Back on track

I am finally off the meds and don't have to keep track of my daily intake anymore ! I am regaining my appetite and eat between 1000 to 1500 kcal daily, such a relief after more than a month of eating less than 1000 kcal daily. My body seems to be extremely happy too caus since I am eating more I have been losing more weight, I guess lil ole body is not feeling starved anymore and doesn't need to hold on to the excess fat.


I elimanated all meat and poultry out of my diet again and started reading and applying the teachings of queen afua again. I love love love "sacred woman" I love the fact that the teachings apply to every aspect of life. I really recommend it to all the ladies out there who get overwhelmed by life from time to time. Also recommend it to the ladies with female problems, heal the womb and you heal your mind, body and soul!

Inspired by the queen I decided to take up Hatha Yoga, yesterday was my first class. I was a bit scared because of all the aches and pains I have and did not have a clue what to expect. All I can say is WOW and Why did I not do this before?! The class was relaxing and inspiring, we did excersises for the womb and for the back and this morning was the first morning since I can remember that I woke up without backpain!!!

The fallchallenge is going great and I lost 8.8 lbs so far. I started on 09/17/2007 ( a bit earlier than planned I was supposed to start on the first day of fall 23 rd of september )with a weight of 149.6 and today I weigh in at 140.8. 4.4 lbs to go and I have a healthy BMI of 24.8! The last day of the challenge will be the 21th of december. Can't wait to see the endresults!

Since I have been looking at all the ladies their progress pics I decided to post a few pics myself. They aren't really progress pics but you can see the difference well at least I can ;-) Click on the pics to see them enlarged that way you can see the difference a lot better.

This first pic was taken in Surinam december 2005 when I first saw these pic I realized that I really really needed to take better care of myself! The lil man beside me is my oldest son.



This pic was taken about a month ago. I will ask dh to take pics this week so I can post a more recent pic.



That's it for now, I will update more often now that I don't have to do the depressing daily intakes anymore :-D

Blessings,

Chayil

As promised

a picture of my vest. Now keep in mind it's my first project in 15 yrs ;-)

The front & The back

I haven't found any cloth to upholster my chairs yet so I decided to make a lil top instead.

I downloaded a free pattern for this top yesterday and I am going to make it from an old headwrap wich I can't wear anymore because it dries out my locs

I have really rekindled my passion for sewing, lovin' it!

Blessings,

Chayil

Finally an update!

I still enjoy sewingclass a lot I have finally finished my vest and it looks cute but a bit boring. I think it's the colour I chose (gray) so I will be thinking of ways how I can pimp-my vest :-P

I brought it home today (sewing lessons are now on wednesday's) and dh thought it looked really pro haha

I am going to try and make some time to go to Ikea to get some thick cloth to refurnish my chairs that will be my next sewingproject :-D

I just love my sewingteacher she has given me all kinds of great ideas on how to revamp clothes and she even offered to help me shorten the sleeves and legs of an pantssuit I bought but never wore cause it's to long.

I will post a pic of my vest asap

Weight update 10/15/2007

What I ate today..10/5/07

Breakfast

kids white bread 2 slices 170 kcal

Cheese 48+ 1 slice 75 kcal

coffee with sweetner 1 mug(225 ml) 0 kcal

Milk low-fat 1 mug 110 kcal

Total 355 kcal

Lunch

Mariabiscuitje 2 50 kcal (tea biscuit)

coffee with sweetner 1 mug(225 ml) 0 kcal

Milk low-fat 1 mug 110 kcal

Total 160 kcal

Snacks etc

Total kcal

Dinner

Total kcal

Daytotal kcal

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What I ate today:

I finally have some energy to blog my daily intake again ;-)



Breakfast
kids white bread 2 slices 170 kcal
Cheese 48+ 1 slice 75 kcal
coffee with sweetner 1 mug(225 ml) 0 kcal
Milk low-fat 1 mug 110 kcal
Total 355 kcal



Lunch
tortilla chips 50 gr 324 kcal
salsa 2 tbspoons 10 kcal

Total 334 kcal

Snacks etc

tangerine 2 50 kcal
banana candy 15 kcal

Total 65 kcal



Dinner

baked patatoes 75 gr. 85 kcal

Hamburger 1 230 kcal

Total 315 kcal

Daytotal 1048 kcal



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2.2 lbs off :-D

My fallchallenge will be till the 21st of december, in the last 2 weeks I lost 2.2 lbs. If I continue to loose 1.1 each week I will weigh 135.3 lbs at the end of fall! Starting the new season with a BMI of 24.7 would be the best holiday gift ever! Before new years I hope to loose the remaining 9.3 lbs and start the new year with a healthy BMI of 23!

My Weight Chart: