drinking the green kool-aid

Green kool-aid is how I like to describe the cult-like experience of raw food, or really any crazy diet. People always seem half-fascinated and half-horrified by my commitment to cleaning my colon, so I thought I'd share my experiences in excruciating detail. As with any train wreck, it's hard to look away. Nonetheless, I've managed to pick up some comrades along the way, as a result of my dear friends' curiosity and solidarity. Others interested in drinking the green kool-aid, holla.

Monday, June 05, 2006

poop. you need to hear this.

in my normal, non-detoxing life, i poop somewhere between 1 and 3 times daily. this is what i consider regular or "normal." since i started eating raw food, or more importantly, taking psyllium twice a day, my frequency decreased to once a day, in the morning. i knew the psyllium would catch up to me one of these days and it did. since saturday, i have been having plentiful bowel movements, approximately 2 to 3 times a day, with today's record high topping the charts at 4! also, i've noticed an interesting texture to my shit - almost rope-like, but with many layers. imagine a rolled up newspaper that has been left out in the rain for a while - it's one entity, but you can see the parts that it is composed of. it's hard to explain. i might try to take a picture, but i'm not sure any of you want to see that...

2 Comments:

Blogger ddm said...

melissa, while I applaud and admire your tenacity with this detox, I'm 90% sure I speak for everyone on the internet when I say that we don't want to see a picture of your poo.

7:58 AM  
Blogger m. said...

but it's in the name of science!!!

7:44 PM  

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