Lightning

It looked like there was a huge amount of cake being offered for a "tasting". Perhaps that was producer-driven. OTOH, the excuses of "this is once-in-a-lifetime thing", etc., etc., are how people gain weight and also how people get into debt.

I know it's a radio show, but the other ladies on the show seem to be rather "fixed up". Whitney looks like she just crawled out of bed and threw on the nearest clothes. Also, looking like that when going to "confront" a "boyfriend" about why he hasn't called her? If you are going to go in that direction, don't you try to look your best so he can see what he's missing, not so he can see what he wants to run away from? I, too, finally saw the "dance" video. I will be 70 years old next month, I have arthritis in one knee -- and even I can do those moves. (I stood in front of the computer and did it along with Whitney). You move your feet when you dance, not just walk from one position to the other and wiggle your hips and raise your arms. If it is "modern dance", you at least stretch your body, I've seen better moves from someone drying themselves off after a bath or shower. When they showed the dance class with the individuals dancing in the middle of a circle -- some of those ladies could really move like you would expect from someone actually dancing. . I'm guessing they didn't learn it from Whitney.

Whitney is 32? She is already sleeping with one of those masks for people who have difficulty breathing at night, she injures herself doing physical activity to the point of being incapacitated, she collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital, gets winded doing simple exertion -- what is it going to take for her to turn this around? It's really nice to think about "fat, but fit", but in her case, it isn't working. She is fat and on the brink of doing serious, irreversible damage to herself if she hasn't already. At this point, we are not watching a show about a "personality" living a fabulous life in spite of her weight. We are watching a show about a young woman rapidly declining into the world of immobility and a very early demise. Also, "spread thin"? What? Being "spread thin" is working a 40 hour a week job, taking care of 2 small children, a husband, and a household, in addition to doing church and charity work. It's NOT a once a week dance class, and a part-time job.

Christina had a very long labor and could not deliver the baby. The doctors ended up having to do an emergency C-section.

This show has run its course, and they are going to have to come up with some new drama to get viewers to stick around. Tired of the same old/same old. To liven it up -- Kody needs to start courting a fifth wife and watch the fireworks with Robyn having 100 reasons why he shouldn't. Meri finally leaves -- there is nothing holding here there unless she is so invested in the other children she can't leave them. Since she is not related to them in any way, if she leaves King Kody, I doubt he will let her see them again unless the ones over 18 do it on their own. Janelle won't go anywhere. Christine won't go anywhere. Robyn now has 5 kids under 18, and a "free ride" so she isn't going anywhere. It's too bad that TLC can't show us what life is like for the Browns after the TLC money stops rolling in because TLC would have to pay them, defeating the purpose of such a show. Maybe some "spies" would spill to the media about the foreclosed houses, arguments about money, Janelle and Christine have to live in the same house, etc.

I had a cousin that converted to being a Mormon when he was about 45 or so. His wife did not convert. He was very upset that she still drank coffee AND ate bacon. He was seriously considering divorcing her over the fact that she still did this. At that point, I thought that perhaps Mormons did have a prohibition on eating pork since my cousin had such a fit about his wife eating bacon.

I find Christina and Tareq to be very likeable. If look at their FB page, or catch some of the "behind the scenes" stuff, she comes across as much more natural than on the actual show. Maybe it's because she is so "California". Some of her designs I don't care for at all, but some of them turn out pretty well. They did have some real-life drama with the delivery of their son, and I wonder if this will be addressed on future episodes. I get that they are not exactly a "mom and pop" operation, but they are so much better than the idiot on "Flipping Vegas" who can't do anything but yell and shout and make people work overnight in the Vegas heat, etc. My husband and I watch it and think that secretly Tareq and Christine must take the first reno estimate, and mentally double it to get the final cost. Because they can't get into the house before buying many times, or do anything "destructive" to test for certain things, some things will be a surprise IRL, but certainly these things are checked out before the reno begins or else that contractor would not have his job for very long. If what the contractor did IRL he did on the show, he would be accused of being dishonest -- i.e., let the owner get $50,000 already paid on this reno, so he won't complain about another $10,000 we "missed" during the first go-round. Each addition to the original reno budget is money in the contractor's pocket if he is not actually an employee of T&C. If he is an employee of T&C, he would be fired the second time he missed termite damage, failing flashing, etc., prior to the reno starting.

Whitney's "dancing" cracks me up. Stomp your left foot, stomp your right foot, keep right foot in place and take 5 steps with your left foot for a "pivot"; wave left arm and take a step back; wave right arm and take a step back. Stand still and wag hips side to side 4 times. There!!! Choreography!!

Watched the last 4 episodes. All three of these couples are trainwrecks, IMHO. Ben would drive me crazy in two seconds. No thoughtfulness towards his wife at all. David looks like a caveman, Taylor is a shrew. The Indian male is too much -- makes up a checklist for his wife's chores?? Who does that? Did he just want a maid? Taylor is going to meet a guy much more to her liking than David being a flight attendant. He will probably be very glad to be rid of her.

I am late to the party on this one. Watched 3 episodes in a row yesterday, but didn't get in on the first three. As for the wigs -- when I visited New York, there was a very Orthodox community nearby. The women wore wigs, but they were very obvious wigs, not the high-dollar kind meant to look like real hair. About the 10th time I watched "Fiddler on the Roof", I realized that the married women were all wearing obvious wigs. I don't know why I didn't catch it before.

The 5:2 eating plan has worked for me -- it's very slow weight loss, but it's steady and quite easy. Eat normally (not wildly) for 5 days out of the week, and for two non-consecutive days, limit yourself to 500 calories. I've lost 35 lbs in 9 months. I know this is very slow, but as I said, it's steady and easy to follow. I'm on track to lose 50 lbs in a year which isn't bad.

I had guys say this line to me when I was single. Note: "Line". As for little Elijah pooping his pants seemingly on purpose, not once but twice --- My first husband had two small children when we met. I was living with my parents at the time in a nice house with a swimming pool. His five year old girl pooped IN THE POOL, and I he didn't tell me, but I saw the whole thing from inside the house as I was getting ready to walk out the patio door. I didn't make a big deal because I didn't want to be a bad hostess, but said that it was time to get out and took a skimmer and asked him to get the poop out of the pool. (luckily it was "firm"). The next time I saw them, the little girl hit me over the head with a heavy wooden toy. We got married at the courthouse, and my parents were throwing a big backyard reception for us the next week. As we were getting ready for the reception, new husband decided that his pool-pooping daughter just HAD to have her rash medicine which was at her mom's a one-hour drive each way, and it COULD NOT POSSIBLY wait until the next day. I had to get his two kids plus myself ready for OUR wedding reception, drive over to my parents' house by myself with the kids, and then wait two hours with my very uncomfortable guests for my husband to arrive. His kids wanted to help carry the wedding gifts out to the car when the whole thing was over, and over my objections, he let them (ages 3 and 5) ---- crash!!! Crystal all over the driveway. I advise any of these women to RUN for the nearest exit. I wish I had listened to my gut and backed out of the wedding. His kids always came first -- no matter what -- and I'm not talking about major things -- but really minor stuff, too. You will never be first.

I think Kallie did know that Paul had children, just not how many. In the conversation with her mother before she went to Paul's house it was mentioned that they did not know how many.

How out of sequence are these scenes shot? the morning of Mikey's birthday party he has halfway grown in permanent teeth in front. driving to the party, he still has his babyteeth in front. really distracting.

I wonder why so many of these patients, especially the women, have horrible teeth. Just poor diet, being unable to afford dental care, or is there some connection with weight gain and teeth?