How Often Do You Poop?

[jtfrogger]

I am not a medical professional, so take what I say as just some random rumblings on the internet.

I would say that pooping schedule is not healthy. All of the foods that you listed are really low in fibre. This has nothing to do with her being vegetarian, since most fibre-rich foods are vegetarian (legumes, whole grains, nuts & seeds, other vegetables).

I'd recommend that she discuss this with her doctor or a nutritionist.

[Ford Prefect]

Three to five Type 5s per day. The family doc once said being a regular guy was a good thing ... he said frequent flushing of the pipes was a good cancer prevention, at least as far as bowel cancer and such goes.

As an aside, because of threads like this I think I know more about my fellow CPers that I know about most of my friends. There's no way I'd get into a discussion like this other than on CP.

[jtfrogger]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

What are some examples of high fibre foods? Besides cereal...

Last year I bought a couple boxes of cereal, it was actually called "Fibre - something", I don't remember the exact name. I'd have a few bowls of that everyday, and my poops were great, purely Type 2-4's.

Maybe I'll force feed her some of that stuff...

Here are a couple of articles on the topic that you may want to read: from Mayo Clinic & from yourtotalhealth.

[BBQorMILDEW]

I had some serious health issues within the past couple years...

I wasn't eating enough fibre in my diet, which was causing enormous stress on my bowel movements, I frequently had 1 which left my anus all painful... I ended up getting a hemmoroid which in turn caused a fissure to develop.

I used to go 5 to 6 times a day... Anything that i ate would just pass right through me.. It was awful.... Felt like i was on fire down there....

I ended up having pretty painful surgery to fix my anus..

I would recommend eating fiber every day...

[liamenator]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

Every time I go on a trip I usually go quite a bit less frequently than home for some reason, even if I try, and eventually it comes out as a Type 1. Sometimes it's like the Type 1 is a damn for Type 5, and they all come rushing out once you get all the Type 1's out. Sometimes you only get one individual unit of Type 1 out and that's all you can get, and it's really frustrating. After the initial bout of Type 1/5 is dealt with I usually end up with Type 4 for the rest of the trip. Something I almost never get at home. Type 1, 2 and 5 definitely conserve the TP compared to 3,4,6 and 7.

Anyone else get travel poop syndrome?

That description of TPS is bang-on for me. Every trip I go on, no matter where in the world, it's the same syndrome. I don't know whether it's the change in the water supply from city to city (for God's sake don't get drunk and chug a bunch of water in Warsaw, ever) or simply the mental anxiety of being out of one's element (especially when other people are reliant on said foreign pooping washroom), but TPS is a very real, very disturbing phenomenon.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by StoneCole

haha twice on workdays and once each on Saturday and Sunday.

...seriously like clockwork

Haha I hear ya, its funny how your body gets into a system like that. It also sucks, as for some reason I developed some habit of having to drop a deuce in the middle of the night every night. I'd wake up every day between 4-5am to have to go, it was terrible. I finally made myself not go for a couple days at that time(which was sheer hell), and voila, I never had to go at that time anymore.

btw put me in the 2-3 a day category. Also, am I the only one that has to drop one twice the same morning when you're hung over? It's like clockwork.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Personally, I don't think I would feel "fine" with my bowels removed.
Emptied perhaps, but removed ??? LOL Braveheart comes to mind.

Well I did make a typo, but even emptying them if you haven't done it in a couple of days would certainly be a bit painful and make me bite my tongue.

Kind of like reverse gayness? Instead of what goes in it's what comes out.

[jydk]

If I'm at a sushi bar or an all you can eat venue, once I break the seal I'm pooping every 30 minutes!

[Resolute 14]

Threads like this are why we need a Hall of Fame forum to retain for posterity.

Put me in the group that wonders how a conversation like this even starts. Not over dinner, I hope...

[Bertuzzied]

I usually go once a day. My record for not going is like 7 days though. It was a trip back to Hong Kong. I wasn't sick and was eating quite alot. I guess chinese food doesn't run through me like you gwai loes hahaha. But nothing came out. I seriously thought I was never going to crap again.

My friend's record is 16 days when she went back to India. I guess she didn't eat very much either. She finally forced her parents to book her a hotel room. Poor hotel! hahaha

[moncton golden flames]

I poop 2-3 times a day, usually set to a clock. First thing in the am, once in the afternoon and one just after supper time.

edit: just talking about poop is making me have to go!

[troutman]

This is a good thread . . .

[NSFL]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

I'm really really trying not to die laughing at work.

I completely agree right now. And I can't believe I just read the entire thread.

Originally Posted by The Fonz

What are some examples of high fibre foods? Besides cereal...

Last year I bought a couple boxes of cereal, it was actually called "Fibre - something", I don't remember the exact name. I'd have a few bowls of that everyday, and my poops were great, purely Type 2-4's.

Maybe I'll force feed her some of that stuff...

Bananas. She definitely needs a better balanced diet. And in ZOOL 363 (I think) we learned poo is seriously toxic crap (pun originally unintended, but intended now). Having that sitting in your body for more than 2-3 days is really bad. I'm surprised she's always been like that.

Originally Posted by moncton golden flames

edit: just talking about poop is making me have to go!

I have to agree with that.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Threads like this are why we need a Hall of Fame forum to be retained posteriorly...

There, corrected.

[REDVAN]

Originally Posted by NSFL

poo is seriously toxic crap...

I have to agree with that.

Agreed.

[NSFL]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

Agreed.

Hahahaha, I didn't even realize that.

[Shnabdabber]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

Anyone else get travel poop syndrome?

You're not alone.

My trips to the can when traveling are maybe half of what they are when Im in my "territory". It doesn't have anything to do with holding it, constipation... anything like that, I just dont have to go. But as SOON as I walk in the door when I get home from said trip, the first thing I do is cut a turd.

I was on a camping trip in the states years ago, and didn't have what I call, while camping, "a log at the log" for almost a week. Didn't have to go, but as soon as I came home I got high centered on the john. *shrug*

[CaptainCrunch]

I fire one out once a day at the same time of the morning everyday.

When I used to go out in the field, I'd basically go a week in between, then god help anyone around me.

[Dion]

I've gone to 2-3 times a day since adding a lot of fibre to my diet.

[The Fonz]

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