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[afemmefatale]

So I have wanted to do this fast for a year.  It is called The Lemonade Diet: The Master Cleanse.  You drink only this lemonade concoction:  fresh lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper for a minimum of ten days.  To me, ten days seems like too much so I was going for three or four and if I felt ok by then I might consider going the full ten

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[thepowerbroker]

I fail to see the difference between something like this and ascribing all health to four humors. Except maybe with the latter, people didn't have anything better to go on. Science exists so we don't have to do arbitrary things like drink lemonade and salt water and hope it "cleanses" us (if that even means anything). My point is that you shouldn't feel defeated. In fact, if you had gone through with this nonsense, you'd have been defeated by the powers dis-logic. So, if I can channel the big black lady, "Go on girl!"

[afemmefatale]

yeah, i'm seeing the error of my ways. something was very wrong about it all. thanks for you soul lady support.

[southernspirit]

lauren, listen to these wise WISE words.
fuck that shit. eat some yogurt. drink some cranberry juice. eat lots of fiber. do not waste your time. i've heard horror stories about that lemonade fast before today.
have some of that activia yogurt, which is actually pretty tasty.

[afemmefatale]

i realize now how wrong it felt. but i'm interested in these horrors stories you've heard!

Miracle cure

[anonymous]

Defeated? Or smart?

Honestly, what the Christ. My girlfriend is doing the South Beach right now and it makes me wonder why otherwise intelligent people try fad diets. I guess we're all susceptible ... I've spent the last ten years trying to find a regimen that will allow me to get rid of my gut while at the same time ingesting my weight in beer every weekend.

Here's an assignment: Design a diet, any diet you want. But it has to be called the Porcupine Racetrack Diet. Ready ... set ... go!

Re: Miracle cure

[jakemohan]

That was me, by the way.

Smart

[afemmefatale]

I didn't want to do it for losing weight purposes but because of detox purposes. To rid my body of so called "toxins" through cleaning out my intestines. But obviously my intestines are clean because there was nothing doing! Anyway, I'm over it. I'll never fast or laxative again.

I saw your brother at The Books show at Shubas the other night. I wasn't going to say hello but at the end of the night I noticed he was standing right beside me. It was so awkward it's laughable.

Hope you're thriving up there.

[diamondtower]

So did you have a dream about me being pregnant before or after waking up feeling violently ill? Or was that another night?

By the way, I'm not. Just in case you weren't sure.

[afemmefatale]

I figured you weren't! Crazy girl. It was after the violent illness.

[cutter77]

my friend did these detox things pretty regularly.
my friend now has cancer.

you have to have 900 calories a day just to keep your kidneys and heart functioning.

just get some exercise and sweat.

seriously.

[afemmefatale]

i've learned the lesson. i can't stress how "just wrong" it felt. i'm all caloried up and drinking wine now so no worries about this lady.