funnygirl0940

totally AGREE!!!!

enough said ;0)

I don't know who you are nor why you are answering or commenting directly at me when my posts are aimed at the op stroutman81, who is knowledgeable and experienced. your general statement is incorrect. try not to mislead people. You should check out medicinal clay for yourself, you'd be amazed at the results :)

I also forgot to mention sock eye salmon along with the spirulina supplement. I just read that the vitamin b12 in spirulina isn't absorbable therefore sock eye salmon is a must adding the essential omegas the body needs for burning fat and protecting the heart and nervous system. I found that the bentonite clay is fabulous…

Oh good this is still an active thread and I really appreciate the op!!! I have a few questions for the op...read the first page and jumped to the last page. (Bentonite Clay, Chlorophyll, and Spirulina with a temporary VLCD) From what you know and have experienced with this type of "fasting" on a short term, maybe 40 days…

Enjoy! Take it a step further and learn to make your pita & sauce from scratch. Even w/whole milk cheese the calories will be healthy and filling & w/in a proper calorie range. Making homemade whole wheat pita pizza is something I do for my family every week. A nearly processed food free home ;o)

keep up the good work your body will catch up! Looks like you may have some "stress" being you're about to get married. Birth control can also make our bodies gain. You'll figure it out.

I know Robin, I keep hearing this story over and over again as fast food chains have moved in. It's disgusting! Back to basics people! Faster isn't always better. Dawn, I hear your pain!!!! That's awful! So sorry!

Now that is too cool that you live there!! Which country? I live in Mexico :D Ditto that God made our food good!!!! That's what I think! Would love to know more about what you eat to stay balanced. I have struggled most to get the iron, potassium and calcium. I know sardines help with calcium, which you have access to…

I live in Mexico and know all about the diet. There's a lot of obesity and diabetes here. Too many tortillas and fried foods in lard but that's the faster way of eating. There's plenty of dishes that can be made healthy. We eat Mediterranean so everyone that comes over gets something healthy, tasty and good for you! ;o)…

unsalted, blanched peanuts I still need to make a good batch of ketchup, bbq sauce & mustard. We just don't hardly ever use them so I keep putting it off. I have some ketchup & bbq sauce that i made from a raw food site...the ketchup tastes like cardboard and the bbq sauce would probably be fine but it called for liquid…

I'd love to have a Vita-mix someday, do you have one? I have a blender that can make smoothies that works great for making almond milk. We also have a jack la lanne juicer that someday I'd like to replace with a Champion when it wears out. Speaking of jack la lanne, he was pretty incredible! I looked up a bunch of his old…

these are interesting questions since I'm not familiar with them! bread from legumes???

No worries Jenn, Glad you're encouraged! :D So much to learn and great to know how simple things can liberate us! :D

This is very interesting news! Thanks for sharing! I use the homemade cheese for cream cheese, adding a little Mexican vanilla and a pinch of salt, works great!

Peanut butter is a cinch to make! lightly toast in the oven and puree in the food processor to your desired consistency! You'll never buy it again! :D

Almond milk is very easy to make! soak 1 cup of blanched almonds 4-6 hours or overnight, I add 2 cups of pure water to the blender and blend well. Then strain out the meat. I just use a mesh strainer. I don't add anything else but others do. :o) Lots of youtube videos with how to's! Enjoy!

yeah! That's us too, eating Mediterranean! :D Nice to have you here!

I'm so excited to see all the new posts!!! Just checking in and will have more time mañana to catch up! I'm just exhausted. We can't buy clean oat groats in Mexico, unless someone knows where???? Please tell me! So I have to pick out the hull. I spent ALL day picking it out to be able to make chewy granola and enough for…

Welcome scarlet! I cleaned & boiled soy beans this week(huge pain) and was wondering how to make tofu! I'll have to google the info, I'd love to know about it!

welcome pchann!!! I made raw ketchup and bbq sauce that i don't care for. The ketchup tastes like cardboard! haha Do you have a good recipe for those? I don't have canning equipment. I make fresh almond milk twice a week :) very simple to make and after drying the meat, I dehydrate it in the oven on low, grind in the…

YES! You can do it! square foot gardening will help! It takes some studying but if you are serious about it, you can have a lovely balcony garden :D I planted my first garden in Oct, I live in Mexico w/spring like temps year round and have already harvested lettuce, spinach, beets, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and…

Jenn, I know that you're doing a great job educating your family about healthy eating. Keep doing what you're doing, they'll catch on! My husband is the one that actually initiated trying new things after years of not so along with my adventure of studying nutrition, it's been a mutual consent. I study, pass on the…

yes, i do! fill the cloth and tie it up and suspend it so the whey drips out & when it stops dripping it's done! I'd have to refresh my memory but this same method makes greek yogurt and sour cream...sour cream is separated in the refrigerator but I don't remember how to do the greek yogurt. You can find videos examples on…

Thanks girls!! :D The cream cheese & greek yogurt is super easy to make! I use a thin cloth, actually a tortilla towel w/a yarn border but a cheese cloth would be best, i suppose. I fill the cloth with natural yogurt and suspend over a nob on the upper kitchen cabinet. Let the water/whey drip into a pan. Takes about 6-8…

I agree about exercise. I was a stress eater...going to proclaim that to be true! Recently, I gained some weight from stress eating. I went to an endocrinologist who gave me a simple breathing exercise to do every hour. Inhale deeply through your nose filling your gut with fresh air. Hold for 10 sec. then exhale slowly…

it's going to be a trial and error for you...I've also looked for the perfectly rounded diet for over a year now. I can recommend another free site that will more accurately show your nutritional values as a supplement to this great site. PM me if you'd like the link. What I found is that including a nice big leafy green…

yes, I'd love to know who it was!! :D just can't help it !

Total cholesterol: Desirable blood levels for total cholesterol are below 200 mg/dL. Levels between 200 and 239 are considered "borderline." Levels above 240 are considered "high." Being I tested as 192, I certainly wouldn't say I was "high." Doesn't appear that the Mexican range really matters...being that it's a "range"…

i know, cost can be a problem. Makes me mad that healthy eating is so expensive in the USA. We moved to Mexico and produce is in abundance and extremely economical, so we can afford better cuts of meat. I'm the only one in my family that eats salmon, everyone else has been eating mahi mahi about twice a week. I learned how…