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The Weirdest Soup I Ever Made: A White Girl Tries Traditional Chinese Medicine
Since the tender age of 9 I have been cursed with bad skin. Zits, pimples, cystic acne, rosacea, whatever you want to call it, I’ve got pizza-face and have been struggling with it for years. I have seen all the western style doctors and tried countless remedies from creams & gels, antibiotics, hormones from The…
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Life With Slimband: Impending Rant
Ugh. It’s some godforsaken hour in the morning of Christmas Eve/Day and I can’t sleep. No, I’m not excited for Santa Claus to bring me a pony or a pair of moon shoes. Rather I am so pissed off with my current situation with Slimband that I can’t sleep and have composed an angry rant…
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Slimband update: 2 years later
This has been on my mind quite a lot lately. Weight loss, getting healthy, getting happy. The emails keep coming in from readers regarding my lap-band procedure. I’m currently in talks with a different clinic for some additional post-op care (yes it’s been 2 years but I still need help!) and I wanted to review…
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Product Review: Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste + Advice
I haven’t received any new or noteworthy products lately, so I’m reviewing an oldie, but a goodie! Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste (in any variation) Now, in my books, any toothpaste is a good toothpaste. Years of working at a dental office and being curious have taught me loads about dental care and health and how frickin’…
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Product Rant of the Day: Lysol No-Touch™ Hand Soap System
I talk a lot about the products I like on this blog, but here is one that I don’t like! LYSOL® Healthy Touch® No-Touch™ Hand Soap System So what’s my beef with something that is supposed to help you maintain clean and healthy hands? It’s simple: Redundancy. You just don’t NEED this product. The Lysol…
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Slimband Update: 7 Weeks In
Update: You can find all weight loss/Slimband-related posts under the Weight Loss category or by clicking here. It’s been about 7 weeks since I had my surgery with Slimband. So far I’m down about 12lbs overall and am losing around 1lb per week. It’s going a lot slower than I thought it would, and I’m…
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Reader Question: Life with Slimband?
Update: You can find all weight loss/Slimband-related posts under the Weight Loss category or by clicking here. Dear Ginger, I came across your blog and saw that you had the Slimband surgery a few weeks ago. I am considering it too but trying to get as much info as possible. Would you mind sharing…
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My Body Is Amazing
Dear Body: You are incredible, and I am so amazed by you! We had surgery just over a week ago. You were cut open, had organs shoved around, implants put in and incisions sutured. After that you were bombarded with drugs and had nothing but liquids for sustenance. What a trial to go through! But…
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The Most Heavenly Coffee: Recovering with Slimband
Update: You can find all weight loss/Slimband-related posts under the Weight Loss category or by clicking here. I am having what is probably the most delicious coffee drink ever to be created. A small Second Cup “Canadian” maple latte with skim milk. Heaven. I don’t think it has anything to do with the brand or…
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One day left…
Well, I hope everyone had some nice holidays! I’m not going to bother listing anything I received this year–most of my “gift” was $3000 my parents gave me towards my surgery. Speaking of which, I’m going under the knife this Thursday, so I may be out of commission for a while! I’ve been trying my…