Sandra E.

I love their parasols, mine were pink and orange and they look awesome! You'll love them!

I love it, It's perfect!

Kat, These look awesome!

I have seen Sarah's work and it's wonderful, she always does a great job!

Lisa, Have a wonderful birthday!

Wow! These look great!

Jen, these are stunning! He's awesome, can't wait to see the rest!

That's awesome, congratulations!

Edyta, Happy Birthday!!!

I was on the first round, it was automatically deposited into my account last week!

Have a safe move!

Great information, thank you!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride 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. Great tips, thank you!

Alyssa, This place looks wonderful! I hope you book it!

This is a fantastic thread, I always screw them up! Now I know!

Amanda, I hope you have a wonderful wedding! Can't wait to hear all about it!

This is awful! I cannot believe they would take advantage of innocent people!

Wow! Way to go! That's awesome!

You can do it JM!

It fits perfect, you look awesome!

Great shower, you're Mom is great!

These look so nice... Congratulations!

I would do one per room. There were 2 Destination weddings that I've been to where they did one per room, it worked out fine.

I love Argentina! Congratulations! Can't wait to hear all about the details. Welcome!

Amy, Good luck in China!