Kick some toxin butt!

Good morning! Happy Friday!

It's been a good week. Steady and smooth. I truly hope I didn't just jinx myself. Still feeling a little sinus crap but definitely better. I am currently drinking my 24 ounces of water and brewing my coffee. So I am beginning this blog post without coffee. Perhaps I should post a disclaimer about what I will write before coffee enters my body! :D .........Eh, not doing too shabby I guess. Annnnd I just took a sip of coffee. Ahh love it. I am addicted to it. Sigh! :)

Quick shout out to my cousin Jeremy. I have a large family on my dad's side. My dad is the oldest. Then there is uncle Bill, Uncle Pat, Uncle Mike, Uncle Jon, Aunt Mary and Aunt Barb. And I have cousins from all of them. Jeremy is my Uncle Pat's second son. Did you follow that?? haha!......anyway he does movie reviews on Youtube and has been for a few years and is getting quite the following. Apparently he was in L.A. and met actors Nathan Fillion and Clark Gregg. They recognized him from Youtube. Haha! hilarious. So he then got to interview them. Good for him!! Here is a photo from that chance encounter. :)

If you want to check out his movie reviews, you can find them here. He's pretty funny! This one happens to be The Great Gatsby but he has them for pretty much every movie out and he has reviewed older movies too. We are a bunch of Star Wars nerds so they are in there too! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Z4V1dNyVM&list=PLAYVa_DOzj13EPAFRJHH2t8uQzpHlAY7c


I really want to get a Vitamix blender. It's like the badass Lamborghini of blenders. But it is very expensive. From what I understand you don't need a juicer and blender as it does the job of both but still. Cha-ching for a blender. Look at this sucker. I would totally pulverize the hell out of everything. I love to cook and puree and want a juicer too. But again, cha-ching! :/

Sometimes I just feel a need to detox myself. When you feel rundown and lack energy and just blah, a detox of some sort can help! It doesn't have to last forever..even a couple of days for a true "cleanse". However if you want to detox in normal, everyday ways..try to incorporate a few simple things into your routine. We all indulge in less than healthy things. Wine, beer, desserts, etc. And including these detox measures can counteract those indulgences as well as environmental factors.

First, drink a cold-pressed juice first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Your body will absorb the good stuff better. A juice made with ton of greens is especially good. Also, buy a detox tea. Sip on ginger, dandelion root and licorice root a few times a day. Get raw, unfiltered and organic apple cider vinegar. Adding a small amount to a glass of water has amazing benefits including alkalizing the body and detoxifying the liver. And the daily lemon water as I have talked about a few times is a great way to detox. Add a dash of cayenne pepper for some extra "oomph".

Try to eat clean when you can too. Incorporate a lot of fiber and limit the processed stuff and refined sugars and the high mercury fish. That is a hard one for me because I love tuna salad! Ah well, there are other things I love just as much! A good rule of thumb is that larger fish generally have higher levels of mercury. There are certain foods that when eaten regularly provide a continuous cleanse of the kidneys and liver. These include parsley, cilantro (YUM! one of my favs!), cayenne turmeric, red pepper, garlic, lemon, lime, grapefruit, artichokes, beets and cruciferous veggies like broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage.

Sweating every day through exercise is a great way to detox daily! And I take a detox bath regularly. It's kind of a fun experiment. There are reports that if you have a night out and indulge in a lot of alcohol..and take a detox bath, you can smell the alcohol coming out. Interesting eh?? The reason for this is what the bath contains. Epsom salts draw toxins out through the pores and baking soda is naturally alkalizing and helps eliminate the toxins. Add some essential oils for more benefits depending on what you use.

Do this and feel a lot better and have more energy!!

I hope you all have a great weekend. Mine is super busy but a lot of fun things planned. I do work today and tomorrow but that's OK! :)

I will catch you on the flip side!!

I love this song. She's cool and quirky!

xoxoxoxo

Tam