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Graduation Party Planning the Rebecca Regnier Way!

Laugh It Off Ladies — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:44:11 +0000

Our youngest is set to graduate from high school in a few days.

We’re very proud of him. And perhaps at some point I’ll write about why. Expect some future column to be sentimental, heartfelt, and bring us all together as one.

But that column will have to wait. Two-thousand people are set to descend on our backyard in less than 10 days for his graduation party.

It is code red time.

Leave your sentiment at the door and grab a rake.

There is no time for weepy clap trap, we need to MOVE!This isn’t my first time and since I’m a giver — imma ‘bout to drop a graduation party knowledge bomb on you. File this away for the day when your genius progeny achieves equivalence or similar. Click here to learn more on how to clean for company!

Do I Have to Count it if I Only Smell It?

Laugh It Off Ladies — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:13:52 +0000

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How YOU Can Have Swimsuit Confidence

Laugh It Off Ladies — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:49:09 +0000

Brittany, Joy and I were in swimsuits on t.v. so you will feel more confident in your suit at the pool or the beach. None of us are models but we did it. Here’s a few ideas for you to feel more confident.

If you’re feeling inspired you can participate by liking the Lands’ End Facebook page and maybe win a gift card to buy the Lands End Suit I’m modeling. Hey – maybe I AM a swimsuit model!

Swimsuit Confidence Week

Laugh It Off Ladies — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:32:35 +0000

Does wearing a bathing suit in public fill you with dread? It does for many of us. Manly because the images we always see in magazines are of supermodels in swimsuits. Rarely do you see a real woman in a magazine in her swimsuit. Which is the point of Swimsuit Confidence Week, brought to you by Curvy Girl Guide and Lands’ End. It’s a way for real woman to show how great they look in their swimsuits. In honor of the day we did this week’s episode of Rebecca Regnier’s Full Plate wearing swimsuits. It was nerve racking and I was freaked out the entire time. BUT in the end it was totally fine. My swimsuit and Brittany Gibbons’ was provided by Lands’ End if it is something you think you’d like to try. So that’s me in my suit. Gulp.

And here’s more about how Swimsuit Confidence Week came to be and how I got ready to go on t.v. in a swimsuit.

More With Cooking Light® Magazine’s Chef Billy

Laugh It Off Ladies — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000

Chef Billy Strynkowski knows his stuff! He’s the Executive Chef at Cooking Light ® Magazine. I had the opportunity to interview him for Weight Watchers Cheese® at the National Harbor Food and Wine Festival a few weeks ago. This is the second day and I just wanted to share with you his insights. I believe to get healthy you have to learn what’s in your food, how to cook things you love, and how to substitute flavor for some of the higher calorie ingredients. Chef Billy is an EXPERT in this. Grab your water and listen to Chef share some ideas.

*Disclosure: I was a paid Brand Ambassador for Weight Watchers Cheese. Also my shirt came from Old Navy. Old Navy didn’t give it to me. I bought it. But I got compliments on the bright green SO you might want to go over there and check. If you see a size large in another color let me know. They were out at my store.

Sugar Makes Us Stupid!

Laugh It Off Ladies — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:34:19 +0000

A recent scientific study indicates that sugar can make you fat! Oh, wait, no that’s an old scientific study and what your grandma said a million times. The recent study has determined that sugar can make you dumb!

UCLA researchers took a bunch of lab rats, fed them Count Chocula, and then asked them to complete The New York Times crossword puzzle. Kidding, most rats prefer sudoku.

Actually, the researchers enrolled the rats in a five-day maze training session. Really. One group was given brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids in the form of flaxseed oil and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), while the other group was not. BOTH groups of rats were fed high fructose corn syrup instead of water.

After six weeks of this the rats were put back in the maze, you know the maze that they learned like the back of their hands, or flippers or claws, or whatever rats have instead of hands. The rats that did not get omega-3 fatty acids were all continue reading…