Having a bowel movement every other day may be caused by eating less, drinking less water and exercising less. It is usually normal if you have regular bowel movements every other day for a long period of time, but it is not normal if there is a change in the color or character of the stool or if there are uncomfortable symptoms such as difficulty in defecation. 1. Normal phenomenon: some people eat less, so regular every other day bowel movements for a long time, and the stool is golden yellow banana-like, bowel movements are not accompanied by defecation difficulties, abdominal pain and other symptoms is a normal phenomenon. 2. abnormal phenomenon: every other day a bowel movement, if the stool manifested as watery stool, dry stool, black stool, and the emergence of defecation difficulties, abdominal pain, abdominal distension and other symptoms, this situation is abnormal, there may be gastrointestinal bleeding, gastrointestinal tract inflammation and so on. People who have bowel movements every other day should go to the hospital in time if they have the above abnormal symptoms, complete gastroenteroscopy, fecal occult blood test and other tests to find out the cause and then actively treat it, so as not to delay the condition.