you could be pooing out 3-4 days worth of food. Drink more water to break that plateau. Call your surgeon and ask about the poo to be safe.
   — Renee B.

January 31, 2004
I drink Enough water (2 gallons a day so 256 ounces) I think my Body is comfortable where is GGGRRR. But No it is not the Yellow fat disposal color. It is regular. and I make SURE i go daily. SO who knows!
   — Sabrina H_NC

January 31, 2004
I also found this to be true. I am pretty regular (daily). I had complications from the surgery and for almost 2 months took nothing in by mouth. No water, Food, shakes... nothing. Everything was given to me by IV. I still went almost everyday. Less than now but the point is that there was a significant amount of "poo" with nothing in my GI tract. When I questioned the Dr.s about this, they said that a good protion of a normal bm is bacteria, intestinal cells and other waste products. Kinda gross huh!
   — Heather S.

January 31, 2004
I used to teach grade school. One unit we did was how the body works. The poo is the wasted fuel used by your body cells plus what you could not digest. That's why it doesn't look or smell the same as it went in too. Since your body is using the stored fat for fuel instead of what you are taking in, you still continue to have normal size or even large out put.
   — Kathy J.

February 3, 2004
I read a funny quote on this site a while back and it has been so true for me. "Eat like a bird and sh!t like a bear". Hee hee!!! I have also found that I am in the same boat as you are. I guess it the fact that we lose weight so fast and don't absorb as much aws we used to and perhaps we are just more efficient now.
   — Carol S.