To Monetize or Not To Monetize…

What made you decide to monetize (have ads, sponsors, paid reviews — getting a product in return for an honest review, etc) on your blog? If you chose to NOT monetize your blog, why not?

Very curious to your responses so if you could share/like/stumble/RT all that jazz, it would be appreciated!

Nail Polish Collection

Ah be warned. Not only am I going to list all the nail polishes I have BUT I am going to show photos of them as well. The list is going to be by brand and the photos will be in no particular order so if you see a color you want the name of, let me know.

Zoya Photos

Julep

Revlon

Nicole by OPI / Sephora by OPI / OPI

Deborah Lippmann

Ulta

Sinful Colors

Sally Hansen / Studio M / HardCandy

Essie

Nfu Oh

Stila

Not really all that much or as fancy as some of your collections but still! Shiny! Pretty! Glittery!

Weighty Dilemma

Remember how I said I was starting Weight Watchers again? Yeah… going to cancel and go back to counting calories.

As much as I love the WW interface and iPhone app… I seem to be GAINING weight and it’s only week two!

Week one I lost 1.8lbs but then again that was the week of AF so it was most likely water weight. This morning I peeked at the scale and saw I GAINED weight.

WTF.

I went and entered in everything I’ve eaten recently into a calorie counter and saw that I was eating 2,000 – 2,500 calories a day! So even though I was spot on with my WW points, I was eating at a level that caused me to not only NOT lose weight but GAIN. I need to eat somewhere between 1,500 – 1,800 calories to lose weight at a slow yet steady rate.

So back to MyFitnessPal. My twin sister and her best friend are doing it as well so I have semi-local offline support that will be doing it with me.

Would LOVE more MFP friends though (if you’re an ACTIVE user), here’s My Fitness Pal Profile.