research was this. whoever said that diamonds are a girl's best friend never owned a dog. >> because i was looking at blake. i said i want to do a pet one today. i looked at blake and i was so happy. that is what happened when i googled quotes about the dog. so while you were busy sleeping people were talking about you. people on other programs find you extremely interesting. craig ferguson has a thing called "the late late show". his guest happened to be none other than regis. >> you were on the drew carey show. >> she was very sweet. i thought what a lovely woman. >> she is kind of sexy. >> she has that kind of like i know. you know what i mean. can i tell her this when i see her? >> she knows i talk to her. you know when i'm absolutely and come on. you know. >> really. you can appreciate the sexiness. >> worked with her. i took a look. >> i love that. i love craig. >> i think he is sexy with all get up. i am a sucker for an accent. i like his energy. i think -- >> we are a little bummed because he is retiring. you have to get on the show before he retires. so last night the -- >> you heard of the house wives? the real house wives of new york. last night turned the beat around. there is a woman on the show who lost her leg when she was like 6 years old in a farming accident. i guess she calls the other house wives shrews who were not believing she has asthma. what happened as a result of the fight was aviva did something with her artificial limb. let's take a look. >> the only thing that is artificial or fake about me is this. >> here. go ahead. go ahead, heather. take it. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my god. >> they say this is the last straw, i mean, this is the last leg. [ laughter ] >> nice shoe she was wearing, though. >> i love how everyone was staring at the leg like it was going to come at them. here it comes. >> as anybody ever thrown anything at you, hoda? >> thrown anything at me? no. i bet someone has thrown something at you. what was it? tell me. >> they wanted to. my mother used to throw stuff. it is in my dna. my mother, you know joany, she is very dramatic. she used to throw whole chickens at my father. she would get mad and throw things. she threw iced tea at my brother once. >> pay attention. >> an entire chicken she spent the whole day cooking. i'm so glad we found her hearing aids. my mom is in a suite instead of her apartment. these very expensive hearing aids are gone. we got to get her some new ones. all of a sudden somebody gives her a plant and she goes what do i get to get water. so she goes in the cupboard way up and gets a little pitcher. >> and what was in it? >> her hearing aid. >> you put stuff thinking i don't want to lose it. >> that will show you. she is probably going to throw something at somebody today in retaliation. living with her was always interesting. speaking of losing things, i need to stop. it is getting out of control and troublesome. yesterday we are doing stories about turning 50. one of them involves getting a physical. i had to go yesterday for blood tests. i was on the show. i had a sip and i ate a lot of sweets. >> you ate six donuts. >> they said you can't do the blood test until you rest your blood system. they said can i have your insurance card. i looked in my bag and my wallet is gone. there is nothing worse. my i.d., my credit card. my amex is in there. i call katherine and i said can you go to the dressing room. she said i prayed to saint anthony because i knew if i didn't find your wallet it would be my nightmare. >> this is the picture i took this morning of your dressing room. tell us what happened. >> she found it. she said i opened up your smelly gym bag and there it was. she found it. >> how many segments have we had on how to organize your life. >> was that my dressing room today? >> that was 15 minutes ago. >> my shoes. talk about besties there are a couple of besties you may not know about. did you know leah reminy and jennifer lopez are best friends? j. lo seems so measured and leah says whatever she wants to say. yesterday there was a picture of j. lo in her bekeena. -- bikini. and then she decided to post a video. >> here is me normal. look at this one. head wrap, jewelry. can you be ugly once? just be normal once? >> once. i love that she had the ball cap on. >> i doubt they are competing. they are not competing. they have each other's back, each other's cleavage, each other's everything. there is a study out, now they say you have to get eight hours of sleep and that is important. now they say eight hours of sleep may be too much. >> can they just definitively decide so we know if we are going to die ten years earlier or not. eight glasses of water, should we drink or not drink red wine? tell us. >> they did say people with the lowest mortality rate slept seven -- i can see sleeping too much you get lazy. according to all of these studies i should have died three years ago. everyone, i do everything wrong and i'm hanging in there and i'm almost 61. it's one thing to turn 50. you have the world by the -- but once you turn 60 now you are in your 60s. >> you are in them. >> you are in them. you are involved. >> wait until 64 and 65. >> lord have mercy. the experts whoever they are because they never come out to show us who they are range from seven to nine hours. i get that a week total. >> one time i interviewed some supermodels for work. i said what is the secret to aging gracefully and they said they get tons of sleep. >> what are they so angry about. >> they are hungry. >> they are hungry and they are rested. >> cigarettes and champagne. i want to be one. this is another study. it says and this is true according to somebody who wrote it. that exercise, exercise, the act of exercising can give, can send women to orgasm. they say if you brisk walk you can go to poughkeepsie. >> depending on how thick your thighs are. won't work for supermodels. [ laughter ] tell the folks at home what these things are called, hoda. >> all right, i will. they are called corgasms. >> have you seen in the gym that thing called the captain's chair. apparently the way to go to poughkeepsie. >> it is probably going to be the most popular piece of equipment at the gym. >> how embarrassing, you are minding your own business and all of a sudden the emts come to get you. how do you explain what just happened? >> i don't know. apparently spinning classes do it and weight lifting. and rope climbing obviously. so if you are wondering how is there someone always laughing here? it is kate. if you hear more laughing it is because her whole family came to visit. kate is here with her family. she is backing away. we want to thank the entire cook clan for coming to see us. have you ever had to make so many decisions that you felt like your head was going to explode? >> if you are unhappy with your waist line we will show you how dressing the right way will widdle down your middle. do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of decisions you make in one day? >> take a look at the movie "morning glory" where a producer speaks with co-workers. >> there is a story in tampa but we have to move quick. >> 10 grand to fix it. >> do we want an actual baby? if so, white, black, hispanic, teeth or no teeth? >> i can't hear what you are saying. >> hi. >> that is familiar. she did study. she came here and watched the "today" show shenanigans. you are probably suffering from decision fatigue. >> here to tell us why we are so mentally exhausted and what we can do about are psychologist dale atkins and john tierny. welcome. >> decision fatigue. this is a real thing, isn't it? john, you wrote a lot about this. >> it is discovered in the lab and the shopping mall. the first experiment involved hungry students left alone with these delicious chocolate chip cookies and they had to resist them. they managed to resist them but afterwards they had less self-control for anything else. they depleted their will power. >> you have a certain amount of will power. >> and you have to guard it and protect it. you end up making poor decisions if you make any decision at all. >> every individual is different. so some people have more will power than others. >> researchers found that making decisions depletes the same source of energy. after you make decisions you have less will power and you make bad decisions. >> nothing good happens after midnight. >> important decisions that you really have to have your attention and focus for. and then a lot of little decisions that you waste your energy on. >> you got to talking about buying a car that certain people tend to pay more after four. is that kind of what happens to your brain? >> they did an experiment where researchers watched people buying a car. at a certain point they will take the default. the difference may be like $2,000 a car. >> they did an experiment where researchers watched people buying a car. at a certain point they will take the default. the difference may be like $2,000 a car. at a certain point you stop making it. that is one of the easiest ways to deal with decision fatigue. >> it is overload. your data is all full. >> it is overload. what happens is if you don't refresh then you just can't do it anymore and you say i'm done. as in the clip i can't hear you. you are asking too much of me. we have to know how much we have. >> if you have a lot of decisions to make it is best to make major decisions all before 4:00? >> earlier in the day. >> do them earlier in the day before you get fatigued and don't make decisions on an empty stomach because glucose in food gives you mental energy. >> you have to eat a little bit all day long. >> a little bit of nutritious food. don't go for candy bars. you need to have protein and you must sleep. >> how much? [ laughter ] how much exercise are we supposed to get? >> if you are rested which is one of the reasons why we try to ask people to make the important decisions in the morning and focus on that you are hopefully having more rest and your brain is more refreshed. >> how is the secretary of state or anybody travel all over the world making huge decisions that impact the world? >> it is a great question. >> thank you. >> one of the things i think is really important is you have control over when you make your decisions. and unfortunately some of the people are working so hard and are spent during the day they come home and have to make important decisions. you can say i'm not fully functioning now. >> by the way, it was a fascinating article you wrote. it is really terrific. >> thank you so much. please keep your hands and feet in the ride at all times. >> when our who knew quiz tests your knowledge of the summer's biggest and best attractions right after this. >> i bet it is the captain's chair. eecar insurance.ore on everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? 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>> a great revolutionary era building. >> lovely, from new orleans. which is the following is not true about the attraction called "the ledge?" there are four large glass enclosures. it extends 43 feet out with 1353 feet underneath? >> d. >> she gets my lovely cd. >> she looks so happy. >> the one that wasn't true is it overlooks the grand canyon because it is over the top of the willis tower in chicago. >> are you kidding? >> you can see as much as five states. the one in the grand canyon is called the sky walk. i'm not surprised that you might get that confused. >> which one is the one that had the cracks? >> that is the one i don't go to. high point on new jersey's new thrill ride "zumanjaro drop of doom is the equivalent of how many stories tall? >> 39? >> almost. >> what a shame. the correct answer is 41. >> 41 stories. 415 feet high. you will reach speeds of 90 miles per hour. the drop is just a ten second drop. you are actually accelerating as you are going down this baby. that is completely mad. >> you are kidding. it is time for another. >> beautiful teacher from virginia. world's tallest water slide verruckt recently opened in schlitterbahn water park in kansas city. it is a word that means what? >> water fall. >> big day for kathie lee's cd. the answer is insane. >> you have to be completely demented to want to do this. you will hit speeds of 70 miles per hour. just wait to see if your bathing suit arrives at the same time you do. >> thank you so much. these are all great. are you tired of a widening waist line? we will show you how to hide what you got with the latest stomach flattering styles. you will love it coming up right after this. would you consider a 4-star hotel that's up to 60% off, you just can't know the name? just no name? until you book. um... yeah, i'd do that! get up to 60% off hotels on hotwire ♪ this is how it feels to hotwire. ♪ we're back with boomtastic. we have just mentioned that. >> you can still feel fabulous in your 50s by dressing right to widdle the middle. >> here are solutions to help you stop the spread. it is the star of bravo's "blood, sweat and heels" and the author of "never pay retail again". >> it is one of the problem areas for a lot of us. you are always trying to figure out exactly how to hide it. >> sometimes it can be really discouraging. i have five great looks to help tame the tummy. >> we have a before picture of teresa. tell us about her issue. >> she wore these printed leggings and oversized black top thinking black is going to make me look thinner. we gave her this panel dress. what we did was take the print and made it more in the center and make her look very slim. it is super great only $44.50. very comfortable. they have great trends. super affordable. >> love that. >> thank you. >> talk to us about kathie's before picture. kathie has a common problem, the muffin top. her shirt was too sheer and tight but it wasn't working. >> it aamazing. the thing is quality. quality fabric and the right silhouette to mask over the middle. it is only $17 from marshals. patterns can be your friends. you want them to go up and down and not across. >> it is not go long that it looks like it is trying to hide something. >> absolutely. we are masking but not too big. >> so cute. what fabrics should we stay away from? >> stay from something that is too clingy. this is a cotton material. every time you move it will not show every move. >> let's hear about mary ann. >> very common outfit. women say i want to be comfortable and i am wearing something loose. it is not that it is not attractive. it wasn't flattering her body type. now we gave her a tailored blazer. it is all about bringing the eyes inward. they have all of these different stages to slim your body and make you look fantastic. it is really about flattering what you have. the jeans are only $59. >> let's check out the before picture. >> you see it all the time especially in the summer time, the tank top. >> that is beautiful. >> that lookz great. i say jump suits are the new cocktail dress. >> i love jump suits. >> madonna is wearing them, queen latifah wears this. it is one long clean line. she is comfortable. we gave her a great wedge and she is good to go. >> thank you. looks great. >> let's take a look at the before picture. >> common issue running around with the kids you wear jeans. >> can you say miracle in a dress? >> this is a designer dress, $40 from tj maxx. i love the ruching. nipping and tucking. this is a starburst drawing all the eyes inward. when you go for a halter it will give you a nice boost of posture and say yes to v neck. >> all great. >> terrific. >> thank you. tomorrow good food choices to help you widdle down the waist line. how to host a party with summer fun that your guests will never forget. and we put your relationship to the test. >> are we gambling? >> we are. geico's been helping people save money for over 75 years. they've really stood the test of time. much like these majestic rocky mountains. which must be named after the... that would be rocky the flying squirrel, mr. gecko sir. obviously! ahh come on bullwinkle, they're named after... ...first president george rockington! that doesn't even make any sense...mr...uhh...winkle. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. ♪ everybody here got the lunchtime blues ♪ ♪ they need to be inspired something better than the rest. ♪ new lipton peach iced tea ♪ with that ham and cheese ♪ ♪ it tastes so sunshine-y [ carl ] ♪ drink it down and you'll believe ♪ ♪ the taste of peachiosity when it comes to love and money some couples make it seem like the war of roses. >> is your relationship normal or are you headed to the heartbreak hotel. >> it is c in, bc's personal finance expert sharon epperson. >> want to play a little game? >> we are going to play a game. i'm going to ask you a series of questions. you are going to place a bet on whether you think it is more or less than the number or the percentage that i am giving you. it is all about love or money. are you ready? >> yes. >> so for couples who have combined finances would you say more or less than 50% have hidden either a purchase, a bank account or statement? >> more. >> more. >> wow. well, you are actually wrong. it is actually less, 30%. three out of ten couples say they have hidden something from their spouse. one out of three say they have had some type of financial infidelity. could be something more aggressive. >> do you think women secretly spend more or less often than their spouse. one out of three say they have had some type of financial infidelity. could be something more aggressive. >> do you think women secretly spend more or less often than men? >> more. >> do you think women secretly spend more or less often than men? >> i'm saying more. i say a lot more. >> women spend less secretly than men do. men are more secretive about the purchases. >> what are they buying? jewelry for their mistress? >> they are not telling them the purposes. the women will say it was less for less money. >> everybody is lying. >> exactly. >> do you think that most couples would say they have to have spent more or less than $200 before talking to their spouse about what they spent? >> more than 2$200? >> i am going to go with more. >> less is right. >> it shows the difference between what couples would do who are married before the recession or after the recession. those married after 2008. >> if it is more than $1,000 i will tell my spouse. >> people with two incomes there is an attitude of i make my money. >> i'm kind of for that. >> when it comes to fights about money is credit card debt more or less a hot button issue more than spending? >> more. >> actually, spending causes twice as many fights as credit card debt. what are they fighting over most the time? spending. that's why they hide those purchases. >> and use their credit card. >> don't try to change the answer. >> we know that they fight. we know a lot of couples fight. >> this is for everything. >> do you think couples argue about money more or less than twice a month on average? >> more. >> they argue about three times a month. if you are going to be fighting about money you don't want to do that in your relationship. you need to have the conversation about what your goals are and make sure that you split the money decisions. >> kathie won. for being so smart about love and money -- >> i think i won that before. inexpensive and easy way to make your summer parties the talk of the town. >> first this is "today" on nbc. just throwing the shrimp on the barbie when you can wow party guests. lifestyle guru is here to help you make your party stand out from the rest. >> make the party stand out. >> burning the steak and the chicken as long as you wow them like with a pineapple fruit. >> cute. >> don't hurt yourself. the insurance isn't enough. all you do is pile on the skewers. >> it's got to be ripe. >> perfect. >> then you balance the next one if you are a little challenged. >> anyone have a hammer? >> now just do the last one. you will have it tada! >> tada! >> hoda is not doing it correctly. >> a couple of little -- that is adorable. >> stick it in. you are done. >> come on over here. >> it's a little water melon with celery on the bottom. >> how cute? >> if you burn your roast it doesn't matter. have the kids dunk it into chocolate. >> fabulous. >> hoda has to get a blood test in a little bit. >> we'll do it here. >> a few more hours. >> it's hoda's birthday. to honor that you can have these. >> which is yours? >> dunk and put it here. 24 hours later we have the inexpensive. you can use these as place cards. >> not every person is an olympic swimmer. you can give them these life preserveers. i would use the bigger bubble. you stick the flower in the hole. who would like to try it? >> i made it like a little train with a little food color. wonderful for the kiddies. we can dim the lights and make it romantic in here. give it a little crack. fun. ready made cotton candy all around it. kids and grown ups adore it. >> wow. >> what is going on here? >> chocolate covered strawberries. put the chocolate inside. this is a soup can makeover. >> how darling. use scrunchies. >> tomorrow ambush makeover and if you have a relationship question come on down to the plaza. >> tomorrow is thirsty thursday. >> i'm here to help. you and i will get through this together. ♪

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