JUNE CHIT CHAT

As long as you don't follow fads & pay con artists. No exorbitant fees are required for cleanses.

Just lemons, pure tap water, green tea, fruit & vegetables...& exercise & sunshine. Last two are free.
If anything, you save money & your health.
After first week or a day or so, a good multi-vitamin per day is all you need to add to supplement lower calorie intake if losing weight. And a healthy diet including protein, carbohydrates & good fats.

Then when you've rebalanced your body by eliminating toxins & shed desired weight, you maintain a healthy diet, which you introduce any time from the start of your cleanse.

Basic common sense by educating yourself & adapting what works for you. Not what others dictate verbatim.

Ive never done a cleanse myself, was just told to stay away from mercury laden fish, friends do them and swear by them, but I haven't ventured there yet.

theminis wrote:Ive never done a cleanse myself, was just told to stay away from mercury laden fish, friends do them and swear by them, but I haven't ventured there yet.

And you were advised well. Swordfish have highest concentration. Tuna, mahi-mahi, even flake from sharks where you're from...
Mercury can cause cognitive damage; dangerous for breast-feeding moms...

Yes, Katie, cleanses really do work. The master cleanse is strictly lemon juice in water with raw maple syrup and cayanne pepper, 10 glasses a day. No food. Laxative tea at night, and a sea-salt and water drink first thing in the morning to flush yourself out. The acidity from the lemons causes your internal organs to constrict which squeezes aout all toxins. The maple syrup has enough nutrients and vitamins to keep you nourished and prevent hunger and the cayanne pepper ups your metabolism. The sea salt flush in the morning passes all toxic waste. Your body cycles cleansing every 7 days. So each symptom, i.e. metal, will last in your mouth for the entire day, but the next morning it is gone, you know your body is free of all stored metals. I used to party in my younger years and I tasted a lot of drugs, cocaine was the biggest. Now that was 30 years ago, and for one day that was all I could taste. No "trips" just the cleaning out of any residual. One day it was chocolate, all I coud taste was glorious chocolate, but then the next day, gone. And I didnt crave chocolate after I finished the cleanse. Here is a link to the Raw Food Diet that I followed. There are forums so you can read others questions, ask your own, ad get a good gudleine as to doing this:
http://www.mastercleanser.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=c37f43631b347a85b8ae9cd97392d56d

saw this pic and thought it was the coolest thing

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I'm sorry, cleanses don't work for anything other than losing weight quickly. For that, they're extremely effective although it seems only in the short term.

There's nothing in the ingredients you've described that can remove metals, drugs etc from the body. Maple syrup doesn't have all the vitamins your body needs.

The acidity from lemon juice does nothing: your own stomach is 10-times more acid than watered-down lemon juice.

Cayenne pepper can irritate your digestive system leading to diarrhea - and if it doesn't, the laxative tea you're taking will do the job.

Your body doesn't cycle cleaning every 7 days: it does it constantly and for all things and this takes place mostly in your kidney and liver.

If you're also eating raw foods, veggies and fruits, then that's a good thing but it isn't a cleanse: it's a diet.

Katie, the forum has been updated, I like the new layout in the posting area.

Play I know you want to be helpful but I guess Kat is right
Our body is an amazing machine, if all goes in the right way
Better not hurt it too much

And yes the new display sounds fine but I have some probs putting smileys

I agree with Katie.

What I find interesting is how people
who intoxicate their bodies with substance 
and bad nutrition are always the first ones 
to want to give health advice.

Not sure who you're referring to, Maggy.
Binge drinkers, party girls who stay thin through powdering their nose, bulimics...

However, other factors can enter the equation.
Some people may have a wealth of  nutritional & physiological knowledge, but still neglect themselves or even self-sabotage due to emotional issues.
Compulsive  behavioural patterns like drinking, over-eating, smoking, biting nails, hair twirling, gambling, etc.... They need to deal with their anxieties. 

Sure, they shouldn't preach to others if they're not in optimum shape themselves, especially if in public eye.

playfuldeb wrote:saw this pic and thought it was the coolest thing

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Beautiful!

Imagine on a rainy day

But what is this exactly? 

"Imagine on a rainy day "


I like to walkin the rain because I like the sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella. I like the way you think Oceans!

Good
Nice also to see raining from a porch
But better to hear it hidden under a duvet

;-)

theminis wrote:Katie, the forum has been updated, I like the new layout in the posting area.

I'm still getting used to it!  It looks kind of weird, but I like the fact that when you copy a site with photos, it copies the photos over as well.  

That should make life so much easier for everyone!

Regarding cleansing, there is scientific proof that fasting does a body good.  Most cleanses consist (or subsist, if you will) on a strict regime of limited caloric intake.  While any one cleanse may tout miracle effects, I'm more inclined to believe it's the fasting aspect that is the root of any health benefit and not the intake of any specific food, herb, glorified water, et al.

If you deny the body sufficient calories to function, it will begin to eat away at the body's reserves, utilizing the rhythyms of cell regeneration to consume and dispose, first the superfluous matter housed in the fatty tissue and then, (and this defines starvation), when the body begins to consume muscle tissue.

Doing cleanses is the current trend, but fasting is as ancient as it gets and one reason is because of its intrinsic value.  Animals as well as humans, when sick, cut back or don't eat at all, which allows the body to heal and repair.  I'm not saying anything new here - this info has been around for centuries. 

And as with anythng, it can (and does) get abused.  And in health, as well as other areas of life, aren't we prone to cycle through various 'new' trends?  The pendulum swings first one way, then another.  Awhile ago, it was colonics, oxygen "bars" and goji berries.  Recently cleansing came in vogue.  And aren't they serving dirt in France, calling it high cuisine?  It is what it is.  Find what works for you and go with it is my motto.  Just don't be a slave or sucker for fads.

playfuldeb wrote:saw this pic and thought it was the coolest thing

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What a fun and whimsical idea!  Love it!  Where is this, playful?  I may 'steal' this and utilize something like this for the bridal shower or gee, what a cool thing for a high school prom decoration - have it for the promenade going in.  Anyway, thanks for sharing! 
Oh playful, btw, we have a steel roof and you should hear it when it rains.  Wonderful lullabye at night!

Wait, you're coming to visit!  Maybe it'll rain while I'm making salmon for you!  Ha!

You are so right Lakin about cleanses.  I think most have gone too far now. I can see doing one for a couple of days but not for a whole month.  When I was a kid my Mom would do "fasts" every once in awhile.  It pretty much consisted of her drinking only water for 24 hours.  She said it cleaned out her system.  Then there was the grapefruit diet...or the grapefruit juice diet.  That one had her drinking grapefruit juice for three days straight....again it helped her lose a couple of pounds.  I know that after overindulged I need to rest my stomach....not sure I would do anything drastic for a long period of time though.  I also don't like how all these cleanses cost so much and require special supplements.   As it has been said --- moderation is the key.

Hi everyone out there in Clooney fandom!!!  My donated kidney has made 100 percent recovery!! She is resilient girl I tell yah!! Thanks for the prayers and thoughts!!  

So happy for you ktsue that is wonderful news....

The umbrellas things now made me think about protection
Sweet idea, no?

ktsue2002 wrote:Hi everyone out there in Clooney fandom!!!  My donated kidney has made 100 percent recovery!! She is resilient girl I tell yah!! Thanks for the prayers and thoughts!!  

   Great news !  Well done  ! 

In the latest issue of Glamour (yes, the one with Stacy's Summer Do's and Don'ts) there's a page with some quotes, etc.  On of the things is (listen up, Dior!)
The Word of the Month, which is

fauxpology (fo-pah-lo-jee) - def: the most insincerre of apologies.  Example: "She spilled wine all over my Burberry trench adn all I got was a fauxpology.  Hello, pay my dry cleaning bill!"

Loved it and had to share with my buds on COH.

good quote Lakin. Just click the image and when it opens in another window, as a larger version, then right click it and select save as!
Glad to share

ktsue2002 wrote:Hi everyone out there in Clooney fandom!!!  My donated kidney has made 100 percent recovery!! She is resilient girl I tell yah!! Thanks for the prayers and thoughts!!  

That's AMAZING. Great news. Celebrate with lot's of GC movies

KtSue - so happy for you. I love it when prayers work!

Lakin460 wrote:In the latest issue of Glamour (yes, the one with Stacy's Summer Do's and Don'ts) there's a page with some quotes, etc.  On of the things is (listen up, Dior!)
The Word of the Month, which is

fauxpology (fo-pah-lo-jee) - def: the most insincerre of apologies.  Example: "She spilled wine all over my Burberry trench adn all I got was a fauxpology.  Hello, pay my dry cleaning bill!"

Loved it and had to share with my buds on COH.

Ok, vocabulary of the day: fauxpology.
Check!

Thank you for sharing

Right...off to Lake Garda...90 degrees...yeah!  See you next week...

Enjoy Merlin - hope you have a fabulous time

Garda lake? Lucky you!

Happy Holiday Merlin !

Happy Birthday in Italy on 27th too.

Try to post a photo !!! 

What a way to celebrate, congrads Merlin.

Thanks Katiedot for stepping in and making such a great site for GC fans. This has been the only site to login when wanting info on GTC. I won't be commenting for awhile, but will stop by for the pics and latest on George, if that's Ok with you. Take your site back from all the old ladies.

Just read that James Gandolfini has died in Italy from a heart attack - genuinely sad to hear that.  Watched every episode of the Sopranos and many of his movie - RIP

What? Noooooo so young!!!

51 !
Damn....

I know, way too young and he had an 8 month old baby girl too -

Cosa? Oh poor family......

Atalante posted:

Intermezzo: LINK

Hey ladies.....I've just lost my
Eyebrow Waxing Virginity !

Very happy with the result too.

Eureka !!   The answer at last   

Joanna wrote:Hey ladies.....I've just lost my
Eyebrow Waxing Virginity !

Very happy with the result too.

Congrats  Did it hurt

Nicky80....no not really....she was gentle with me !
Any way.....nothing like the dentist and well worth 
it for me. Lol

lucy wrote:Thanks Katiedot for stepping in and making such a great site for GC fans. This has been the only site to login when wanting info on GTC. I won't be commenting for awhile, but will stop by for the pics and latest on George, if that's Ok with you. Take your site back from all the old ladies.

Did I miss something here?  WHAT old ladies have sabotaged the site?    Have I done something wrong?  Jeez, I leave for two days and come back to find allegations that the Blue Hairs have staged a coup!!    I have to say, it is seldom boring here......

I think I missed something here too. Blue Hairs? Old Ladies? LOL
I'm not old and have no blue hair. Am I safe? LOL

No, no not boring guess it is just quite at the moment. No sign from George and maybe people are on vacation.  

I will entertain you Lakin460

Oh I'm old.....but have Blonde Hairs....on my head
anyway.....Lol

So....not guilty m'lord !

Watching 2012 on Tv at the mo, nothing like a disaster movie to get the heart pumping!

Ma noooooo
Love!  <3