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Skinny Cow Minis Best Diet Plan Yet
Skinny Cow Minis Best Diet Plan Yet
I was reading the latest issue of Real Simple magazine (Aug. '08)--hey, how can I not keep up with a magazine that honors RealSelf.com as one...
Want to lose weight? Read "A Novel Diet"
Want to lose weight? Read "A Novel Diet"
You heard correctly. Skip the diet plans. Skip the recipes. Skin counting points--maybe even the Skinny Cow ice cream. Family physician, Dr....
Is Bob Greene's Best Life Diet worth it?
Is Bob Greene's Best Life Diet worth it?
I'm burned out on my current shelf of diet books, South Beach, Sonoma Diet, et al.  This sent me looking to add a different kind of...
Skinny cow for self-confessed ice cream addicts
Skinny cow for self-confessed ice cream addicts
Nothing sells ice cream faster than an endorsement from Oprah.  Skinny cow is reaping he good fortune of Oprah's declaration that she...
Feel overweight? Join over 80-percent of women in the US
Feel overweight? Join over 80-percent of women in the US
84% of women reported they feel overweight in a recent Meredith/NBC.  Only 13% of  women feel that they are the ideal weight, while...
Pink diet patch: marketing cute to get sales
Pink diet patch: marketing cute to get sales
The overtly cute marketing caught my attention for weight control patch called the Pink Diet Patch.  The Pink Diet Patch is marketed to...
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Overweight treatments w/ reviews: Gastric bypass, Lipodissolve, Smart Lipo
Gastric bypass: You can call me "Slim" read >
My name is Serina but people call me Slim, Skinny Winny, and twiggy! On January 15, 2008 I had RNY gastric bypass procedure. My...

Gastric bypass: I have a new life thanks to my gastric bypass (w/video) read >
Weighing 22 stone (308lb) at 5'7" and having diabetes, injecting insulin 4 times a day the future looked very bleak. I was then...

Lipodissolve: Lipodissolve is the best thing ever! No matter what anyone says read >
A few years ago, I was weighing in at over 200 pounds. So I decided to make a change. I began eating healthy and working out a few...

Smart Lipo: I would not do Smart Lipo again!!! read >
I wanted to get the one to two dress size reduction I so often heard in advertisements. I had my chin, my back, my abdomen, my...