Relax the Laxative Use

Relax the Laxative Use

This will be a very short piece of advice because this is very simple. Unless you seriously cannot produce a BM more often than every 3 or 4 days, you do not need a laxative.

Taking laxi's doesn't do much if anything for your actual weight loss. In fact, it turns your body into a liar.

Your body soaks up whatever it was going to no matter what. The laxi cannot prevent it. When you feel comfortable after the laxi, it means your body has already soaked up all the calories and nutrients it was going to from the food. When it is uncomfortable, it is your body naturally resisting the laxi LONG ENOUGH to soak up what it wanted to before allowing the laxi to get rid of the waste.

It may come out looking like it worked, but it didn't. It just didn't have time to form properly in the intestines.

"But I'm lighter on the scale!"

Yes, because you lost a bit of food weight quickly, which is completely unrelated to your actual weight anyway. And yes, because you lost some fluids too and have slightly dehydrated yourself, which your body will need to replenish.

Taking laxi's is like mini yo-yoing. It's an up and down internally and totally unrelated to your actual weight. I know it's nice to see the numbers drop on the scale, but in this fight, if we can't be honest with ourselves about where we're at, how can we hope to change it?

Real progress goes better if you stop the laxi's... and stop the lies.