>wake up at night, grumbling stomach
>go to toilet
>try to poop, doesn't come out
>try harder
>starts to hurt, asshole blows up and swells
>sitting there in pain for hours because no stool softener and nothing's open
>hemorrhoids btw
>eventually get to doc's
>weighed at 170 lbs
>no ruptures or anything, take laxatives and hydrate
>two bottles of magnesium citrate and some miralax
>finally push out the most agonizing shit of my life
>find a big dark log - 1/4 foot in diameter and damn near two feet in length if not longer
>plunger required
>spend rest of the day flushing down gouts of nearly black diarrhetic soup
>purge is finally over, weigh in again
>164.4 lbs
So how much fiber are you supposed to get? I aim for 30g or more but tend to hit the upper 20s, or is this something else? I think my poops were getting more infrequent before this too. My diet is high protein, moderate fat and low, low carb fwiw