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…in Hidden Valley Ranch!
I didn’t discuss this on the blog, but I gave up ranch dressing for Lent. I’m not sure why I kept it a secret….maybe I didn’t think I could do it. But I did! It was hard at first, then I forgot about it, and then in that final week I almost caved SO MANY TIMES.
But there were two things I noticed in my 40 days without Hidden Valley.
1) Salads no longer made my tummy hurt.
I eat HUGE veggie filled, fiber rich salads. And sometimes afterwards my tummy would hurt a little. I chocked it up to the roughage.
2) The small rash on my shin went away.
Ever since the tortilla chip incident, I had developed a tiny DH rash on my left shin. It had stuck around for a bit, but during my 40…
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