diarrhea (TMI)

[gizmo77]

okay, why so close to my attempt are thinsg failing me? ever since last week ive started getting daily diarrhea. sometimes its complete water and sometimes its (TMI) cow pies/mush/oatmeal-like SORRY!!!! at least once a day ill get a normal movement solid but soft.
i realize im eating a LOT of fiber esply in the fruits and vegies. everyday i eat lettuce, tomatoes, 10 dried apricots, 1/2 cup raisins, 1 potato, 2 bananas, pineapple juice. i THOUGHT it may have been teh acv i was drinking but im still getting diarrhea gas rumblings after i eat food (and i stopped acv temporarily). i figured probably its the raisins and apricots (since they have the most fiber), and i am cutting that out temporarily to see, but i havent had any in 12 hrs and still got stomach pains (like it was having a hard time digesting something) and mushydiarrhea. i attempt on oct 13 and im SOO worried that all these loose motions (esply the watery ones) will KILL my sodium and potassium. what else am i supposed to eat if i cant eat this stuff!!!!!

if i had to do it again, id start the diet 2 montsh prior instead of 3..my body cant handle this diet for this long it seems! i was fine a month ago.,..i was farting like a pig but at least my crap was solid.
sorry. im so lady-like i know. any advice?????

or maybe its the lemon water (i use bottled..and at first it gave me diarrhea but was fine later on). its like my body is rejecting ro changing or has had enough of the stuff im eating., dh thinks its the meat.


also isnt too much fiber bad for T??


help?

[Hobbermittens]

Hey gizmo, I have soft poop too. I don't think it is a big deal. Watery diahrea might be, though? It seems weird that it would be the diet, since you have been eating a lot of that stuff all along... Oh, did you eat any of those poison cantaloupe? You might have listeriosis!

[TTC5]

That doesn't sound good at all

I'd definately cut back on the fibre it may be too much!!

[Zivic-Bubac]

I agree with TTC5, unfortunately, this sounds bad. I think your priority now is to fix your stomach kwim, bcos you're losing minerals this way.

I would go on a diet for a few days until my stools are back to normal : toast, crackers, salty sticks and 1-2 bananas daily and that's it. Also cooked carrots without oil or any spices. Limit your fluid intake, I would drink only black tea or some other tea (green lol!).
Maybe some good probiotic capsules for few days to restore your intestinal flora. Probiotics sway pink but Imho diarrhea sways pink much more. I hope you'll feel better in a couple of days!

[TTC5]

Yep I agree with Zivic with the diahrea swaying pink!

[gizmo77]

ok i went to dinner last night at inlaws and im dumb, i had roast beef, mashed P's green beans (whichis fine) then i had giardinere on teh beef, decaf coffee, 2 scoopsof ice cream andappl epie. im dumb. i was up for 2 hrs last night with major stomach cramping. its seems like i cant vary from this diet at all..unless i do it slowly. well today i cut back on everything, calories, protein, lemon water. i hope this doesnt hurty mysway. my plan iws to slowly start addingi t back. i dont know if i should wiat till next month or what. my attempt is oct 12-13. why now????? i was fine a month ago!!

[gizmo77]

no listeriosis hobber i thought that too. i havent had any cantaloup at all. and besides i looked up the symptoms and one main symptom is fever which i dont have. just indigestion and gas and CRAMPS. but right (this am) im starting to feel better we'll see how it goes thru out the day thanks everyone. but what the hell could it be???

[Hobbermittens]

I don't know what could be bothering you, but I don't see how it could be the diet, since you have been on it so long. It seems like if it was the diet, it would have bothered you right from the start, not two months in.

Have you looked into allergies? Maybe you are having a reaction to a food in particular? Is there something on the diet that you eat that you never used to eat until recently?

[atomic sagebrush]

I think you're still fine for your attempt. The kind of diarrhea that messes up your electrolytes is the kind where you can't eat things to replenish yourself at the same time. The first thing I'd do is buy some Gatorade and/or coconut water and have some after every loose stool (the Gatorade G2 natural also has Stevia in it )

You can try cutting back on some of the higher fiber stuff and see if it helps and you can try Immodium (it's fine for a blue sway and it really works) I have found that bananas are one of the worst for yucky stools with kids, even though they don't have a lot of fiber in them - there are other chemicals in fruits that can make your poos go bad - the fiber may not have anything to do with it. A lot of places recommend bananas but I really think they make things worse. You can also try blueberries, they actually do seem to help.

[atomic sagebrush]

no listeriosis hobber i thought that too. i havent had any cantaloup at all. and besides i looked up the symptoms and one main symptom is fever which i dont have. just indigestion and gas and CRAMPS. but right (this am) im starting to feel better we'll see how it goes thru out the day thanks everyone. but what the hell could it be???

My suspicion would be a mild stomach bug - sometimes when kids are sick, the illness that adults get is a different form so it could even be that you caught what your daughters had only it went into your tummy rather than being a cold.

Allergies/food sensitivity are another possibility and yet another is that it's from the COT drink and/or BSD and high sodium - your body may just have had enough of high levels of pot/sodium and is trying to get rid of it any way that it can.