Day 4 and constipated

[JWLS]

Greetings! I am happy to report I made it to day 4 and I completely gave up weighing and measuring my food. This is a huge deal since I have weighed and measured my food for over 8 years. It is liberating and frexciting at the same time! I do feel like I have loads of energy especially in the morning and throughout the day. I love how I feel so far, all except I am constipated and on top of that I am on my period and put them both together and I am bloated and uncomfortable in that regard. Thankfully I am in good spirits in spite of these 2 pains in the butts. Anyone else experience this? Any suggestions?

Blessings, J

[Megan Claydon]

Totally normal. Drink lots of water. Try supplementing with some magnesium at night (Natural calm is a good brand). Things should turn around quickly.

Congrats on ditching the weighing and measuring!

[anneelewis]

I'm so glad you posted this! I've been having the same issue. I'm on Day 7 now. Thanks for the magnesium idea!

[JWLS]

Yeah, thanks for the magnesium idea Megan! I bought Natural Calm yesterday and it helped. Do you think it would be okay to use it every day?

[Moluv]

I am on day 3 of my second attempt (18 days last time before an unintentional slip). Before whole 30 I was eating mostly whole foods, no gluten but still having raw honey, alcohol and rice. Even so, I had regular bowell movements everyday. Rice was super irritating to me though and I was bloated and gassy a lot. After starting my last whole30 I stopped pooping every morning as usual and remember reading something (on here, in the emails or book I can't remember) about getting gastrointestinal distress due to shedding the thick mucous lining that the intestines had developed as a way to protect itself from offending foods- so once the offenders are gone, the mucous lining goes. Now, I'm no expert but mucous sounds STICKY to me and hard to pass. I started doing a nightly warm filtered water enema (about 2 quarts in a gravity fed enema bag) and have been feeling much better and lighter. I know I won't have to keep doing the enemas forever but right now I am detoxing so it seems justified. Of course there are varying opinions on this matter all over the Internet but for myself it is helping me a great deal. I also still take melatonin to sleep earlier too and know that once my nutrient deficiencies are righted I won't need that either. I also take the natural calm as others recommend but the lower dose.

[Megan Claydon]

@JamminJu Yes! you can take natural calm daily. It's a part of my bed time routine every night!

[jr23]

Thanks for posting. I'm on day 8 and I started to feel this way as well. I will try the magnesium idea as well.

[Veronica Evans-Lacaille]

Ive tried a number of things in the last few months (food/tea/supplements), and one thing that helped (believe it or not) was my "position". I found information on this site (and then found a box that does the trick at home): http://www.squattypotty.com/

Vera

[Moluv]

Thanks for mentioning the "squattypotty"! I use my kids stepstool and it totally makes a difference.

[Katelyn]

I was on day 4 yesterday and was totally constipated on days 3 and 4 (compared to my usual BM). I drank way more water than usual and worked out. The workout + extra water seemed to really help get things moving!