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Get the Back Support You Need With Qi Orthopedic Pillow

**I received the below mentioned product in order to complete an honest review.  No other compensation has been received**

When I blog, it’s possible for me to be at my desk for an hour or two (with intermittent breaks when taking care of the kids of course).  Some days I have more work to do than others on my blog.  If hubby isn’t working I take advantage of the time and will make sure I get my posts in.  I’ve noticed though that when I sit at my desk for an hour or more my lower back starts to hurt.  I get up and stretch and sometimes the little ones need me so I welcome the break to get up and more around.  Still I wish I could make my chair a little more comfortable.  As a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, I know how import proper body mechanics, alignment, and back support can be while you work.

Patrick Lee is Human Spinal Biomechanics Researcher (that’s a mouthful) and he is the found of an international company that manufacturers medical devices.  He is also the inventer of the Qi Orthopedic Pillow.

Qi Orthopedic Pillow
Qi Orthopedic Pillow

QiPillows are attractive pillows that help support your back in sitting position.  You can use them in the car, at your desk, or wherever you might need some extra support for your back.  They are comfortable and adjustable so you can adjust them to your comfort level. They come in two stylish colors: sage and camel.  You can put them on your couch or your bed and they look great.  Just eyeballing them,  no one would even know they are an orthopedic support pillow.

I received one in the color sage. It comes with a small instruction leaflet so you know how to adjust your pillow.  The cover is a soft micro-suede and it really is soft.  There is a bladder of sorts inside the pillow.  There is an easy to open valve that you blow air into to adjust it to your needs. The cover just zips open to get to this valve.

inside the QiPillow
inside the QiPillow

 

The instructions say you only need 2 or 3 puffs and you’re not supposed to fill it up the whole way.  Well either my puffs are pathetic or I need more support.  I ended up using about 5 puffs to get it to where I felt it did me any good.  But that’s the beauty of these pillows, you can adjust them for you.

Me using my QiPillow while blogging
Me using my QiPillow while blogging

The QiPillow supports your weight for as long as you sit.  It doesn’t collapse with pressure.  It responds to your body with any movement.  In a 3rd party clinical study, QiPillows have been found to help 91% of back pain sufferers which I thought was pretty impressive.

QiPillows are 18″ by 18″ and work great as throw pillows when not in use too.

QiPillow as a throw pillow
QiPillow as a throw pillow

 

Another feature I like is that if you want to take it with you, say you want to use it at work and at home, simply deflate the bladder, fold it up and take it with you.  QiPillows have been featured on QVC with high reviews from customers.  You can also find QiPillows on Amazon:

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Cheese Thinables The Only Half-Calorie Cracker

**I received the below mentioned product in order to complete an honest review. No other compensation has been received**

Cheese Thinables from Fiber Gourmet are the makers of the only half-calorie cracker on the market.  I was actually surprised by that.  Fiber Gourmet also makes other products that look and taste like they’re supposed to but with half the calories.

The Cheese Thinable look  just like cheez its or cheez nips and have just as much flavor, just half the calories.  One 1 oz bag of Cheese Thinables from Fiber Gourmet contains about 30 crackers and has only 60 calories per oz.  Where Cheez its has 140 calories for the same serving.  Cheese Thinables also contain 11 grams of fiber which is about 44% of our daily recommeded value.

Cheese Thinables from Fiber Gourmet
Cheese Thinables from Fiber Gourmet

Don’t the crackers look just like Cheez-its?  I think so. The taste and texture was amazingly similar too. I really enjoyed these crackers, especially since I’m normally a Cheez-it girl myself.  These take some of the guilt away of snacking on my coveted salty snacks.

You can find Fiber Gourmet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FiberGourmet  if you like their facebook page from their website: http://www.fibergourmet.com you’ll get a pop up coupon code good for $5 off an order from their website!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Zaycon Foods Natural Chicken

**I had received Zaycon Foods chicken through USFG. This post also contains my referral link**

How does Zaycon Foods manage to provide such high quality super fresh meat and produce to its customers at such low prices? The answer is strength in numbers. And not our numbers, yours!

Zaycon Foods can sell its products at bulk rate prices to individual consumers and families because our unique sales event business model brings lots of people together, adding all their purchasing power into a combined bulk food purchase. And when you buy as part of a group that’s committing to such a large purchase, the power is in the hands of the purchaser! It’s the ultimate group buy in terms of both price and consumer empowerment.

You can pre-select exactly what you want to order from a given Zaycon sales event – sometimes you may want to stock up on our amazing meaty back ribs and sometimes it might be all about the Zaycon bacon – and then, on the day of the sales event, you and a whole big bunch of your neighbors will find yourselves in a nearby parking lot watching as an entire tractor trailer’s worth of high quality natural food is unloaded into all of your cars! You will be amazed at how quickly one of our refrigerated trucks goes from being filled with natural, fresh chicken or hundreds of gallons of grade A non-homogenized milk to being empty and back on its way to the farm!

zayconfoods button

A Zaycon Foods truck sales event often lasts less time than you would spend on a trip to the grocery store, yet you will leave with a whole lot more food than you’d get at the market, and for much better prices, too!

 

When you use the Zaycon Foods sales event as your preferred place to purchase meats, milk, and any of our other fine products, you get advantages even beyond the bulk pricing that comes with our special sales model. You also have the peace of mind of knowing exactly what you’re going to get! A trip to the grocery store can involve wasted time wandering around looking for various foods spread out across the store; at a Zaycon Foods parking lot meat truck delivery (or milk or berries or fish delivery, too!) you have pre-ordered your foods, so all you have to do is show up and wait for our friendly staffers and volunteers to load up your car.  Below is an actual pick from the event I attended in Johnstown, Pa. The truck was right on time and the Zaycon Foods employees were efficient, friendly, and helpful.

Zaycon Foods Johnstown

Also, unlike in the grocery store, the prices you will pay for a Zaycon Foods product are locked in on our website, so you will know how much you are going to spend before you have committed to a purchase.

 

At a supermarket, you might pay one price for chicken on one day, and then a higher price on another day. With Zaycon, you decide that you want to order a case of our fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts, you check the price and then you commit to it, knowing that from that moment on, we are committed to getting you your fresh, natural food!

I got my 40 lbs of chicken.  I took it home and separated it into freezer bags.  The chicken breast were very sizable!

Zaycon chicken

5 chicken breasts in a bag
5 chicken breasts in a bag

 

I separated and put 5 chicken breasts in each freezer bag just because there is 5 of us that would eat a regular meal (the baby of course doesn’t yet)  You can see in the pic above that 5 chicken breasts weighed about 4.5 lbs.

 

To Get Started Click on this link: https://www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf10064

Happy Halloween $500 Kmart Gift Card Giveaway

 

It’s Halloween Giveaway Event

Every years my kids tend to pick the same costumes.  I allow them to pick their costumes because I had idea of what I wanted to be as a kid too.  I try to encourage their imagination and pretend play. The only problem was that my boys would always pick the same things pretty much star wars or ninjas for my middle son and star wars or military for my oldest son.  I was so excited when my middle son picked this costume:

Bacon Costume

I think he looks super cute!  I’m sure everyone’s kids will look cute, or cool, or pretty. or whatever.  Let’s keep out little ones safe though.  Remember Halloween Safety tips:

–wear light clothing, reflective tape, clip on reflectors, or carry a flash light to make sure cars can see you

–Parents or another responsible adult should be with young children and ensure they do wander to far off and only go to familiar houses.

–Only go to well lit houses and houses that are familiar to you

–Make sure to check your candy. Open pieces or pieces that look like they’ve been tampered with in any way should be thrown out.  I know in our area, there are several medical offices and chiropractic offices that will x-ray halloween candy for free which I think is pretty cool of them.

–Older children (tween and teens) should stay in groups if not with a parent and talk to parents about where they plan on going and what times to expect them home.

–Stick to well lit streets

MPM Network Bloggers are super excited to share their Halloween Recipes, Crafts, Decor Ideas and so much more with you this holiday season. Make sure you take a peek at the fabulous posts below. Surely you will find something that makes you smile!

One lucky reader will receive a $500 K-Mart Gift Card!

Giveaway ends October 28th at 11:59pm, open to US, ages 18+. To enter please use the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck.

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