AIBU?
TO wonder if my chronic constipation IS actually my own fault?
BladdersRoom · 16/06/2017 16:03
Been chronically constipated for years. A while back, this resulted in me being rushed to hospital in agony with an impacted bowel.
Doctor's have always said I need to eat more fibre and my response was always "I do! That doesn't work for me!"
However I've been following my fibre intake on MFP recently and have realised I NEVER hit target. In fact, the most I've ever managed was 15g one day but most days it's between 2g and 7g
So is this actually the cause of my constipation?? I'm considering going veggie so that my meat substitutes contain so much more fibre but I'm worried that I'm going to end up a bloater.
Is my fibre intake (or lack of) really enough to have caused this long battle with constipation?
EnidColeslaw771 · 16/06/2017 16:06
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RoganJosh · 16/06/2017 16:11
I'm not sure MFP has accurate nutrition breakdowns for each food.
Have you also used another source to check?
You can just google for each food, I've done that in the past.
A high fibre diet probably needs high fibre at each meal, so a high fibre cereal or raspberries for breakfast, bean salad for lunch, loads of veg with dinner.
Plus a few bits of fruit to snack on. Just swapping white bread for brown won't be enough for example.
Wherebouts do you think you currently are on that spectrum? 
BladdersRoom · 16/06/2017 16:11
Ok so my typical day would be
Breakfast - protein shake (semi skimmed milk, whey powder) and coffee
Lunch - white pasta, fish and cheese (ok, a ready meal 😁)
Dinner - spaghetti bolognese (white spaghetti, mince and dolmio)
I don't eat fruit unless the grapes in wine count.
Joffmognum · 16/06/2017 16:12
You don't have to go full-on vegetarian (although I'm sure the cows will like it if you will), but using more fibrous protein sources should help.
How many handfuls worth of fruit/vegetables do you eat per day, and what are they?
A good test might be to eat a big packet of dried apricots and see what happens 
I can help with fibrous recipes if you want.
Eggandchipsfortea93 · 16/06/2017 16:17
That is quite a low fibre diet, some people get away with that, but not you clearly! I think you should try to increase it a lot (with lots of fluids, as others have said). I also find scattering some linseed on my breakfast seems to help avoid constipation (some supermarkets, and Amazon sell them).
zzzzz · 16/06/2017 16:19
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That's, like, no fibre. I assumed at least you were eating some All-Bran or something!To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.