Okay 2 things, I started Atkins on Monday, and today I noticed when I drag my fingers across my back or stomach skin drags along with it. I don’t know if this is normal since I’m a pretty large dude. All I have been doing is what I’m supposed to be along with some working out, not much like 6 minutes of step ups 40 push ups/ sit ups, mountain climbers, and jogging in place for 10 minutes. I do that maybe 2 times a day. With a less intense version in the middle of the day. And today I feel bloated, like I’m fatter. Please help?
By the way, please no answers telling me they don’t trust the diet. I’m doing it regardless.
And I asked my doctor weeks ago, they said it should be fine as long as I don’t continue on with it forever because it might lead to colon trouble, so I won’t continue with it. Don’t worry.

I just read that Julia from Channel 6News did this diet and she loved it. So I want to try it. The thing is, I’m nursing my son. He’s 11 months so hopefully will be weaning soon (hes going in for tubes in his ears, and possibly his adnoids and tonsils out, so I wont be forcing the weaning till after hes better)

I want to know tho, is the acai trim and colon healing safe for me to take when Im nursing. Ive heard that because the acai is natural, its okay for him, but any additives they put in it (for weight loss) may effect him.

I def don’t want to be using something that can effect/hurt him. But we’re going on vacation this summer and I REALLY want to loose some weight. Ive tried eating healthy and exercise, but its just not cutting it. Plus I cant seem to get in enough time to exercise with my kids. 5 min here and there isn’t enough, and if I try for more, then my son cries and wants me.

I know I should talk to his dr to make sure. But I wsa wondering if anyone on here knows the answer.
thanks.
btw I’m going to post this in a few areas since Im not sure where it should go.

i ate junk all week. should i fast for ONE day to cleanse myself/colon/body?
just drink water or green tea and nothing else fore just ONE day?
Will it help to cleanse my body and get my ready for my diet starting the following day?
thanks!

Ok, so I have 6 weeks to lose as much weight as I can…so this is going to be the inconventional way. I don’t usually do this..but it’s an emergency weight loss thing.

My idea is…1,200 calories a day…1-2 hours of working out per day. I will be getting colon therapy to flush my system and get me energized..and to kick start things..I’m going to do a lemon cleanse thing for 4 days. That’s all. Just to flush and refresh me. I’ll be drinking caffeine free teas and a special lemonade drink.

After that my idea is to cut out sugar COMPLETELY from my diet. And I need tips on realllllllllly healthily "gross" food. Haha..basically..I’m thinking TONS of veggies…some fruits..the only grains I can have is plain oatmeal…no caffeine…only water or caffeine free tea without sugar….

But I remember my Dad , when he dieted, would just eat tuna out of the can..etc. I’m looking as these next 6 weeks as just eating food to survive. I don’t care if it tastes good..I just want to be able to get enough that my body needs and stay within 1,200 calories. Tips?? or do I have it mostly down? Did I forget anything?

I’m 5’4 198…and looking to get down to 170ish in 6 weeks. I don’t think it’s healthy to go further than that…20-25 pounds is enough. They say to only lose up to 2 pounds a week..but I’m really heavy so losing more isn’t going to kill me. Before, I would consume 1,600 a day and I lost 2.5 a week starting from 198 and got to 173..and I didn’t workout at ALL..so I already know I can lost 2.5 pounds EASILY without even trying that hard…per week.

So this diet is the Acai berry + colon clense pills weight loss thing. So i will be doing both pills together each day. This is how i found out…

http://dailyconsumeralerts.com/diet/LoseWeight/?&t202id=300079&t202kw=Top300x250&match=WL_1&c3=

I am convinced it will work but i want to make sure this is SAFE for a teen. Is this safe for a 14 year old?

Also what do i eat while taking the pills? Do i eat what ever i want?

An 11 year old who weighs about 106 lbs.
Breakfast – half a cup of special K cereal (with no milk) with orange juice
Lunch – a banana
Dinner – a bowl of macaroni & cheese
That’s all my sister eats all day and sometimes desert is a piece of cake. She thinks she’s fat (*rolls eyes*) but is she? And is that diet healthy? She’s a picky eater, the only vegetable she eats is potatoes and the only fruit is bananas and sometimes apples. Over the summer she’s been eating only about half a bowl of macaroni at dinner though. Is it healthy? I don’t want her to get some weird colon disease or something and SHE doesn’t want to get "fat" Thanks.
She doesn’t eat meat, except chicken. Sometimes she has chicken nuggets for dinner, too.
I don’t know HOW I got 106 lbs. She’s about 85, which was the last time we checked her weight, but now she might be a little heavier sense we did that. So she eats mashed potatoes with her dinner too, and for lunch we’ll get her to eat something.

Starting tomorrow I will begin this diet:
Day 1 and 2: eat nothing but fruits and and water/lemon water
Day 3 and 4: add vegetables to your fruit menu and nothing but water/lemon water
Day 5 and 6: do the same thing with days 1-4
Day 7: add meat and bread into your menu include a light desert.
Water/lemon water only
I’ll do this everyday but alternate it.
I’m not eating more than 1,200 calories a day.
I’m also taking a colon cleanse everyday.
For my exercise:
I have this book where it gives me exercises to do. I’ll also be running/walking.

Will I lose weight? If so how much?

I’m not in any kind of pain, so I don’t think it’s hemorrhoids because I read that that is very painful. So no pain, and it’s not just like a little drop of blood when I wipe, it’s quite a bit of blood, and it drips out and turns the bowl almost totally red with blood. I have been pretty week in the past 2-3 weeks ish, I have blamed it on being on bedrest because of my oligohydramnios. I just started the rectal bleeding today, and it’s been twice (both times after pooping).

Is this something I should bring up with my doctor at my appointment on Thursday? I’m in no pain whatsoever, does anybody have any idea what it could be and how it can be treated? I’d rather not say anything about it to my OB if I don’t have to, I’m a pretty private person =/ Any help would be greatly appreciated!

P.S. Nothing has changed in my diet and I have never had anal sex, so it can’t be because of that.

I’ve always been scared to go to doctors and them telling me i need some kind of surgery!!!! Sooooo here’s my problem. I was constipated for about a week. I tried to use the restroom and had rectal bleeding (bright red) my friend told me about Colace, she said it would help A LOT and it will make it easier to pass the stool. I did and about two days later i used the restroom and it was fine. No bleeding no pain no problem. This was lets say last thursday. I haven’t pooped since then and It is now friday, but i still have been taking the colace twice a day like instructed on the label. I had to use the restroom but i couldn’t stool was still hard and i had rectal bleeding again (scares me) label on Colace says to stop taking if rectal bleeding occurs. What should i do?

PS. I used to eat out A LOT and a lots of junk and almost NO WATER and never had a problem. Now that i’ve been trying to change my diet and eat healthier, and drink A LOT OF WATER this happens. WHAT TO DO.?
And if you can tell me what to do to stop the bleeding, without having to go to the doctors since this has never really happend to me before i dont know if i NEED to go… or if it will just pass. If anything else helps make it better I WOULD BE SO HAPPY! thanks :] (im such a scary cat!) :/

She is 79 yrs old. After surgery they did not remove the large mass on her sigmoid colon because it was to vascular to remove and she would more than likely bleed to death if they tried. It will be one week since her surgery and she is still very very weak, gets out of breath with us daughters helping her to bathroom. Even when they gave her a portable pottychair to use she gets severely cold and clammy, extramely nausous, shivers, very rapid heartbeat, and has a hard time taking a breath. When she tries to speak to us during these attacks of her sitting up moving around, she is so winded and it takes so much just to finish a single sentence. Mom is very anemic and her heme count dropped to a 7.2 she will not accept any blood transfusuions due to her beliefs religious wise and the past few days docs given her iron pills and that has raised her count to a 9.4 but its still low…. Her tummy is still so very bloated and her urin output is not that much even though they are pumping her with several IV fluid bags. Could it be the cancer is just wiping her out she is not on any chemo yet. We are trying to figure out WHY she is so winded, weak and slightly feverish at times … clammy, chills… Could it be her heart they have not noticed yet?.. OR is this a common reaction after this type of surgery? We are aware that the Doctors told us without the surgery, she probly wouldnt have lived more than 2 weeks. But since she had the surgery, it may extend her time who knows.. is this symptoms of the end her weakness?? They placed her on a clear diet but she does not eat any of that.. no broth jello or anything but a sip of water or two thats it. she has been without food for 14 days now… but what can we do or possibly suggest to the doctors do to help her in this situation? Cancer has masestize to her liver and lungs i forgot to mention above. Anyone who has had a loved one with the same symptoms that she is going through please let me know how I can help her, what can we do, and how much longer did they live after going through these symptoms after surgery? I want to keep her as long as possible but I need to make her as comfy as possible. I wonder why her tummy is swelling up again??? Anybody with ideas or experience I apreciate your help. God Bless

I just got off of a 10 day colon cleanser, about 4 days ago. I was wondering if there is a waiting period. I plan on the diet for 14 days. I just want to know if its safe to go on it after already have doing a colon cleanser, that did not work.
lol i love how no one ever answers my questions, just gives me different answers to things I dont care about. The question that I want answered is the one I asked. I dont need other opinions on other things… thanks.

I am 16 years old, a couch potato but I jump on a trampoline every day to every other day, a tend to stand alot but mostly sit down. i must say i do have a bad diet, when school let out i came to my cousins where they only have 1 meal a day and ive been here for almost 4 weeks and have lost 20 pounds! i thought it was because i was staying over here but i was a little suspicious since i have not lost a pound in years. for the past 2 months i have had blood in my stool and becuase it was hard i suspected it was a hemmorhoid and then it just stopped about a week ago altogether. just yesterday my right side around the bottom of my right rib cage started having minor pains so i looked it up and read it could be colorectal or colon cancer. can you guys help me. im about to cry and im only 16. i dont want to die young. i was about to ask out a girl that means the world to me around the time i went back to school and i dont think i can be with her if i find out i cant spend the rest of my life with her. shes my everything. <3

Ok, this is kind of embarrassing to ask, but lately my feces have been very small and hard. I’ve completely changed my diet and exercise routine and was wondering if maybe that could be the case. I have cut out a lot of sugars and fats from my diet and have been eating more protein and dairy. I have also been working out everyday and drinking a lot more water. I thought all these changes would actually help make me more "regular" with bowel movements but just the opposite has happened. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Is my body just getting used to my new diet and exercise?

I’ve been constipated over two weeks now. At first I was having the feeling I really had to go, but when I would sit down it wouldn’t come out. I barely had a single bowel movement where I passed thin, soft stools. My diet consisted of eggs, whole wheat bread/pasta, brown rice, bananas, chicken, steak and at close to a gallon of water everyday. I took two laxatives and nothing.

I saw my doctor briefly, and she said all the foods I’ve been eating are binding and cause constipation. She told me to pick up fiber pills, a stool softener, and a laxative. I had one very brief, watery stool while I was also drinking plenty of water in a short period of time.

This just doesn’t feel like regular constipation. Now I don’t even get the feeling where it’s all rushing to leave my body, like I really have to go to the bathroom.

My stools seemed regular color, no blood, but I hear that’s not in all cases of colon cancer.

Aside from regular constipation, the ONLY other diagnosis I see that has almost every symptom I have is colon cancer.

I’m 23 years old, no family history of colon cancer, non smoker.

About a year ago I was very constipated and had trouble passing a larger stool. After, I developed what I though were hemorrhoids or a fissure. I would go to the bathroom and feel a very quick sharp pain followed by a tiny bit of blood on the tissue when I would wipe.

This happened on and off for quite some time but has not happened in the last few months.

About 3 weeks ago I started noticing my stools have been much looser than normal. The amount has not increased. I go once a day and it’s basically really soft and breaks into maybe 5-7 pieces in the water. They are usually soft but not that soft.

I went to the doctor. She did a rectal exam as well as a FOBT test (tested stool for blood). The FOBT was negative and my rectal exam checked out fine.

She said she though it might be a mild virus or IBS and is having me change my diet a little. I did but it hasn’t helped much. Although I’ve been very worried this past week.

I’v been reading so much into this. About people being misdiagnosed, the FOBT being wrong, people getting this cancer young. It’s really got me TERRIFIED.

Do you think this is cancer or not? I have no other symptoms.

I have heard of the supposed awesome powers of the acai, a substance (I think a fruit….?) found deep in the rain forest. Well my scam alert sure went off at that cliche sales pitch. But supposedly it works like a charm.
Is this a safe dependable diet?
Does it really have the health effects it advertises?
Where is a SAFE AND DEPENDABLE dealer of this substance?
Is it a fruit ?
Is best to take in powder, pill or juice form?
I heard that it works extra well when a colon cleanse supplement is used in addition to the acai? If so where is a SAFE AND DEPENDABLE dealer of a colon cleanse supplement?

Thanks soooo much! Any links would be very much aappreciated

I have been having persistent diarrhea for months. I have been to doctor, and she wanted me to try some diet things, fiber and such. Then if that didn’t help was going to refer me to gastroenterologist.

Well, in between those 2 visits, I had my yearly mammo and was diagnosed with stage IIb invasive ductal carcinoma. I had a bilateral mastectomy and I am currently in chemo. I am also HER2+++ so, I am being treated for that as well.

Still having serious diarrhea issues, though and oncologist sent me to GI doc and I had a colonoscopy yesterday. No polyps, but he said my sigmoid was very inflammed and he sent off biopsies.

Obviously, I am worried. Is it possible to still have colon canacer without him finding any poyps or growths?

I am savvy enough to use Google, I was just hoping for some personal experience. Thank you for any answers.

I used to poop whenever I felt like it or whenever I got the "urge" to. Then I did not have a bowel movement for five days(I ate a lot of peanut butter and jelly, cheese. After using Fleet enemas, Miralax, prune juice, and eight cups of water combined with a modified diet, I begin to have bowel movements(usually daily) but only in the afternoon and usually once. The thing is that I have to sit on the toilet and wait. No urge to defecate. I’m urinating frequently too.

Has my colon became inactive? I’m a 16 year old male. I took Miralax for only two days and used two Fleet enemas, a week apart. I have that extremely uncomfortable bloating. I have shortness of breath. I have done a sonogram which only revealed mild hydronephrosis in my left kidney.

I am a female who is 5’4 and 130 lbs. I go to the gym regularly and have a healthy lifestyle and eating habits. Due to the fact that I am short and have muscular parents I have big arms (bulky) and large calf’s and tights (bulky) though not fat. It just runs in my family… But I am really trying to figure out how to lose about 10-15lbs without bulking up. I regularly run and do elliptical and take some Pilate’s classes… but still I tend to bulk… I admit I could still do more working out but I do go regularly…

that being said I am on the medicine Accutane for acne and am in my 2nd month and loving the results. Obviously there are a lot of bad things going around about the medicine and that is why I am curious…

Would it be bad to mix the Acai Berry and possibly a Colon Cleanse system with the Accutane? I do not want to upset my body… but I do want to lose weight without bulking up like I tend to do. I am also curious if these products are natural like they say or if they have a lot of chemicals? For I don’t like to put to many chemicals and crazy things into my body.. I don’t even take Tylenol unless I am in dire pain.

I would be open to hear other suggestions but I am not looking to get into any extreme diet due to the fact that I already eat pretty healthy…

So overall I guess my question is How do I lose 10-15 lbs and slim down and NOT bulk up!

Thanks!

I’m doing a foot detox this after noon. I just started a diet that recommends a colon detox. After doing the foot detox is it safe for me to start the colon detox right away? Should I wait a few days? Give me and advice, and tell me any stories that you think may help me! Thanks!

Sorry this is going to be a bit gross but thank you for your time.

I am 19 and have no history of colon cancer or really cancer in my family.

For the past 3 months I have been having thin stool/flat stool. There was no blood I could see.

I decided to really change my diet over the weekend and started taking benefiber. My stool were very healthy looking. This morning I had ribbon shaped stool.

Another thing to ad I am a bit of a hypochondriac and I really was straining last week and gave myself hemroids.

I went to the bathroom again and there was a tiny bit of bright red blood on the toilet paper and small amounts in the stool.

I am going to the doctor today but please I am scared out of my mind. What do you think?

Is it wise to have the Acai Berry pill or do the Colon Med during Atkins, or will it ruin everything? Also I want to know how to transition out of Atkins. I know that there’s a maintenance phase, but I have a lot of trips planned for next year, and I know that I can’t follow it forever. Is there a way to transition to more and more carbs maybe like 5 grams every 2 weeks? And please don’t say anything like Atkins is unhealthy, or you made a mistake. My cholesterol dropped 22 points, a 15 year low, and my sugar dropped 10 points. It works, but I don’t want to be a slave to this diet. Thanks in advanced…
The thing is that, I’m between the OWL and pre-maintenance phase. So basically, I’m close to my goal weight. I want exact answers, not to sound l3itchy, but this is a crucial stage in my life… haha…

I am 17 years old. I work out often, don’t eat red meat and my diet consists of mainly fiber. I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( the condition in which you’re constipated). I get full easily, have stomach cramps, have a hard time with bowel movements, and I always feel tired. Lately, I have been losing weight but I’ve felt bloated too. Just today, I found blood in my stool. Since my family has a history of colon cancer, I’m really scared that I have it too. But I’m so young!! Can someone help me out?!

ok i’ve been dieting since june now we r ending july when i started i weighted 134 pounds yesterday i weighted my self on the afternoon and i weight 126 pounds i am 5 feet tall. on does days dieting i always vary my calories intake i was supposed to eat 600 calories or less a day everyday but sometimes i over ate by eating like 1200 calories a day or 1000 calories and when that happened i always felt guilty that i cheated on my diet most of the times i eat 500 to 700 calories a day from vegetables and fruits. i always make sure i eat some protein too but not too much. ok so does days i exercised like 3 times or 4 week dancing for and hour or 2 now i told my self i needed to get more active so i walk from 3 to 6 miles a day and run on saturdays and dance for an hour on Wednesdays oh and rest on sundays and eat 800 cal a day or less i want to be 115 pounds before i get in school on sep 9 could these help me lose weight and can my metabolism be slow now i sweat alot i think my metabolism is still working alot i eat four to five times a day i drink 2 litters of water everyday and i drink 2 to 3 cups of green tea i do colon cleanse on fridays and i started taking omega 3 supplements will it make me burn more fat taking it does it works?? and if i need to adjust these please tell me how THANK YOU FOR reading i hope i get lots of help with this.

Hello there
I work in a fast food place so often I am stuck eating the food. Fatty fries, garlic bread burgers stuff like that…hard on the stomach-i know. But I find that more and more often I have stomach aches, upset stomach, nausea, heartburn..ect. I am also not very regular.

I live near a rly rly good natural vitamin store. They have anything imaginable. Would a body detox/cleanse or colon cleanse be a good idea. Then should I continue with occasional probiotics. I know I will also have to change my diet as well..but is this a good start?
and a special thanks to the person below that typed a random letter just to get the points. awesome your just so mature! thanks for your help..