rrf

dont know if this should really be in Health & Fitness, but....
how often do you poop and how many times a day do you urinate?

mtbiker

depends on how much i eat and how much i drink...

i drink over 1/2 gallon of water a day, plus juice, milk, gatorade. so lots of trips to the bathroom.

pezking4

When I was running it was at the same time everyday, right before practice. But now it can be every other day.. just depends on what I eat.

Now my newborn on the other hand..

Sleepyjack

generally crap 1-2 times a day.
although what goes in comes out to an extent.

i drink copious amounts of water and peppermint tea (3-4 litres of both, more in summer as well) and then coffee as well, maybe fruit juice in the morning.

but i find myself sometimes going every1-2 hours, to urinate.

bryan2766

poop about once a day is fine i guess

RemyLebeau97

I shit about twice if not 3 times a day, I drink tons of water so I normally piss about 5-7 times a day. Ohhhh, be back in a sec, gotta go take a huge shit......

mw52

Great question, but I seem to poop every morning sometimes better than others and if I have a bad meal I may poop again rather quickly after my meal.

Subform

It really depends .. usually once a day ..
But if im away for a longer time in company with good looking girls i might be able to hold it abit longer. Don't wanna make em scared when they visit the toilet after me .

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anti fishstick

i hear people usually at least once a day. but i dont always.. i don't know. its not something i notice. today i pooped twice though :P

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a1t3r3g0

It seems that for me, the more protein I consume in a day, the more often I have to poop.

As for urinating, I drank a lot of water today so I had to make many many trips!

hobo

The more I drink, the more I urinate. I'd say 5 times is a good number. As for crap, I do that usually once a day, sometimes once in two days, sometimes twice in one day (if i have upset stomach or ate too much).

stinkynutz

man i used to shit like once a week. i'm not kidding. supposedly that's very bad.
but it's better now...try to do it at least once a day if i can. but i piss like a race horse.

Rodney

generally once just after breakfast, sometimes one more time in the afternoon.

Time of day really is going to vary with your routine. I once had a really lousy job that started at 3 in the afternoon, and my whole cycle changed so that I started crapping at 2:30. Maybe some basic animal instinct: you know, clear the body for action before going into the fight.

As for urination, that depends on how much water I drink (a lot) and how much exercise I get. I eat a full breakfast with cantalope (lot of water), tea, and grapefruit juice, then go to class for three hours. On mornings when I drive school, I have to urinate twice during the morning. On mornings when I bicycle -- part of the route goes up a long, wicked slope -- I don't urinate at all; most of the extra moisture goes out through the skin as sweat during the bike ride.

Wake up once each night to piss. When I was younger I always slept straight through and had to run to the bathroom as soon as I got up.

sadatx

One of my friends dad is a gastroenterologist and I asked him once if it was normal to go every other day (that's usually my cycle depending on what I eat). He said the the normal range for the most part is twice a day to once every three days.

laxative

as much as i can.

johnnymysto

For best results, you should poop once for every meal, so 3 times a day. But, I'd say at least once a day. This keeps you good and cleaned out, and helps avoid problems with your poop just rotting away inside you for days. The longer that stuff stays in there, the more health risks you face.

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Spritebox

One every two days. But I've gone on month long vacations and have only taken about one shit a week.

Weird shit.

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almostaugust

Spritebox, dude that is some interesting bmovements you are having.

I think im about once or twice a day.

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xshadowx

hmm, i only go about once a week sometimes less, am i doing something wrong? :-/

obelix

once a day for sure, and generally after work. there are the days where i'll squeeze out 2 though. i drink a lot, so i make prequent trips to the pisser.

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wwcd101

1 time / day. First thing in the morning. Always.

Thanks for listening.

lady

xshadowx - there is a huge range of what is considered normal regarding bowel routines. It's normal for some people to have several bowel movements a day, some people it's once a week. I would think that if you're only having one a week though, that it ought to be quite substantial (without getting too gross).

If this is a change from your norm, or if you feel constipated or aren't passing very much stool, you might want to look into drinking more water, consuming more fiber and exercising more. See if that helps. If not, ask your doctor.

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lady

Gotta add something to that...

It's important to "respond" to your body's cues that you need to defecate. You can actually lose those signals if you suppress the urge over a period of time. And trust me, there are far too many people (especially elderly people) who are completely dependant on laxatives, suppositories and enemas to have a bowel movement at all!

Not trying to scare ya, but just so you know...

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lady

Spritebox - It's normal for one to become kind of constipated when travelling due to a number of things - different water, food, routines, exercise, etc.

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slimshaydee

I shit pretty much everyday, as for peeing, that happens every 1/2-2 hours.

Caser

wow slim that must make u pretty busy
haha

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tj2001cobra

Every morning about 20 minutes after I wake up. I think the walking around moves things into place. I like to do it before my shower so I am fresh and clean at the start of the day. I hate it when I get the urge right after my shower. Makes me want to go back in.

MikeV

It depends on how many new magazines I've gotten, since I subscribe to quite a few :-)

But really.. I pee all the time... I always have a bottle of water with me and I refill it all day long.. I'd probably say I drink over 100oz daily.

I usually get in a poop a day... depends on what I eat.

baboora

poop = once/day
pee = 5-10 times/day

It all depends what I ate or drank.

rrf

i poop about once a day, sometimes every other day.... i pee quite a bit though, i thought it might be excessive but now i see it isnt

sadatx

I just wanna add that it makes a difference how big you are, because that usually means that you have bigger intestines and can store more, uh....fecal matter in them. It also means that it will take a lot more stuff to fill you up and give you the urge to defecate than it would a smaller person.

And to anyone who feels they aren't going enough, try drinking more water and eating bran cereal or oatmeal for breakfast everyone morning. No shitting (pun intended ) that's what doctors tell you to do.

noblejr

Back in high school I would poop two to three times a day. Now, 5+ years later, I go once, sometimes twice in a day; sometimes every other day. I don't eat the same volume as I used to which probably makes a big difference. I take a leak approx. four times a day.

sonikeko

this is quite a strange question, but I'll answer. I poop way too much, generally around 6 times a day. But, I also had a pollup at 20 yrs. old, and have a history of weird-ass stomachs in my family.

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Forever

I used to have weird digestive problems (never diagnosed anything) for years (3 years old - 19,20 years old? and I'm 21), and only went about once a week. Oh lord was that an experience. Only since coming to college has it gone into a normal schedule, once a day or once every two days.

theinfamous

about 3 times a day in the shitter, yet i visit the urinal nearly every hour. oh yeah, and lots of farts....

Jadey

I have a bowel movement once a day (after breakfast in the morning and before I go to the club to workout). I probably urinate 10-12 times per day. I've always thought that was excessive and wondered if someting was wrong with me. My dad was the same way. I have a friend that seems to never have to go. For example, Saturday we went to breakfast after she got off of work at 6:30am and then went shopping and went to a movie at 12:30. She didn;t go to the bathroom until after the movie! I think I went about 4 or 5 times!

tehblaed

You guys do realize this is probably one of the oddest threads in this forum, right? I mean, honestly. A person that really cares about the shitnpisses of 20 or so random people bothers me.

slimshaydee

Some people just have to go more than others, I bet when she goes she pee's enough to fill the grand canyon though. As for me as I posted earlier I go alot but only pee in small amounts. There is such a thing as an overactive bladder, but thats only if you get leakage, have sudden urges to pee, and go around 2-3 times during the night.

1337haxor

Once in the morning and once in the evening

Me So Horny

A trip to Bojangles and then the 10 minute ticker starts. Otherwise, usually once a day before work--the three S's "shit, shower, and shave." I hate having to take a dump at work.
As far as urinating, after a few beers it becomes one in, one out. In general you make 1mL urine/kg/hour but that varies depending on what you take in and your body's fluid status.