My exercise room.....

Since I am really trying hard to get rid of the extra weight I'm carrying around ,my husband decided to encourage me by setting up a room specially for all my exercise stuff,he even bought us a nice new treadmill.

I spend an hour to an hour and a half depending on my exrcise sessions,not daily though ,but about five days a week.I showed the photos to my cousin and she recommended giving the room anice paint job to make it more inviting so I will have to call in the family decor and paint expert my niece: http://rosy-pink-dreams.blogspot.com

Personal concepts about weight....

I just remembered something my aunt told me once,when I was asking about my older son's not liking food (like the rest of our family)...he gave me a hard time when he was young at mealtime.She said that she herself hated the sight of overweight people and hence never did really like to eat much,and that perhaps my son was like that.Sure enough he is the leanest of us all and he still doesn't eat much.

This also reminded me of two of my maids,they hated to be fat, as soon as one of them gained a few pounds they went automatically on diet,although they came from very poor countries and the good variety of food they ate here was a novelty to them!!

So fat is not a matter of having food as it is a concept within a person's mind and in what shape that person likes to be percieved.However this concept does change with some changes in life such as depression...many people I know (me being one)have always hated fat people and always took care of their ideal weight and gradually as certain degrees of depression progress,the aim to look good seems to waver and the emotional eating takes its place....

Not that I am finding an excuse,but just thinking out loud.Exercise instead of emotional eating and changing the eating habits from sweet and loaded with fat to veggies and fruits would have been ideal.

Gift shop ........

We have this new family project,it's a gift shop...I have been shopping for the past week for nice things suitable as gifts:
sunglasses,bracelets, trinkets ,keychains,rings,watches,jewelry sets,rosaries,bags,wallets.......etc.

Next week inshalla we start shopping for the wrapping stuff,like boxes,foam,tissue paper,ribbons and cards.

I'm really excited about it I hope it works..what I hate about it is the paper work and book-keeping,its avery small business but it has to be organised for easy tracking of inventory and stuff.

As soon as we have the shop organised I will post a pic here for you to see inshallah.

Birds...again

My love of birds is unsurpassed...they are so immersed in their own feathery world...but sea-side birds...hmmm that's another story:

They have this serenity and poise when searching for something to eat.

If only I could spend more time watching them...

Hair ...crown of women.....

I have been highlighting and dying and straightening my hair and blow-drying it for ages ....now I am having SERIOUS problems with my hair!!

Brittle,dry,dull......you name it I have it..

So I decided to use the advertised shampoos, you know when the girl has looooong silky hair after she used a certain product or when she is suffering from dull hair or difficult to manage hair,and suddenly after she uses that product her hair is super manageable and super straight!!

I mean I have been using different kinds of shampoo ,specially made for dry colored hair, for the past ten years,I have used many oils and different oil baths.....I have five different brand names cause I have been told to change the kind of shampoo from time to time .

Help , anybody??

Dieting and exercising

My cousin told me about this nice site(arabic)about losing weight.The site belongs to a doctor who performs operations to help ultimately obese people lose weight.Its got lots of good exercise and advice.

I think it will help me in my quest for losing some of the excess baggage I am carrying around!!I have also taken some advice from http://sparkspeople.com really great stuff over there too.

I know it needs a change from within,may allah help me get that strength to go on,cause the duration for my dieting and exercising never did get further than three months-this is my second month and I have already lost 5 kilograms of ugliness .

Helping others

I have dedicated my life to helping others alhamdullah but somehow on the way I seem to have neglected helping me.

Doing good is great and very self-rewarding especially if you have the means, whether they are bodily , material or spiritual.

Good deeds have rewards in this world and in the hereafter,but neglecting oneself is dangerous since it could backfire in the longrun.

So,it is advisable to have some ((me time)) from time to time in order to be able to give others as much as possible.

Weighty matters

I have been quite slender (60-63 kgs,168cms)until i got married and started to get children.....
I was quite active,walking,running up and down four flights of stairs 3-4 times a day,exercising...etc

Then....I started accumulating weight,of course having changed my lifestyle to a very sedentary one,but didnt really change my eating habits..

Every few months I would go on a strict diet ,exercise and lose 7-8 kilos,then I binge again and ..voila!!The weight is there again...and then some!!

So, by doing some arithmeatic I gained more than I lost, in the end still being obese..

Did I mention that I am a chocoholic??

Again,for the twentieth time,I'm dieting and exercising...this time because of health problems,the old ticker couldn't take all this weight,neither could the joints,inshallah this time it will work,and I will keep the weight off,for once and for all!!

Clutter

I am a very clutterful person..my life is full of clutter my desk, my computer...such an unorganised person I have seen only on tv on talkshows where they taught people how to get rid of clutter.

It has always been my problem, I kinda accumulate things, for a hobby then I would buy all the stuff I need for it,but soon get interested in another hobby!!

Lately(too late?)...........................I have asked my cousin(a very well-organised person mashallah)to come over and help me get organised..and well, her help really did me a lot of good..I feel I can breathe freely believe it or not...you see it's as if all that clutter has been on my chest all those years.

Not that I have finished yet...but many areas in my home are let's say: comfy now (wide smile).

The moral of the story:
Clutterful people have also unorganised lives and unorganised aims...hmmmm(poor me).

Introduction

Hi everybody...
I am a mother of four and a grandmother of three ,alhamdulillah.
I have many hobbies one of which is writing.I have made some websites and decided to try blogging as my niece keeps telling me how much fun she is having reading other people's blogs.

I do hope I can manage to keep my blog interesting and inshallah(God willing)it will be of some use to somebody somewhere.