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Okay, not to scare you, but here's my experience with appendectomy: In 1986, I had an emergency appendectomy. At the time, they didn't do the scoping procedure, and my recovery was very long. It was a good two weeks before I felt well enough to do a whole lot, and even then I was sore...

I don't consider anything with artificial sweetener "clean". Something about all those man-made chemicals that they've dubbed "sweeteners" just doesn't appeal to me as a "clean" food.

If it's man-made, it doesn't belong in the body long term. Period. Splenda may be "a form of sugar", but it's still man-made. Aspartame (Equal), saccharain (Sweet-n-Low), high fructose corn syrup --- all are man-made, as well. Eating products made with this junk is like taking antibiotics...

Don't waste your time. You'll just get aggravated and it will cost you too much in stress and frustration. You could ask for the tow to be covered, but be ready for them to say "no-can-do" and don't even push the issue beyond that. If they say they'll pay the tow bill, count yourself VERY...

I think you could get away with purchasing any of Cathe's DVD's, but would have to modify most, if not all, of them. My first Cathe workout was Step Blast. I thought I was in pretty good shape, but I could only do the warm-up and part of the first rotation before becoming totally winded. So...

You know, I've come to realize that we are a society that 1) Doesn't like to rock the boat, even if it means withholding our own thoughts, ideas, opinions, etc. and 2) Doesn't tolerate when someone DOES state their thoughts, ideas, opinions, etc. I recently found out something about myself...

Most yogurt's are way to sugary. You should get less than 12 teaspoons of sugar per day (4 grams = 1 teaspoon), so 33 grams is over 2/3 your total daily sugar allotment! That's too much. Pure, unsweetened yogurt is obviously the best for you nutritionally, because yogurt (at least the good...

The GS series is pretty intense, but is much different than the S&H series. They are both great for what each is trying to accomplish.

Anybody else getting serious about probiotics? In the past year, I've been looking more and more into probiotic supplementation, and the more I learn, the more excited I get to learn more. I recently bought a book called "The Probiotic Revolution" by Gary B. Huffnagle, Ph.D., and as I have...

Taking a week off every few months is refreshing to the body. It allows full recovery and gives you a fresh start when you start exercising again. Of course, since I am recovering from foot surgery right now, I will be cranking to go in about 3 months when I can start doing mild cardio again...

If you don't find it at Walmart, buy it online. Walmarts in markets that don't have a lot of horse farms usually don't carry it. We'll all be whinnying like horses before we know it, won't we? :7

I've used HOOF MAKER for years and my nails get so long and will just not break, and I end up having to cut them. People have asked me if I have a French manicure and they are shocked when I tell them that's it's my natural nail - no polish or anything. Oh, and I used to have the weakest...

I know. Ha ha! This is the stuff they use on horse's hooves, but if it works, what the heck, right? :-)

Buy a tub of HOOF MAKER! I bought mine at Walmart in the pet section years ago, but you can buy it online now. It's an orange lotion that you rub into your nails and it makes them grow like weeds and also makes them nice and strong! You'll never want to go back to fake nails once you start...

I agree that until you get them and preview them, you really can't decide how you are going to use them and rotate them. Once you've previewed them, as well as the premixes, you'll be more prepared and better able to figure out the best way to use them. From reading Cathe's descriptions...

I was recently moved to a new position in my office (and talk about rude, I wasn't even asked or included in the decision to move me, even though it was a HUGE change to my job - and I am still expected to do the same job as before). Basically, my company wants to do more with less, so they...

I think both versions are effective. Sometimes I feel like doing the horizontal version, and on other days, I prefer holding the dumbbell at one end vertically. The tricep move I like the best, though, is the cross-body extension from the GS series. That's killer!

I saw this on FitTV, too. It was titled Cardio and Weights, but was actually Step, Jump, and Pump. It looked like it might have been a premix or something. When I saw it come on, I thought, "That's not Cardio & Weights. Are they doing a premix?" I didn't watch the whole thing, but I just...

Okay, so the pain has gotten worse. I'm doing okay but definitely feel it, especially after getting up to take a potty break. I want to return to work on Monday, but right now I'm uncomfortable enough to think that if this pain doesn't go away, I'll be staying home or at least taking a half...

Some people are afraid to live on their own. They get lonely or simply just don't embrace the idea of being independent. I LOVED it! It was hard at first, but after a year or two, I just LOVED being on my own with no one holding me down. I felt like a "grownup"! And that's what it's all...