Hagsnet - the crepey quiche

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Over here all you 40s and fading!

One morning in Belem - in the Amazon, where the acai berries are docked from harvesting - I ate three bowls of them. Unless someone spiked my acai porridge, I got stoned on them. After that, I had a horrendous attack of the shits

So, yeah, it probably works ... or you could just buy a pack of laxatives from Boots

I've been thinking of trying apple cider vinegar which is supposed to suppress your appetite and help you have a good clear out.

Friend tried acai berries and had dreadful cramping pains and the squits.

I once googled 'acai berries scam' and a lot of information confirming my suspicion came up.

Evening my gorgeous Crepey Suzettes

Fellatio you wont regret Crest whitners they are the DB's. I wear mine (top set only) whilst Mning

ooh to Colon Cleanse. The effects were pretty much laxative as you'd expect. Effect depends on time of month, diet, dose, etc. Sometimes dramatic (and unpredictable), sometimes barely noticeable. Probably more beneficial at PMT time when constipation generally strikes as well (lovely).

It might be worth trying a half tablet daily dose. Though would second the advice of having easy access to private toilet, just in case.

cyb I love Crepey Suzettes. Can I nick it for my next name-change? I have a giant Toblerone for DH's birthday .

Where do you get these Whitening strips of which you speak? And are they 'spensive?

I once did that cleanse where you drink apple juice for a day and then a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice at bedtime . . . a friend was doing it to cleanse the liver and gallbladder. (Same friend also did that lemon juice / maple syrup / cayenne pepper fast, come to think of it.)

Anyway, the idea is you then, uh, rid yourself of hundreds of gallstones the next morning. I had no such result, and I later read that the "gallstones" people think they're seeing in the toilet are actually just little blobs of the emulsified oil / lemon mixture.

The real weight loss factor of most cleanses is apparently that you are drinking a fiber drink that makes you feel full -- so you eat less.

Am quite tempted by Whitening Strips too, but am nervous that my teeth might actually dissolve altogether, having been eroded by wine and coffee over the years.

I can remember my mother drinking apple cider vinegar as a diet aid in the 70s - she was quite thin so it might have worked Haven't read the science behind it, might have a google.

Actually, on reflection would the 'vinegar' bit of 'apple cider vinegar' be strictly necessary?

A bowel movemnt after every meal?!! That's not right and you know it.

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Not saying I agree with it - just that this seemed to be the aim of the colon-cleansing programme. As I said, all ills were put down to being bunged-up.

And I went with it to see if I could lose weight.

There are 43 calories in 100g of Strongbow (ref: Strongbow).
There are 3 calories is 15g of cider vinegar (ref: Apple Cider Diet).
(100/15)*3 = 20.
Therefore there are twice as many calories in cider as in the vinegar ... How does that work? Where did the other calories go?? Did the cider give off very sugary air as it went off?

Anyway, you could use real cider if you only put half as much in
(But half a tablespoon of cider might not brighten up your day all that much.)

Or you could just buy one of those 2-litre bottles of Strongbow & drink that. I guarantee you won't feel hungry - well, not until the next morning, when you may crave an Atkins-perfect breakfast of fried eggs, bacon & sausages.

^ This is not intended as dietary advice ^

Impressive stats work Garlicbutter

Yes, a teaspoon of cider hardly seems worth the effort of measuring it out. The Atkins breakfast sounds bloody good though!

The vinegar disappearing calorie count thing is very mysterious.

I luff you

Let's go an breathe in some cider-flavoured air! Hang the calories!

Ach, sod the cider-flavoured air, let's just go for several pints of Stowford Press and be done with it. And pork scratchings !!

Have just done day one of the Shred. I may die.....

Hi Smallstuff - how bad? I am tempted in a kind of morbid way....

Dp had colonic - didn't make a blind bit of difference...

Please people - your colon does not need to be cleansed even after many years. It does a darn good job itself, whoosing water into it just upsets the natural balance.

As for detox - if that really worked no one would ever need kidney dialysis or liver transplants again

Sounds easy. Looked easy when I previewed from sofa yesterday eve!, not easy..... Can't see how I will manage it every day ESP as I have to get up at 6.15am to fit it in...... Think it will have an effect tho
Talking about the Shred not colon cleansing by the way!!!

Plus I don't have enough gym clothes to do it every day!!!!

:) Yes, I have read that you sweat a fair bit.....
If it has an effect I am game (I think )

Levels 2 and 3 will have you oozing on to the carpet. The Shred, that is, not colon cleansing.

After yesterday's hangover, I was SO looking forward to going to bed. But, was starving when I got there so took ages to get to sleep, then DS woke up a couple of times. Even though DP was the one to see to him, I couldn't go back to sleep for hours. So, still shagged.

At my choir's rehearsal last night I realised nearly all the ladies could belong on this thread. Other than the REALLY old ones. Huge variety of gunt management, hairiness of chin, and size of bingo wing, with a good deal of 'menopausal blonde'. And a lot of comfy shoes.

I've done 4 days of the shred - not every day, I've also been to the gym a couple of times and sat on my arse, but it definitely gets easier.

The trick for me was not to throw myself into it at first - I hardly lifted my arms during starjumps and just did small squats. Not Gillian's intention, I'm sure. But that meant I could actually walk on subsequent days, so wasn't put off repeating the experience.

Now the starjumps are full-on (although I have to do a shuffling thing with my feet as PF insurance), and I'm doing proper squats, so, for me, it was worth holding back a couple of times.