DO HCG DIET EXPERTS REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT?

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many "experts", practitioners and businesses prescribing hCG for Dr. Simeons' protocol. But how many of them actually understand why it works and how hCG could prevent starvation? Most have no clue. They know it works, but they don't understand why, so they repeat what they read in Simeons' manuscript, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pounds & Inches</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are 5 questions that reveal if an hCG diet business knows why the hCG protocol works:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1) Does the hCG business discuss 3 types of fat?</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> This is a hypothesis Simeons' created, however it has never been laboratory tested or explained. As of today, there are two different types of fat (brown or white fat). We know that larger fat cells function the same as smaller fat cells, but with a more magnified response. Meaning they do the same things small fat cells do, but in a bigger way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larger fat cells produce more hormones, and provide more fuel than the smaller fat cells. As for three types of fat: science hasen't discovered a third type. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2)</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Does the hCG diet business profess that hCG burns fat.</i></b> This could not be further from the truth. HCG DOES NOT BURN FAT. However, hCG does stimulate the hormone that regulates fat metabolism; Leptin. If you are not up to date with the new science of energy homeostasis you need to start studying recent research that has summarized what we know about the hormone leptin and its regulation of the thyroid, adrenals, testicles, ovaries, etc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leptin is a primary regulatory hormone of the body's fueling systems. It also regulates the body's hormonal response that causes symptoms of starvation. Low dose hCG stimulates leptin, which would reduce one's hunger but also increases the fueling response from fat cells. This is the same thing food does hormonally, but with hCG- you don’t need as much food! This is described thoroughly in the newly published book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Weight-Loss Apocalypse. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(www.weightlossapocalypse.com)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3) Does the hCG diet business monitor success, only by weight? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Weight is a superficial and insufficient measure of success, and by obsessing over weight for motivation you are creating a short term diet out of an incredible hormonal therapy. For example, is the hCG diet business telling customers/patients to weigh every day and to do an “apple-day” if they plateau? Are they suggesting that you can flush out fat with apples??? Obsessive weighing creates adverse emotional consequences that could encourage emotional eating disorders. Weight is too superficial when compared to the profound hormonal healing that the hCG protocol provides when its followed. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Weight cannot compare to the rewards of better sleep, improved adrenal function, diminished heart burn, improved breathing, reduced inflammation, improved sex drive, etc. Measures that include body fat composition and an assessment of hormonal symptoms are much more telling and more valuable than a number on a scale. Weight should be the least of your concerns when considering the long term change of lifestyle it will take for you to maintain whatever weight you lose. And weight should not be responsible for the motivation it takes to eat less among gluttons.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4) Does the hCG diet business monitor calories?</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The measure of calories in food is old and outdated information. In fact, how the protocol works completely conflicts with the idea that we are fueled from the food we eat that day. The caloric value in food is irrelevant as it concerns the body’s hormonal response to food. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, we now know that artificial sweetener (zero calories) stimulates leptin and this response stimulates fat's fueling mechanism. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason the hCG works to prevent starvation is because it stimulates the same hormone that food stimulates (leptin). For this reason, your body doesn't respond to starvation like it would without the hCG. Calories have nothing to do with starvation because starvation is defined scientifically by a measure of hormones. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look it up: leptin and its relationship to starvation.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5) Does the hCG diet business profess you’ll lose a pound a day or 30 pounds in 40 days?</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> This is a sign the business is run by people who have no clue how metabolism works, they have no interest in long term results, and they are more interested in one thing: money. This same business probably sells appetite suppressants (another sign they have no idea how the protocol works and that they want more money), fat dissolving injections, meal replacements, and other means to make money. Most of these are sold to take advantage of and to prostitute the desperation of people who need to lose fat and are willing to pay anyone who promises quick results. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unfortunately most of the hCG diet industry is run by businesses that have no clue what they are doing. These businesses know the hCG protocol works and with that, they know they can make money. But where’s the integrity? Where’s the responsibility? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without understanding how the protocol works, it has been marketed as another quick fix diet. Without giving the patient personal responsibility – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it’s a scam!</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But if you’ve done the protocol properly, you know− IT’S NOT A SCAM. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then why market it in a way that has very little integrity? Why portray it in a way that looks just as fake as the rest? The only way the hCG protocol will make a significant impact on America’s overwhelming obesity epidemic, is if the hCG diet industry rethinks how the hCG protocol is portrayed, taught, presented, and advertised. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">      </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you own an hCG diet business, do you want to look credible? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then know how it works hormonally</i>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">      </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you want to stand apart from the hCG diet businesses that market it like another fad diet? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Than market it as a hormonal therapy. </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">      </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you want your patients to have long lasting results that heal both the body and the mind? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Than hold your patients accountable to change the way they eat emotionally.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I believe the hCG protocol has the potential to change our culture both physically and emotionally. If we as “experts” continue to mirror the same approach as the diet industry, we will fail. It will be another diet, another fad, and another attempt at losing weight, just to gain it all back. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">For more information...BUY THE BOOK TODAY: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Weight-Loss Apocalypse: Emotional Eating Rehab Through the HCG Protocol.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Available at www.barnesandnoble.com or www.amazon.com</span></i></div>

DO HCG DIET EXPERTS REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT?

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who doesn't want to wear the ribbon?

I'm a fan of ribbon. I admire it in stores and dream about taking my ribbon over to Martha's house where we would drink hot chocolate, giggle and make crafty things. That dream is enough to get me to buy the ribbon but Martha has yet to invite me over, so it sits in a drawer untouched.<br /><br />Christmas however is always a good excuse for a non-crafty person like myself to bring out the ribbon. Maybe its memories of my Grandma and the freakishly crafty bows she would put on our packages ( i did not inherit that bow gene) but Christmas always makes me think of ribbon.<br /><br />So like an addict looking for a fix, I of course start Pinteresting (yes that can be a verb) different ways to use all this ribbon I have in some sort of Christmasy way.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkZu8-pCbmMGuqXMzc11-XEhTpHLkPYSPkoQPKVh7-AqjAq6YiC0Cm0rFr9GzuW51sNTKFUWnfD2ZpnY1UpmrLEwbnLaGTyjlED_cip02HbfEp9owIcHIuBhZvK3B7xIGBlkNwfPMSJ2B/s1600/530143114_Opj9juBV_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkZu8-pCbmMGuqXMzc11-XEhTpHLkPYSPkoQPKVh7-AqjAq6YiC0Cm0rFr9GzuW51sNTKFUWnfD2ZpnY1UpmrLEwbnLaGTyjlED_cip02HbfEp9owIcHIuBhZvK3B7xIGBlkNwfPMSJ2B/s1600/530143114_Opj9juBV_b.jpg" /></a><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/573360914/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><img alt="Christmas and ribbon" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/573360914_4ABv6Uwg_b.jpg" style="height: 192px;" /></a></div><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/573360914/"> </a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649054106/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><img alt="martha" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/6896205649054106_VYJMuJYI_b.jpg" style="height: 240px;" /></a>  <a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649054197/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><img alt="RIBBON!" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/129408189262355465_xF3i27hB_b.jpg" style="height: 240px;" /></a></div><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649054197/"> </a><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649054106/"> </a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649054001/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><img alt="Use wire-edged ribbon in any hues you desire as an easy, beautiful way to dress up your mantel or windows for the holidays. #Christmas #decor #decorations #DIY #ribbon #mantel" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/86201780337244586_eGeM8OqI_b.jpg" style="height: 213px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKEbqadrcIKNUri7tZxkMJTBLEvJCzO9eKSMGakJIRWcogL6eHWOt88N6ULfR6gK10LUgVaoIp-6o2GbcUFAr0DNqB5a11YfOspfSEywsArmjDQNxN6hlsg6JhcN1gRN06R2rsflDegL2/s1600/530222684_qwH2BYTs_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKEbqadrcIKNUri7tZxkMJTBLEvJCzO9eKSMGakJIRWcogL6eHWOt88N6ULfR6gK10LUgVaoIp-6o2GbcUFAr0DNqB5a11YfOspfSEywsArmjDQNxN6hlsg6JhcN1gRN06R2rsflDegL2/s1600/530222684_qwH2BYTs_b.jpg" /></a><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649054102/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><img alt="." src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/6896205649054102_uQpDsTdB_b.jpg" style="height: 240px;" /></a></div><a class="PinImage ImgLink" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205649054102/"> </a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I'm thinking that the mantel might be the way to go. I always have a hell of a time figuring out what to put on our mantel anytime of the year, let alone at Christmas. So I figure why not mix my mantel worries with my craft anxiety and my ribbon inferiority to make one big ball of holiday hysteria?! I swear I'm going to drive myself to drink.<br /><br />Wish me luck! Any ideas - ribbon, mantel or otherwise?<br /><br />Oh, and I'm almost done with my garage sale table. Update coming soon.<br /><br />

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A Great Product Find: OXO Food Scale + Separate Giveaway Alert

Ok - back to our regularly scheduled program :).<br /><br />I want to share one of my favorite kitchen tools with you: the food scale!<br /><br />My food scale has been absolutely ESSENTIAL to my weight loss journey.  I use it every single day.  As much as I love my measuring spoons and cups, a cup of cereal in a measuring cup and a true cup of cereal on the food scale is going to yield different results (not by a lot, but it <i>will </i>be different).  And, folks, the scale is way more accurate!  Not only that, but how exactly do you measure 4 oz of ground meat?  It's kind of hard to do that with a measuring cup, but not with a food scale!    <br /><br />I bought my first food scale several years ago, while still in college, at a WW meeting center.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/77/b/AAAAArjGFZkAAAAAAHe0GA.jpg?v=1191960485000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/77/b/AAAAArjGFZkAAAAAAHe0GA.jpg?v=1191960485000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the version I had.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It was well worth the little bit of money I had then, and it is STILL well worth it today.  Since that first WW-inspired food scale, I've went through two more.  The WW one eventually broke, and then the second one eventually broke as well.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.everythingkitchens.com/images/products/detail/arti_poppin%20pink_157pp-detail.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://www.everythingkitchens.com/images/products/detail/arti_poppin%20pink_157pp-detail.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Similar to my second one.<br />Yes, it was pink!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />What happened?<br /><br />Well, the reason why they broke is precisely why I want to share my new food scale with you all.  The first two broke after I cleaned them (not for the first time, but after many cleanings).  I guess after several times of being cleaned with a soapy paper towel, they both had had enough and decided to quit turning on.  I know for a fact that the moisture contributed to the death of the WW scale, because it had a screen like a calculator does, and you could see the moisture sitting inside the screen. Doh!<br /><br />Still, you <i>need </i>to clean your food scale.  Why keep buying a new one every few years if you can find one that is so perfectly designed you won't ever have to worry about it going kaput on you again.<br /><br />I present to you the <a href="http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=14816640">OXO Food Scale with Pullout Display</a> <i>($49.99 at Bed Bath and Beyond, which is where I bought it - you can use your 20% coupon though!)</i>.  So, <i>so </i>many pluses to this scale:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">#1. <b>The Pullout Display</b>:  I don't know about you, but when I use a large plate or bowl to measure food, it can be really hard to see what the food actually weighs when that plate/bowl is practically covering the display.  Not with the OXO Food Scale!  You can just pull out the display for easy reading.<br /><br /></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGedUh9o2hvmOvrsLwTcOjN9HecIWUxfUNmEpiV_RWGbVLvZa169CWFRZdRHci-flCbVlqJD8hEyM8yIRL7RSLllNV0swlp0YILBC4jL4GQC2AZp2ePMsbhT3OyR2x3HoI087_pBxusdI/s1600/Scale+003+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGedUh9o2hvmOvrsLwTcOjN9HecIWUxfUNmEpiV_RWGbVLvZa169CWFRZdRHci-flCbVlqJD8hEyM8yIRL7RSLllNV0swlp0YILBC4jL4GQC2AZp2ePMsbhT3OyR2x3HoI087_pBxusdI/s400/Scale+003+copy.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />#2. <b>The Removable Platform</b>: MAJOR problem solved!  The stainless steel platform actually pops off of the scale for easy cleaning (it is dishwasher safe as well).  </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VuEFdAix6kAuPwaqRpBW22judflqng7uSkKCBGrtzyMhMUJVyQRy0pcrlMK_oCCHYcBDfcFdDySLqbfJkLhL6NAjp9dD0nLBtcpZvhj4ZB-mm5ub31vSe-657BQ8oimcY3UCIIzmzMk/s1600/Scale+001+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VuEFdAix6kAuPwaqRpBW22judflqng7uSkKCBGrtzyMhMUJVyQRy0pcrlMK_oCCHYcBDfcFdDySLqbfJkLhL6NAjp9dD0nLBtcpZvhj4ZB-mm5ub31vSe-657BQ8oimcY3UCIIzmzMk/s400/Scale+001+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />#3. <b>Blue Lights</b>.  Blue lights make things pretty :).  But seriously, the scale has a light feature that you can turn on in case you're having a hard time reading the display (and it's not hard to read at all, but I have used the light on occasion - say, for instance, if I'm too lazy to turn on the kitchen lights....hey, we all have our things.)</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXeC8jXShX8wIbhPoz4YgZG1gE60xkQpJKVjlEzG5t7GJ-D7sf5XEtdzfwfMnTyKfcoMSu7RYFpr6zUSMF2b1lCs7f2x3VwdL5CN50vSBxSAKFa08ooRGXi26v80iKJtXeen9lKgpkcw/s1600/Scale+003+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXeC8jXShX8wIbhPoz4YgZG1gE60xkQpJKVjlEzG5t7GJ-D7sf5XEtdzfwfMnTyKfcoMSu7RYFpr6zUSMF2b1lCs7f2x3VwdL5CN50vSBxSAKFa08ooRGXi26v80iKJtXeen9lKgpkcw/s400/Scale+003+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">#4. <b>kg/oz Measurements</b>.  Sure, the other scales measured in these values as well, but the OXO one does too!  Sometimes serving sizes are displayed in just grams, and this food scale has you covered if it does!</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qIO7mZtOgq4LJwCQefngId0zoeir4vRKHIYqP1dzaloVJbgk37t85cuXBDf3qBrycXW5Bv9Vn4_RAU-JjM9WjbzEXdQ4oOhstRm7IaaPYKFGKNd4uRdvC8u1zyxyLs_cANgQPUVYe5g/s1600/Scale+002+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qIO7mZtOgq4LJwCQefngId0zoeir4vRKHIYqP1dzaloVJbgk37t85cuXBDf3qBrycXW5Bv9Vn4_RAU-JjM9WjbzEXdQ4oOhstRm7IaaPYKFGKNd4uRdvC8u1zyxyLs_cANgQPUVYe5g/s400/Scale+002+copy.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Do you own a food scale?  If so, what kind?  How do you feel about it?<br /><br /><u><b>GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!! </b></u><br /><br /><a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekend-recap.html">Gretchen</a> @ <a href="http://honeyishrunkthegretchen.com/2011/11/30/homecoming-giveaway/">Honey, I Shrunk the Gretchen</a> has a <a href="http://honeyishrunkthegretchen.com/2011/11/30/homecoming-giveaway/">festive giveaway</a> going on right now!  You could win some free, personalized holiday greeting cards from the designer of her website... go check it out NOW!  If you're new to her blog, let her know how you found out about her and her fun giveaway in her comments section :).<br /><br /><i>**OXO and/or Bed Bath and Beyond do not have a clue who I am.  I paid for this food scale on my own.  They did not supply me with it for this review.  When I find a great product, I just want to pass it along to you so we can all do a happy dance together!</i>

Product Reviews Weight Loss Products Weight Watchers A Great Product Find: OXO Food Scale + Separate Giveaway Alert

Ok - back to our regularly scheduled program :). I want to share one of my favorite kitchen tools with you: the food scale! My food scale ha...

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