Week 7 Check-In: Writing a Blog and My Scoop on Poop

Wow, I lost 3 lbs this week for a total of 19 lbs and 5¾ inches off my full-figured frame. I don't know about you but I've spent a lifetime trying to lose weight, and there's always a voice in my head that says, "You can't it!" But this time, I don't hear that ugly little voice, I hear the sweet tone of "Yes, I can lose all the extra weight!"

I must admit, writing a blog has been fabulous for staying on my journey. Writing about my experiences several times a week keeps me accountable for my actions. It's kind of like going to a Weight Watchers meeting and weighing-in and having your loss or increase announced to a room full of people. Public humiliation can be a good motivator to keep you on track.

Another benefit of penning a blog is it opens you up to new experiences because you always want to have interesting topics to write about. For me, so far, that's been stair climbing, learning about new websites/blogs, and taking a different approach to losing weight through my Best Of Eating Plan.

One of the reasons I've been so successful this week is poop. Yeah, I know it's a dirty subject that we don't talk about much. But, I've suffered from a lack of it as long as I can remember -- only having a bowel movement once a week, if I'm lucky.

When I was growing up in San Francisco, I remember riding the slow moving street car to and from work in the downtown area. Many times, I'd have to go to the bathroom while on the street car, but with no options available, I'd have to hold it until I got home. I've always thought perhaps those incidents trained my body to retain the poop?

Of course, I'm sure my love for junk food and lack of drinking enough water also played their roles in slowing down my poo factory. So on my journey to a lighter and healthier me, I've decided to improve my poop flow ... to unclogged the mucus, toxins and metabolic waste.

Some adjustments I've made is about two weeks ago, I started eating beans every day. At first, that meant adding black beans to a whole wheat flour tortilla with a little cheese for breakfast, now I spread it like butter on some Kashi stoneground grain crackers, or mix beans into my main meals like the stuff green peppers I had the other day that were delicious.

I've also tried several new products, like Activia yogurt with bifious regularis, which is fancy way of saying an organism that aids your digestive tract. But the real find was Super Colon Cleanse with Herbs & Acidophilus that I found at Trader Joes.

Over the years, I've tried all kinds of cleansers and fibers products, but none of them worked for me. However, this product does work -- and the movements are well formed, not liquidity like when you use laxatives. It contains buckthorn, senna, and psyllium husk and is manufactured by Health Plus. I highly recommend it.

I can honestly say the scoop on my poop is that my bowel movements are now more frequent -- once or twice a day -- and that has probably helped me to lose weight this week.