Hey Shari, and all you challengers, don't mean to butt in, but I wanted to invite you to the August 1st challenge. If you have room in your lives for yet another challenge, come on by and say hello.

Hi Shari :hug: I'm glad you're feeling better. Who's Tom?

An answer to your question: I've been doing this lemonade detox thing, you may have heard of it. The drink consists of lemon juice(preferrably fresh squeezed from organic lemons), pure maple syrup(again, preferrably organic) and cayenne pepper. You mix 8oz. of water(I use distilled) with 2 tbs. of lemon juice, 1 tbs. pure maple syrup and about 1/10 tsp. cayenne(that's kinda hard for me to measure, so I just sprinkle to taste.) Throughout the day, you drink about 5-7 glasses and in between, you drink herbal tea, fresh squeezed fruit juices, vegetable juices and vegetable broth. Of course I drink plain water also, but because I'm already getting a lot of water with the lemonade, I don't drink as much. I found the detox in the july 17, 2006 issue of First magazine and figured I'd try it, I'm sure my body could use a good detox. I haven't been as consistant with it as I would like, for someone who loves food, its hard to stick to it strictly. But what I've been able to do so far has made me feel a little lighter on the inside and gave me energy I wasn't expecting. :cb: Anyways, you're supposed to do it for 7 days straight, but I end up doing alternating days :shrug:

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Jannelle:dust:

hey everyone- i've been out of the loop for a while i guess- to whoever asked about what a nalgene is-- they sell a whole range of things but i'm in love (and dependent on) their 32oz bottles. in fact, seeing as how not having it threw me off so much last week, i'm off to buy a 'reserve' today. i try and drink 2 a day-- it's easy to keep track of how much i've had to drink and they're easy to carry around. mine's with me (almost) all the time.

so anyway- i stank at drinking water last week and only made it to kickboxing 2 days last week (germany/sweden last saturday was just to much for me to resist!). this week, i've done MUCH better with water and made it to kickboxing 3 days already (so i'm ready for the brazil/france game free and easy!:D ).

bejeweled*curves- i LOVE the lemon/cayenne water-- it's also a good pick-me-up after an evening of overindulgence (i.e. too much boozin)

Jannelle~ That detox you are doing is called "the Master Cleanser" I have the book but I couldn't stick to it!!lol! Just need to have solids!:D Good luck with it and if theres anything more you would like to know about it, I'll dog it out and let you know!!

Have a great day ladies!

OH MY GOD! Shut up! I brought that magazine the other day and saw the lemonade diet!! This is so freaky! I actually went to a health food store today to look at the prices and such and the woman behind the counter does the detox to and was helping me out. Me and my BF decided that we would give it a try together when I get my first paycheck in two weeks. Oh you have to give me advice and such. How does the lemonade taste? Do you get headaches, feel dizzy, etc? Are you hungry at all?

Edited to add: TOM is the name we use for our periods.
TOM = Time Of Month. :)

So this will DEFINITELY be good for me! LOL

Wendy, please tell me anything from the book that you can. I'm just too cheap to buy it.

I'll dig it out later and post whatever I can tomorrow.....
Actually I don't know if we can promote anything like that on here, I'm going to PM Susanne and ask if it's ok first,I'll let you know!!
Have a good one!

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Oh my goodness!!!!! I thought I lost you guys!!!! Ive been frantically looking for the thread....glad too know it just wasnt made yet!!!! Thanks JasonsLea!!!! Glad you guys are all doing ok. Ive been stuck in the famous Atkins stall...everyone that sees me is acting like Im wasting away...so many compliments on the weight lost, but alas...its mostly inches (which Im not complaining about either, mind you) but the scale is almost refusing to budge. I read up on stalling and I see that it can happen up to 3 weeks if not a month at a time but that fat is still burning. Actual weight loss is only about 1-2 pounds a week....darn, when you want to lose 100...that spells out a long time of dieting....but I intentionally stop myself from self sabotaging like I have so many times in the past. Im not going to stop girls...I dont want any of you to stop either....glad to say Im down two pounds from my last posted weight though...from 313 to 311. Ive been everywhere from 308 to 310 in between...I really think Im about 309 or so because I havent taken my BP meds in about 2 days...it makes me put on water weight immediately...but for the purposes of the challenge...Ill take the 311...good luck girls!!!!!

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Hey Sheri and Bejewed, I did that detox about 6 years ago. You are supposed cleanse the bowels as well. Drink warm water about 16oz with a couple of tbsp of sea salt. Do this every morning and sit on the pot. This will cleanse you out. Then drink the limonaid. Do this for a week or so. You will loss about 10 pounds, but even better your colon will be cleansed. This is good especially if you eat meat.

T

No way could I do the salt water treatment!! GROSS!! Man, one sip and that was it for me!
Still waiting on an answer from a higher up on 3FC to see if it's ok to post about it!
Have a good evening !!

Anguilla ~ You go girl! Keep at it!

Tlujan ~ Thanks for the info.

Wendy ~ You could just PM me the info. :)

Thread closed. Please see Miss FAT Challenge ~ 2 Weeks! in the Chicks up for a Challenge forum because we ARE Chicks up for a challenge! LOL

Edited to add: If you all don't like the thread in that forum, I'll ask for it to be put back in this forum. :)