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Nix the Poncho — Now it’s Personal.
Good-health plans are not one-size-fits-all. When Dave and I started our journey, I was 22 years old and had little to no experience with dieting or exercise. All I remembered from my bite-sized...
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Fiber Friends and the Poop Tackle
I’m just going to come right out and confess– I don’t get poop jokes. They just aren’t funny to me. I also don’t like poop stories because they never seem different, or interesting. But at some point...
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Adventures of Kalamazoo the Dino
If you have Instagram, you can follow the account I just made a few hours ago. My username is Rarasaur! It’s dedicated to Kalamazoo the Dino, and his adventures big and small. Here’s a sample of the...
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You Look Good in Non-Fiction
You are not a fictional character. You probably didn’t wake up grateful for that today. Either you simply didn’t think of it, or maybe you went to bed in one of those moods where you fantasized about...
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Giving Thanks Part 1 – Let’s Talk Turkey
Thanksgiving is coming! For those of you on special diets, or those of you who are hosting people on special diets, this can be a trying time. Let’s start with a little self-responsibility. Thats...
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Giving Thanks Part 2 – The Care and Feeding of your Diabetic
Thanksgiving is almost here! For those of you on special diets, or those of you who are hosting people on special diets, this can be a trying time. Are you hosting a special-diet-eater? Let’s tackle...
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When Good Robots People Give Bad Advice
Bad advice #1 : Live for today! You only live once– but that life could be a hundred years in length. So before you throw yourself off a building with feathers glued to your YOLO shirt, ask if you want...
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Bloggercise! Come on now, let’s go!
Bloggercise is FUNercise! This is written almost entirely in the style of Richard Simmons. It is not suggested for people with pre-existing heart conditions. Well, the exercises are– but the...
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What if it was money?
This “Lumberjack Slam” will set you back $960, assuming you skip the sugar and creamer in your coffee, the syrup or butter on the pancakes, and the ketchup. It is the most popular breakfast meal...
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Someday Prophesies
My personal challenge for 2013 is to not “gift” sugar, all year. You would think this would be easy as far as resolutions go, but it’s Day 14 and I’ve almost slipped up every single day so far. The...
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GuestPost: SoCalMark Defines Heart
Please welcome my guest blogger, Mark from SmallSteps2Health! Share your motherhood-and-apple-pie life philosophies, help build the definition of “heart, and be sure to send some rawr-love his way!...
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Guest Post: CombatBabe Takes a Bullet.
Please welcome my guest blogger, CombatBabe! Open up to her, enjoy her bewitching voice, and give her a heaping serving of rawr-love! http://www.combatbabe.com Someone must have liquored Rara up when...
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Guest Post: Jackie Makes Gluten- Free Deliciousness
Please welcome my guest blogger, Jackie! You might know Jackie from one of the two (yes, two!) active blogs she runs. Whether you’re interested in fascinating fiction or healthy eats, you’ll find...
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Life, Unsweetened: My Premises
A long time ago, braith an’ lithe asked a seemingly straightforward question: “Did you ever post in detail about *what* you eat? Can you give us a typical day or two’s diet? I need some inspiration to...
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A Day In My Diet – Breakfast
A Note About “A Day in My Diet” In the future I’ll provide a thorough list of sugar-free, low-carb items. Today, we’re starting by sharing my own diet. This isn’t the best diet plan possible or even...
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A Day In My Diet – Lunchtime
A Note About “A Day in My Diet” In the future I’ll provide a thorough list of sugar-free, low-carb items. Today, we’re starting by sharing my own diet. This isn’t the best diet plan possible or even...
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Spilled Milk and Sweet Horrors
Am I being threatened? It wasn’t the words, but the tone and body language that made me ask. I was shocked, standing still in a puddle of milk– relatively new to marriage, but no stranger to bullies....
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Re-Wiring Kummerspeck
The video above is a clip from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. At 6 minutes and 20 seconds into this scene, Toula is defending her boyfriend. She tells her mother, basically, “But mom, I love him.” Mrs....
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Tattoos with Purpose
I don’t have a single tattoo, but I have a lot of friends who love them. They’re always asking me what it would take to make me get a tattoo, and my answer to that question is simple — it has to have...
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Halloween Dino Madness
Stop by and read my posts over at QueenLatifah.com! For those of you who enjoy stories of my youth, you can read about the time I was robbed by goblins here:...
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