Bobby,
The probiotics in Yogurt are probably good for health but not necessarily to help with what you are talking about.
The doctor will have good answers for you.

Do what you can. Reading is good. Keep finding ways to escape.

Mari

I think when i looked up miralax it said it should only be used occasionally. I was looking for something that i could use all the time.
bobby

do you think that finding ways to escape is okay? I am not digging myself out of my hole. I still am taking my spiritual class that makes me feel good and plan on signing up for more but i have been so depressed i don't think about what i have learned. I just think of all the negatives facing me until i get into a book or am petting my kitty cats. I am not surprised what you said because i tried probiotics and nothing happened but my sister and neighbor told me activia helped them. I also realized that the metamucil i use has sugar in it and i am afraid to look to see how much. it tastes so good like tang and i don't want the sugarless one. I think the sugarless stuff could be constipating and i don't know how the other would taste. I also haven't been eating that much thank goodness. I lost all the weight i gained. I feel i am under control in that area at least for now.my appetite is flat too-like depression.except for the delicious french fries and hamburg i had the other day.
bobby

Yep mari, once you try the steal cut oatmeal, you can't go back to that tasteless other stuff. It has a nutty flavor, and I consider it a comfort food. Today is cold down here. Fla. is in for a freeze tonight. I am covering plants. Stay warm the oatmeal helps that too!. ginnie

I have a friend of mine that has used it every day for 10 years.
I hope the oatmeal works for you.
((((HUGS)))
bizi

Dear Ginnie,
Yes. Cold. We might not freeze here tonight but the temperature will get close.

Do you add nuts or fruit to your oatmeal? I remember a recipe that called for a can of pumpkin cooked with the steel cut oats. I hate pumpkin but I might like sweet potatoes.


M

escaping is nice...how is your weather,
bizi
congratulations on losing the weight, you are doing really well!

Dear Bobby,
Embrace the idea of escape. Use any thing you can to get through your day.

It is ok that you you do not think about what you learned in the spiritual class. The class is a good way for you you to escape.

Metamucil's main ingredient is Psyllium. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000092/

Talk to your doctor. You can buy that separately in a capsule to drink with water without the sugar or sugar substitute.

I am so impressed that you are keeping off your weight. Keeping it off, according to last week's New York Times Magazine, is harder than taking it off. You have a great achievement that you can be proud of.

M

I do add to the seal cut oatmeal some nice plump raisens. Also if I want it sweater a bit I add some natural sugar, or even some brown sugar, Oh boy is that good. I never thought I would think of oat meal as a comfort food, but it is. Especially on cold days like today. I spent some time covering plants. Usually where I live in Fla. we do not freeze. Last night wasn't too bad, but the chill is on the way. Stay warm Mari, take care ginnie

I didn't like the liquid metamuticil. So I take the capsils.

I have found they work really well for me.

Donna