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		<title>Days 624 to 646 &#8211; Seeking Inspiration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, here comes another distance running cliche for you.  It&#8217;s a lonely old business, isn&#8217;t it?  Just you, your thoughts and the plod-plod-plod-plod of your feet hitting the ground.
Clearly there&#8217;s good and bad in that.  It&#8217;s a great opportunity to lose yourself for a while (as a friend eloquently puts it: &#8216;when I run I disappear&#8217;), [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=262&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/days-624-to-646-seeking-inspiration/</link>
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		<title>Days 618 to 623 &#8211; Fighting My Demons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday I asked the Boy to drop me off six and a half miles from home and leave me there to run back (actually, I wanted it to be seven and a half but, despite calculations on mapmyrun.com, I came up short).  It was quite tough going, and left alone with my thoughts for that hour [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=259&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/days-618-to-623-fighting-my-demons/</link>
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		<title>Days 606 to 617 &#8211; The Best Laid Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back from Cornwall, back at my desk, and back to normality (with something of a bump).  We had an amazing holiday, with wonderful weather and all the fresh air a townie like me could possibly hope for.  I was so inspired by how fantastic it all was that I even went swimming in the sea (without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=256&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/days-606-to-617-the-best-laid-plans/</link>
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		<title>Days 592 to 605 &#8211; Eat Clean, Run Hard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s going to be my motto for the next week.  I&#8217;m off to Cornwall with some friends for a week of relaxation by the sea.  I&#8217;ve been counting the days until this holiday for about three months, no lie!
The people I&#8217;m going with are some of my oldest friends and it&#8217;s fair to say that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=253&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/days-592-to-605-eat-clean-run-hard/</link>
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		<title>Days 570 to 591 &#8211; Marathon, one, Lighter Life, nil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All change for me again &#8230; or perhaps I should say that my journey has simply taken another turn.  I found out the hard way (dizzy spells, exhaustion, lack of motivation) that my current exercise regime and lighter life don&#8217;t mix.  Now before anyone gets up in arms, I would like to stress that this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=251&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/days-570-to-591-marathon-one-lighter-life-nil/</link>
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		<title>Days 535 to 569 &#8211; What&#8217;s 26 miles, anyway?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;VE GOT A MARATHON PLACE!  The lovely people at Barnardo&#8217;s have kindly given me a place on the proviso that I raise at least £1600 on their behalf.  Oh, that will be a breeze &#8230; *gulp*.
When I got the news I was literally bouncing up and down with joy.  Running that race, in whatever time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=248&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/days-535-to-569-whats-26-miles-anyway/</link>
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		<title>Days 527 to 534 &#8211; Back In The Swing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to my group last night and was delighted to find that I&#8217;ve lost 3kg/6lb since last Monday.  That&#8217;s a very satisfying 4kg/8lb since starting this ten days ago.  Hooray!
I&#8217;d be lying if I said I didn&#8217;t need the boost.  While there&#8217;s a sense of familiarity with the diet that&#8217;s standing me in good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=246&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/days-527-to-534-back-in-the-swing/</link>
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		<title>Day 526 &#8211; To Tell Or Not To Tell?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I survived the first 24 hours and I&#8217;m halfway through day 2.  So far, so good.  I&#8217;m hoping that it becomes second nature &#8230; I ought to know the ins and outs of this diet by now!
The one thing I&#8217;m wrestling with is whether to tell people or not.  Last time I opted for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=243&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/day-526-to-tell-or-not-to-tell/</link>
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		<title>Days 503 to 525 &#8211; Big Decisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a lot of soul searching, I&#8217;m back on Lighter Life.  Today is my first day.
I thought about it for a long time.  I had to get over the feeling that I&#8217;d somehow failed which, given how far I&#8217;ve come since the beginning of last year, is quite ridiculous.  The conclusion I&#8217;ve come to is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=241&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/days-503-to-525-big-decisions/</link>
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		<title>Days 501 to 502 &#8211; Tweet, tweet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to say that I&#8217;m experimenting with twitter and am @tisw.  I&#8217;m not sure how it will work, but let&#8217;s see!  If I can get my non-techy head around it, I&#8217;ll put a badge on the page too.
I also submitted my application yesterday to Barnardo&#8217;s for a guaranteed place in the London [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=238&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/days-501-to-502-tweet-tweet/</link>
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		<title>Days 453 to 500 &#8211; Refreshed &amp; Ready To Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been away for weeks &#8230; not just away from this blog but away from this country.  I took a long-anticipated once-in-a-lifetime holiday to the US (a road trip from NYC to Miami via Tennessee and New Orleans, which I recommend to anyone!).  And now I&#8217;m back and struggling slightly with the return to normality!
Staggeringly, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=233&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/days-453-to-500-refreshed-ready-to-go/</link>
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		<title>Days 418 to 452 &#8211; The Race Is On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I ran my first ever group race last night at the Cancer Research Race For Life in Battersea Park.  It was an amazing experience with a really great atmosphere.  For those of you who don&#8217;t know, it&#8217;s a sponsored 5K event, for women only and you can run or jog or walk.  A brilliant idea.
More through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=230&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/days-418-to-452-the-race-is-on/</link>
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		<title>Days 409 to 417 &#8211; Bruised But Buoyant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I now know definitively that I could never have been a spy.  Why?  Well, apart from the fact that I do actually talk about the weather a lot (which is how numerous British spies have been rumbled, apparently), any given enemy could extract information from me simply by giving me a sports massage.
I&#8217;m serious.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=228&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/days-409-to-417-bruised-but-buoyant/</link>
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		<title>Days 381 to 408 &#8211; Broken Body, Broken Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This may be the longest gap between posts ever, for which I apologise unreservedly.  I&#8217;ve been flat out busy at work and, frankly, the last thing I want to do when I get home after a day like that is log on.  But here I am &#8230; eventually.
I buggered up my back two weeks ago, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=226&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/days-381-to-408-broken-body-broken-mind/</link>
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		<title>Days 373 to 380 &#8211; Fitness one, weight nil.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m exercising like a demon.  I&#8217;m finding it easier to get out of bed in the morning and am managing to stick to my rather punishing schedule of four cardio sessions a week, which is great.  I don&#8217;t find myself thinking &#8216;oh I can&#8217;t be arsed today&#8217;, I find myself thinking &#8216;if I don&#8217;t do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=223&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/days-373-to-380-fitness-one-weight-nil/</link>
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		<title>Days 367 to 372 &#8211; Routine, schmoutine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the last few days have been a case of one step forward and two steps back &#8230; this is becoming alarmingly typical for me, it seems.  It turns out that I did actually injure my left leg in the spin class on Monday, and the fact that I went ahead with my run on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=220&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/days-367-to-372-routine-schmoutine/</link>
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		<title>Day 366 &#8211; High Speeds And Good Vibes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I survived last night&#8217;s class.  I arrived early and opted for a bike in the back row &#8230; mainly because I couldn&#8217;t bear the thought of anyone being given a close-up view of my lycra-clad backside as I struggled and sweated away.  I then spent ten minutes trying to adjust the damn thing so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=217&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/day-366-high-speeds-and-good-vibes/</link>
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		<title>Days 354 to 365 &#8211; Happy Anniversary!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a cheerful little soul I was last time!  Dear me &#8230; I must remember not to blog late at night after a glass of wine or two.  I clearly get terribly, er,  philosophical    Actually, the long and the short of it was that I was doing too much.  I was setting expectations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=214&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/days-354-to-365-happy-anniversary/</link>
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		<title>Days 348 to 353 &#8211; Another Year Older</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s my birthday today.  Well, strictly speaking, it was my birthday yesterday, given that it&#8217;s almost one in the morning.  And I just had a very strange moment in the bathroom (how freaky does that sound?).  I was merrily cleaning my teeth when I looked down at my legs and feet and was struck for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=212&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/days-348-to-353-another-year-older/</link>
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		<title>Days 345 to 347 &#8211; Yes We Can!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry &#8230; forgive the slightly corny title, but I feel a bit like that at the moment.  Buoyed up from watching history in the making yesterday I ran home again, this time via a slightly different and fractionally longer route.  I was hoping to achieve 5 miles/8 km, according to the route planner, but my running [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=210&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/days-345-to-347-yes-we-can/</link>
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		<title>Days 333 to 344 &#8211; The Next Chapter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been giving a lot of thought to the direction of this blog since completing lighter life.  Clearly, given that I&#8217;m not actually following the diet any more, I either need to wrap it up or find new topics to discuss on a regular basis (it won&#8217;t have escaped some of you that my posts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=205&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/days-333-to-344-the-next-chapter/</link>
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		<title>Days 320 to 332 &#8211; Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, so wishing people a happy new year on the 6th of Jan is slightly belated, I know, but I realised with some relish that I hadn&#8217;t switched on a computer since my last post on 24th December.  For me, that&#8217;s unheard of.  I&#8217;m one of those people who&#8217;s usually only inches away from a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=203&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/days-320-to-332-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Days 299 to 319 &#8211; New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s almost the end of the year that changed my life &#8230; and that&#8217;s not me being melodramatic, it&#8217;s the truth.  I almost can&#8217;t take it all in when I look back to where I was this time last year.  I&#8217;d already resolved that I would be beginning lighter life in February and was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=201&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/days-299-to-319-new-years-resolutions/</link>
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		<title>Days 277 to 298 &#8211; Santa Claus Is Coming To Town</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How the hell did December come around so quickly?  As you can tell by the three week gap since the last post (oops) it&#8217;s a crazily busy time of year for me.  Not only do we need to tie up 2008 and get ready for 2009, but then there&#8217;s the whole Christmas madness to contend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=199&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/days-277-to-298-santa-claus-is-coming-to-town/</link>
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		<title>Day 276 &#8211; Focus, Focus, Focus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to say that I&#8217;m in a much better frame of mind today!  I was really annoyed with myself yesterday &#8230; but the good thing is that my impromptu weigh-in at the gym was the kick in the backside that I needed.  It has forced me to get back on track &#8230; I think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=197&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/day-276-focus-focus-focus/</link>
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		<title>Days 270 to 275 &#8211; Back To Reality With A Bump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The good time I had in New York came back to bite me this morning in the gym.  I&#8217;ve not had a personal training session since before I went on holiday (over two weeks ago) and have only managed a pitiful two cardio sessions on my own in that time.  So this morning I had a sleep-shattering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=191&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/days-270-to-275-back-to-reality-with-a-bump/</link>
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		<title>Days 252 to 269 &#8211; The Bigger Apple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here I am, back at my desk for the first time since my fabulous trip to New York.  I&#8217;m jet-lagged and struggling to concentrate, but really chilled out.  Having not managed to get a blog in before I left, I swore I&#8217;d get onto it as soon as I could.
New York was amazing.  I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=189&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/days-252-to-269-the-bigger-apple/</link>
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		<title>Days 244 to 251 &#8211; Red Wine R.I.P?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times in this blog I&#8217;ve talked about my love affair with red wine.  It is, by far and away, my favourite drink in the world.  I can drink it until the cows come home &#8230; well, I can drink it until my teeth are stained black, my tongue doesn&#8217;t work properly and I collapse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=183&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/days-244-to-251-red-wine-rip/</link>
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		<title>Days 230 to 243 &#8211; The End Of Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is it.  I&#8217;ve officially finished management.  I am now at liberty to eat and drink exactly what I like, when I like and, if I choose, I need never go near a food pack again.
And do you know what?  It feels really, really weird.  When I began this, back in February, I put [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=181&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/days-230-to-243-the-end-of-management/</link>
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		<title>Days 222 to 229 &#8211; Going Unnoticed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another long gap between posts!  This is such a busy time of year.  Before I know it, it will be Christmas, which is a scary thought.
I went to the pub the other night with my Dad to watch football and have a chat, and we had dinner there (I had salad while he had a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com&blog=2852510&post=178&subd=theincredibleshrinkingwoman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theincredibleshrinkingwoman.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/days-222-to-229-going-unnoticed/</link>
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