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[AthleticHunta]

Hey do you guys mind if I join in. I picked 2 days ago.. stupid face is breaking out a bit ):

[AthleticHunta]

Day 1, No Picking.

Woke up with a new white head zit on the left side of my face, did 5 rounds of EFT and feel very very strong (: .

[pokemonster]

day 3 didnt pick or anything

Edited by fugleee_dumbBUNNY, 04 December 2010 - 04:36 PM.

[LittleMissChatterbox]

Day 6 completed, face is peeling like MAD on the regimen. It was so red a few days ago - that discouraged me from picking coz i didn't wanna make it more sore.

I went out last night to my friends houseparty, coz they are all moving out... and I looked a bit like a leper with all my skin falling off!! But hey, i think i've learnt to laugh at myself.

Today is day 7... tomoz i'll take a picture to monitor progress x

PS Fuglee - CFS is short for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome x

[ivanna]

hey guys it me... hope u rememver me- i'm so sorry but our computer broke down and i didn't have internet. But i've got great news i haven't picked since!!! and my face is looking great!! just have one pimple coming out but my pores and everything has tremendously lessen =) ,, whooo
anyway i almost picked a few days ago , because i was cutting out foods as usual =) - -i've gone months without gluten, months without milk, and just now i was on a no sugar diet, but i dont do this to keep clear, cuz i;ve learned that the pimples come and go as they please ...and if i pick =),, but i do this to stay healthy !!! but for me i've noticed that its one of my biggest drawbacks!!! because i guess i'm always trying to fix things!!! this is my problem!!-- i'll fix my diet .... or that what i think i'm doing!!! And if i have a bad day , when i eat the chocolate, ice cream etc i feel like i've done something wrong,,,so i either eat more ice cream etc and tell myself i'll start over 2morrow ( feeling like a total failure) and we all know this leads to picking -- we try and fix our face (getting all that imperfect bumps out) becuz we just broke somethin- our diet etc and then it feels good to do something useful -fixing our face --- and the 2morrow we fix our diet again and start over!!
well what i've learned so far is not to FIX or CONTROL anyting--- to cut out on no foods!!! non at all!!! please try this!! you have to let go on all that control over your eating habits (this is big for me becuz i've always for years been cutting back on certain food)--one has to be able to eat the chocolate and not feel like i've done something wrong or that i failed my stupid unrealistic strict diet!! the problem is if you put chocolate infront of someone--- it exists-- so sooner or later he is going to eat it!! Its just people in Africa who can live of eating just rice (becuz its all that they have) Eat what you want!!! This has helped me tremedously . And when i see i pimple forming i just tell myself that i cant control everything,, my face or skin will take care about it!! its a huge step to let go of the control ....over my face and diet...but it works

Edited by ivanna, 03 December 2010 - 05:44 PM.

[meganwillnotpick]

yay, havent picked in 3 days!!! hope everyone else is doing good! i just broke out really bad and i havent even touched anything. i guess i just don't want to make things worse!

[pokemonster]

hey guyz, day 5 completed, no picking and no plucking and even touching (only dead skin, some old dried scabs n some shit got off themselves while i was doing exfoliation thing, and thats it)

also i decided to put a list of involved ppl in this competition right now to see overall picture better:

loveNlipgloss doing veery good! day 3-4
ivanna whoooHoo! goez like terminator! currently the leader! & if im right then on day 12!!
LittleMissChatterbox doin awasome too! day 6-7
AthleticHunta so are u in, dude?
smartie and u? still in this? tell us how u are doing pls!
fugleee_dumbBUNNY tats meee. on day 5

btw, ppl, i have an idea for a winner of this competition we couldve think of some kind of prise or honorific lol or something, how u think? also to keep our motivation, i just dunno what kind of it could be, any ideas maybee? thats if u agree n stuff?

[AthleticHunta]

almost day 4, doing pretty good. The eft seems to b working out well. But the left side of my face is really acting up ): grrr...

Edited by AthleticHunta, 04 December 2010 - 08:15 PM.

[meganwillnotpick]

would you consider removing a dried up clogged pore thats about to fall off picking? i was just applying my acne stuff and i felt a dried clog and just added some pressure and it came off. i didnt really mean to, i wasnt really thinking about it. other than that i havent picked in 4 days, so idk if i should count something as little as that?

Edited by loveNlipgloss, 04 December 2010 - 11:22 PM.

[AthleticHunta]

Nope, there almost always dry on the top and filled with puss in the center surrounding a bit of a soft or hard core.


There are mostly 4 layers to a zit, The white scab like thing or white bubble, the soft liquid layer under the scab, the stuff thats a bit thicker under the initial liquid white layer,and then there is a core. Pop the zit and leave the core, the zit will come back and just continue to make puss, get it out and it will heal.

How a pimple heals is like this in 3 steps. The white bubble full of liquid (whitehead) turns into a scab, then that scab cracks from drying, and when it cracks, oxygen floods under the scab into the pore, drying the puss under the scab, to the scab, then that scab and the puss being fused together, cracks together (when fully dryed and fused) furthering and and deepening the drying and fusing processes into the pore, then the already fused stages finally attach to the core, and from here the whole thing, puss core and all just fall off with the scab, clearing the pore.

Alot of people Might be like core? core? core?. Let me tell you, it takes a little experience to get out. bigger ones, a ton of pressure with you finger tips, and the smaller ones, finger nails, a little pressure, and the right angle will get it out. I do not recommend trying ):< WE ARE ANTI PICKKERRSS FOR LIFE Remember? (: . Anywayzz


Day 5, I picked. I picked one bad zit, itchy as all hell.. But I stopped right away, and I picked it well, got all 3 layers out, so it won't fester up again.

I messed up -_- . I drank a bunch of milk and ate a bunch of yogurt.. I was trying to introduce my body to as many types of strains of probiotics I can, there were 2 or maybe 3 new strains added to these yogurts I had not taken yet. I'm glad I got them into me, but that damn dairy gave me a bunch of little bumps all around my face, Imaaa just gonna have to let them heal, gotta keep my head up (: .

After I picked I did a round of eft, and let me telll you, the urge to pick was about an 9, Not picking after that one popped pimple had me ripping myself completely apart fighting the urge, I probably wouldn't have even been able to fall asleep without smashing one or 10 of those juicy bastards.. But the EFT.. WOW drained that urge like nothing els.. Got it down to a 2, it simply amazes me how powerful it is.

My confirmation to myself during with the EFT was. "Even tho I have this acne and all these little bumps on my face, I completely and fully accept myself. And while doing it, I thought about the acne and little bumps and how bad the urrggeeeeee was too poopppp themmmmm, while I did it, and right after i finished up the eft.. I just took a deep breath, relaxed, let go, Looked into the mirror and said... I completely and fully accept myself!! with a big smirk, and the pain and emotional terror of that urge was just lifted from me like magic. I didn't feel like I needed to do any of that picking stuff to feel ok (: .. The acne just felt Ok (: and I didn't feel like i wanted to pick much at all.. Sry I'm just blown a bit away here (: (: (: (: .

Edited by AthleticHunta, 05 December 2010 - 03:07 AM.

[pokemonster]

loveNlipgloss noo ofc, if its all dried up and just waiting for a moment to fall off, its totally ok, just be careful from urge to pluck off nondried up stuff as well while ur at it. anywayz u are doing great, keep it up!

so AthleticHunta wtf are u doing lol? stop the dairy, i thought u dont eat it at all, u gonna screw up yo face and all the work u did before again, dude. wtf all of a sudden lol

and umm ok so u picked that 1 pimple but then hey the rule only 1 in 5 days now applies to u, so if u do something like this again in upcoming 5 days, ur on day 0 again!

and imo i dont think thats the best thing to do what u wrote there about layers n stuff, how to pick etc, bcs if u dont get out that puss, it just dries up like little ball or something idk and then when it dries it just fells off and theres even skin under, now if u pick it and get it all out its most likely will refill and be pimple again (or possible scaar in future?), so maybe its just u that it works like that buut..
besides cmon were in not picking thread here ok?

eft! eft! eft!! lol whatever floats yo boat, man!

Edited by fugleee_dumbBUNNY, 05 December 2010 - 03:51 AM.

[LittleMissChatterbox]

Hey guys! Well done fuglee on putting together that list of how many pick-free days ppl have had. Do you fancy doing that again some time? It's really encouraging. Gives me something to aim for.
Day 8 completed. On Day 9!! YAY

Started using BP on the jaw line too, as i get some occasional spots there, and it is SO SO itchy on my neck. Just trying not to touch it. ARRGG!!!

I like the idea of a prize, although I think we all know that the sense of achievement is gonna be the best thing about getting to 100 days. I haven't really got any bright ideas I'm afraid. Anyone else got any?

I'll take a picture today of my progress and upload it. I'm gonna be taking weekly photos if you guys wanna track my success (I say success coz I am thinking positive!).

[ivanna]

Hey can anyone tell me what eft is?? =) anyway i dont believe diary is bad for your skin,,, i have quite a lot these days,,, but i have to say the milk i have is homogenised (however you spell that) today is day 13 for me,,, whoo hooo =) ,,,, this time really feels different to all the times i have stopped before!! i feel like i'm never going to pick again!!!! its like i lost the control over my face and i'm just relaxing!!

[pokemonster]

LittleMissChatterbox yea i actually plan to do it once in a while, i think it will motivate us in some ways =)

ivanna its cool but dont loose the guard just yet, i previously did approx 20 days without picking and thought pahaha i deff wont pick ever again but then some nice day crushd down n picked alot due to stress and all of a sudden, so this time hopefully 100 days will do the trick for me and u too guyz..

eft = emotional freedom tehnique, just google it or read athletichunta's posts, he seems to hype over it alot

[LittleMissChatterbox]

ivanna - that's so great, glad to hear you're so relaxed now. Keep it up, well done

[meganwillnotpick]

ok good, i dont want that to ruin my streak. the spot wasnt even on my face, it was on the side of my neck, so its not like anyone can really see it.

its day 5, by the way! my skin is really flaring up, but at least im not picking!

Edited by loveNlipgloss, 05 December 2010 - 10:21 AM.

[AthleticHunta]

Hey can anyone tell me what eft is?? =) anyway i dont believe diary is bad for your skin,,, i have quite a lot these days,,, but i have to say the milk i have is homogenised (however you spell that) today is day 13 for me,,, whoo hooo =) ,,,, this time really feels different to all the times i have stopped before!! i feel like i'm never going to pick again!!!! its like i lost the control over my face and i'm just relaxing!!

Saying dairy isn't bad for your skin is like saying fire isn't bad for you skin...


I knowwwww fuglee thank you (:, its just that when you get these living probiotics into your system, they move in, and grow and pupulate and stay in yoru system forever, unless you murder them with antibiotics .

I just thought, eh... one day of yogurt, and probiotic milk can't be THAT bad.. But it kinda was D: .. I'm ok tho .

And that picking rule?. Oh yeah, astleast i'm not losing on the forum ;P .

Edited by AthleticHunta, 05 December 2010 - 12:19 PM.

[AthleticHunta]

Hey can anyone tell me what eft is?? =) anyway i dont believe diary is bad for your skin,,, i have quite a lot these days,,, but i have to say the milk i have is homogenised (however you spell that) today is day 13 for me,,, whoo hooo =) ,,,, this time really feels different to all the times i have stopped before!! i feel like i'm never going to pick again!!!! its like i lost the control over my face and i'm just relaxing!!

sure. its all over youtube, and there are few methods and advanced methods of doing it, so watch alot of videos to get the full spectrum. EFT can cure the habit of smoking , drugs, and any other addiction or social anxiety, fear, emotional trauma, and so on. Its a tapping technique that originated from the idea of acupuncture, it balances negative energy in the body, and removes life force energy blockages or orgone energy that cause stress and the problems stated above. Another form of energy balancing are EMF or EMR and other such pendants, but some don't work so you got to read the reviews, or that's what I recommend anyway. EP2 and performance amulet are good.

People that doubt this energy stuff should look up the thread on here where someone got themselves 100% clear by using acupuncture treatments. EFT not only can stop habbits, but can be used cancel out the bio energy signatures (frequency/Vibrations Of atoms at the atomic scale) that cause acne, but only if used in the proper manner. Ive never really tried this before for healing myself yet tho.


I do know this is the same way homeopathic medicine for acne works to a good extent. I have heard some good things about it, you guys might want to look into that as well.

Good luck (::::::

Edited by AthleticHunta, 05 December 2010 - 12:39 PM.

[AthleticHunta]

Picked today again, 2 shaving ingrown hairs, no big deal, they itched like crazy, and they popped right away, picking made them less red.. Anyway sigh, I hate picking.

[AthleticHunta]

For personal reasons I'm abandoning this thread. Ive not gone hyper and picked my face to oblivion lol, I'm doing very good (: . Good luck everyone, see yah.