Sorry, gross: how often should you poo?

[user1494161156]

Apologies in advance for WAY too much information.

I usually poo three times a day. I assumed this was normal. It seemed logical that three meals a day = three poos a day.

HOWEVER I have since heard that most people poo once a day or even once every two days?!

I have two questions:

1. If you're pooing once every two days, HOW DOES TWO DAYS WORTH OF FOOD FIT IN YOUR STOMACH??!
   
   
2. Do I have some kind of terrible digestive problem? I don't have any pain or incontinence or other symptoms, but I seem to be WAY out of average? I eat a vegetarian/mostly vegan diet, which I believe is quicker and easier to digest...is that the reason I poo so much? Am I just being a hypochondriac?
   
   Can't wait to see your responses.

[beeny]

Once every morning.

[HallowedMimic]

Two days of food doesn't sit in your stomach.

The digestive system processes it.

[MagentaRocks]

I go a couple of times a week usually.

[EggysMom]

I don't fit two days worth of food in my stomach. I fit one day worth of food in my stomach, large intestine and smaller intestine.

[MrsMotherHen]

I am like you user twice maybe three times a day

[dementedpixie]

Once or maybe twice a day depending on what I've eaten (spicy food normally means multiple poos!)

[LapinR0se]

Every morning after breakfast

[Cel982]

You have about 9 metres of intestine in there. There's no normal for frequency of bowel motions - the consistency is much more important. I wouldn't worry.

[user1495388403]

Twice a week probs.

[Hassled]

I'm a twice or three times a day person. Always have been. We'll all have differing normals - you only need to fret if there are changes in bowel habits.

[LucyLocketLostIt]

Once a day, as soon as I get up.

[SheepyFun]

My digestive system isn't a very happy one, so anything between not for two days, and 10 times in a day (that's fun). I read once that anything between three times a day and once every three days is healthy (assuming poos of normal consistency) so you sound OK!

[PickleSarnie]

Always in the morning without fail. Then usually again at night.

[louisejxxx]

Every other day for me.

[talkingtofrank]

Around once every day or every other day, i think it entirely depends on your diet.

[AdalindSchade]

Depends what I'm eating. Too much carbohydrates and sugar = 1-3 times a day. Low carb = once every 1-2 days

[AceholeRimmer]

I have always been once a day but my DP is at least 5 times. He has to go after every meal too. I keep telling him to get checked for IBS but maybe that's just his normal? It would annoy me having to go so much and be waiting for it after eating!

[AndNoneForGretchenWieners]

Sometimes I can go longer than a week, other times twice a day. I have no stomach so often get compacted bowel issues, before I had it removed I would go every day at least once.

[ChrisPrattsFace]

I have a damn stupid digestive system, digestive issues, and genuinely can go 5 or 6 days without, but can also do 5 or 6 a day.
It completely varies on diet, and if you've always been that way, then it is normal for you!

[SleightOfHand]

Usually every day or every couple of days but when I go on holiday I can't seem to go, I've gone six days without going once, not good. It's like my system gets or disrupted and out of sorts. It's amazing how many meals your body can actually fit in itself.

[inaclearingstandsaboxer]

I can go five to ten times a day

I have a transit time of seven hours ( mouth to toilet) - it's easy to test. Eat something like linseeds and as they are not digested they come out the other end..(also works when you have eaten beetroot too)

I get up in the night to poo sometimes

It's just the way I am. I have had tests etc.

Since I started on BP tablets I am more like five times... Which is nice....

[Roomba]

I go once a day, in the morning.

My kids both go once a day, in the evening.

We somehow manage to fit three meals a day in all at once!

[MaisyPops]

Once a day. Usually in the morning.

Sometimes I need to when I get in from work but it feels wrong to poo in the afternoon.

[Madeyemoodysmum]

Mine is controlled by hormones.
Usually once a day but at certain times I won't go for three days and then go about 4 times in a day. I can loose a few pounds in one day