So, I went through a period, as some may recall, where I didn't go for 17 days. Now I take 2 Colace a day and a mag citrate pill. But then on the weekends I take a full dose of Milk of Magnesia and it seriousssslllyyy cleans me out over the next 12-24 hours. Like, disturbingly. I won't go into graphic detail. That's also the time I drop weight during the week and see the scale move. I asked my surgeon if it was okay to continue taking Milk of Mag indefinitely and he said once a week is fine and will not cause any physical reliance on laxatives. But I feel like I REALLY look forward to the weekend when I can take it because I seriously drop 2lbs afterwards, and that's pretty much how it's been going the last 5 months. No real weight loss during the week, take that laxative, and then I drop weight. And thus far that weight has stayed off so I don't know the correlation really because if I was just expelling water I wouldn't be losing inches, so I must be for real losing weight, too... obviously. Anyway, I sort of feel like I may be becoming MENTALLY dependent on laxatives as a "boost" to losing weight. Has anyone experienced this? I am apparently not physically reliant on them. I would probably go at least twice a week without the MoM on the weekend, but I feel like I HAVE to to lose weight every week. Is this a weird transfer addiction??? O_o I feel like if I didn't know my bowels would basically stop working if I took MoM every single day, I probably would. But from what I understand, laxatives don't cause weight loss... just water loss. But why does the scale drop and NOT go back up after I use them?

Edited May 14, 20197 yr by mousecat88

My guess? You lost the actual weight during the week. You retained a bit of water, and by flushing it out of your system with the MoM, you're seeing your actual weight.

43 minutes ago, Ellf said:

My guess? You lost the actual weight during the week. You retained a bit of Water, and by flushing it out of your system with the MoM, you're seeing your actual weight.

That makes sense. I don't want to get in the mindset that laxatives = weight loss.

You can test it out...try stopping the MOM for a month and see where you are at mentally...?