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Those are excellent tips Lauren. And your so right those canned soups and WW meals and Lean Cuisines have a lot of sodium. As do deli meats! Yikes. But if you eat everything in moderation you should be okay!

Ok so I got back on track today. I only took the tea last night and when I woke up I had to go instantly. It was great. Then I took the fiber and went again some time this afternoon. I wouldn't be scared to clog the toilet its really not like that. The only thing to worry about is being near a bathroom when you have to go. Your not going to explode or anything like that but when you gotta go, you gotta go!

Uggh I just realized that last one is not mono-chromatic. You know what, its really hard to find monochromatic bouquets in orange! LOL.

I'm on the search. Give me a sec...

Quote: Originally Posted by Yari LOL, I have an old school scale. I should get a digital one. AND I wish I weighed 125! My freaking iPhone doesn't have zoom so I have to hunch over like a freak. Ohhh...yeah I was wondering why you were hunching over to take the pic. LOl. I just zoom my camera and then I use my cellphone to take a pic of the pic in the camera. LOl. That probably made no sense. Getting a digital scale was the best thing. I bought the WW one at Target. It tells you your BMI and it tells you your exact weight to the T. I love it. No guessing or lying to yourself about your weight. LOL.

Oh sorry I have a digital scale that tells you to the exact decimal point. What I do is place the camera on the floor next to the scale. I then get on the scale to see my weight. Then I squat down instead of bending and pick the camera up and it stays the same weight. I guess if you don't have a digital scale it will move the numbers up and down. But technically if you are 125 let's say it should move when you bend down to pick the camera up, but should go back to 125 when you have straightened out no?

These are great tips Alyssa, thank you for sharing!

Congratulations that is amazing! You should be so proud of yourself. I will def have to check that book out.

Btw I've tested that theory out and the camera doesn't add squat to the scale. LOL.

Here are some list of some foods that have low calories: 1. Sugar free jello 10 calories 2. Sugar free Mott's Applesauce 50 calories 3. Klondike Slim a bear ice cream 100 calories 4. Skinny Cow Ice Cream bars 80 calories 5. 100 calorie pack snacks (oreos, cheetos, doritos, goldfish, cupcakes, muffins, jello pudding, etc) 6. I love eating raisins...I buy the little ones that they make for little kids (the teeny tiny boxes) and they are like 45 calories a little box. It always curbs my sugar craving. 7. A great breakfast on the go is Dannon Lite N' Fit yogurt...60 calories 8. Fat free Kraft American cheese 30 calories a slice 9. Polly-O skim milk mozarella string cheese 80 calories 10. If your like me and don't have a lot of time to cook you can try Weight Watcher's Smart One's frozen meals. They are delicious and they have tons of options and some of their meals are less than 200 calories! You can view all the different options here: Weight Watchers®*Smart Ones® I'll add to this list as I think of more. If anybody else has healthy ideas share, share away...

Oh yeah here's some other random stuff. 1. Do NOT weigh yourself everyday. I know it is tempting but in actuality it will only make you more likely to give up. Our weight constantly fluctuates throughout the day (which is why you should weigh yourself first thing when you wake up wednesday morning and not at night after you've eaten all day). We always weigh less in the morning than at night. If you weigh yourself everyday, then you are more likely to get discouraged if you worked so hard one day and you don't see a huge drop. Give it time. I promise it is more rewarding to wait for Wednesday to weigh yourself. And this way no matter what is going on with your weight, you will keep pushing yourself all week long and build up healthy habits, whereas you are more likely to get depressed and go eat Haggen Dazs if you don't see a huge loss from day to day. 2. Don't stress if you don't lose weight or you even gain weight the week of and before AF. It is normal to retain water and bloat around this time, so just keep that in mind so you don't get discouraged.

I gained 0.8 since last week! Ugggh! And I am getting AF tomorrow. I pigged out like crazy this week. We are talking popcorn, nachos, cookies, ice cream. Okay its time to get back on track! Here are some of my random tips: 1. When I first started working out, I didn't lift weights. I just focused on cardio. I know that lifting weights will tone and make you fit better in your clothes, but I didn't want to see little drop on the scale and get discouraged so for the first 4 weeks I only did cardio (about 45 minutes to an hour) and then the last 4 weeks I did cardio (half an hour) and weights. This worked out well for me. 2. If you binge one day don't give up. Just put it aside, let the day go and wake up the next morning ready to start all over again. If you let the binging upset you, you are more likely to give up the next day as well. So just look at each day as a new day. 3. Don't give up stuff you love or you'll just end up wanting to eat it more. Just find ways to make healthier choices. For example, I love ice cream. Instead of giving it up, I eat Klondike 100 calorie low-fat, no added sugar ice cream. It taste the same as regular ice cream and I get to feed my craving w/o loading up on calories. 4. If you love junk food (chips, cookies, etc) then try buying the 100 calorie pack snacks. They have a huge selection now (Doritos, cheetos, goldfish, oreo cookies, muffins, cupcakes, etc). They come pre-packaged so you know exactly how much you are putting into your mouth. Allow yourself one of these snacks a day so you don't feel deprived. 5. A thing I learned to do early on was to buy only enough food for the week. For example, if you buy ice cream don't buy 4 boxes b/c if it sits in your freezer you are more likely to binge and eat 2 boxes. Only buy enough for the week so that you can tell yourself that if you eat two ice cream bars today you won't get to have one tomorrow. 6. Along those same lines, don't go food shopping and not buy snacks, convincing yourself that if you don't have it in your house, you won't eat it. What happens is that your fine for a couple of hours/days and then your body gets a craving and since you didn't buy any snacks you end up binging on your significant other's food or your child's food. Its better to make healthy, smart choices so that if you do get a craving, you will have something healthy to eat. 7. Plan ahead. If you plan ahead what your going to eat the next day, you will be more likely to stick with it than if you just randomly decide on the spur of the moment. If you walk up to your fridge and tell yourself that you'll make grilled chicken but then you see the Domino's take-out menu you will be more likely to go for the Pizza. This also goes along with eating out. Look up menus online ahead of time so you can make a healthy decision before getting there. 8. Be realistic about your expectations. If you tell yourself that you should have a body like Heidi Klum's at the end of this challenge, then you are already setting yourself up for failure. Don't get me wrong you should set goals for yourself, but make them realistic. What I did was set up mini-goals for myself. For example one of my goals was to get out of double digit size clothing. That would mean that I could go from let's say a 10 to an 8 instead of telling myself that I should go from a 12 to a size 2. The more realistic you are, the better you will feel about yourself when you accomplish each goal.

Me, me, I want a buddy. Although Alyssa you know I'm going to be texting you on a daily basis anyway. LOL.

OMG Jenny I thought he broke up with you. I was about to have a nervous breakdown for you! My FI was supposed to go to China this summer too. I know exactly how you feel. But he'll be back before you know it. Just keep busy redecorating the master bedroom. Think of how exciting it will be to surprise him!

Yeah it was only for American Express Gold...

Really? That sounds cool! I heard that we will see John Locke when he is born in the hospital and that Richard will be there. Supposedly we will get to see why the mother conned John so that the father could get a kidney. I think the Sawyer thing will be cool!

Pre-sale tickets went on sale yesterday. Not sure when actual tickets go on sale.

Quote: Originally Posted by JennyK I still believe it was Sawyer who's funeral he went to. Remember the girl that helped Kate talk to her mother? She was Sawyer's girlfriend who told Kate she was pregnant. The lost forums say that it is either John Locke, Sawyer, Michael or hmmm I can't remember the last person they thought it was. The only thing is that the women tells Sawyer that he has a daughter. So it wouldn't be a son. That is why I don't think its Sawyer.

Carly I love all your stuff! The fact that you know how to sew is so awesome! This is so something I want to learn! I think my favorite thing is your OOT bags. They are super festive! I would wear that bag over and over again all the time. I would totally buy matching flip flops depending on what color bag I got and wear it with my bag. LOL. I love the boarding pass also! So pretty. And I love your shoes. Orange is awesome!

Abbie do you like the VS kind? They have lots of cotton thongs. Maybe Doug would like those? If not you can get different types from VS.

Could you post pics of the dress?

Did anyone start this? I completely slacked and have not taken it since last thursday. I got so busy and for me this is time consuming b/c I have to wake up at least an hour earlier so that I don't feel the need to go on my long ass commute to work. I am def going to start again tonight by drinking the tea. Hopefully if I take it consistently I'll see some effects. I just want to be regular.