The Great Race

The great race to lose some weight before your wedding is on! How to do it? Will you choose Weight Watchers? Calorie Counting? High Carb? High Protein? Medifast? Slimfast? Optifast? or any of the other gazillion weight loss programs out there?

Photo from Hungry Girl

My favorite? A web site called Hungry Girl.  They give you tips on ways you may be shooting yourself in the foot while dieting as well as some great receipes that have been re-written to make them great for the calorie conscious.  You can sign up to have Hungry Girl email you a daily update. They help you plan your meals and keep you on track to a thinner and sleeker you.

Photo from 3 Fat Chicks on a diet

Another favorite? 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet.  Not to be confused with Fatchicks.com (YOU SO DO NOT WANT TO GO THERE, especially if you are at work!)  But 3 Fat Chicks On A Diet is a great web site.  They offer you all sorts of tips, tricks and recipes to help you lose weight.  My daughters both used this site very successfully in conjunction with Weight Watchers a few years ago.  We all still use their recipes and tips.

So no matter what weight loss program you decide to embrace, stick with it and don't forget, add some exercise to the mix, it's the only way to keep it off.

One More EASY Weight Loss Tip

My mom's friend, Gerry, offered one additional tip for losing weight that most brides never think of, but which certainly qualifies as EASY! Bless you Gerry! Some of never stop to think outside the box but she did! Here's here suggestion:

Check your shampoo bottle label.

I don't know WHY I didn't figure this out sooner!!!! Its the shampoo I use in the shower! When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body and (duh!) printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning, FOR EXTRA VOLUME AND BODY!

NO wonder some of us have been gaining weight!!! We're using the wrong shampoo!

Well! I have gotten rid of that shampoo and I am going to start using Dawn dish soap instead. Their label reads: 
DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE.

Problem Solved!!!

If I don't answer the phone I'll be in the shower! I'm going to wash that fat right out of my hair--and everywhere else!
Sorry readers, I simply couldn't resist! Picture me here ROFL as you read this post!

**Warning: Dawn will not remove fat from your body, nor does volumizing shampoo REALLY add the pounds.  I know, most of you are well aware this was written tongue in cheek, but I don't want someone's lawyers contacting me when they don't lose weight! That would so NOT be funny!