| yesterday no poop until about 10 pm - then just a little.
boooo.
steeped the tea 10 min. - think that's how long i need to do it from now on- less than that and it seems like things don't work as well.
today - three - so far!!!! woooo-hooo!!!!!
all big and bulky (not hard, but not soft) and a light tan color - almost yellow.
could see evidence of yesterday's lunch, but no weird stuff so far.
prolly won't update this weekend, but i'll try.
later! | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment   |
| had 2 margaritas last night and my stomach started hurting right after.
went to bed feeling ok, but this morning i have felt painfully bloated and a little acidic. no poop yet, and it's already 11:20.
weird.
i feel like i REALLY have to go.
in the midst of the pain earlier, i went into my boss's office (he's on vacation) and laid on the floor on my stomach and pushed quite a bit of air out of me. it helped enough so that i could eat, which i was hoping would make me poop, but so far there's nothing.
ugh, i got used to not feeling like this - even in just a couple of weeks. hopefully things will get moving soon.
more when they do.................
i didn't take the probiotic last night either. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| had gas during the night but was able to release, which felt GREAT!!! so i guess i should say i had FARTS during the night.
woke up feeling like i was going to have to go right away, but the urge didn't fully hit until about 9 am.
have had 3 BM's so far today, the last one was a little ooky.
i think i might be steeping the tea for too long, or perhaps not long enough?
i'm not sure if i lessen it if i'll just have one bigger BM or feel unsatisfied?
and if i do it longer, i don't want to have diarrhea either.
hm! conundrum!
i'll lessen it tonight and see what happens.
the other thing about this program so far is that when i get a tummy ache it seems to directly precede a BM, which is nice, because then it goes away. none of the bloated misery that lasts forever and never feels resolved.
EDIT!!
just after posting this, at about 4:40 or so, i got what felt like it was a diarrhea cramp - like it made me haul ass to the potty because i thought i was gonna explode! instead what came out was a LOT of poop, soft and darkish brown, and when i swirled it a little with TP, there were several long pieces of the rubbery thin intestine looking stuff in there. it's so weird to have that urge and then have something that isn't watery come out of you.
and the texture of the poop is strange too - a lot of mass, but not hard at all - it looks like digested food, more than it looks like poop, does that make sense?
anyway.
more tomorrow............... | | comments: Leave a comment |
| 2 more bm's this afternoon, both fine.
then, around 15 minutes ago (it's 5:11 pm) i had a rather urgent sort of crampy feeling that i had to go. went, and it was loose (which, as i have mentioned is different than normal "loose" - it floats and is clumpy. i saw something BRIGHT WHITE and swirled around with a clump of TP until i figured out it was the INTACT but very faded label from a piece of fruit.
i have had, in the last oh, say, 6 months, about 2 or 3 pieces of fruit that would have had labels on them (meaning they were either washed, cut, peeled, or i remember taking the label off) so WHO KNOWS WHEN IT IS FROM?????!!!!????
eek!
also, i am having some pretty intense cramping sort of pains, but they feel really different than what i'm used to - much lower down in my digestive tract - almost just inside my rectum - it's hard to explain. i'll try to go one more time before i leave and pray to god i don't get stuck on the train like i did yesterday - for 30 minutes.
eek, again! | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| day 12 - cont'd.
2 more BM's, both loose-ish, no more crazy stuff.
day 13 -
one BM so far, rather large, and with the ropey stuff sort of wrapped through and around the "normal" looking poop. i'm not sure if i should increase the fiber to 1 and a half scoops or steep the tea longer, but i feel like i want MORE of that ugly stuff!
no worms or parasites that i can tell as of now.
(and for my reference: 175) | | comments: 8 comments or Leave a comment |
| day 10 (saturday)
i neglected to take the fiber drink and paranil until very late in the day, had a small BM that was of no consequence.
day 11 (sunday)
one smallish BM around 1pm or so, and then last night at about 9pm i had a HUUUUUUUGGGGGEEEEE poop that was really weird looking - floating and thick but not solid.
day 12 (today)
woke up with the urge to go for the 1st time since starting colonix. and lo and behold - i had something that looked EXACTLY like the pictures on the web site come out of me! it felt like a normal poop until the very end when i had to actually pull the last part out of me with some toilet paper. it was long (probably 10 inches), thin, and rubbery. EWWW!
and YAY!!!! i am so excited!
also, my bloating has gone down significantly. i still have my little belly pooch, but the hard round feeling has gone away. enough so that the boy touched me in the dark the other night and said "wow! your stomach is all flat!" he said that it felt flatter and softer to the touch - not all hard and bloated.
so that's great also.
can't wait to see what happens next! | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| 2 BM's so far this morning, one at about 9:45 am and one at about 11:00.
both were loose-ish but not gross in the way that it normally is, both looked normal but sunk to the bottom.
so far no worms or weird black stuff, but i'm still pleased with the fact that i'm going at LEAST one time every day, this is a minor miracle. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| day 8
ate dinner last night at about 7pm, had a glass of wine and then at around 9:00 took the probiotic. 9:30 i made the teas, steeped for 10 minutes.
right away i had some noticable bloating and gassy feeling but in about 10 minutes i had a BM that totally relieved it. it was kind of cool becuase usually when i get that kind of pain it debilitates me for most of the evening - in this case it was relieved.
i weighed myself somewhere at the end of the evening, which wasn't smart. i'm about 3 lbs up from what i expected, but i'm guessing in the morning i am about what i thought. i'm still 20 lbs heavier than i'd like to be, but i actually FEEL ok since my tummy hasn't been sticking out so far lately.
day 9
took the paranil and 1 and a half scoops of fiber this morning, i feel like i need to go but i've not yet had the urge. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| yesterday morning i woke up and took a pain pill that my doc. prescribed on tuesday. not sure if it was that on an empty stomach or some 24 hour bug or just the effects of the cleansing, but right away i started feeling REALLY nauseated and dizzy and weak.
i went home from the boy's to get ready for work at about 7:00 and was just too sick to make it. i kept thinking i felt better and i'd stand up only to HAVE TO LIE DOWN again, you know that feeling. i had some unproductive (emptry stomach) dry heaves and slept for 8 hours straight.
i woke up at about 4pm and took the paranil, but didn't take the fiber. even so, i pooped 3 times yesterday, nothing shocking, but still - for me that's a lot.
so far today i have pooped twice. both decent sized but nothing gross to behold yet. i'm not worrying too much because i feel pretty good - not bloated and ill like normal - and i'm pooping every day, which is pretty exciting on its own.
i have been taking the probiotic in the evening and steeping the tea for 6-10 minutes. tonight i'll do it for 10 min again, and tomorrow i may up my fiber to 1 and a half scoops. not sure yet. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| i went at lunch and bought these:
i'll start taking them tonight as per the instructions on the http://www.drnatura.com website:
"As a dietary supplement, take 2 capsules in the evening just before bed, preferably on an empty stomach."
we shall see what happens.
no more poop so far, it's 1:00 pm now. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| no more poop yesterday.
i steeped the tea for 10 minutes last night and almost immediately afterward felt things moving around.
as i was going to bed, i had some bloating and gas, which i was able to pass. this on it's own is a good thing because usually my stomach just bloats up and HURTS and no matter how hard i try i can't fart. i woke up feeling like i was going to have to go right away, but i got ready and rode to work without having the urge.
so far this morning i have had one LARGE poop at around 10:00. it was softish but all one piece, and was quite satisfying, although i am sure that there is quite a bit more poop in there that needs to come out. there wasn't anything odd in it, although i think i saw a few more pieces of corn, which would have been from FRIDAY night - eek! that's a little disturbing, but not really surprising.
i feel achy and sore, and i slept very strangely last night, was pretty hot and i had a lot of dreams that i could remember. not sure if the soreness is related to colonix, but i thought i'd mention it. also, i have HUGE dark circles under my eyes this morning, i look really tired and run-down.
i took 4 paranil and 1 full scoop powder today in chocolate soy milk. had all bran and a banana for breakfast with 12 oz. of tea. so far have had about 20 oz. water. i find that i have to space it out more towards the afternoon, otherwise i am done with the 64 oz. well before the end of the day. i'm pretty thirsty, actually.
also, i am going to GNC on my lunch to see if i can find an affordable pro-biotic. this seems to be something that makes a difference in the effectiveness of the program, and i want to get the most out of it that i can (no pun intended).
more as it happens......................... | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
| small poop at about 10:45. really small and totally unsatisfying.
i wrote to the people at http:www//drnatura.com and asked what i was doing wrong.
they suggested:
- steeping the tea for 10 minutes or more (up to 20 minutes total)
- taking flax seed oil in the fiber drink
- taking a probiotic
i am going to try them in order, starting with the tea, i'll steep it for 10 minutes tonight.
i SO want this to work....................... | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| day 2 final:
had another loose-ish poop at about 8pm.
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day 3:
pooped, but nothing exciting and only one time. it was loose and sort of gross - i was able to see corn from my dinner the night before, which is good that it went through me that quickly, but i'm afraid i'm not shedding any of the built up stuff that i am sure is in there.
i didn't drink the tea before bed - i had a party and was up late and just sort of didn't bother. which, as i found out, was a mistake. because:
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day 4:
NO POOP AT ALL!!!! i didn't feel really bloated and awful like i usually do, but i didn't go at all.
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day 5: (today)
upped the pills to 4 and the fiber to 1 full scoop.
i steeped the tea last night for about 6 minutes, so maybe that will help.
so far, nothing. it's 9:18 am.
i'm drinking tea this morning instead of coffee.
and eating oatmeal with cottage cheese, strawberries, golden raisins, and blueberries mixed in. it's yummy.
i'm feeling really let down so far by this program, although i know it's only 5 days into it and things take a while to work. i think that since i am already so blocked up, that it might be a few WEEKS until i really start to see any action. i don't know.
if it doesn't work soon, i'll be sad. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| at about 3:30 i pooped again - still not well formed and unremarkable.
i feel ok, a little hungry.
had some whole wheat pasta with spinach and a little tuna for lunch.
plus about 5 hard candie - the caramel nips (yum!)
i'm thinking i will up my fiber to a whole scoop tomorrow instead of waiting 5 days, and continue to steep the tea for 3 minutes.
i'll follow the instructions on the paranil.
more when it happens.......... | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | day 2 | | Time: | 10:04 am |
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| 10:45 AM
just had a rather loose poop.
it was not too much, and sank right to to bottom. light colored.
i feel totally unsatisfied by it - i want something substantial to come out already!
i am reading the testimonials on the website and SOOOOOO hope i am one of those people.
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9:50 am
So far today I have had 2 very small and unexciting turds. :(
I feel full again, like I need to poop (and just a tiny bit gassy) and I am hoping it will happen soon. I was really HOPING it would happen first thing when I woke up, but I guess maybe I’ll have to wait.
I hate straining or pushing when I poop, and I’m not really interested in sitting in the stall at work for 20 min.
The Paranil capsules were fine this morning – they don’t bother me at all.
And the fiber was totally undetectable in 8 oz. of apple juice. I bought some low sugar cranberry for the next few days, but then I might switch to some flavored rice milk for calcium.
I steeped the tea for about 2 minutes, I’m going to try 3 tonight.
I’m feeling impateient already, and it’s not even 1/3 of the way trhough day 2. I have to remind myself that this is a PROCESS, not just a laxative, and it might take some time to work.
I know I said I wasn’t going to diet, but I’m thinking that I might just try to eat a little better – more protein and fruit and veggies and less fat and dairy, etc..
Somehow shoving pizza in my face seems counterintuitive to the fact that I am attempting to clean out my body. I wasn’t really at all hungry this morning (maybe from the fiber) but I just kind of ate out of habit more than anything. I had egg whites and 2 turkey sausage links, but I would have been happy with some cereal.
I’m going to switch to tea in the mornings instead of coffee and buy some more cereal and rice milk to have at work and just eat that in the mornings.
We’ll see. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| about 5:3o, right before i left work, i had a LOT of loose stool. not exactly diarrhea, but close. it was a little more urgent and long lasting than i like, but then it was over, and didn't keep happening all night like it normally does when i have an "attack" of that sort.
the rest of the evening was uneventful.
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5:15 pm
i'm having some pretty strong gassy/crampy feelings and my intestines are gurgling.
i'm having my period (of course) so not sure what is causing this.
pooped a small amount earlier - it smelled really bad.
like, more than normal.
i feel weirder than i expected to be writing about this.
it's more personal than i thought it would be.
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10:30 or so i pooped.
it was pretty normal in appearance (a little soft) and not that much.
i can already tell that i am going to be psycho during this whole time - trying to investigate the toilet bowl.
i still feel like i need to go - that lower fullness - but nothing else happened.
i think there will be more later.
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9:00 am
last night i drank the kleritea even though it wasn't offically my first day yet. i steeped it for 2 minutes.
this morning, the 2 paranil pills and the 1/2 scoop of the fiber, which i mixed in about 6 oz. of rice milk (vanilla flavored). it didn't taste bad at all.
they suggest that you cut out caffeine (coffee, esp.) but i am having 12 oz. of half-decaf this morning, we'll see how tomorrow goes.
so far to eat:
hard boiled egg
mini bagel with cream cheese and tomato
i feel a little full, not exactly bloated, but like my lower intestines are full. this is engouraging to me. i'm hoping to poop today at some point, and if not today, then i hope i do in the morning for sure.
last night i slept like shit.
i stayed at the boy's and i didn't have my ambien, and i tossed and turned all night. i am going to try to wean myself off of it. it makes me nervous that i am so dependent.
my back hurts today.
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if you can read this - you are on the filter!
i got the package delivered to my desk this morning - i am SO excited.
i am going to drink some of the tea this evening, and start with the fiber and paranil capsules tomorrow.
http://www.drnatura.com/colonixinstructions.html
i'm not going to make any efforts to "diet" at all, because i want to be able to tell the effect the cleanse is having without changing other things too.
yippee! | | comments: Leave a comment |
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