I have started having much trouble staying regular. I have been trying to diet with weight watchers. I stay very constipated and sometimes have mucous around my stool. I had a surgery 10 years ago and had 10 inches of my colon removed. Everything was removed they were worried about and I have had no further problems until about the last 6 months, I have tried stool softeners but do not like to get dependent on laxatives. Any suggestions to get it back to normal an regular like before?