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Never mind the science. Just think of what's going to happen as a drastically increased amount of fibre has to pass through your system. Needless to say, the day I thought it would be a good idea to have a bowl of all bran for the first time in years was not a pleasant one. And I found out that I don't like the taste of…

I beg your pardon? Or, if I need to make it slightly more understandable for you - Dafuq????? OP, your doctor sounds unreasonable, I've lost about that since January (but fully expect the GP to say it isn't enough). However, they could be trying to make sure it isn't becoming an ED, which can happen. So is intended to put…

I agree with it being awkward for some people. After all, who wants to go up to somebody in public and say 'you look fantastic! Absolutely amazing? How have you achieved all this?', to hear the answer 'I got cancer'? True story. Not me, I'd like to say I had more sense than to say anything, but the truth is that I'd seen…

Tip it over fries, make salad dressings with it, pickle vegetables with it. Just don't expect it to do a single thing for you healthwise.

Will she be able to stay asleep when she inevitably gets bundled by half the neighbourhood's cats, or followed by herds of them first things in the morning as she's trying to get to work?

I drink a fair bit. Not usually at home alone, that's usually just a little stubbie at about 2.7%, but when the guys are around for rehearsal, it's lager and spirits mostly. Wine if a particular friend is here. I can and do drink a lot in one go, but over the week, most days are totally or nearly alcohol free. It does mean…

I hate double posts.

Let me get this straight...people are too embarrassed to buy a Big Mac meal, plus nuggets, extra fries, a fillet of fish, a McFlurry and an apple pie, plus a large milkshake to wash it all down l, when it could concievably be an order for four people - but they're ok with buying a greedy *kitten* size of fries with all the…

I think the trouble comes where the only exposure to a different nation's food comes via what can be imported. So, in the UK, we see blue boxes of mac and cheese when any idiot can cook pasta and make a cheese sauce, cake mixes when you only need eggs, sugar, flour and sometimes fat, boxes of cereal with little sugary…

That's interesting. All meat seems pretty expensive in the UK, but the halal butchers are great, and are far more reasonably priced than the supermarkets, so it actually saves me money to eat lamb, goat and chicken. And they provide lots of really lean cuts. I also like that I can go to a butcher and just buy one small…

I wouldn't worry about it. I'm 40 and when I was at school, there really weren't any 'geeky girls'. My brother used to take me to comic stores and, not only was I the only female in them, I would probably be the only female in them for the next fortnight. I read comics, graphic novels, sat at the back of the class and drew…

Well, if eating next to nothing and exercising everyday isn't working for you.....try doing the complete opposite.

I've thought about packing it all in a few times. Like when my joints decide to flake out on me. Or when I've eaten complete crap for three weeks and I feel tired, heavy and in pain. But then I realise I'm wearing clothes four sizes smaller, and they're baggy. My bracelet and necklace that were so tight, I had to get…

I think you should contact your medical support, as worrying about different macros and suchlike could be a trigger for you. Perhaps they can reassure you, monitor you a bit more and give you suitable dietary advice.

Nope. If I'm with a guy who is sweet, smart, gentle and can make me cry with laughter, I will love every bit of him - including any loose skin. Which is handy, as I've got some as well - he'd have to not care, either, or he wouldn't be the guy for me. Now I just have to meet one of them.

Sad though it is, big seamfree pants are the best. I've worked out behind women who, quite obviously :embarassed: were getting blistered from thongs.

I inject Methotrexate for Rheumatoid Disease. It was originally developed as chemotherapy for cancer, so the information leaflets include all the risks of taking high dose, short term courses designed to prevent cancer cells from replicating. Like death. Using your reasoning, I shouldn't be taking it because I don't have…

That's nothing compared to the face they'll be pulling when some ginger gets into those *special* places...

[barf] That stuff used to be served for school dinners when I was about 9. If you weren't careful, the slabs of reconstituted meat slurry would slide off your plate on the layer of grease they left on everything they touched. Unfortunately, if you let this happen, the Evil Dinnerlady would shout at you and then drag you…

Talking a little bit, and then talking to somebody else, is how you get to know people. I find small talk agonising, I'd always be the person at a party hanging out on the stairs or in the garden with the smokers and the divorced. However, I started with just passing comments, sometimes chatting for a while, sometimes…

Jeans - Left: Phone, Right: money/debit card/travelcard Jacket - Left: Keys, Right: coins, bits of fluff, an IKEA pencil, screwed up receipts and probably two or three plectrums.

A friend comes to Aqua Zumba with me. I started going by myself, but then she mentioned that it sounded fun - so I suggested we meet there. So far, she hasn't missed a single one. But there's no compulsion to it, and if she decides not to, it's not going to affect my exercising in the slightest. Although thinking about it,…

It's a lot safer to run where it is busy like that, compared to a deserted field or footpath. Where I live, there are lots of joggers, as I live between two parks and three gyms - I've never actually seen a single runner that has attracted any attention from anybody, really. And if they did, it would most likely be from a…

Last time I looked, you could choose to not pick up a phone, read a message, compose a reply and hit send, just by not picking the phone up until you have stopped driving. I don't think you can say about a heart attack 'I'll have it later'.

And you're happy to put your baby in the car with him, knowing that he'll be answering text messages as he drives?

I thought the movie felt more like a mishmash of themes than a coherent story. But got a cheap laugh from my hometown being mentioned. They'll need a better storyline if there is going to be another standalone movie. Marvel characters deserve the best scripts and special effects, not pretty pictures with no substance.

I'd rather have a phaser, myself.

Can you promise that it will only be you who dies? It must be wonderful to have a car that, no matter how stupid you are, is capable of ignoring the fundamental laws of physics when there are other people in the area. Is the car called K.I.T.T., perhaps? Or are you just talking out of your backside to try and cover up your…

And in the Real World, that's the one rule above all other that identifies the complete **** in the room.

It's not a difficult concept - if your car is parked outside, when you are offered an alcoholic drink or meal with alcohol in it (as it takes time to boil the alcohol out, mustn't leave a lid on the pan either) - you answer 'no thank you'. If it isn't, then you can answer 'yes, please'. And if you're with the sort of moron…