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What diets have worked for you?

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Back in early December you might remember I set off on a quest to lose 5 to 10 pounds. The reason? Well, my niece was getting married on December 30th and I wanted to look good for her wedding. The wedding was fabulous BTW. I must post some pictures some time soon!

Anyway… I was successful. I lost about 7 pounds in December and I’ve continued to loose a few pounds this month as well. I mainly just increased my activity since I already eat well. Plus … since I have Crohn’s Disease there are a lot of foods that I just can’t eat or well digest, so I’ve always been fairly careful about my diet.

A few people have asked me how I’ve been losing weight and that got me thinking that I should maybe write a post or two about diets that work well. So … if you’ve been on a diet in the last year or two and you’ve found one that works maybe you could tell me about it? Then I’ll compose a post about various diets or things to cut out of your regular meal plans in order to lose weight.





Getting sidetracked

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I must be on a skin kick or something … I was just checking out various skin products (ie for my dry skin and scarring problem) and I came across this skin id review that sounds interesting.

Of course that product is an acne treatment and it wasn’t what I was looking for … but I know someone would probably be interested in it.

Do you ever go looking for something on the internet – say you’re researching a product or something, and you end up getting sidetracked as you find other interesting, somewhat related things? That’s been happening to me a lot in the last week or so thanks to me doing research on our new washing machine and dryer. LOL

What moisturizer can I use on myself that won’t be toxic for my dog?

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Yesterday I wrote a post about how my skin scars really easily … all I need to do is have a tiny little scratch and it will scar when it heals. Bad eh?

Anyway, I did some research on different products I could try to lessen the scars that I get and I found out that stretch marks cream might help. Also, my scarring might happen more often because my skin is kind of dry, so if I moisturize more often I might not scar up so much!

The only problem I have with using moisturizer is that I have a Labrador Retriever and she loves to lick! She licks our feet, our hands, our neck and face, even our clothes. If I do put moisturizer on during the day she instantly comes up to me and tries to lick it off. I’ve actually tried contacting the manufacturers of some of my favorite moisturizers to find out if it’s safe for pets (ie if they lick you when you have just put moisturizer on) and they told me to consult with our veterinarian … like a veterinarian will know more about their product than they do?

Do any of you know of any moisturizers that are safe to use around pets that like to try to lick it off … I mean human skin moisturizers of course.

Can’t wait for dinner

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I absolutely cannot wait to eat dinner tonight. I’m so hungry! I’ve been hungry for hours! Unfortunately I had to wait for my husband to come home before I could eat (ok I did eat a granola bar but it didn’t help).

Dinner should be ready soon though. Yum!

Last week I made three pans of meat loaf. I know, not everyone likes meatloaf … even I didn’t until recently, but mine is good! I put onion, garlic, and green pepper in mine so it’s quite tasty. We ate the first meat loaf in two or three days and the other two I sliced into individual servings and froze, so now all I have to do is pull out enough for a dinner for two and tada .. half of our dinner is already made and just needs to be thawed and heated.

I was just saying on my other blog that I’ve been more hungry than usual for several days! I certainly won’t need a diet aid if my body keeps doing this. My metabolism must be going off at a higher rate lately, otherwise I don’t know why I’m so hungry. I’ve been a little more active than normal but surely not enough to make me feel this hungry all the time.

I need to take better care of my skin!

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Wow, is my skin ever delicate! For some reason I was looking at my arm earlier today, don’t ask me why, and I noticed that I have all these little tiny scars on my arm. I looked at my other arm and the top of my hands and the same thing is going on.

I think some of the scars go back to when we used to have a very very large iguana. His nails would scratch my skin when I’d hold him – not enough to make me bleed … just a scratch or scuff .. but then I’d end up with a very light scar.

Now that we have a dog she scratches me up pretty good too. If I ask her to shake hands she paws me quickly several times and scratches me with her rough nails!

So .. now I have tiny, white criss crossed scars all over my hands and arms! The only times I’ve really ever notices it before was in the summer when my skin gets a light tan. Hmmm I wonder what I could do to fix it? I wonder if acne scar cream would work or if I’d have to get something stronger?

Does your skin scar from just a tiny scratch like mine does? When I say scratch I mean just a little skin scuffing – no cut, no bleeding, just a faint mark …

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