I have no experience with diabetes so I don't know how that affects your husband, but I do have the same problem. I think it is normal, considering how many posts I have seen on the subject..

Good luck to both of you!.

Karen..

Diabetes runs in my familygoing to the bathroom a lot is VERY normal. Also, I try to. get all my water in by 7-8pm or so becasue I hate the constant potty runs breaking up my sleep. Even when I do stop early in the evening, I pee for quite some time..

Hope this helps..

I have been off and on the plan in recent history and I am a big water drinker almost all the time. So from my personal experience, I can say I have to pee a LOT more while following Medifast than when I wasn't. I just think "I am flushing the fat and junk down the toilet!" My advice, be sure you have a decent stock of toilet paper at all times!!!!..

I go a lot. I contribute it to a diet MOSTLY made up of water. The more I go, the more I lose so good for you!..

I think I read somewhere that when our bodies are in the ketosis state, the ketones leave our bodies either through our pee, breath or sweat. I too am peeing like a rushin' race horse. Driving my DH crazy. I think it's a good sign, we have to flush the toxins. I like the idea that we're flushing the "fat and junk" down the toilet! Good Luck...

Thanks for all the responses! I especialy like the idea that perhaps this is a sign of ketosis since I've been wondering how I'd know when I got there. I am tired so much of the time and have relatively frequent headaches so those wouldn't necessarily give me the heads up that I've hit that state. I am on day 4 of MF...

It's most likely a sign of the ketosis, plus as was mentioned earlier, you are making all your food with 6-8 ounces of water in addition to all the water you are drinking plain. It does ease up as you settle into a schedule, and your bladder expands a bit so you are not running to the bathroom every 1/2 hour...

I've read (and experienced) that anytime you cut way back on calories and food intake, your body releases a lot of water... it's pretty normal when first starting a diet. What was different for me on Medifast was it lasted for months! Then it finally leveled off.....