[Asvi]

tampons

[Spice]

Originally Posted by Asvi

tampons

Ahh, I'm still a tampon virgin, I'm not sure anything can convince me to try one.

[lol_lol]

Originally Posted by Asvi

tampons

im scared of them

[zakk]

the weather is sooooo bad.

[Caramel_Candy]

Originally Posted by silvermalaikah

Laimuun - mashAllah that's so amazing!

So my lips have been dry for the past few days since it's super windy (and freezing)!
I'm using carmex and vaseline but they're still chapped! Any suggestions?
Oh and licking my lips probably isn't best but I can't help it.

Chapped lips are a dehydration problem so drink up! You're right your not helping yourself by licking your lips becasue when you lick them, you momentarily apply moisture, which then evaporates and leaves your lips feeling drier than before. Personally, I think one of the best things for chapped lips is beeswax, and the brand I use is Burt's Bees. One of my favorites is Burt's Bees Lip Balm with Pomegranate Oil. All the oils mositurize your lips leaving them oh so soft and it gives you a hint of color. You can find it at walgreens for pretty cheap. Here's what it looks like. Buy Burt's Bees Lip Balm with Pomegranate Oil Online at drugstore.com

[silvermalaikah]

I drink water.. about 4 glasses a day..? lol, I know that's bad. you're supposed to drink 10 glasses in a day, but I drink milk too. and orange juice.

[Bruinrab]

The British Medical Journal had an article on this recently:

Medical Myths

People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day

The advice to drink at least eight glasses of water a day can be found throughout the popular press. One origin may be a 1945 recommendation that stated: A suitable allowance of water for adults is 2.5 litres daily in most instances. An ordinary standard for diverse persons is 1 millilitre for each calorie of food. Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods. If the last, crucial sentence is ignored, the statement could be interpreted as instruction to drink eight glasses of water a day.

Another endorsement may have come from a prominent nutritionist, Frederick Stare, who once recommended, without references, the consumption "around 6 to 8 glasses per 24 hours," which could be "in the form of coffee, tea, milk, soft drinks, beer, etc." The complete lack of evidence supporting the recommendation to drink six to eight glasses of water a day is exhaustively catalogued in an invited review by Heinz Valtin in the American Journal of Physiology. Furthermore, existing studies suggest that adequate fluid intake is usually met through typical daily consumption of juice, milk, and even caffeinated drinks. In contrast, drinking excess amounts of water can be dangerous, resulting in water intoxication, hyponatraemia, and even death.

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Originally Posted by silvermalaikah

I drink water.. about 4 glasses a day..? lol, I know that's bad. you're supposed to drink 10 glasses in a day, but I drink milk too. and orange juice.

non-caffeinated fluids count as fluid intake..

besides, there's controversy about the 8 glasses of water/day rule.

[sally]

omg water in excess is dangerous? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. water intoxication? WHOA. should i stop downing my gallon and a half of water a day..

[the_only_one]

^ how some people lost their lives..some crazy a** ways of killing yourself..its a shame now some people dont value the essence of life..

On January 12, 2007, Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman and a mother of 3, from Rancho Cordova, California, was found dead in her home by her mother hours after trying to win one of Nintendo's Wii game consoles in KDND 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating. No criminal charges were pressed.[6] The Federal
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On October 12, 2002, 3-year-old Rosita Gonzalez died of water intoxication when her babysitter Nancy Gayoso punished her by forcing her to drink three quarts (2.8 liters) of water in a four hour period.[7][8] Gayoso was charged and arrested for murder in the first degree on March 10, 2003. After being declared incompetent to stand trial in 2004 and 2005,[9] Gayoso was found competent on March 26, 2007.

Leah Betts[10] died on the 16th of November 1995 after taking an ecstasy tablet at her 18th birthday party and subsequently drinking too much water; the case received mass media coverage throughout the United Kingdom, which focused on the dangers of ecstasy and rather overlooked the actual cause of death.

In a much-publicized case of fraternity hazing, four members of the Chi Tau (formerly Delta Sigma Phi) House at California State University, Chico pleaded guilty to forcing 21-year-old student Matthew Carrington to drink excessive amounts of water while performing calisthenics in a frigid basement as part of initiation rites on February 2, 2005.[11] He collapsed and died of heart failure due to water intoxication.

On September 12, 1999, US Air Force basic trainee Michael J. Schindler died of heat stroke, severely complicated by water intoxication, two days after becoming seriously ill during a 5.8 mile march. The Air Force changed its recruit training procedures as a result.[12]
New Zealand race-walker Craig Barrett collapsed during the last kilometer of the 50 km walk in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in a non-fatal case of water intoxication.[citation needed]

Other notable fatalities due to water intoxication include Andy Warhol, Anna Wood, [13] 2002 Boston Marathon competitor Cynthia Lucero,[14] and Washington, D.C. police officer James McBride

Woman in water-drinking contest dies - Life - MSNBC.com

[fatima]

holy crap sally...thats a lot of water! lol you must have to pee like 10 times a day.

im soo cold. i turned the heat all the way down in my apt before i went home for winter break...i just got back and its like 50 degrees in here...brrr.

about the dry lips...i love love love aquaphor. you can buy mini little tubes of it and i havent found anything that works better.

[sally]

Originally Posted by fatima

holy crap sally...thats a lot of water! lol you must have to pee like 10 times a day.

im soo cold. i turned the heat all the way down in my apt before i went home for winter break...i just got back and its like 50 degrees in here...brrr.

about the dry lips...i love love love aquaphor. you can buy mini little tubes of it and i havent found anything that works better.

i think i just sweat out half the gallon or a bit more

most days ill drink a gallon and some days ill drink gallon and a half..depends.

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by Spice

Ahh, I'm still a tampon virgin, I'm not sure anything can convince me to try one.

all i'll say is its easier onces you're married..worked for me.

[iSHi]

Originally Posted by Asvi

all i'll say is its easier onces you're married..worked for me.

[jaani]

Originally Posted by silvermalaikah

Yup I wear vaseline at night, but the thing is.. after a while, i think it dries up and I see white stuff on the edges of my lips. EW!
I guess I'll have to stick with it. thanks!

np


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