Below the Waist

[mbasten]

I am on day 19 and with the exception of being CONSTIPATED pretty much all the time, I feel good. I am not as regular as I was before I started the Whole30. Granted, what I was eating was pretty toxic and I'm sure my body wanted to get rid of it!

A non Whole30 friend suggested eating more plums as they are compliant but I don't want to over do it on the fruit either.

Any suggestions on how I can remedy this 'situation'? Thank you forum peeps!

[LadyM]

What's worked great for me is a magnesium supplement called Natural Calm. Search it on the forum and you'll get lots of info.

[mbasten]

_{Thank you, LadyM -- I'm willing to try anything!}

[pjena]

I had the same issue most likely due to going from almost no meat to lots of meat. I'm now taking magnesium supplements, digestive enzymes and drinking a small cup of coffee with coconut milk in the morning. This seems to be helping. Good luck!

[nmp1338]

A couple of things that seem to help me in that "department":

-Beets

-Glass of warm/hot water with lemon first thing in the morning followed by black coffee

[Karen]

Digestive enzymes and HCL keep me very regular (finally!).

[MrsStick]

Magnesium can also be gotten (if you don't have the tea readily available) through an Epsom Salts bath.

[sailbades]

My first 5 days were particularly bad because of this exact problem.  It felt very similar to how I get when I'm on my cycle.  No matter what I ate, nothing would come out.  Today seemingly randomly, everything changed.  I'm postulating this was because my body getting all confused by the good stuff going in rather than cheez-its and diet coke (yum!).

[Beets]

This happened to me. My body was at a loss for how to digest the sudden quantity of veg. (As pjena said re meat.) Digestive enzymes helped almost immediately.

[PamH]

Winter squash (kabocha, red kuri, butter cup), coffee or crio bru or warm water upon waking, magnesium all worked for me.