recently i started taking 2 laxatives after i eat but it does not seem to work till hours later,am i doing somthing wrong? am i not taking enough. Or is this how people lose weight on them?
2007-08-27 10:30:26 · 6 answers · asked by SmallSpice 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
What kind of laxatives are you taking? I don't know how people think that laxatives will help you lose weight--running the food through the system faster so less absorbs? Ridiculous.
NO MORE LAXATIVES!!
If you don't go for 3 days, take laxatives. If you're just plain constipated, take laxatives every day. But don't take laxatives to lose weight. And take MY laxative, not yours.
There is a laxative that will not harm you but give you any kind of control you want. It's called miralax. Adds liquid to the digestive tract. It's new, you put it on your food. Can't taste, can't feel it, just adds moisture. You WILL go within 24 hours. Gently with no pain, no cramps, no nothing. Or you can take Benefiber--adds fiber without taste or texture. You can take Fiber-Con every day if you like--it's just a fiber pill. You can take Surfak every day--it is mineral oil and slips on through.
The best way to lose weight, as I'm sure you know, is to burn more calories than you eat. So if you're not an anorexic, you should be eating 1600 calories a day. Exercise for an hour or less, check and see if you're losing (after a week or so). If you're not, eat a little less and pump the exercise a little.
Taking laxatives is not the answer.
TX Mom
Not a dr.
2007-08-27 10:40:00 · answer #1 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-19 04:11:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are doing is developing an eating disorder. Instead of vomitimg after you eat, you take a laxative, called purging. What you are doing is robbing your body of essential vitamins that are needed to sustain life. Stop the laxative and try a supplement that can be found at the local GNC.
2007-08-27 10:35:52 · answer #3 · answered by rtippie57 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you dont want to take a lot of laxatives, it can **** up the colon HORRIBLY... ive seen laxative abuse and i wouldnt over do it.. unless you want to be pooping out of a colostomy bag for the rest of your life.. just be careful if your going to take um
2007-08-27 10:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by lipslikemorphine044 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not as Karen Carpenter ?
O I forgot she died because she took laxatives
It is very dangerous STOP now
Start an exercise program
God bless you
2007-08-27 10:39:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is a very lazy way to lose weight should it work. really, i would start looking at your lifestyle and get up your tush and starting exercising/juicing/eating better
2007-08-27 10:34:43 · answer #6 · answered by AJ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋