Pooping. Having a bowel movement worth taking a long time. Someone who takes a morning constitutional is often said to be a member of the "ten minute club."
Finished my coffee, now is time for my morning constitutional.
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con·sti·pla·tion \ˌkän(t)-stə-ˈplā-shən, 1 : To spend a vast amount of time thinking about whether or not you need or can poop.
Dude, I ate a dicey burrito this morning for breakfast, and I've wasted the entire last hour tied up in constiplation, I really don't want it to hit me during the meeting.
While most might think of a early morning walk when hearing this term, the term morning constitutional can also be used to define what happens when someone has to take a early morning bowel movement.
Samuel took a newspaper in to read during his morning constitutional.