How does it work that we eat few times a day, but usually we poop only once?
Is the colon somehow programmed to buffer the waste until the time is up and then dumps it all further?
Got this thought when observing my dog who eats twice a day (morning and evening) and more or less poops twice a day (morning and evening).
Speak for yourself. I’ve pooped three times before I’m even out of the house.
I have so many queations… Do you work mornings? Night shift? Maybe work from home?
Maybe me works both morning and night shits
I only shit during worktme during the week. No need to waste my free time when i can get payed to shit.
Nah, I poop when I wake up, then second time after having my coffee and third time before leaving.
My poops are after my coffee at 10ish, and after work at 4ish. ._. (Im not dead yet, so i guess im doing fine for now)
This is the way.
I don’t usually eat more than once or maybe twice a day but often still take more than one shit.
Everyone’s bowels are bitty different.
no poop knife for this guy, amiright?!
Science time!
Fast for 24 hours then use an anal douche. This should completely clear your digestive track.
Now eat for the next 24 hours while measuring everything you eat. Every time you poop make sure to measure it, either my measuring the poop directly (poop in a bowl?) Or by measuring the difference in weight after you poop (be sure to first pee as to not measure liquids)
Now fast for another 24 hours while continuing to measure your poop. By the end of it you should have to total weight you eat and the total weight you pooped. For most foods you can probably reduce the weight by half to account for liquids (most will be pee, some will be in your poop, this will depend on the liquidness of your poop)
Now you will probably notice a few things:
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you poop a lot less mass than you consume, this is because you turn a lot of it into energy.
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there is a lot of water in food
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you probably poop more than you think (one dump can be quite big in comparison to a meal when removing liquids)
Enjoy!
You could also just measure without fasting over a full week and compare averages. Assuming your diet is consistent.
OK, but I’m using your bowl.
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So my kids poop 1-2 times a day, normally lunch time then evening time.
My partner is once a day.
I’m more like 2-3 times a day, normally morning and then just before bedtime.
Because we are taught by society to not poop at work.
Naturally we poop way more often, and naturally we ate more often too.
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I shit on company time
Elmo boogieing on the potty is what I see in my head
Thats the one!
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime
If only the inequality gap were this small…
Boss make a grand, I make a buck, that’s why I’m stealing the catalytic converter off the company truck.
/j
Well played!
You should always poop at work… getting paid to poop is optimal!
We live in a society
Society must have taught me poorly because I poop at work as frequently as my body tells me to
Because we are taught by society to not poop at work.
LOL I must have been sick at home during that lesson…
Cuz we’re generally more full of shit than we like to admit.
Yes, your colon is a poop buffer.
The rectum is considerably larger than your mouth, and can hold a lot more shit.
You only eat a mouthful per meal?
I generally prefer to not get shit in my mouth at all but you do you.
It is healthier to do it more often.
Because we store poo for later shits
Just wanted to point out that the colon is LIFO and not FIFO
I feel like that can’t be true, but I have nothing to disprove it
You’re right, I mixed it up. I feel like if it was LIFO that there would be meals that would never come out, ever.
Your colon can be a LIFO depending on which end you are putting things into it. 😏
I’m 2-3 times a day. it was 5+ until we figured out my body hates gluten
Unless you are celiac, its likely FODMAPs your body hates. There is a correllation between the amount of gluten and FODMAPs in food that makes watching gluten get part of the picture, but you’re missing the whole picture and thus likely not completely regular yet. FODMAPs are in most things. Onions are concentrated FODMAPs and so is tomato sauce.
My doc gave me this initially https://www.ibsdiets.org/fodmap-diet/fodmap-diet-chart/ but there are others you should cross reference for more food item coverage.
I have to admit. Onions, garlic and mushrooms were haaaaard to remove. Ive turned to Miso and a lot of japanese and thai food with the onions removed from any recipes to get this right.
But now I’m down from 5 poops to 1 poop a day.
I admire your abilities. I still have to learn how to cook without garlic or onion. I keep saying ‘this is the last one’ but now I’m feeling like one of those smokers who can’t quit.
Wait, you can make food without onion???
As @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works brought up in his comment, the FODMAP umbrella is huge and everyone is a bit different. Its a process of removing them all and then adding things back slowly and carefully, trying them multiple times to see and test your tolerances. Also, white onion and the white parts of green onions and leeks are bad, but the green parts are ok and much lower in fodmap, so you can get onion flavour other ways. Green pepper is another one that can be combined to give this flavour with a lower fodmap footprint.
At one point I laid out the plan to isolate my trigger foods, but I’ve never been in a stable enough place that I can be picky eating. Working roasting shifts, moving around etc, makes it a pain to take care of my diet. I’m closer now to stability, but I’m going to university 30-40 hours a week and working 35-45 hours on top of that. Eating is more of a calorie thing than a thing i plan to do.
I’m about to try this diet to get to the bottom of it, but I think onions/garlic seem to be a problem. It’s not that bad a condition, but I’d like to at least be able to know when I’m signing up for indigestion.
Additionally “FODMAP” is a huge umbrella.
Most people don’t have issues with every type in that umbrella. A full FODMAP diet is usually too restrictive for people to get the most out of their diet, and isn’t recommended for most. Ideally you go full FODMAP for a month, then start reintroducing foods until you know which kinds bother you.
Sometimes it can be as simple as eliminating sugar alcohols for the lucky.
I’d be more miserable without that food than I am with gastro issues. Fuck that.
Everything from 3 times a day to once every 3 days is normal. It depends on how much you eat, how much of it your body can absorb, your fiber intake and some genetic variance too.
Your intestines aren’t a conveyor belt, things don’t constantly move. There are multiple muscles acting as a valve between different sections. Based on the factors above your body decides when to push stuff to the next section including the exit.
Maybe you poop only once. Everything between three times a day and every three days is in the normal range. If you find yourself within this range, congratulations, you are a boring pooper.
Important note: it’s good to be a boring pooper