serious bowel problems
Within the last four days, I decided that I would finally make the transition back over to an 80/10/10 type of diet, which I actually ate a little under a year ago and experienced tremendous health benefits under.
But between that period of time and now I have been eating a very high fat diet, full of daily servings of nut butter and avocados. Within the last couple of months, I have been noticing that my bowel movements are becoming less and less frequent... and so, understandably, I am becoming more and more constipated. Lately I am lucky if I have one very scanty bowel movement a day.... sometimes it takes two days on my normal diet of high fat, high vegetables, and low fruit.
I started off the last four days thinking that I would finally get my regular bowel movements back... but it is now my fourth day into this and I find myself not getting so lucky... I've only had one, very scanty (not full or formed, but like little strings... I know, gross. I'm sorry that this is so offensive) bowel movement and that was yesterday.
These past four days, all I have been consuming is fruit, and plenty of it.... I remember my portion sizes when I was eating this way a little over a year ago. Though the first two days I started out whith much smaller amounts, making my overall consumption of fruit much lighter overall than the succeeding two days.
Honestly, when I started this, I found myself not having an appetite for anything.This isn't surprising seeing as I have been overeating on fats within, well... the last year.. I'd like to water fast but can't seeing as there is no way I could take the cleansing that would occur, on the schedule I am currently keeping.
I'd like to say the constipation is all stress related- I'm not getting very much sleep (maybe 5-6 hours a night)... and so I am constantly waking up everyday feeling tired (this has been going on for months.) I have two jobs and am in school full time, so even though I'd like to sleep, I can't.
Just today, I realized that my emotional detox may be even bigger than I can handle.
When I am not allowing myself to stuff my emotions into oblivion with food ( and when I say stuff, I mean 4-5 avocados a day when I wasn't really hungry in the first place... this is not something I am proud of...) issues surface that I am not prepared to handle.... Just today I felt very depressed and even suicidal.... My feelings of worthlessness resurfaced full force.
Right now I am unable to get away... unable to go into hibernation for the necessary rest and healing I am in need of.
So right now I feel stuck, tired, worried, and almost hopeless.... f*@ck, I can't even go to the bathroom.
I do think that constipation was something I went through when I was first transitioning from S.A.D. to raw, but
honestly I don't ever remember going a full four days without relief.
Do any of you have advice? Is constipation this prolonged, normal when in transition?
Whatever guidance you have to offer would be very much appreciated.
-olivia
But between that period of time and now I have been eating a very high fat diet, full of daily servings of nut butter and avocados. Within the last couple of months, I have been noticing that my bowel movements are becoming less and less frequent... and so, understandably, I am becoming more and more constipated. Lately I am lucky if I have one very scanty bowel movement a day.... sometimes it takes two days on my normal diet of high fat, high vegetables, and low fruit.
I started off the last four days thinking that I would finally get my regular bowel movements back... but it is now my fourth day into this and I find myself not getting so lucky... I've only had one, very scanty (not full or formed, but like little strings... I know, gross. I'm sorry that this is so offensive) bowel movement and that was yesterday.
These past four days, all I have been consuming is fruit, and plenty of it.... I remember my portion sizes when I was eating this way a little over a year ago. Though the first two days I started out whith much smaller amounts, making my overall consumption of fruit much lighter overall than the succeeding two days.
Honestly, when I started this, I found myself not having an appetite for anything.This isn't surprising seeing as I have been overeating on fats within, well... the last year.. I'd like to water fast but can't seeing as there is no way I could take the cleansing that would occur, on the schedule I am currently keeping.
I'd like to say the constipation is all stress related- I'm not getting very much sleep (maybe 5-6 hours a night)... and so I am constantly waking up everyday feeling tired (this has been going on for months.) I have two jobs and am in school full time, so even though I'd like to sleep, I can't.
Just today, I realized that my emotional detox may be even bigger than I can handle.
When I am not allowing myself to stuff my emotions into oblivion with food ( and when I say stuff, I mean 4-5 avocados a day when I wasn't really hungry in the first place... this is not something I am proud of...) issues surface that I am not prepared to handle.... Just today I felt very depressed and even suicidal.... My feelings of worthlessness resurfaced full force.
Right now I am unable to get away... unable to go into hibernation for the necessary rest and healing I am in need of.
So right now I feel stuck, tired, worried, and almost hopeless.... f*@ck, I can't even go to the bathroom.
I do think that constipation was something I went through when I was first transitioning from S.A.D. to raw, but
honestly I don't ever remember going a full four days without relief.
Do any of you have advice? Is constipation this prolonged, normal when in transition?
Whatever guidance you have to offer would be very much appreciated.
-olivia
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Comment by jodykwik on March 4, 2009 at 5:41pm -
hey Olivia....hope you're feeling better. I have to chime in on the side of eating fruit for regularity. That's what's worked for me. And it also helps with my attitude and general feelings of wanting to be alive. But I know that whatever works for each of us is what the best thing is...fruit, green juice, etc...
The emotional detox is the huge thing...and i'm still in one myself, trying to balance doing three seperate things for work at this time of year. And learning how to say no when i have to and still being able to survive...it is all really a tough thing, isn't it? I wish you the faith to walk through everyday while staying in the present and do the best you can--as i wish it for myself too. This is such a cool and powerful journey. best! paul
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Comment by Casey Thomas on February 27, 2009 at 3:05am -
Hi Olivia,
Sorry to hear of the pain you are in with the constipation. I strongly recommend you try enemas and colonics straight away if you are not doing them already. You're body needs a big helping hand to get all that matter out and stop it form continuing to poison you.
I also recommend you completely stop the fruit consumption until you start having bowel movements. As I'm sure you are aware, fruits are incredibly cleansing so if the matter it's stirring up isn't being released you need to reduce or cut them out to prevent more putrification and back log.
Also ensure you are correctly food combining. Get heavy into the green juices to stimulate your bowels to move, without more pressure from additional fibre.
Hope that helps.
Casey
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Comment by Clement Rhein on February 27, 2009 at 2:39am
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Just a little though for both of you: Nutrition and lifestyle as you know is paramount to good health - and is most probably the primary cause of disease nowadays.
But a lot of the time, there are other issues which may reside in the body itself and the inability to function properly. Psycho-social-emotional issues (either unaccepted/managed past events or continuing situations) will affect how the body works, in specific ways — called somatisation, which is a natural process. Also, physical issues such as trauma (which can go a lot way, to child birth!), postural, repetitive activity/demand...
All I want to say is that it is worth checking that your body actually functions okay by a professional. I would recommend osteopathy (as I'm an osteopath myself), otherwise, hypno-psychotherapy. But in the end some complementary practitioner out there will suite your needs, whatever the discipline.
Osteopathy successfully treats patients for SAD, digestive problems, neuropathy... Osteopaths bascically specialize in the body, so don't treat just low back pain, far from that.
Idiopathic simply means that the medics do not know why. The paramedical professions usually will have the answers.
Best of luck to both of you. Questions welcomed.
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