Hi! I have been lurking for a few weeks and just completed 3 weeks on Ideal Protein. I LOVE it and have been doing great (down 23lbs already!) Had my weigh in Weds and forgot to ask my coach about the dreaded constipation. This is my only area of concern and it's been very bad this week. Any suggestions on how to deal with this. Thanks! And I need to add that lurking on these boards has really helped me succeed and pushed me to commit to IP so thanks to all of you

I also did great for the first 3 weeks but then the constipation set in...I tried psyllium, and digestive enzymes with small success...someone on this board said to try Natural Calm...you can get it on line...it really works...the site I went on had 180 reviews for the product....take a little morning and evening and all goes well...hope this is helpful.

Marilyn

Miralax! I use it daily.

Take 2-3 tablespoons of Magnesium Citrate each night, that'll help, for sure.

Natural Calm is the only thing that has worked for me.

I had just posted this earlier in another thread, but since I don't know how to link it, here is the copied version....

When I began IP, my provider gave me a question and answer sheet of things to expect as possible side effects and some solutions. One that was mentioned for this issue was taking a Tablespoon of Magnesium Citrate daily if you are prone to it and two Tablespoons if you were having a problem with it. I didn't have any problems for quite awhile, but eventually did and I began taking it daily in my morning Blueberry, Pomegranate, Cranberry drink and I've had no problem since.

I will offer one caution... the original bottle I got at Wal-Mart had sucrose in it which I didn't realize. I think it was 1gram of sugar for the entire 10 oz bottle, but still. My coach said it was okay because it was such a small quantity and I did have good weight loss that week. I went to Hy-Vee and discovered another brand, whose bottle looks almost identical, called "Good Neighbor Pharmacy" and it does not have sucrose in it.

Also, IP now has a laxative called Novi-Lax. I got a bottle of it, but haven't used it since I take the Magnesium Citrate which is like $1.30 a bottle and the bottle last the week.

I use Novilax, i get it from my coach. Its all that has worked for me.

I take Floralax (a natural laxative containing 250 mg psyllium seed husk, 150mg aloe vera and 50mg prune powder) two to three times daily. I buy it from my IP clinic. When I'm really in a bad way, I've also tried senna tea and ground flaxseed meal added to my IP shakes. Good luck!