This may sound weird but...

[2angelsinheaven]

Since being on Atkins I go to the bathroom constantly. My Irritable Bowel Syndrome however seems to have completly disapered. Infact now instead of stomach cramps and having to go to the restroom half way through the meal, It's much better now... However when I mean go to the bathroom constantly, I mean it's like I am preggers again, I urinate every hour if not twice an hour. I'm not drinking much more than I use to, and I use to go only once or twice a day. It even wakes me up at night now and never did before. Is this normal? Sorry for such a weird question, just didn't know where else to ask...lol!

 

[WeirdEyes]

It is normal for me. I am on the South Beach diet and I am constantly in the bathroom. Your body has to get rid of the weight you are losing somehow.

 

[2angelsinheaven]

I guess thats true...lol! I'm amazed however that my IBS symtoms have gone away completly since on this diet...horay!

 

[Brier Rose]

Me too!!
Except that I have been drinking alot of water, but I never expected to have to go so much!
The bad (or funny depending on how you look at it)thing, is I started Induction on Monday, not thinking about having to take my DD to horse riding lessons in the next town over...40miles away!
I bet I stopped at every gas station between here and there.
All that kept going through my head was that commercial with the song......gotta go gotta go gotta go right now!!

Great thing is it's only Wednesday, and I've already lost 4 pounds!

 

[2angelsinheaven]

I have to go go go ALWAYS...lol! I went to gym and did my mile and a "forest walk" on the treadmil and 20 reps on each of the weight machines and 1/2 way through it I had to go and had to again before I left. But hey if it's weight leaving me, then good riddens! Looking forward to WDW this weekend, thinking I might be in even a better mood feeling more active now. Silly me didn't do my weight before I started or weighed myself yet, it's been almost 5 full days now. Maybe I'll hit publix for a quick check tonight.

 

[DoeWDW]

I drink lots of water so I'm always wearing out the carpet to the bathroom! I'm there every 45 - 60 minutes. I've stopped drinking after 7 PM and it really has cut down on those night-time trips!

 

[Otto's Doll]

I can show you every bathroom in a 50 mile radius! A plus I have noticed is no more heartburn! That is such a blessing. I was surprised, because on Atkins you can eat full fat things, and I had always assumed that it was that causing the heartburn. Obviously not, because since I have been on Atkins I have not had it at all.

 

[Strings]

Atkins site mentions that this diet can initially cause diuresis.(increased urination) I think most of us also increase our h2o intake.

 

[Dancind]

I have a great Dr. I see a couple of times a year. She's an MD, Internist, who got really sick from pesticide exposures and now practices wholistic medicine out of her home. She told me to go on a "caveman" diet several years ago, saying that many people have food allergies and don't even know it. The most common are gluten, corn, and sugar! I don't know which ones mine are, but when I stop eating those, my IBS syptoms disappear immediately. If I have even one white flour tortilla at our favorite restaurant (ok, they're huge), they come right back. I'm a believer. (Edited to say that the South Beach Diet is the closest to the diet she recommends) Diana

 

[IloveDMB]

I have always been a big water drinker. So going on Atkins hasn't really increased my H20 consumption. But I do find myself peeing a lot more. In fact, I don't even need to set an alarm clock, because my bladder wakes me up every morning!

 

[ZerasPride]

I can't believe how much more frequently I have to "go" now that I'm on the South Beach Diet. Several times per hour (at least) during the day. I make sure it's the last thing I do before I leave work and I'm almost running in the house to get to the bathroom when I get home about an hour later. DH and I are doing SBD together and boy are we glad we have 2 bathrooms!!!

I have increased my water intake considerably so I know that has a lot to do with it and if the water is flushing out the fat then hurray for all of us!!!