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[lifelovinaries]

this is kinda long but please bear with me, i NEED HELP!!! OK, i was going to ask this question when it was just a fiber and meal trouble issue but now i have to add in the queasiness..

I currently take psyllium husk fiber 2x (4tbls total) daily because of sandbox issues. i don't remember it being a problem before on mf but it is this time. so...when i take the fiber, it makes me so full, i forget to eat my next mf meal. then i throw my WHOLE schedule off. by the end of the night, it's possible that i am trying to squeeze in 3 meals (no easy feat, i tell ya). But, i was getting them in. Well this past weekend (started on saturday), i was feeling kinda queasy, i was struggling to get my meals down and by saturday evening at 10:00 i still had 2 meals left to go but the thought of anything MF made me want to PUKE! i mean literally <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_7.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_19_7/image.gif"> I was able to force down 1 peach iced tea (but now i think i am turned off from the iced tea FOREVER). Sunday, same thing except by 9:00 i had to drink tropical punches. <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_11_1.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_11_1/image.gif"> Now i know that we are not supposed to eat (or drink) 2 meals at once, but i needed the calories, etc. This morning, i woke up, wasnt queasy so i thought it would be a good day. 8:00 am, i decided to mix my fiber with my oatmeal (big mistake ~oatmeal + psyllium = thick gloppy mess), but i ate it all!! Then i couldn't eat or drink anything else until almost 1:00 when i forced down a caramel nut bar. Well here we are at 5:20 est and i still have to get in 3 more MF meals and an L&G. Once again, the thought... So, what do i do? My previous schedule (pre-queasiness) was:
8:00 am - oatmeal
9:00 am - fiber
10:30 am - shake
12:30 pm - soup
3:30 pm - shake
4 or 5:00 pm - fiber
6:00pm - L&G
8:00 pm - shake, cold or pudding
still squeezing in 100+ oz of h2o (sometimes that's all i feel like having)

this was hard enough, add in queasiness and you have a recipe for disaster. Giving up the fiber is unfortunately not an option. I already don't consider myself a regular sandbox visitor. MF has worsened that. Any suggestions? Has anyone else experienced something similar? <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_1_39.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D23%252F23_1_39/image.gif">

And i woke up .5 heavier this morning, to boot! Go figure.

[bikipatra]

Try Miralax as a fix for your sandbox issues. It is a clear, no calorie , no flavor liquid you can add to any drink. Eliminates the fiber issue. I tried everything before Miralax and it was the only thing that helped.

[Out*With*The*Old]

And i woke up .5 heavier this morning, to boot! Go figure.

Well, given your sandbox issues I'd say you can drop that pretty quickly when you figure out how to go

[Mike]

And if the Miralax works, which we hope it does.... the spacing issue can be resolved after that.

It is definitely not a good thing to double up on medimeals, but I have heard on the Nurse's call that in certain situations, if you need to have a 2nd medimeal after an hour, that is acceptable. Only on a need to basis though. This way you aren't pumping a bunch of carbs in all at once.

[lifelovinaries]

Try Miralax as a fix for your sandbox issues.

thanks biki, for the suggestion. I did a little research on it and i am really looking for something that can be used on the long term. This seems to be something that should be used only occasionally. i have had issues for YEARS, jeez, my freshman year of college, i didn't go for a week and ended up in the infirmary where i was administered milk of magnesia and sent back to my dorm. i then sat there sick of a dog, trying to figure out which end it was gonna come out of first!! WHAT A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE! I still didn't realize how "abnormal" i was until about 10 years ago. Since i "go" 2 or 3x per week, i could be a poster child for those speaking of people living with a clogged colon. Wow, imagine all that food... <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_28_108.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D23%252F23_28_108/image.gif">

[lifelovinaries]

This way you aren't pumping a bunch of carbs in all at once.

Jeez mike, i hadnt even thought about the carb issue. i guess i never really knew why i couldn't put two meals together. i assumed it had something to do with spacing/hunger. Could it throw me outta ketosis? OH NO, something else to worry about. <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_15_11.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D23%252F23_15_11/image.gif">

[bikipatra]

Try Miralax as a fix for your sandbox issues.

thanks biki, for the suggestion. I did a little research on it and i am really looking for something that can be used on the long term. This seems to be something that should be used only occasionally. i have had issues for YEARS, jeez, my freshman year of college, i didn't go for a week and ended up in the infirmary where i was administered milk of magnesia and sent back to my dorm. i then sat there sick of a dog, trying to figure out which end it was gonna come out of first!! WHAT A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE! I still didn't realize how "abnormal" i was until about 10 years ago. Since i "go" 2 or 3x per week, i could be a poster child for those speaking of people living with a clogged colon.

I would still give it a try. I had issues for the first few MONTHS on MF and had IBS so bad in my 20's that I was put in an experimental drug study. I used Miralax for a week and have had no problems since. What have you got to lose? Gorgeous avatar by the way!

[lifelovinaries]

You're right, what have i got to lose, except poop!! Maybe it will get my colon back in shape where i won't need anything on the program. Oh yeah, thanks about the avatar, i finally broke down and sent unca a pic.