TMI kinda question...

Ponkeen
Ponkeen Posts: 147 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone out there have and use a squatty potty? If so, what is your impression of it? Does it upgrade your bathroom game?
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  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Does anyone out there have and use a squatty potty? If so, what is your impression of it? Does it upgrade your bathroom game?

    A what now? An expensive stool? Looks like a waste of money.
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    edited October 2015
    I personally never have but I have heard from multiple friends that have used squat toilets on vacation to other countries and loved them. Much more "natural feel" and erm..cleaner than sitting.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    You could always try something cheap like a cardboard box kid's stool. I mean, i'ts in the bathroom for doing bathroom business. Does it really need to be fancy and expensive? ;)
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    You could always try something cheap like a cardboard box kid's stool. I mean, i'ts in the bathroom for doing bathroom business. Does it really need to be fancy and expensive? ;)

    That's what I was thinking.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Does anyone out there have and use a squatty potty? If so, what is your impression of it? Does it upgrade your bathroom game?

    Upgrade it how?
    Are you having problems producing adequate bowel movements?
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    I have lived in parts of the world where toilets are built into the floor with places for your feet. Only the handicapped stalls have "western" toilets. I was usually too worried about balancing in that position, without peeing on my pants to properly relax. I once had to go into a stall to help my mother up, that might have influenced my fears.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    ahhhhh. Someone want to explain this to me? Are your legs to short to reach the floor or something?
  • Nebrie
    Nebrie Posts: 56 Member
    I've used several while in Japan. Also, I've squatted many times while camping. It made no difference for me. I had to go. I did my business. I left. Given the choice, I'd choose western style.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,092 Member
    Just hover over the regulation height bowl. Great for your quads.
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    edited October 2015
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    ahhhhh. Someone want to explain this to me? Are your legs to short to reach the floor or something?

    It helps everything move out easier. When you are sitting with your feet on the ground your colon kinks making it harder to push and get everything out. LOL Oh man, this it too much TMI...
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  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    MsJulesRenee wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    ahhhhh. Someone want to explain this to me? Are your legs to short to reach the floor or something?

    It helps everything move out easier. When you are sitting with your feet on the ground your colon kinks making it harder to push.

    Fiber. It's your friend.
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
    MsJulesRenee wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    ahhhhh. Someone want to explain this to me? Are your legs to short to reach the floor or something?

    It helps everything move out easier. When you are sitting with your feet on the ground your colon kinks making it harder to push.

    Fiber. It's your friend.

    I don't personally use it! haha, I have no problems
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    shell1005 wrote: »
    This is the best commercial that the world has ever made. Having said that, I have no interest in buying this product.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q

    OMG!!! SNORT!!!!
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    MsJulesRenee wrote: »
    kkenseth wrote: »
    MsJulesRenee wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    ahhhhh. Someone want to explain this to me? Are your legs to short to reach the floor or something?

    It helps everything move out easier. When you are sitting with your feet on the ground your colon kinks making it harder to push.

    Fiber. It's your friend.

    I don't personally use it! haha, I have no problems

    Yeah, me neither....
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
    MsJulesRenee wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    ahhhhh. Someone want to explain this to me? Are your legs to short to reach the floor or something?

    It helps everything move out easier. When you are sitting with your feet on the ground your colon kinks making it harder to push.

    Fiber. It's your friend.

    Yes
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
    MsJulesRenee wrote: »
    kkenseth wrote: »
    MsJulesRenee wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    ahhhhh. Someone want to explain this to me? Are your legs to short to reach the floor or something?

    It helps everything move out easier. When you are sitting with your feet on the ground your colon kinks making it harder to push.

    Fiber. It's your friend.

    I don't personally use it! haha, I have no problems

    Yeah, me neither....

    Good to know :)
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    So scrunching your knees toward your chest is supposed to make you poop easier?

    Um. OK.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
    So scrunching your knees toward your chest is supposed to make you poop easier?

    Um. OK.

    I thought that was just for when you're in labor.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Does anyone out there have and use a squatty potty? If so, what is your impression of it? Does it upgrade your bathroom game?

    Upgrade? Wut?
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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    OMG! I need one of these for my fiance's mother's bathroom! She has one of those handicap things with handles on top of the toilet so she doesn't have to sit as far down and my feet don't touch the floor all the way, which is really weird.

    Squatty potty:
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    My fiance's mother's toilet seat is like this:
    toilet-seat-for-disabled.jpg
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    edited October 2015
    I just can't take anything seriously with a name like that.

    I mean, science too....but mostly the name. :joy:
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    Look on their website, the reviews are hilarious
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I have been alternately sitting on a chair and squatting on the floor to try to figure out how the colon gets "kinked" in the one position.
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Any stool will work, and it doesn't need to be both feet.
  • SweetPeasMom55
    SweetPeasMom55 Posts: 3,506 Member
    @shell1005 OMG!!! Thanks for sharing the commercial it was so funny. :D
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    I have been alternately sitting on a chair and squatting on the floor to try to figure out how the colon gets "kinked" in the one position.

    :joy:
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    I have been alternately sitting on a chair and squatting on the floor to try to figure out how the colon gets "kinked" in the one position.

    All I know is from what people have told me about it. Considering millions of people use that type of toilet every day there has to be something to it.
  • cobwebel
    cobwebel Posts: 114 Member
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Does anyone out there have and use a squatty potty? If so, what is your impression of it? Does it upgrade your bathroom game?

    I've never used it but I have two personal trainer friends and a couple of body builder friends that swear by it. They're all pretty body conscious so I trust their ASSessment.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    cobwebel wrote: »
    Ponkeen wrote: »
    Does anyone out there have and use a squatty potty? If so, what is your impression of it? Does it upgrade your bathroom game?

    I've never used it but I have two personal trainer friends and a couple of body builder friends that swear by it. They're all pretty body conscious so I trust their ASSessment.

    I see what you did there...

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