Researchers at Osaka University in Japan found that exposing rats to the scent of grapefruit oil for 15-minute intervals, three times a week helped reduce not only their appetite, but their weight. Inhale this fresh citrus scent and dial back the portion of your next meal.
I'm not certain that I am a rat but my ex-husband used to call me that along with other names, one rhyming with rat and another rhyming with witch so I'm thinking this might apply to me!
AND...
I have grapefruit trees in my yard...
SO...
I am going outside to harvest a bushel of grapefruit which means...
BY THE WEEKEND I AM CERTAIN TO BE SKINNY!
Woo hoo!
Rock on!
I may need to borrow some clothes from you as soon as the pounds start peeling away...just to tide me over until I'm like a size two or something.
If you're already a size two, just never mind, OK?
And now...
BEEEEEEPPPPPPP!!!!!
I AM NOW RESUMING REGULAR BLOG PROGRAMMING!!!!!!!
...
Sigh...
I have grapefruit dishsoap and it smells sooo good.. If you see me running around blowing bubbles out my nose you'll know why!
ReplyDeletehappy friday!
vivian
Couldn't they make it in something like a mask? If I could wear it all day, I could buy something skinny to wear out with my honey on his upcoming b-day!
ReplyDeleteI'm coming over to borrow some grapefruit. Maybe Sprouts has that oil. I'll check!
ReplyDeleteI will look for updates on your progress.
ReplyDeleteOK can you ship me some of these babies...I will inhale for 24 hours straight...
ReplyDeleteLove your pic....I wish I had one of these in my yard!!
Thank you for the love....I so love hearing from you...your words touch my heart!!!
Have a great one sweet friend!!!
you lost me at "I have a grapefruit tree in my back yard" - I will be moving in soon, I hope you have room for me. I don't need much - a warm bed, a computer connection, access to a bathroom would be nice and access to that tree please!
ReplyDeleteOn the grapefruits making you skinny thing, well - in the nicest way possible I would like to say good luck with that.
Did I just lose my chances at a room?
Is 848 up there your ex-husband? No wonder he's an ex. What a dweeb.
ReplyDeleteI hate eating grapefruit so is the perfect thing for me. Good luck with scentible eating. (Yes, you have permission to shoot me now.)
Wow, let me know if this works. I love grapefruit anyway, so walking around sniffing one shouldn't be that difficult. Although it may cause some strange looks at work! How lucky for you that you have that beautiful tree in your yard! Kat
ReplyDeleteOh, and Mr. 848 up there, I can send you a link to misogynists anonymous if you'd like. I think you'd probably fit in better there - just a friendly hint.
I'd much rather smell them than eat them!
ReplyDeleteJenny, that is funny. If it works let us know. I need a quick remedy too.
ReplyDeleteYour yard makes me so jealous! I need to move to AZ! And a while back there was a grapefruit diet. You ate half a grapefruit half an hour before a meal and it was supposed to suppress your appetite a lot. I just figured it was because you had already eaten something. Who knew it was because of the smell! And how on earth did they discover that in the first place? Putting different smells up to rats noses before they ate? Weird.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your skinnifying. I'll send you all my pre-baby weight clothes.
Good Morning Girlfriend,
ReplyDeleteYou are sooooo perfect just the way you are! You can just stay out of the backyard and rejoice in your womanhood, and womanly figure. My husband tells me I'm "Rubenesque" and very curvy! What a wonderful way to tell me I'm overweight, I'll take that over the ex calling me fat which also happened to me....hence that's one reason why he's an "ex."
Love ya'
Meri
I'll be anxiously watching to see how this works out...lol....
ReplyDeleteLet me know if this works, Jenny...I have lots of gragpefruit!..we can market this..lol..
ReplyDeleteI think I'll go buy some grapefruits today! Or maybe just some grapefruit air freshener! ;)
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! chubby mice sniffing grapefruit to lose weight and I bet these people make millions doing these studies lol...Well I would much rather sniff grapefruit then eat it...be sure to let us know if it works.
ReplyDeleteCount me in on this one....it sounds way better than exercise.
ReplyDeleteWell, I have a feeling that the Australian willows in my back yard were killed by the hard freeze. If they were, then I'm planting grapefruit trees! I LOVE grapefruit, but can only have it in the morning because of my meds. Who would create a cholesterol medication that prohibits eating grapefruit at night?
ReplyDeleteHi Jenny: How funny!! I'm off to get some grapefruit and still owe you a package...:)
ReplyDeletepatti
I'm sneaking over now to stand in your backyard and inhale deeply.
ReplyDeleteP.S. This American women has something to say about SOME American men. But, not ours, of course!
Sweet Jenny you are just so funny. I never understood why they think if something works on rats it will work on people. Good luck with smelling those grapefruit. If you are all slimmed down by the weekend will you send some grapefruit my way...they won't grow here.
ReplyDeleteBTW your grapefruit tree is beautiful. Hugs
You crack me up!!! I love being able to have a good laugh while I'm reading blogs and you give me that every time...thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteYou don't want any of my clothes as they have yet to be exposed to grapefruit!
I'm anxious to hear about the results of your exposure next week!!
and here i thought the whole weight thing was about proper diet and exercise ... I'm off to the grocery store to pick up a couple of grapefruits!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd leave a longer post, but I have to get to the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck with that Hon:)
ReplyDeleteFirst, you are awesome. I always love stopping by and seeing things through your eyes for a little while. Inhale those grapefruits, Jenny! Breathe deep!
ReplyDeleteSecond, I used to be amused by that "boycott" spam but now it's just old. Sigh.
The thing is back in the late 70's early 80's grapefruit was used in many diets. I do remember that because I ate a lot of it. But I prefer the pink grapefruit and enjoy eating it just because I do. To reach out my back door for one though would be wonderful. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteGah...this diet won't work for me, as I can't handle the taste - or smell - of grapefruit.
ReplyDeleteWould you be willing to research online and find a diet that does the same thing as this one, but with CHOCOLATE??!!
Whoa!! my mom used to call me rat...i swear it's true. she always said it in a comical way but i never laughed. gotta get me some grapefruit!!
ReplyDeleteI love Grapefruit
ReplyDeleteI have always heard grapefruit was good for us and could help with weight loss. (why don't I eat them daily then?) I do love them...jealous of your tree!
ReplyDeleteBTW: how are you feeling???? I have not seen any updates since you visited the Indian healer lady thingymabob. I hope all is well Jenny.
xoxox
What did you do to tick off Mr. 848 up above? Jeesh!
ReplyDeleteWhat i want to know is how are you going get the oil from the grapefruit and what method are you going to use to sniff it?
Could you box up some of those babies and send 'em to me? Seriously, how wonderful to have a grapefruit tree...oh my. The smell would make me happy even if I did stay a bit fluffy!
ReplyDeleteI haven't eaaten grapefruit for ages. It's one of those foods which I enjoy more than I think I am gooing to (if you see what I mean).
ReplyDeleteBy the way 848, this foreign (non American) woman thinks you need to take your bigoted opinions somewhere else!
If just smelling them makes you skinny, I can imagine that eating them makes you emaciated. Don't do it, Jenny.
ReplyDeletexoRobyn
I'm going to start bathing in grapefruit juice then.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend! La
Maybe thats the problem here in Idaho - we don't grow grapefruit!! Ha ha
ReplyDeleteSo that's what I need!
ReplyDeleteI hate grapefruit, but if all I have to do is smell them to lose weight, bring them on.
ReplyDeleteI love grapefruit! I'm jealous that you have a tree full of them! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to imagine grapefruit on a tree in my yard - what a treat! I'll bet they taste better than anything from a grocery store.
ReplyDeleteAh, Japan and their diet studies. It's the reason why certain fruits and vegetables sell really quickly at odd times of the year. Last year (or was it the year before that) there was a study that said that eating a banana for breakfast every morning will help you lose weight. For the first month or two, all the groceries were sold out of bananas in Tokyo. When we did find a place that had them, they were double the price you'd normally pay. I guess I should be expecting grapefruit prices to soar soon too, huh?
ReplyDeleteOh good grief! How about citrus perfume? Nope, it has to be fresh citrus scent.
ReplyDeleteSure, just in time for the increase in food prices!
Ahhhhh but! Increase in food prices!!! See? It's a world-wide conspiracy, to make us thinner!!! If we can't afford food, we will get thinner. How ingenious!!!
Jeepers, did Michele O. think this one up? She who has a *War on Kid's Fat Buttttttts* in progress. -Heh,heh,heh-
Mrs. Bradley >,-)
I would rather smell a grapefruit than eat it. Let me know if this works.
ReplyDeleteOh, would that it would be true! Grapefruit oil causing skinny-ness, that is. Perhaps I should add this to my arsenal.
ReplyDeleteEr, excuse me. Gotta go sniff some grapefruit!
I actually do eat a lot of grapefruit when I'm dieting. It seems to cut my appetite down a bit. Plus, I LOVE it. Especially fresh off the tree!
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I think you did lose weight! Your picture looked thinner...
ReplyDeleteI am heading to body and bath to get grapefruit soap, shampoo and lotion...Thanks for the advice. At this point I'm willing to eat grapefruit soap to lose weight!
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