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Mix water and vinegar in a spray bottle. Spray doors and windows. Any area you suspect ants are coming in. This will stop them in their tracks.. literally! Ants leave a scent behind so they know where they came in and out. The vinegar eliminates the scent and spraying once a week eliminates the ants!
What has been helping me with losing weight is to be able to visualise how much I've lost (and need to go)... To do this I visualise it in terms of cans of coke (or any canned drink)...
Most are 330ml which equates to 330g (in the UK anyway), so it's 3 cans per kg - or if you're using lbs, it's 1lb = 1 and a third cans cans...
So when you 'only' lose just under 1lb in a week, it's quite a lot, when you actually pick up a can. 2lb is 2.5 cans, etc, etc.
After chopping onions, scrub your hands with salt and a splash of vinegar to eliminate the smell. Yes, your hands may smell like vinegar for a short time. 432
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