Question:
How many average BM's per day?

So many folks on this site say they have a BM every other day or so. I am 3 months post -op and this use to be me. Now I have a BM every day and sometimes even 2. Does this mean I'm eating too much? or the wrong kinds of food? or is this "just me"?    — Cindee A. (posted on March 16, 2002)

March 16, 2002
I am one year out and still don't have a BM everyday. Sometimes it's twice a week; sometimes five times per week. It depends more on how much fuel I have burned (how much exercise I've done) than on how much I have eaten necessarily. Make sense? A BM is just waste. If your body is burning a lot of fuel, it will have a lot of waste. Also, exercise helps move a BM through, and that's great. If you're having a BM everyday, that's great. I wouldn't worry about calorie intake unless you're no longer losing weight.
   — Terissa R.

March 17, 2002
I am 2.5 months postop. I can have 1-3 bm's a day- depending on what I eat. I know when I've splurged on a little sugar or grease, I have a very loose BM about 20 minutes later. I feel great- not tired, lethargic, sick... The BM frequency doesn't concern me- I figure my body is doing what it needs to.
   — Angela B.