I recently put together a reliable breakfast routine. I steam butternut squash, cut it up and store in a covered dish in the fridge. In the AM, I add yogurt, applesauce and tahini butter and mix it up with a spoon. It is actually quite delicious and adding a little cinnamon may suite some. I find that moist fiber, such as is found in the squash family, including all other hard shelled winter squashes and the the summer squashes such as zuchinni and crook neck yellow squash are a gentle bulking fiber that retains its moisture and does not dry out and absorb water from the colon like the dry fibers do. I am going to experiment with different nut butters for the calories and also adding flax oil. I remember my father telling me that in the small general store his father had in west Texas in the early 20th century, they kept dried okra powder on hand for stomach problems because of the gelatinous and moisture retaining nature of the fiber. My next step is to try steamed frozen okra. May have to wind up putting it in the food processor and then eating it on whole grains like rice, buckwheat groats or millet in order to glug it down and not get those round seeds caught in my colon. I'm not sure fried okra would work well, as fried anything is hard to digest. I am also going to try the gelatinous qualities of chia seeds. Has anyone tried it? Since eating my butternut breakfast, I have been able to cut down on the miralax and hoping to do so with the one senna I take. It is extra effort to prepare these meals, but I do not want to end up in the ER again. Nothing is certain and this could stop working tomorrow. I think it is really good that we share recipes with each other. I am experimenting with smoothies as well.