Prior to my gastric bypass surgery, I weighed 286 lbs and had a 44DDD bra size. Prior to starting my surgical weight loss journey, I weighed 331 lbs and had a 46G bra size. Needless to say, since losing 165 lbs, I have definitely lost more of my breasts. I’ve gone down drastically, in my eyes, anyway – I am now a nice, normal, and quite manageable 36D. And while I did mourn the loss of my cup size for a while, I’ve finally reconciled myself with my smaller breasts, and I’m now quite happy with what I’ve got.

And thanks to EdenFantasys, I now have some nice new bras to encase the girls in. EdenFantasys has quite an extensive selection of lingerie, and if you take the time to filter the results, you’ll find that they also have a very nice collection of bra & panty sets. Here are a few of my recent purchases:

Purr-fect padded bra and panty set

Boudoir princess bra and panty

Lycra bra and skirt

Star sequin bra and g-string

Both my husband and I quite enjoy the bra and panty sets that are now residing in my drawer. I have several other pieces of lingerie from EdenFantasys, which are also quite nice.

Lately I’ve been laying off the insanely colored makeup in favor of slightly more subtle tones. What can I say? It’s something about the colder weather and heavier layers that encourages me to tone things down a bit. But I’m stepping it up a notch in terms of lotions and moisturizers, because I have good skin and dammit I’d like to keep it looking and feeling that way. Since I’m usually so busy doing and buying things for everyone else in my family – my husband, my seven year old daughter, my five year old son, and my sixteen year brother, I figured it’s about time I make sure to treat and pamper myself, too. Thanks to EdenFantasys, who is now not only carrying sex toys but a very awesome collection of beauty and body products, I’ve got these goodies coming my way:

Walnut Sugar Scrub

Lip Lovely Set

Hand Creme

Shimmer Cream

The nice thing about this order is that it didn’t cost me a single cent, thanks to EdenFantasys’ Ambassador Program. Basically, EdenFantasys gives bloggers gift cards as compensation for posts written about them. This is an ongoing program, by the way – not just a one time post and then you’re done kind of deal. Of course, you can post just once if you want; or, you can post as often as every two weeks. Interested in the Ambassador Program? Send an email containing your blog name and blog URL to ambassador@edenfantasys.com for more details.

Disclosure: EdenFantasys provided me with a gift card in exchange for this post.

I’m not going to be a Saloon girl for Halloween after all. Thanks to EdenFantasys‘ ever-expanding collection of costumes, I have decided to go with being a Dirty Cop. Or a sexy cop.

I’m glad I decided to order my Halloween costume from a sex toy shop, because believe it or not, this particular sex toy shop has plenty of decent-yet-sexy costumes to choose from! From witches to angels to devils to saloon girls to pirate wenches to cops, EdenFantasys has a lot to offer in terms of costumes. Plus, a lot of these costumes are naughty enough that they could double as lingerie – particularly if you add a push-up bra and remove some of the accessories that many of the costumes come with, heh.

One thing I really like about EdenFantasys is that they always include a detailed sizing chart for all of their costumes and lingerie. The size chart provides plenty of details, too – recommended weight, cup size and measurements for every available size. But when in doubt, you should always order up a size, as costumes and lingerie tend to run a little small. That’s my $0.02, anyway.

I also love that they have plenty of products to offer besides adult products, costumes, and lingerie. Spice up your wardrobe with a sexy pair of panties, or check out some of EdenFantasys’ mood candles and massage candles to add ambiance and massages to your bedroom activities!

HIV/AIDS has been around for a long time and has garnered a lot of public attention. Still, it seems like there are many facts about these conditions that people are unaware of. Here are 6 startling facts about HIV/AIDS that everyone should know.

More Than 75% Of The People With HIV/AIDS Don’t Know They Have It
This is shocking. 75% of the people who have HIV/AIDS are walking around without any knowledge of this fact. They are not seeking treatment for themselves and could be passing it onto others. You may know already that anyone can get HIV/AIDS. Now you know that there is a chance that someone could have it and not even know.

Symptoms Of HIV Might Not Appear Until 10 Years After Infection
Many people think that if they had HIV then they would feel sick or exhibit other symptoms. The truth is that it may take as many as 10 years for symptoms of HIV to start showing up. This means that a person could feel perfectly healthy for years after they are infected with HIV. The only way to know for sure is to get tested.

25% Of New HIV Infections Happen In 13 To 20 Year Olds
This statistic applies to North America and is frightening. With 25% of new HIV infections happening to 13 to 20 year olds you know that these children and young adults could be infected before they even get a chance to begin their lives. This is appalling and if nothing is done to stop it then it will only get worse.

AIDS Is The Fourth Leading Cause Of Death In The World
There isn’t much room for interpretation with this fact. AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death in the world. While AIDS isn’t as nearly as popular in the news as it has been at times, it is still killing massive amounts of people all the time.

95% Of New HIV Infections Happen In The Poorest Countries
The poorest countries again take the hardest hit as 95% of the new HIV infections happen in these countries. These countries where food and water are sometimes luxuries are the worst places for HIV infections to happen because proper treatments are hard, if not impossible, to come by. Without proper treatments HIV can easily turn into a sure death sentence.

AIDS/HIV Infection Kills As Many As 8,200 People Every Day
And more current estimates say it may even be much more than this. Think about how many people are killed in wars and by other threats that people turn their attention to most often. Their numbers often can’t come close to how AIDS/HIV infection kills as many as 8,200 people every day. But still people focus on other world problems to the detriment of this one that can be treated and prevented.

These facts about HIV/AIDS are truly startling. For such a devastating and well-known set of conditions, most people know very little about either or even that there is a difference between the two. Now that you know these shocking facts about HIV/AIDS you can see why it is so important that you think about learning even more.

Mary Wardly is passionate when it comes to writing about international health as well as masters in international public health degrees.

This was my costume for Halloween 2010:

Cute and festive, right? I was really digging the purple (it’s a shame my hair wasn’t hot pink then – it would have gone well with the costume!). This year I’m another 25 lbs lighter, and I’m thinking about a sexier look for Halloween. Yet it has to be something that I can wear out when I take my children Trick-or-Treating. Decisions, decisions…

Well, believe it or not, I’ve found two potential costumes at EdenFantasys sex store. Both are in the sexy costumes section at EdenFantasys. The first is Saloon Wench, the second Pirate Wench (what’s with all of the wenching?):

It’s a shame my husband isn’t dressing up as a pirate this year, which is what he was last year, and the year before that. I think before that he was a vampire. But that was before Twilight and the like was such a huge thing, so it wasn’t a hit then like it would be now. Plus, as my husband just remarked, he was more of the “classic” vampire — not one of the sexy, sparkling ones.

Anyway, of the two costumes, I was leaning more towards the Sexy Saloon costume, but now I’m thinking I’ll go with one of the cop costumes, since my husband now wants to be a cop. We’ll be a hot duo!

I have always found sex to be absolutely amazing, but since losing so much weight (153 lbs to be exact), sex has gotten even better. Can you believe it? I know my husband has no complaints, heh. So with the increase in awesomeness that is our sex life, obviously there has been an increase in the demand of adult toys. And for that I turn to EdenFantasys. EdenFantasys is an online adult retailer that offers an amazing selection of adult toys. Take your pick of anything and everything from toys for women, toys for men, toys for couples, and a variety of sensual and romantic items, including lingerie, massage kits and the amazingly-scented Jimmyjane Afterglow candles.

EdenFantasys advertises itself as the sex shop you can trust, and from personal experience with them I definitely agree! I’ve never had a problem with any of my orders, and my rural postal employee has never been anything more but curious, since all orders are labeled as coming from “Web Merchants Inc” – you can’t get much more discreet than that!

Want to give EdenFantasys a try? Consider using coupon code SEXIS30 to save on your order of $111.00 or more! Also, as an added bonus, orders of $59 or more ship for free. Whoo hoo!

I used to shun lingerie. That’s because it didn’t fit me. And what did fit, didn’t fit well. There was no coverage where I needed it and a lack of coverage where I didn’t want it. Now, I like lingerie — certain types, anyway. Most of all I love being able to purchase it from any store or website, without needing to check the plus sizes and hope that there’s a size big enough for me.

As far as where I purchase lingerie, I can’t recommend EdenFantasys enough. This sex shop sells plenty of adult products and toys, but they also carry a huge selection of lingerie. From your basic corsets and teddys to more unique costumes and kinky ensembles, there’s definitely plenty to choose from.

Besides lingerie, EdenFantasys’ lingerie section also contains sexy bra and panties sets — my personal favs! Nothing is more thrilling than knowing that underneath my regular, everyday clothes is a sexy set that is sure to wow my husband once the kids are in bed and we have the night to ourselves.

After a rather painful attack two Sundays ago, I’ve been in touch with my surgeon’s assistant, who referred me to my family doctor, who can then do the colonoscopy that I’m up for next, since the CT scans and upper GIs and such have been inconclusive for diagnosing the painful attacks that seem to appear at random. Sigh. Do you know how frustrating this is? The attacks are usually so painful that I can’t continue whatever I was doing — working, shopping, cooking. I simply take a painkiller and lie down. Hurry up, people in lab coats, diagnose me already! Or do I need to contact Dr. House?

Even though I’ve lost a lot of weight and the heat doesn’t affect me like it used (case in point: it’s currently 79° in my house and I haven’t even broken a sweat!), I still don’t like the heat. I go into greenhouses with their grow lights and I mentally break a sweat. I cringe when I think of hot summer days, particularly hot summer afternoons when the car has been locked up all day.

This crazy weather has me so thankful for the fact that both of our cars have air conditioning, and that we will hopefully have central air soon too!

Even at my heaviest weight, I exuded confidence, and I did my best to exude sex appeal for my husband. I was — and still am, obviously — very fastidious with my personal hygiene, and I took care in looking after my hair, skin, nails, and general appearance. And when it came time for romance, intimacy and naughty time, I broke out my sexiest of bras, panties and lingerie. Dress to impress, you know?

Fortunately, my “job” was made easier by lingerie companies such as One Stop Plus Lingerie. One Stop Plus is a UK-based site that carries a large selection of apparel for plus size women (and men, too!). Forget the granny panties and over-the-shoulder-boulder-holders that your local department store’s “womens’ department” carries; the plus size underwear is most definitely the kind of underwear you would not want to take home to mother for laundering. Better still, One Stop Plus also carries a great selection of bras, with many styles to choose from: underwired (a must-have for us bigger-bosomed chick!), minimisers (great for certain tops, or if you lead an active lifestyle and want to keep the girls in place at all times), and body shapers (I can’t tell you what a difference these make!), just to name a few.

With spring just around the corner (literally — the first “official” day of spring is Sunday!), now’s a great time to dig through your drawers, trash those broken, beat up bras and old panties, and outfit yourself from top to bottom in something sexy from One Stop Plus.