can laxatives help weight loss?

I'm a purging anorexic. And I occasionally take Ex-Lax when I know I'm going to have to eat that day (Example: when I go out to dinner)

It cleans out your system- DUH!
Of course they are going to help you MAINTAIN your weight. You're not going to loose anything, but you won't GAIN anything.

If you want to loose weight, take that shit and WORK-OUT.
Eat healthy foods.

Yes, they can, my friend did It. she was 145 and she lost about 30lbs by doing it, but the problem is that if you do it, there is a chance that you have to keep taking them because your body will depend on them. You have to becareful. hope I helped

Everybody using laxatives-STOP! i used them for over 20 yrs- 60plus tabs a day, ended up having a stroke and open heart surgery to remove a funky thing on my heart valve! unless you are looking to kill yourself or your parents, friends, and loved ones-this is not the way to go! Just stick to plain old good old eating habits, exercise, and drink tons of water!!!belileve me- you want to go this route, otherwise you end up messing up your whole metaoblic and gastrointestinal health like I did and it takes eons of years to fix that!!!!!! Please stay clear of thos nasty habitual laxatives!
Good luck to all

Guest wrote:

ur all full of it..that girl that sed she wanted to lose 20 pounds in a month u can do this thing that beyonce done for her new movie dreamgirls she lost 20 pounds in 14 days it a ketosis or sum crap like that well its a pure fast for 14 days with nuhtin but juice<- that is it u blend wat eva fruit u were gonna eat n skull it..it fills u up like crazy... then do that 4 times a day so ur body will thing its had 4 proper meals..it doesnt slow down ur metabolism coz ur body doesnt realise...OH! n about laxatives... laxatives DO work YES ur body had absorbed the carbs n fats n sugars b4 it gets out the otha end but also the extra weight that wud be left in ur intestines wud be explelled so it wud help make u feel lighter (ON DA SCALES DUH!!!!) n ye thats about it ppl rekon it makes u put on weight...from experience bout 2 months of laxatives it probs conributed to 5-7 pounds lossed thats about it..so its not all dat...i havent done the 14 day thingy so i wudnt noe how it works out from a personal perspective..coz i just cant be stuffed given up da fooooood but yeee wateva works 4 u

you have no idea what you are talking about.

Guest wrote:

hi im a laxative user & it's horrible. but i'm too attached to them to let go of them. nobody use them-there not worth it.

yes you can let them go hun, just like anything, it's hard but recovery is possible!! you have to start eating A LOT of fiber and slowly take less and less laxatives. they deplete your body of all nutrients and mess up your electolytes so much. the sooner you quit the better. this can result in much worse results such as CARDIAC ARREST than dealing with a bloated tummy and constipation for a little while. you see how much you regret having started taking? you'll regret even more having not stopped sooner and realizing how much your body's health status really is in your hands.

good luck, please seek treatment if need be for your sake.

bon1286 wrote:

EATING RIGHT AND STAYING VERY ACTIVE!

Be happy with who you are. If you are wanting to lose that much weight, it takes time. Don't do anything stupid. Like they said, eat right. Cut back on all fatty foods. Drinking alot of juice helps, it cleans you out (healthy). Water, water, and more water.

i couldnt even understand this comment it is ridiculous. the poor girl who is 16 years of age needs professional help. she obviously has sellf esteem issues and body distortion problems. hun you need to talk to your parents and get help and maybe get a nutritionist. neve try sthin so dangerous just to look like the public tells you tat you should. hope everything works out .

ur all full of it..that girl that sed she wanted to lose 20 pounds in a month u can do this thing that beyonce done for her new movie dreamgirls she lost 20 pounds in 14 days it a ketosis or sum crap like that well its a pure fast for 14 days with nuhtin but juice<- that is it u blend wat eva fruit u were gonna eat n skull it..it fills u up like crazy... then do that 4 times a day so ur body will thing its had 4 proper meals..it doesnt slow down ur metabolism coz ur body doesnt realise...OH! n about laxatives... laxatives DO work YES ur body had absorbed the carbs n fats n sugars b4 it gets out the otha end but also the extra weight that wud be left in ur intestines wud be explelled so it wud help make u feel lighter (ON DA SCALES DUH!!!!) n ye thats about it ppl rekon it makes u put on weight...from experience bout 2 months of laxatives it probs conributed to 5-7 pounds lossed thats about it..so its not all dat...i havent done the 14 day thingy so i wudnt noe how it works out from a personal perspective..coz i just cant be stuffed given up da fooooood but yeee wateva works 4 u



Wow.. I really hope you dont listen to that reply.. this person cant even speak properly... I wouldnt take advice from them. If you want to loose weight do it in a healthy way. Talk to your doctor and figure out a plan that works best for you. Good luck hun!

This helped me lose weight. Not a full 20 lbs in a month, but after 2 weeks [i]everyone[/i] was saying how much thinner I looked.

I did 1/2 hour of HARD cardio every day (20 mins machine bike and 10 mins elliptical). I went all out for each of them, until i was sweating a lot and panting. After that, i did like 2 mins crunches. That's all i did.

Do it every day and i SWEAR you'll see a big difference within 2 weeks. The challenge is - DONT EAT MORE than you do now. don't try to eat less, but don't eat more than your usual.

You'll feel more hungry when your metabolism speeds up. If you feel hungry in between meals, eat an apple and chug water. AVOID FOOD places like the kitchen, don't eat cuz you're bored. Lots of water (not soda) helps curb your apetite.

It's rediculously hard to lose weight and keep it off without exercise, and this plan is really short and easy. Also, cut soda and sugary drinks out of your diet. Water is boring but it doesn't have lots of calories and sugar.

Don't use laxatives, they're mostly only going to cause your body to lose fluid, which can be followed by periods of water retention and an appearance of bloating, then making you want to take more laxatives.

Don't fast for 14 days, that's like yo yo dieting, as soon as you start eating again you'll just gain back more weight than before because your body will store the food as fat not knowing when it's going to get to eat again. Just eat alot of fruit and veggies, like everyone else said, eat 4-5 small meals a day and don't eat after 6 and definitely don't drink alcohol at night either, womens' bodies store alcohol as fat overnight if you go to sleep with it in your system.

DON'T EAT ANY SUGAR, sugar is not necessary for you to have ever in your entire life so it's okay to not eat it. I eat very very little sugar, just the sugar in fruit and sometimes I'll have like jam on something if the jam only has about 5g sugar per serving. You can buy sugar free Jello, pudding, candy, power bars, etc, and they taste good.

Keep carbohydrate intake low and limited to whole wheat, so buy whole wheat bread, pasta, tortillas, etc, and try to only have carbs in one meal a day, preferably breakfast.

Take Calcium, Omega 3, the Omega 3 will help you control hunger, it works as a suppressor, especially if you're someone who craves food late at night. New studies show that calcium will help you lose weight, so you should either take calcium or eat 4 low fat servings of dairy per day, like non fat milk or yogurt, not enough calcium will actually make your body store more fat cells and cause you to gain weight or lose weight slower than you would.

If you do crave a lot of sugars and carbs late at night, it means you aren't eating enough during the day.

EXERCISE! Even if you only exercise for 20 minutes a day, you have to do it! Run, bike, jump rope, jumping jacks, or other cardio, and do that FIRST THING in the morning before you eat so that you burn what's on your body not what you've eaten. And really exercise hard, and break a sweat, nothing is easy and if you seriously want to lose weight you have to give it all you've got!

I hope that helped... If there's any questions I'll check back and answer them