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Okay i have a banquet to attend on thursday. It wll be catered but i am starting the 2468 diet tomorrow so i can only have 400 calories. how can i nicely say that i do not want to eat/
thanks
CODY
The 2468 diet is dangerous especially for teenagers.
It's too few calories which women need a minumum of 1200 per day. Teenagers need more than that because of growth.
If you eat 200 calories one day, 400 calories the next, 600 after that, and 800 for the last day, and the cycle repeats, don't you feel that's too far below the minumum?
The diet is used by most people who want to loose weight fast and who want to keep it off.
The purpose of it is to keep your metabolism burning high and fast, all the low calorie intake, It's hard on your metabolism to do that so drastically.
Of course, like every other diet exercise must still be included. On average a person who abides by 2468 should loose 10 lbs per month, and you can do that by eating healthy, cutting out fats and carbs. (Email me for dietary foods you will love)
But, to answer your question. Most banquets offers fresh raw veggie platters to select from. If so, eat that, and put a decent amount on your plate to appear you are enjoying the banquet, but you don't have to eat it all. Matter of fact, good etiquette is to always leave a small amount of foods on your plate not to appear like a hog.
If there aren't any fresh veggies, at least there should be salad to select. It's the salad dressing that's high in calories.
My grandparents usually take me shopping for my birthday and i get to spend 100 dollars.
well i use to really like doing this with them, but now im 13 years old and(i really dont want to sound rude and ungrateful) i dont really like shopping with them any more.
i know it sounds really selfish, but i would rather them give me 100 dollars so i could go shopping with my friends.
i really need help. thanks!
If you have a fairly close relationship with your grandparents, then ask them if they mind if you wait and go to the mall (or shopping) with your best friend and other friend's.
They should understand that as they were teenagers once themselves.
Tell them you like to get your friends' opinions on clothes and things as you shop and that they find neat stuff for you too.
Your grandparents will know they are too old to be hip ;)
im lost what do you say when your in a changing room or bathroom in public and someone knocks on the door? this sounds stupid probly but its not to me im lost.
Like I answered the question of what do you say when someone knocks on the bathroom door-- same goes for this..
...say, "Occupied."
when someone knocks on a bathroom door and your inside, what are you supposed to say? haha i know its a stupid question but i dont know what to say.
I always say "Occupied."
It's just simple, straight to the point, and easy to hear.
if anyone has used Hoodia before you know that diet stuff does it work and also i'm really shy and how do i ask my mom if i can try it cause it's kinda embrassing or whatever
Over 35 different brands on test patients concluded that almost all Hoodia products on the market are either adulterated (cut with cheaper ingredients), or just outright counterfeit.
Supplements are not controlled by the FDA, and the consumer is burdened with the task of finding and buying the best product available at his or her own risk and health.
South Africa's is the largest Hoodia supplier, and it stands to reason not every company is buying Hoodia extract from them, and when and if they do-- most cut it with other ingredients as mentioned earler.
Does it work? Yes, to some extent, (but just how well?) the real Hoodia from the plant that South Africa grows and is ingenious to, BUT the question to ask yourself is: Which brand on the worldwide web do I buy? Or in the local GNC store?
How do you know which is conterfeit and which is real?
Don't waste your money on a product not even proven, or approved by the FDA. Why risk side effects and health problems? You have no idea what they use a filler ingredients that could harm you!
Don't you think that if Hoodia REALLY worked so well, that the pharmecutical companies would jump on that and make it into prescription pills to MAKE MONEY on this "miracle" plant? Yep, and the doctors, pharmacies and medical supply corporations too.
Eat smart, be active, exercise and loose weight the healthy way--anything less is lazy and dangerous.
Read this (it's only one of many warnings and news stories):
http://www.newstarget.com/006016.html
I'm going camping at a music festival for 3 days, and well, I have a pretty irregular period and it sort of just happens by surprise and Im so worried that it'll occur during my time at the festival.
I feel the situation is unhygeinic(sp?) as it is without having my time of the month, the only toilets will be portaloo's (chemical toilets) and they are disgusting, you have to wait ages in a queue for it aswell.
I just want to enjoy my weekend as much as posible without this ruining it.
Im currently no on the pill at the moment.
Is there any medicine/treatments you can buy or be prescribed that will posepone my period??
You can not stop a monthly cycle in any way, form, or fashion.
A pharmacutical company has come up with pills to stop cycles, but the FDA hasn't approved it. And I'll tell you, if and when they do, it will not be safe. It'll be just like that disaster for the birth control pill that stops your period, except for four times a year. It was on the market less than a year-- and they pulled it.
Anytime medical science makes pills to stop mother nature-- is unhealthy, risky, and unsafe.
You have a monthly cycle for a reason-- to wash and flush an unfertilized egg and hormones from your uterus. The cycle cleans you until next ovulation.
Now think about it-- Does it sound reasonable or healthy to stop that process? And if you do what happens?
You get a bunch of unfertilized rotting eggs and hormone build up on the lining of your uterus. And that is called "endometriosis" in which sooner or later you have to go into the hospital and have a procedure done called a "DNC" which the physician scrapes the hormone build up off the lining of the uterus and cleans you all up to start healthy and fresh.
Forget the notion of trying. It's a lost cause anyway.
Where a tampon and a panty liner if you want to be safe, and when it does start, if you do not feel comfortable in a porta-potty-- then get a girlfriend to look out for you while you change in the tent you sleep in. (or cabin, whatever...)
Be sure to take some little baggies, or sandwhich baggies to dispose the used tampons in, and discreetly throw it in a garbage can there or in the porta-potty toilet.
Use a carry-all bag/purse to haul it to the garbage can or porta-potty facility so no one will know what you're doing.
A hassle? Yes. But hey, you're a girl and that's what we girls do. Live with it.
Okay. Theres this guy that i know. Were friends. he's 20, i'm 15.
About a month ago, I was on my period (I get really boy crazy on my period) and I had this dream where he kissed me, and I kissed him back, and when I woke up, my heart was all pounding and I was all lovey dovey. I guess I kind of liked him a little before that but I never really admitted it to myself, until then, where it all came out.
A couple weeks ago, my friends mom (who notices everything) told me that she thinks he likes me. She didn't really give me a good reason why, so i'm not saying its true, but the possibility really fired me up. So now i'm all crazy inside and thinking about him all the time.
Well I know he's wayy too old for me and even if he wasn't, i dont think im ready to date yet.
How can I get over it? Or just a way to realese all this crush-energy inside me [=
You said it all-- "crush."
At 15, you can get a crush on an older guy easily.
It's part of growing and maturing-- but he is too old. And, it would be construed as illegal for him to "like" you and cause him legal problems.
The two ways to "get over it" is to persue guys your own age and not see this 20 year old again-- avoid him-- friendship over, done, finished, as 15 years olds can not be friends with 20 year olds.
Out of sight-- out of mind.
Hang with your friends at school!
I'm having a get-together/small party this weekend and thought it'd be cool to cook for everyone. I was thinking of making fried chicken so does anyone have any good foods or recipes that would compliment the chicken?
Fried chicken is complimented by the following:
Potato Salad (whether you make it or buy it from the Deli) mustard and a white potato salad, and/or German potato salad...nice variety to choose from
(sprinkle top of potato salads with red pimento for "color" and eye appeal/decoration
Baked beans spruced up layered with bacon
Corn-on-the-cob sprinkled with a tad of paprika for color and eye appeal/decoration (use the ear pins on the ends to hold)
Or, a corn casserole with tomato and bacon
Or instead of or together as a choice of: the baked beans, add another side of a Green bean casserole
Platter of sliced sweet onion, baby carrots, broccoli flowers, califlower flowerettes, any raw veggie with different Ranch dressings and sour creams for dipping-- your imagination
Fried breaded onion blossoms (easy to make: take peeled whole onion, slice into flower but not all the way threw, and dip in egg/milk mixture and into seasoned flour then fry in deep pan of grease emerging the entire onion or deep-fat frier...
(try a little cajun seasoning on this!)
Fried okra
Baked eggplant (with artichokes if desired)
Summer squash casserole
http://southernfood.about.com/library/recipes/blpage15.htm
I got icecream spilled on my favorite white shorts, so i washed them thinking okay, it's just icecream, it will come out, but i dryed them too, and it didn't come out. Does anyone know what i can use to get it out? or do i just have to get a new pair since i dryed them?? please let me know asap.
If you hadn't have put them in the dryer you might have had more of a chance to get the stains out.
Dryers set the stain permanently. Never use the dryer when treating stains. Dry the garment by laying it on a big bath towel and roll up in a jelly roll fashion which squeezes excess water out, then lay flat on dry towel to dry or if hangable, hang to dry.
Now that you've dried it, (you didn't tell us if it were chocolate ice cream, vanilla or a strawberry...all different treatments) but TRY an OXY cleaner or detergent by treating first and allow to set for 30 minutes then wash with the OXY too.
If that doesn't work, use baking soda in the water and re-wash.
I went in a hot tub in my new bathing suit, which is white with a hot pink paisley design on it. I put it in a plastic bag, and forgot about it for a week or so.
I did laundry, remembered my bathing suit and tossed it in, but now the white is kind of yellowy.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can fix that without ruining the pink pattern?
First try a laundry detergent with bleach for COLORED clothes and DO NOT put the suit in the dryer at all. (never put a swimsuit in a dryer or any stained clothing because it "sets" the stain)
If that does not work, try spraying the entire suit with a spot remover like Spray -n Wash or the like. Let set for 30 minutes and wash with detergent with bleach for COLORED clothes and OXY or a product that has the OXY in it.
You can try to make a paste up with the OXY and put all over the suit letting it soak and stand for 30 minutes then wash. An OXY product is oxidized and air bubbles in the material releases and removes stains, whether super imposed dyes, organic stains, or yelowing.
An old fashioned method is laying whites out on the grass-- the sun and grasses' oxygen bleaches the whites whiter by oxygen flowing through the material.
Adding baking soda to your laundry helps whitened yellowed material.
So you have a few options to try. It'll depend on the suit's fabric to know which will work and how fast.
The yellowing occured from being inside the bag wet and not able to dry, being denied the OXYgen.
Hi,
Thanks soo much for your help/advice earlier. I actually had a talk with him last nite via msn... so Im going to paste it here for you to see and judge..
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
do you want to play 20 questions?
brown sugar says:
not really
how was your day
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
it was pretty good.. quite bz.. had all the managers come in from the diff branches for meetings all day
had to attend to them while I was there.. even though I left early.. had to do what I cude
mind if I give you a call now?
brown sugar says:
remember talking about taking it slow
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
ok.. can I ask you something seriously..
ok you want to take things slowly. I agree. but how are we going to get to know one another if we dont stay in contact.. tell me?
brown sugar says:
ok
you are acting really weird
if you were on a date with someone would you stay in contact with that person all the time
if you liked him
i want to know you
but you are acting obsesive
you can't talk this over
ok
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
im here
if you liked them you wud want to talk to them and get 2 know them as much as you can
brown sugar says:
ok, who is your babie
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
and plus we are cities away.. wudnt that make you want to talk more as to if we were close
oh its a line from a movie
see when you are close to someone aka same town you talk less. when you are far away from someone you want to talk to them more
brown sugar says:
remember you said the worst thing inthe world when we were together
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
yes i rem that
brown sugar says:
i still think about it
and the way you were talking this morning
you know what,lets end it
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
i just got a lil upset cause after you said dont worry well talk and then you dissapeared it felt like you didnt wanna know me
brown sugar says:
because you are the opposite lately that i knew and liked
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
no lets not end it
i agree we shud go slow..
brown sugar says:
when did i dissappear
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
i want 2 get to know you the rite way
not wrong way as i had been supposedly been doing lately
brown sugar says:
you are acting weird
u said you don't get attached
and you are
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
Im sorry for acing weird
but we used to talk alot and I miss our talks.. thats all
brown sugar says:
i miss it to but you got to remember, that you said that thing
its hard to forget
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
i do rem
brown sugar says:
im sorry, im trying to forget, but its hard
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
It’s not a big deal. It was just a question. You asked me that as well.
brown sugar says:
you upset me
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
I sorry for that, but you talked about it too.
and I want to make things works btw us..
so im gonn back off
brown sugar says:
i want to get to know you, but we have to take things slow
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
deal
brown sugar says:
i want to actually meet you
and see
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
i know me too.. and that will happen soon
brown sugar says:
and hang out with you
but it is up to you
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
ok
im backing off
if you need to contact me you can.. il always be here.. I just wont piss you off with calls and txt msgs etc..
brown sugar says:
why are you acting like this
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
what do you mean?
you said i was being weird and obsessive. so im not goint do that
:D
brown sugar says:
please don't do that
because its not appealing to anyone, unless they are desparent
im not
i want to get to know the person
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
so tell me.. what do you want me to do..
brown sugar says:
and you are saying the wrong things all the time for last past three days
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
brb i think im gonna throw up
hold on pls
brown sugar says:
why are you throwing up
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
k i back
brown sugar says:
another turn off
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
i ate something today
that didnt settle well in me tummy
now I feel sick
brown sugar says:
im sorry
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
sorry for what sweetie?
its not your faults its the food
brown sugar says:
for being sick
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
ohh ya.. no worries.. i'll be btr in a few days
no more chicken sandwich at mcdonalds.
brown sugar says:
listen, we have to get together, before our relationship grows
and if want this relationship to work, you have come here
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
y before?
brown sugar says:
because i am so confused about you
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
and with time.. sweetie.. you gotta know all you can about me first then we decide if I should come
neways... wat are your plans for tonite?
brown sugar says:
i am heading out
i have hockey
at 10
brown sugar says:
anyways i have to get ready
ttyl
Hey God! Will you keep my Baby safe?, Protect him from all harm, And give him strength and amazing grace,Tell him that I love him says:
okie... talk to u tomm?
Sounds like he wants to meet you and likes you but the "conversation" really threw him. He hasn't recovered yet.
It might not be just the conversation topic itself as much as the concern of your sexuality and fantasies that bothers him. Like are you normal and have normal fantasies, or are you weird and have unusal sexual fantasies that he finds offensive and discernable...
He has his ideas and ways, and you gave him hint and cause to be concerned you might not gel together in that area. Everything else he obviously likes.
Remember, guys are more sexual creatures than females. They have set ideas and likes and dislikes. Women are more opened to ideas.
You might have made him worry about you having a "wild side" that he doesn't want to be a part of. Maybe his idea of sexuality for a woman is subdued, gentle, demure, shyish, and/or tamer. More feminine-- not a wildcat.
Continue on and DROP the topic. Get him to agree to drop the topic from now on. Don't go there.
I am 13/F and I want to redecorate my room for high school. I dont have a high budget so I was wonderring if anyone had ideas of things I could MAKE for my room that would look cool. I love polka dots and the colors lime green/blue if that helps. Thank You
An idea for walls instead of paint is to find flat fitted sheets (king size) and stretch (takes two people) them across the walls (like wallpaper) and staple them on the wall with a staple gun top and bottom.
This way, they can be removed later when you get bored with the look or colors and want to change. No painting required, but you can paint the trim a color in the sheet design to play up the dramatic effect.
Find polka dot sheets! Or plain colors (the shade of your choice of lime green or blue) and one wall can be one color, and another wall can be a different color if you want (or all the same)!
If you have carpet, try adding a throw rug in color, pattern, texture you want...ROUND throw rugs can be polka dots!
If you have tile or lineoleum floors, then you can paint (if parents will let you) polka dots on the floor. Use a large can or round garbage can as a pattern or anything large and round to draw the circle then paint them. Lacquer paint is best for floors.
Continue the lime green and blue, and keep the lime green theme the exact same shade, but maybe VARY the same blue family with different shades and hues, from lighter to darker blue for an eye appeal to draw your focal point to a certain area. (remember blues vary; some blues have greenish tint in it and some don't but have black tint changing the shades from teal to sky blue and indigo blue...so if you want baby blue, be sure to stick with that baby blue family in your different shades)
Throw pillows of both or same colors, and if you want polka dots for pillows, you can buy paint for fabric and paint polka dots on them. Maybe little ones for varying sizes of polka dots in the room.
OR, you can buy ROUND throw pillows in lime greens and blues and use them as the POLKA DOTS on your bed! So the pillows become the polka dots themselves.
Anything ROUND can be a "polka dot" itself, so look for ROUND accessories!
Use a nice white for other assessories and background items to offset the colors and space them.
Even your local dollar store(s) have great finds that look like they came from Pier One Imports!
Don't get in a hurry and rush around shopping and buying and settling on something or anything, but get your basics and begin the decorating, then chill out and as you go to the mall or discount stores or even grocery stores over a few weeks, you'll accidently see and find items that'll fit in perfectly! When you see it-- you'll know.
Try adding one more color....add a little bit of hot pink in some accessories to spruce up the lime green and blue. Just enough here and there to liven it and make it your own. (maybe the wall trim painted a hot pink ;)
How about hot pink lips that's a pillow? And if you have the room to spare, use these crazy pillows (bigger the better) in a corner on the floor to sit on with friends or whatever! Great seating for company.
let me start from the beginning.. Okay here goes.. Ive been talking to this guy for almost a week now.. Met him online on a wedding portal site. Neways we talked for 3-4 days.. and things went well. talked wee into the nite.. for hours.. at a time, then.. we played a game called 20 questions.. then suddenly we got to the topic of gays.. and I had mentioned that it would be awesome seeing a gay guy with another gay guy.. that just totally turned himoff.. and he got disguste3d by that and hung up on me.. and sent a txt msg saying Idont want 2 continue this. i Havent spoken to him until day before yesterday and he told me dont worry about it.. I was wrong to be upset over this.. and I apologized as well. then I didnt hear anything from him yesterday no call no nothing. so I grilled him today on it.. saying I don't understand whats going on.. nor can I read your mind.. since your into be honest with me y cant you be str8 up with me and tell me.. I dont want to say anything that will make the situation worse.. aparently it did and he said you are actng weird.. ur not the same girl that I have grown to like alot. Then I said I am the same person.. and then I told a lie and said that I was having issues at home thats y I was all bent out of shape like that at you. He said you shouldn't take it out on the person ur getting to know etc..and I said your rite Im sorry.. He said you need to really slow down. I said and how do I do that? he said we'll see.. talk to you later.. and then he said he had to go to a meeting.. that was earlier today.. what do you suggest I do or not do? any comments/advice.. Ineed help im crazy about him and don't want to lose him..
Okay, this was over the telephone conversation(s)?
Meeting him just a week ago is not enough time to become "serious." That's one concern that probably bothers him. A month is more feasible.
Secondly, that was pretty much a "serious" discussion to have had with anyone (guy or girl) to have revealed such intimate thoughts and fantasies.
He also could be quite a homophobic, and you expressed a fantasy that was the opposite of his views and beliefs. Thus, any points you had gained with him just went into the red. Zeroed.
20 questions was for generalized getting to know one another, not intimate knowledge.
How would you have felt if a guy you'd just met a week ago, started talking about sex and getting into intimate talk? You'd feel threatened and think he was weird or a preditor.
This guy was enjoying getting to know you, and that subject came up and it tuned him out for whatever reason. Homophobic or he might even be bi-sexual himself, and that bothered him for you to say what you said. Who knows? You certainly don't know him yet.
All you can do at this point is "damage control."
He told you to slow down, so slow down. Breathe, take a pause in topical conversation. Keep it clean and generalized: music, bands, movies & television shows, actors, hobbies, interests, jobs/careers, family & friends, likes & dislikes, foods, restuarants, places, activities, things you've done, places you've lived, childhood adventures and memories, school, favorite color, news topics, anything-- but not sex. And definitely not intimate fantasies.
His meeting was an excuse and you know that deep inside. Your gut intuition is telling you and you're feeling rejected and embarassed.
Now you'll HAVE to keep it light. More upbeat and casual.
So chill, forget the subject and ordeal, skip it and move on to the next. That's what he wants also.
Let it develop from here on as though it never happened and it will soon be forgotten. Out of sight- out of mind.
is it true that your boobs will grow if you give a guy head and he busts and you swallow? my friend told me that it is but i dont know.
answers please (:
How old are you? 12?
That's ridiculous.
Is sperm made to go inside your stomach? Is the purpose of sperm to swallow by mouth and ingest or to impregnant for reproduction?
NOTHING MAKES BREASTS GROW. The size of your breasts are heretitary and NOTHING you do can change that outside of breasts implants.
If you swallow anything, including semen (which carries sperm) it is ingested just like food, by stomach acids, passes to the lower intestines to your bowels which is excreted with a bowel movement.
All your body can utilize from that is nutrients.
You might as well take placebo sugar pills to get your boobs to grow.
You have a better chance at enlarging them by breasts exercises which will tone them as in any muscle.
Use your brains.
Hey. The upstairs of our home is basically emtpy, except for walls.
What are some programs (preferably free) that I can download to put together the upstairs of my house?
(we can add and subtract walls also)
Here's some links (maybe to other links, etc.)
http://interiordec.about.com/cs/designtools/a/designsoftware_4.htm
http://www.infotoday.com/linkup/lud030106-roberti.shtml
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jsp?categoryid=/templatedata/bhg/category/data/arrangearoomtest.xml
http://www.aubuchonwallpaper.com/free-home-decorating-software.html
http://architecture.about.com/cs/cadprograms/tp/designsoftware.htm
Do laxatives really make you lose weight? does it stay off. i know its not healthy but can former lax. abusers tell me their results. and the pros and cons.
The medical answer is yes you loose weight until you eat your next meal.
Why? Because you just "dumped" OUNCES from your body that only last until drinking fluids filling your stomach that weighs ounces, thus zeroed out the laxative's job. Then eating, gains you ounces, and you have had no effect on your weight.
So why bother?
Laxatives are physically additive to your body. Taking laxatives when not constipated, causes your colon to DEPEND on laxatives and not function on it's own. Laxatives also upset your lower instines, colon and overall bowel functions, causing dependency.
Never use laxatives unless you are constipated without a daily movement (medical health professionals state we should have 2-3 per day, but we rarely do because of the junk foods we eat)...
If you want to loose weight, then be smart. Stop the junk foods entirely. Stop drinking sodas and junk.
Drink 2% (or less) milk and plenty of water, whether the water source is plain or bottled water, tea, Crystal Lite (it's low-cal and made with water) or Koolaid. If you drink sodas, drink diet sodas.
Dietary: Skinned chicken broiled or baked (not fried), fish (not fried), plenty of veggies, cooked or raw, and potatoes without butter, (not french fries) using low-cal Ranch or whatever, raw veggies dipped in low-cal Ranch or your choice, low-cal sour cream, etc. fruits, heart-healthy cerals with 2% milk, and salads with low-cal dressings.
Exercise and be active. Not a couch-potato.
Get a good night's sleep, minimum 8 hours of quality sleep-- no staying up late and getting up early for school or work.
There is no PRO to using laxatives.
Its got blue bumps all over it why is this???
Depending on her age and if spayed or not, if she's had a heat yet or not, it could be vaginitis, as the name suggests, it is an inflammation of the vagina and usually associated with candidiasis (an infection caused by fungi)...
Or it could be flea bites, allergy to fleas, food allergies, environmental allergeries, etc.
Any bumps and rashes are symptoms of these allergies.
The vagina is sensitive and closet to her thighs which usually manifests rashes due to food or environmental allergies.
It's not uncommon for dogs to be allergic to flea bites and fleas miagrate to the genitals.
Go to your local pet store and buy a topical ointment. Panolog is a good general ointment for any and all rashes (unless really bad and spread which indicates a staff infection that can get in their blood stream. See a vet for prescription oral meds to clear the staff infection)...Panalog contains nystatin-neomycin, sulphate-thiostrepton,triamcinolone)
Don't allow the rash, or any rash and bumps to spread out of hand. See a vet if it does.
The ointment will clear the bumps up in a few days.
15/f (16 in a week, Grade Ten)
So, I'm getting older and I want more freedom. In the past I've always just lied to my parents if I wanted to go out late, but I want them to know where I am. I am responsible, I get straight A's in school and I 'never get in trouble' - or so they think.
I have never in my life asked if I'm allowed to go to parties or drink, and I'm too afraid to ask.
Should I just wait out the rest of being young, and wait until I move out to party and have fun? Why might I be so worried about asking my parents if I'm allowed to go out, anyways?
I know I'm responsible enough to handle myself (and I have on several occasions), but they still are my parents and I don't want them to worry about me. Please help, any advice is appreciated. Thanks! =)
You sound torn between being a party girl with friends maybe because of peer pressure and wanting to fit in, BUT, love and respect your parents and concerned about them.
Go with the loving and respecting your parents with justified concern.
You are a better daughter than most and I hope they realize and appreciate you.
Since you said you make excellent grades and haven't been in trouble, you are in an excellent "bartering" position to barter with your parents.
You are too young at 15 to be out too late and to drink alcohol because of the severe consequences of drinking, i.e. getting drunk and doing something stupid, etc.
So forget the alcohol to avoid any trouble and risk blowing your chance for more freedom. Once you get caught drinking and getting into trouble, your freedom will be taken away entirely.
Talk with your parents as a family, maybe at the dinner table over supper one night, and tell them since you make straight A's and don't get into trouble, (name all your good points) and are now 15, you'd like a little more freedom to stay out later extending your curfew, go to friend's parties, and have the opportunity to do more things.
I'm sure they will compromise with you for more freedom.
Even if they don't extend your curfew as long as you'd really like, compromise on it. Let's say your curfew now is 11pm. You want it to be 2am on a weekend, but they feel that's too late. Then compromise on 1am. That's 2 hours more than you originally had.
That's compromise.
If they haven't allowed you to go to parties, then ask. You might not get to go to all of them, but going to more than you have been allowed is more than you had to begin with.
Do not talk to them about drinking as no parent will condone under age drinking. And do not drink at these parties. If you feel out of place by not drinking like other friends, then drink an iced drink from a cup/glass where no one will know it's a soda and not alcohol. You don't have to have a beer can or beer bottle in your hand to be hip.
Take the compromises your parents give, obey the rules and curfews, stay out of trouble and as time passes proving yourself to them, they will soon extend the curfew to a later time and allow you more parties, more freedom and more dating.
Don't screw it up or you can loose it all.
my sister is 8 and reall annoying!
she is always over my shoulder reading everything on the internet that comes up.
as a matter of fact, she is reading this right now.
she is also always stuck up my ass when i have friends over and im am deff. 7 years older then her.
tell me what to do , please.
It's typical for a younger sibling to follow an older one around because she admires you and looks up to you. Apparently you haven't any other brothers or sisters, so usually just two are like that.
First, you need to talk to your parents about this and recruit their help with it because you need your privacy and she doesn't need to be privy to you and your friends conversations either. Your parents will understand that, as a 15 year old and friends is not what a 7 year old should be a part of constantly.
Another thing, after recruiting your parents help, is to spend some amount of quality time with your little sister at least a couple of times a week or a few hours a week.
And, as you do, explain you will play with her and after, you want to be alone or visit with your friends alone.
This is a barter for her to get your attention in exchange for your privacy time.
my legs are very vainy
is there any type of lotion or something to kind of hide the vains a little?
Unfortunately, veins can't be fixed outside of surgery to strip the veins, and lotions can do nothing for concealing veins.
Is your skin real white or ivory? Therefore, veins show more than the average person's?
Or, are they varacos veins like older women have?
If you are a teen and have a lighter skin that shows veins easilly, I suggest a self-tanning lotion.
Use the self-tanning lotion on your legs up to your hips/pelvic region and a little (what's left on your palms) top of your feet to have a smooth overall look and not a start and stop tell-tale appearance.
Self-tanning lotions are great for concealing skin flaws such as veins and stretch marks, blotchiness, etc.