My Reta gut does this stop-start thing, anyone else?

Travel schedule is the first thing I’d look at, honestly. There was a thread last fall about “hotel bathroom roulette” and a bunch of us noticed the stop-start pattern tracked less with the med and more with eating on the road: later dinners, way less fiber, weird water intake.

I started a dumb note on my phone—just time, consistency, and whether I was home or in a hotel—and after two weeks the pattern was obvious. Not saying that’s your deal, but is the low “there’s more” signal worse on travel days, or does it hang around at home too?

That split told me more than any single day.

Systems hack: log signal intensity (0–3) and actual output (Y/N) separately for a week. My stop-start pattern tracked almost 1:1 with travel days and eating later than usual, not the med.

The “there’s more” ghost signal was mostly gas/dehydration from airport food and too much coffee. I also note water, steps, and last meal time. Does yours reset after 24

not the same one, but I’ve hit that third setting. My sheet logs Bristol, urge 0–3, and “false alarm” trips.

Travel weeks: false alarms double from 1.0 to 2.1/day, while total BMs barely move. Trendline points way more at hotel breakfast + less walking than at injection day.

That low “there’s-more” signal is usually incomplete evacuation for me, not real backlog. Are you tracking time-of-day? Mine clusters 7–9am and 8–10pm.

If you add “minutes from urge to result,” you’ll see whether it’s speed or coordination. Also, hotel food or your usual?

That’s the first column I’d add.

Three years in this sub, and the stop-start thing showed up for me too once I was traveling most weeks. For me it wasn’t just the med—it was hotel food, less water, late dinners, and sitting in meetings all day.

I started logging BMs, water, and travel days in the same notes app, and the pattern was almost always day 2–3 of a trip, then it reset at home. Sharp question: does yours track with travel days, or is it happening at home too?

If it’s travel-linked, the old “road gut” thread had non-med stuff like packing prunes/kiwi and walking after dinner. Ten days of that limbo is annoying—hope it evens out.

I get the same stop-start when I travel: morning coffee + whey shake, then nothing for hours, then a random “there’s more” urge at 9pm. What helped me was logging fiber, water, caffeine, and steps next to it.

Turned out hotel breakfasts + less water + late caffeine was the pattern, not the med itself. Lifting 4x helps once I’m home, but on the road my gut runs on hotel time.

Are your bad days clustering on travel days, or random even at home?

The thing that finally showed me the pattern was using a food marker—beets or sesame seeds—so I could clock actual transit time instead of guessing from vibes. When I travel, mine does that same stop-start if I’m eating on a weird clock: hotel breakfast at 6:30, dinner at 9, then nothing feels “done.” Do you notice it’s tied to when you eat, or just being on the road?

Also, my tiny-town pharmacy sells those collapsible travel bidet bottles, and honestly that plus unscented wipes makes the “there’s-more” signal less of a hostage situation.

Small-town pharmacy regular here—mine jokes I keep them in business with electrolyte packets. What finally cracked my stop-start was tracking the last real meal before hotel check-in, not just mornings.

If I eat a late travel dinner, I get that low “there’s more” hum the next morning, then it fizzles into nothing. Does yours line up more with late dinners on travel nights, or with the day after?

I started noting it in my phone as “last bite” and it was pretty obvious. Also, hotel breakfasts are all bagels and coffee, so I try to grab a yogurt cup if there’s one.

Not fancy, but it’s helped me tell travel chaos from gut chaos.