To wonder how some people poo?

[MadamDeMorency]

5 - 7 a day is my absolute minimum, about 10 is ideal. I eat loads of fruit and veg, legumes and dried fruit otherwise my digestive system will seize up.

Have I trained my digestive system to need this much? How do some people get away with eating so few?

Probably best not to think about others' poo habits too closely.

Interesting point @kmc1111

I coudn't tell you how often other people poo. Not even my DH.

@ourkidmolly I wouldn’t start a conversation like this with friends so I guess it’s part of the anonymity of this forum that we can discuss delicate subjects.

Me, DD, DDog and DCat are both very regular, that's the limit of my interest in bowel habits.

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I wonder the same OP! I was at an on inclusive holiday and couldn’t figure out how everyone could eat so much shite and get away with it! Unless they are not. idk

Someones got to say it so I will.

It's a load of shit.

Thing is - what is normal? I do a lot of intermittent fasting and barely eat fruit (low sugar/starch mainly to ward off pre-diabetes/blood sugar issues and abdominal obesity). I defo don’t go daily and whilst I adore veggies I don’t eat as many servings of veg as suggested simply because I eat fewer meals. I don’t have issues going at all but when I started this eating I noticed I was going a lot less. However that has now become the new normal. I think the body adapts to new things but you’d go thru a transition period. Lots of men I work with go 2x a day! Who says that’s better?!

Ahem, I am not a troll. The title clearly states poo, if you do not want to discuss this then don’t click.

I think some people’s bowels are just more sensitive than others. When we’re on holiday so not in the same routine and different mealtimes I never notice any changes to my bowel habits regardless of how much or how little and what kind of food I’ve eaten (am usually a once a day in the morning person) but my DH always ends up constipated. And when I went away with a friend she was similar.

I go many times a day but I have ibs. Always worse on holiday too

I’m a weirdo vegan and usually poo twice a day. If I just eat absolute crap (currently pregnant and struggled with anything other than beige carbs for a while) it goes down to once every other day. I didn’t feel great but it wasn’t a constant state of discomfort.

The school holidays are so long and boring

@MadamDeMorency

Ahem, I am not a troll. The title clearly states poo, if you do not want to discuss this then don’t click.

Ahem. Just nipping in to confirm that the OP's a long-term member of the site.

Move along, please, troll hunters. Nothing to see here.

Another IBS sufferer here. I adore fruit but sadly it doesn’t adore me! I have to be very careful about if/when I eat it. A lot of my time and energy is spent trying not to poo!

Thanks @JoMumsnet but does that mean you can see all the other random shit that I post about

I don’t eat any fruit at all but lots of non starchy veg. I go once a day.

@MadamDeMorency

Thanks *@JoMumsnet* but does that mean you can see all the other random shit that I post about

Oh yes. ALL OF IT.

Move along, please, troll hunters. Nothing to see here

Damn, I was about to burst into song and bellow out "that's SCAT-O-LOGIC-AAAAALLLLLLL!"

Totally depends where I am. Usually only once every couple of days, but if I'm on hols or somewhere unfamiliar, maybe not for a week or more. My body seems to have some kind of subconscious poo fear 🤷‍♀️

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