Enemas for weight loss

Personally, I believe that frequent high enemas do help with weight loss.

I know that opinion is controversial, but here is my thinking: As the food we eat goes through the digestive system, some part of the nutrients in it are absorbed in the stomach and some in the small intestine. But the major part of the absorption takes place our colon. By the time the stool gets down as far as the rectum it's already too late, the nutrients have already been absorbed. So a small enema that empties just the rectum won't help. But if we get the enema high, all the way to the cecum, we flush out a significant part of the nutrient content before it can be absorbed. Since the small intestine is constantly pushing that chyme down, there is a need for the enemas to be relatively frequent.

It's not just eliminating the weight of the poop, which is virtually inconsequential, it's the interruption of the nutrient absorption process.

And Susie is also right, it's hard to be interested in taking in food while you are enjoying a big enema!

Just one girl's opinion.

Hugs,

Diane

I have not been using enemas, but started about a week or so ago. I am using it daily, of the shelf kit at drugstore with plain water, and now the question that popped in my mind is that by using daily enema's, can or will you loose weight, since you clean out your "inside" so to speak?

I have noticed that since I started playing almost daily for a good two months now, as opposed to twice or three times a week, I am loosing weight. I also clean myself inside out and don't eat as much "bad" food any more, so that's a plus, but I was just wandering if the enema's has influence on weight control?

Thx, Erwin

A 'hunnet' years ago, while living in Laguna Beach, I was dating a professional model and there was always an enema bag with black bat-like enema nozzle hanging in the shower. I asked her once about it and she said it was to control her weight. I really wanted to ask her for one but never had the courage. Oh well, WTFO!

the boxcar

Not a good way!!

If you are in a situation where you have to make weight to play sports, or for a job like a jockey, model or flight attendant, you do what you have to do to get to your assigned weight, and if you are just a couple of pounds over, within a few hours before your weigh-in, just having an empty bowel can get you that pound or 2 that you are still over.

The first time you do it you lose more weight anyway.

Most bulimics are of normal weight or moderately overweight,

Too-frequent enemas affect digestion. Less food digested may have an impact, but usually the simple sugars and fats manage to digest.

@LisaK "not a good way" as in don't do enemas to loose weight or don't do enemas daily?

Thanks for the answer Lisa and boxcar. 😃

Not really. Only way to loose weight is a calorie deficient diet.

The only weight you will lose with enemas, is the weight of the fecal material in your bowels.

As an enema enthusiast for about fifteen years now, I do enemas 3-4 times per week, and I have seen no weight loss whatsoever in that time. I even spent an entire month doing them at midnight, deep high enemas to ensure I was completely cleaned out, thinking that I would be preventing calories from being absorbed and that I would surely see some reduction in weight - I did not.

Having said that, when I skip a day I find myself a little more sluggish, bloated, gassy and grumpy. I can't stand the thought of being a walking compost pile, and I usually do my enemas in the morning.

You won't get any significant weight loss from enemas except for the temporary couple of pounds from the poop. As a counter anecdote I'll throw this out: I take enemas about twice a week to KEEP weight on. If I don't I can pretty much count on getting constipated over the next week or two and not be interested in eating, then loose weight (and not in a healthy way). I've tried stopping a number of times when things seemed to be working (both keeping the oral stuff and tapering it off), and pretty much invariably shortly after the ecstatic celebrations of being done with the Great Bowel War things start shutting down and I regret it.

Almost all the nutrients are absorbed from the small intestine. There really isn't a shortcut for balancing what you burn vs what you take in.

I'm right there with you moliere dealing with the Great Bowel War. I can't have a bowel movement anymore without Miralax and an enema. (Or two, three, etc.)

Generally the weight you will lose is going to be the poop you are carrying around, plus some of the fluid that is depleted from the enema itself.

I'm not saying don't do it, but remember it is only going to be a couple of pounds. If you need to lose those couple of pounds to "make weight" because you are or have a chance to be, an athlete, and actor a model or a flight attendant. Where there is real money and your real future on the line and you ARE over by that couple of pounds, you do what you have to do to protect your future and your finances.

Any other reason it likely will NOT give you the desired results, and it is NOT a long-term strategy.

So in certain situations where you just need couple of pounds but you need it first thing in the morning, it can be useful.

Otherwise the risks just outweigh the benefits

Weight loss, no. Hours of enjoying the afterglow, priceless. Enjoy your enema, but control your diet via the mouth.

Well said, '29. It is what it's all about. --may the fourth be with you.

the boxcar

Has anyone ever seen any research that shows or suggests that regular use of enemas can be of help in losing weight? It seems logical that it would. However, I find that I'm hungrier than normal after an enema and am tempted to eat more to fill an empty stomach, so perhaps that theory doesn't hold water (pardon the pun!).

You won't lose weight due to the enemas. But they may pyskchologically (sp) kick-start your motivation for a healthier diet/lifestyle. I make a new year's resolution every so often to get in better shape. Start off by scheduling a colonic. I know it doesn't help or do anything for weight loss - but it is sorta ritualistic (plus I kinda enjoy them!). Enema weight loss is like sweat weight loss - not real. However, what you did to make you sweat might be burning some of these extra calories you don't need!

You won't lose weight due to the enemas. But they may pyskchologically (sp) kick-start your motivation for a healthier diet/lifestyle. I make a new year's resolution every so often to get in better shape. Start off by scheduling a colonic. I know it doesn't help or do anything for weight loss - but it is sorta ritualistic (plus I kinda enjoy them!). Enema weight loss is like sweat weight loss - not real. However, what you did to make you sweat might be burning some of these extra calories you don't need!

Do you really believe that?

There are loads of fat people who go on diets with various additional activities and resolutions that never lose an ounce (for more than a week anyway).

Do you really believe that?

Not sure what you meant by that! I don't believe enemas/colonics etc do anything for weight loss. I don't believe diets really work either. I do believe Weight loss/maintenance is due to your life style. I don't have a weight problem. But I tend to gain a few extra lbs around the holidays (craft beer and vodka martinis). Getting a colonic to start off shedding the lbs is a treat not a treatment. Gettin back to the gym and my normal eating habits gets me back to where I want to be fairly quickly.

Agree that lots of fat people try to lose weight - get motivated - diet etc. but don't. That's due to their lifestyle and lack of discipline. I think those that do change their lifestyle and lose significant weight get motivated by something much deeper than an enema or fad diet - fear of losing their loved ones, finally becoming disgusted with themselves, - not sure what clicks - but there are lots of people who have made significant change.

There are loads of fat people who go on diets with various additional activities and resolutions that never lose an ounce (for more than a week anyway).

I guess I wasn't clear exactly to what I was referring.

I was asking if YOU believe people in general actually do achieve weight loss because they "kickstarted" a diet with a colonic or enemas. As you stated, people lack discipline.

My answer is they do not achieve weight loss for more than a very short time. Once the novelty wears off, they go back to their fat life-style.

I was asking if YOU believe people in general actually do achieve weight loss because they "kickstarted" a diet with a colonic or enemas. As you stated, people lack discipline.

Rethinking my answer - I believe "kickstarting" a diet with an enema or colonic is just as effective as making a New Years Resolution to lose weight. The enema/colonic itself has no effect in weight loss - neither does a new years resolution.

So the answer is NO I don't believe people in general actually lose weight by kickstarting a diet with a colonic/enema/New Years Resolution. Most people don't have the inner strength or discipline to set and achieve a weight goal, some people do.

Generally taking enemas will cause you to only lose a couple of pounds.

You will lose the weight of the poop and some water. If you have taken a lot of enemas you may actually retain that water and it becomes counter productive.

A laxative like Magnesium Citrate, or Milk of magnesia or Epsom Salt WILL take water out of your system and water is somewhat heavy, so it will cause weight loss, at least long enough to get you through if you are in a situation where you have to go through mandatory weigh in.

I'm not flat-out saying don't do it BUT: There ARE VERY REAL RISKS in getting the water out. Do your risk-benefit analysis carefully, and make sure there is enough on the line for the benefits to justify the risks, because the risks are high. Electrolyte depletion IS DANGEROUS!

In recent years we have learned that there are many normal weight or even over weight bulimics. After 20 years of associating bulimia closely with anorexia it's hard for some medical professionals to accept that, but it's what the latest science tells us.

In Middle School, one reasons I decided to start wearing shape wear that young was that I was getting bullied about my weight(Medically I was NOT even overweight, I was just built chunky and I was never "Svelt")

One girl I considered a good friend offered me a "Solution" that involved variable doses of Dulcolax. she said it worked for her.

She had no idea about my enemas, I wore a girdle to her funeral 8 years ago!!!

Plain and simple, here it is:

The REAL question has to do with FAT loss, not weight loss.

If you lose fat, you will have lost REAL body weight.

Several activities will cause a very temporary weight loss, but when you are fat, you need FAT loss, not a few pounds of sweat, shit and piss coming out of your body. Isn't that obvious if you think about it?

Plain and simple, here it is:

The REAL question has to do with FAT loss, not weight loss.

If you lose fat, you will have lost REAL body weight.

Several activities will cause a very temporary weight loss, but when you are fat, you need FAT loss, not a few pounds of sweat, shit and piss coming out of your body.

or muscle, or water, or whatever is not the fat.

or muscle, or water, or whatever is not the fat.

The object of going on a diet is to LOSE FAT NOT MUSCLE.

Yes, but sadly muscle is heavier than fat, so some people might think that they're either doing poorly when they are doing well (gaining muscle and losing fat) or doing well when they're winding up worse (losing muscle, gaining fat).

I find it hard to believe that anyone who is actually on a diet to lose weight/fat and is disciplined not to eat garbage or too much would think they are doing poorly since fat looks gross and muscle looks sexy and healthy. Besides, their pants will feel looser when they lose fat and it takes much longer to gain muscle than to lose fat.

Yes, but sadly muscle is heavier than fat, so some people might think that they're either doing poorly when they are doing well (gaining muscle and losing fat) or doing well when they're winding up worse (losing muscle, gaining fat).

People trying to loose weight should get a weight and body fat scale to track their results. Seeing your percent body fat in addition to your total weight can be insightful. In most cases, people loosing weight will see both their body fat percentage and their weight go down at the same time. As Susie said, gaining muscle weight takes effort and time in the gym so the dieting will likely produce results sooner.

It depends if they want to be healthy and look good or just lose weight. Humans have an incredible capacity for self delusion. Look at all the fad "you don't have to really change anything major" diets that sell very well.

More muscle = increased metabolism which tends to burn off more fat.

BMI is a number that is used to evaluate your body size. It is not a percentage of body fat, but rather a general score that helps determine if your weight falls into a healthy range. ... If you are carrying too much weight for your height, the excess weight is assumed to be fat. Muscular people can have a high BMI

Body Fat Calculator is much more useful measure ent

Those of us with two X chromosomes need to remember also that anything less than 10 pounds of weight fluctuation through our menstrual cycle CAN BE TOTALLY NORMAL. Some people fluctuate as little as 2 or 3 pounds and some can fluctuate as much as 10 , ad it is for them totally normal.

When my mom took me to get colonics, I'd lose between 3 to 6 lbs a session.