GET INTO SHAPE CHALLENGE

Mr. Hunter.

2008-09-19T10:27:00.004+03:00

Yes. I have been caught. Caught by this desire to do one of the things i love most...cycling. I started cycling at the tender age of 13...everyday...to my high school... so it was not so weird when i decided to cycle from the rented house to ukm (university) as well... this love for cycling was ingrained in me...coz...well...for one thing...this is one of the things i do best...cycling.

Getting married n moving to this land was a big challenge indeed.... the terrible traffic of istanbul..plus no safe routes for bicycles made it impossible to cycle. I also gave birth to my children...n while raising them..it was impossible to cycle.ı didnt have anyone to leave them to....Now baddin is in the 1st grade...n hatice..2nd.. n since we r sort of financially stable... i dared to buy myself a gift on our 9th wedding anniversary........and besides... the municipality has done a great job in preparing the cyclists routes alongway the seaside area all the way to pendik...

Even in this fasting month... i cycle every weekdays. i left the bicycle at baba's apt...15 minutes to 20 minutes walk from our place... bicycle in hand...from babaz..i cycle to sahilyolu area..and from there....to bostancı...turn back all the way to fenerbahce...n later agin to bostancı n later to baba's place..n then...15-20 mins of walking home..(if i dont get deviated by the stores along bağdat caddesi hehhe)...this cycling routes take about 10km (sahilyolu only)i think (not so sure)...so basically from 8am...i will be out n home again by 10am...it feels great coz....well... i simply love cycling! i plan to extend my route till the kids' school... but so far... i havent got the permission to cycle till there yet... mainly coz..well..this blabbermouth (me) had once mentioned that ı was sort of harrased twice while walking from the kids' schhol till home using the sahilyolu.. i am simply concentrating on building my strength... to be fit again before i try to persuade my beloved for his permission...

bostancı till fenerbahce route is safe coz there r policemen petrolling the sahilyolu area at all times...after bostancı...no police.. that is why my beloved gets worried... but he knows i am stubborn...i am sure i can persuade him somehow...

So now.. i have 2 options to be fit... on bad cold rainy n snowy days..i can always go walking at the çamlık park where i had my weight challange, pre malaysia...on sunny days... i can cycle... this will be fun!

Frankly speaking... after Malaysia... i have sort of changed.. i dont give a damn anymore about my weight problem... yes..i want to be fit... but i do not feel inferior anymore for being fat..i am comfortable to be me.i feel revived in a lot of ways...as evident in the purchase of my mr hunter n my dareness to drive in istanbul esp to go to the kids' school...if i lose my weight in the process of cycling...that will be great but it is not my priority...to be able to cycle again is my priority....i am simply loving every moment of it! I am happy..

2008-03-11T07:46:00.003+02:00

Last nite i had this diarhea attack...my bladder is dangerously not in a so good condition n i feel so weak right now...

i soo wish that i can go to my beloved park right now... but i dont wanna faint while walking... besides.. the park is quite far (15-20 mins walk)... if let say there is a need for me to seek a ladies room....where will i find it? and as u know...this thingy waits for no tolet.. if it wants to come out.. u have to let it out that very moment...oh gee..i am talking gross now! hahaha

the thing is... i cant go to my walk today... i cant go too tomorrow..coz we will deal with the passport thingy... thursday....guests will come by noon for tea..i have to prepare loads of things.... that leaves friday... hopefully i can walk then...

i better get some sleep...i really really feel weak right now *sigh*

2008-03-10T09:45:00.003+02:00

The statistics today? 72.5kg.

Even though i couldnt update this blog, i have not abandoned my weight challenge..maybe i am not toooooo careful with my food (thatz an understatement!)...but i do walk...be it at my beloved park or while doing my chores outside...i have not been serious...coz i started my coke again too..

But now the weather is nice again.... my mood n motivation to lose weight is back on again... so insyaAllah..i wont be lagging too much in my weight challenge aim...

Just got back from my beloved park...it is no longer a tiring thing compared to when i first started..(though my soles still hurt loads) ....my body is fit now comparatively. Today esp... as i was walking..i felt my abdomen area tightening...so that is a good sign that my tummy area's fat is melting slowly...all i need is to keep on walking..coz even if i do not lose weight... i need to keep fit...now my question is....

Now that coca cola has produced coca cola zero...claiming that is is sugar free.... does that mean that i am allowed to ge addicted to my coke again?????hmmmm.... if there is somebody reading this... what do u think?

Will i be able to lose 12.5 more kgs in less than 3 months to reach my goal????? i know if i can concentrate..i can...but concentrating is my biggest problem so far esp with food....help!

an overdue update

2008-02-28T09:45:00.003+02:00

I am panicking...truly panicking... my time is ticking by and i am nowhere near my target. It started off with the depression (which i still cant figure out why)...then... the kids had their 2 weeks of school holiday.... and amidst the cold weather n the heavy snow istanbul had had ...walking or any form of exercise was impossible. Truly, the cold weather had affected my plan a lot. ...

Now it is sunny again... the kids had started their schooling session about one week and a half ago... still....i can only start my morning walk today... I am not too worry though... even though i could not walk for one week and a half... the multiple chores and running from one place to another to this and that were more than enough to prevent me from gaining my weight (even though i was eating all those unhealthy snacks...

Now..it is time to go back down to earth... the weather r wonderful these days and i seriously need to go back to my exercise plan... I no longer cycle indoor... i just simply havent got the energy coz every night... i am too tired to do anything else but to lie down on the couch n knit....

I have also decided that i need help... and so..i went to the GNC shop (a health shop selling GNC brands) and asked for supplements to help me out... The sales girl asked me whether i wanted to buy a slimming pill or do i want to buy an enerygy burner pill? i decided to buy the energy burner pill coz she said that taking the pill half an hour before any form of exercise will help me to burn my fat...which is just perfect for me since i do walk at my beloved park as my exercise for a total of 2 hours (1 !/' hour at the park and 1/2 hour going to and from the park to my home)a day of walk...

Shhhhhh... dont tell halil of this... this pill is squeezing my already tight budget ..but i think this is an S.O.S... i need assistance...and since GNC is a patented health product... i think i am quite safe taking this...i have no side effect so far.....the GNC card also allows discounts and that card can be used anywhere in the world...great!

For the price of 11YTL..i also bought this....

Something that i think is very cheap...and useful to melt the fat in my tummy...the kids can play with it too.. and they loved it!

What is my statistics? It is.... 72.8kg today...And so my Weight challenge continues....wish me luck!!

Monday

2008-01-14T13:41:00.000+02:00

My depression increased towards the weekend. This morning i got angry at halil for refusing to join me for a short walk. He needs to do a bit of walking more than i do.. he keeps having pain on his leg whenever he stands too long.. something i used to have but no longer have ever since i lost a few kgs. His weight is too much nowadays. Even though he promised to join me on wednesday, i went to my çamlık park for my morning walk alone..with full anger within me. İ walked in my fast mode for that full one hour and a half ...not caring whether my feet will kill me... it didnt Alhamdulillah... my new shoes is of good quality....this morning is the final prove.

Yesterday, when baddin looked at m new sport shoes, he said...

*babam gibi*
just like my father's

Yes... he is right. I didnt realise that i bought the same pattern i bought halil 2 n a half years ago when he was in the military service..the only difference is... his is brown n for male..and mine is blue n for ladies..baddin is observant...much to my suprise...

This morning...on my way to çamlık park.. it was zero degree celcius...2 hours later..it was 6 degree celcius. U can imagine how frozen i was early in the morning,right??? After coming back from my walk..i finally dared to look at the weight scale..

73.8 kg!

Phew... i got lucky again despite pigging myself last week in my depression... almost 5 days pf pigging myself n i still got lucky!! Alhamdulillah!!

Took my bath and went to the bank... went to the market to buy the usual fresh milk, yogurt, fruity yogurt and eggs ( a standard daily shopping)..i only had a glass of milk this morning... caught halil on the phone as he was heading to his workplace n i suggested we have lunch together. Suprsingly he agreed. Ate durum n ayran today with a plate of salad... so in order to burn the fat i consumed during lunch, i went home walking all the way from carrefour where we ate...

Not bad for my first day of sort of intensive weight challenge eh?

I think the walk has lifted my spirits... I feel better now.. after a bit of mumbing here.... i feel much much better than better... now it is time to tidy the apt n cook for the kids :0)

The last few days

2008-01-12T09:01:00.000+02:00

The last few days, i feel depressed. That affected my weight challenge greatly.

I went walking on monday. It was freezing.

On tuesday, it was a matter of me breathing and the air vaporized. It was cold. But like many other walkers, i walked on.

On Wednesday, as usual, i walked my one hour and a half. I always think when i walk despite the music i listen to.But that last 10 minutes, my thoughts went towards topics that made my heart sad. it was really really difficult to move my legs for that last 10 minutes. As i was walking home, depression took a full force on me.

When i am sad, i eat. It was a strong urge that i went to bim..a market and grabbed all the chocolates i could get my hands on into the trolley. i ate a cake on my way home... Eversince that day...even today... i have been eating non stop. i am afraid to look at my weight scale!.

Thursday, i didnt go walking since there will be pazar ...i usually walk 2 hours in pazar anyway...

Come friday, i had this xtreme exhaustion in me. it was really difficult to open my eyes!! And so... i went to sleep after the kids went to school.I needed to rest...to get back my bearings. I am glad i did. After noon, i went to the tour agency to look at my options for flight tickets this june... went walking till meşe's place...walked some more at bağdat caddesi before i returned home. i think those walks covered my walking exercise for the day. But i am eating like crazy still!! help!! me and my sad thoughts!! arghhhh!!

I cant do any walking today n tomorrow. Thatz ok. I plan to go back in full weight challenge force on monday. i need to cut down on my food as well... at least no more junks n coke...i dont usually eat junk food..n i have long ago sort of abandoned coke..but this week....i know i can do this... I just need to get my act together.

My last statistics?
İ DARE NOT LOOK!!

i will start my challenge intensively come monday. Have a nice weekend everyone!!

My update-2008

2008-01-07T13:55:00.000+02:00

On the 20th of November, i managed to shed my fat till i was 72.1kg.... I had stopped my walk and any form of exercise and had eaten like a pig ever snce then....baba..my dad in law got sick....my heart wasnt in any form to exercise...and later the hospitalization period....his death.......i wasnt able to exercise... my heart wasnt in it...

As a family, we are much better now... we r still very sad...but life needs living... and last week i started my weight challenge again...

i walked twice last week.... i couldnt do more coz my feet was hurting far too much...i realised that my sport shoes .... r no longer suitable for my walking... halil bought me that many years ago... i realised that i needed a new proper walking shoes... and so..last friday...despite the heavy falling snow....(sebenarnya sengaja jalan bawah snow coz i love the feeling of snow falling onto me hehehehe)

i went to kadıköy to buy myself a proper walking shoes with a proper support... i was guessing that shops in kadıköy would have wonderful discounts at this time of the year..esp now it is winter and they will try to finish their last year's stocks... i was right...

i went to Çetikaya and got myself a Nike running shoes for price of 75YTL (1 US dollar is 1.5YTL).....a discount of 10 YTL...that is a good discount..though i really really feel guilty deep inside for wasting money like this... i mean...i can use that money for something else...esp for the kids... yup... u r looking at a very guilty feeling mom right here...but i simply love my new shoes

Went walking today... it was raining...drizzling more like it... but many walkers like me kept on walking...walked my usual one hour and a half walk...and yup! my feet didnt hurt!! i am sooo glad for that!! nowadays walking wont be so much torture anymore...!!

But walking in winter has its chalenges... for one...i walk... the weather is cold... i cant wear too thick clothing despite the cold since i will sweat while walking. Thus, i go walking with just a sweater n a thin spring jacket. Before reaching the park (20 mns from my home)... i usually freeze...sejukkkkkkkkk.... i will reach the park trembling....only after 10 minutes walking, i will catch my normal walking momentum and start warming up...

How can i walk for one hour n a half without getting bored? itz simple really..the park is beautiful...n on top of that...the moment i enter the park area, i usually take off my glasses and turn on the mp3.... walk...walk.... i find myself going on a moderate mode at the beginning..only toards the last half an hour of the walk do i turn into a faster mode... (tak nak la pengsan kalau sejam setengah terus buat fast mode kan?)... i adjusted my modes according to my own body strength... i dont try to follow other people's modes since some can really walk at the speed of a jet! hahaha .....but i do find myself following the mode of this one elderly guy (i suppose he is elderly coz his hair is totally white ...at least from behind)...if i manage to catch him walking..i usually follow his walking mode coz his is just perfect for me... other regulars r either too slow or too fast...

My stats right now?? after a longggg break..i was expecting myself to have my old weight again... but i think Allah has been kind to me somehow... i have only managed to increase my weight a few kilos... i am now officially...73.9kg!!
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It is from this weight... 73.9kg... i officially declare to myself that my weight challenge is back on! i need ur support n motivation... i will insyaAllah go back to malaysia middle of June... i need to lose weight till i am 60kg by then..that is my aim...wish me luck!

Food!

My update

2007-12-07T20:10:00.000+02:00

As much as i would love to continue challenging myself... eversince baba has been hospitalised, i find myself to be unable to do any single exercise at all.

Every weekdays (monday till friday) i will leave the house by 7.35am and will leave the hospital by 2.30pm with the ETA at home (of 3.30pm)...tidying up my home, preparing the food so that there will be dinner by 4i.35pm as the kids reach home.... homework being done by the kids....i find myself extremely exhausted by the end of the day....

No walking at my beloved park and no indoor cycling (i just dont have the energy or the mood)... is affecting my weight challenge (though i wanna continue it still.. just tak terdaya)...i am eating more than i should due to depression...though i still stay away from coke....i m gaining my weight again... that makes me feel sad coz i had worked very hard to shed that 7.5 kg!!... i am seriously thinking of diet pills in place of exercise (at least tilli can start walking at my park again)..but the price is 60YTL..i cant afford that...I am not complaining looking after baba in the mornings thus i cannot walk... i do it sincerely from the heart....coz i want to...he is my dad too...i am just a bit down coz i am seeing my body fat that i had shed the last 2 months reappearing...Still..Allah knows best...besides.....i am fat...but that doesnt mean that inside i am ugly, eh? Halil recognises and loves me for who i am and not for what my physical represent. One day... i vow... i shall start walking again...Only time will tell...pls, dont abandon me now.

2007-11-22T08:15:00.001+02:00

baba will have his operation at 10 am turkish time... 3pm malaysian time... i will join the rest of the zaim siblings in our wait for baba n the operation..

yesterday, i felt fat coz i had not done any proper park walking for 2 days..yes..i do walk here n there... but it was not enough to make me feel good..

so this morning i woke up at 6am... cycled for half an hour, woke the kids up... sent them off to school n later cycled for another 15 minutes... i would have cycled more but i am not sure when halil will return home (he stayed at babaz to look after his dad last nite)....so i quit quite fast.. took my bath (i was totally sweaty after that)... and here i am..waiting for my beloved to come home..to have breakfast with me n later head for the hospital...

i was right... exercise lift my spirit (everyone knows that fact anyway)... i feel better now... i am still fat ayway... i dare not look at the weighing scale today... and by the way...i had this craving for soy milk yesterday.. found the soy beans n made my soy milk...i love it with brown sugar but i didnt have it at home... so i had to make do with the whte sugar...ahhhh..heaven on earth! i still crave for sugar cane juice... but we dont have sugar cane here.. have to wait till i go to malaysia next year... which brings me back to the question.. will we be able to go back to malaysia next year? baba is sick..in this condition... we cant leave the country...thats unthinkable...Allah knows... Anyway... this weight challenge is up n on the go!

p.s... yesterday i went to carrefour with my dear beloved.was in front of dunkin donuts.. managed to convince myself not to buy them super sweet donuts (they claim that itz zero cholestrol! hehehe)..right now.. i regret it coz i am actually salivating thinking of them donutS! huwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... cabarannnnnn...

2007-11-20T08:40:00.000+02:00

In lieu with the recent event... i turn to food for comfort as i always do when i feel depressed...

Still..i still go for my walk whenever the weather permits me..n at home whenever my energy allows me..i cycle....

I would have been able to lose more weight if i have not throw caution n indulge myself in the world of food...i am dangerously thinking of dunkin donuts right now... knowing me.. i know i will buy them soon..*sigh*

my statistics now is 72.1kg

i dont think i will be updating this blog a often as i used to. i am emotionally not up to it...baba is not getting any better....i havent even shown u the pics of my beloved park..though u can get a glimpse of it at the biggggg picture above..but i know.. i shall not abandon my weight challenge...i have come this far...and exercising like this can somehow help me to lift up my spirit...

2007-11-14T16:00:00.000+02:00

Today is a crazy day.

Woke up at 6am... did some ironing..woke the kids up at 6.30am... threw them out of the house heheheh by 7.35am..threw myself out of the house by 7.40am..only to see the 3 kids still waiting for their school bus service.... luckily, the service came not long after that...

And off i went to my beloved park (yeah..yeah..pictures soon to come)...walked there for an hour and a half...rushed home coz mıstık would be coming to our place with the heater fixer...they came.. cooked them turkish coffee... paid the guy and left them to take a bath... then, i rushed to the bank to pay my credit card....rushed to the kids' school to deal with injections n immunisations matter.... rushed to bağdat caddesı to buy some things for baddin's supriz gunu...rushed to teyze coz i needed to see meşe ..rushed to kadiköy to buy teyze's belated birthday gifts and fish... rushed home... and i am puffing!! hahahaha and on top of all those... i am fasting!

i am officially 72.6kg now... yippie!! at least i have lost the one kilo i gained durtng the weekend!!

and even teyze commented i look good eversince i have lost my weight... Alhamdulillah..

2007-11-12T12:10:00.000+02:00

Monday it is.

Last thursdays naturally i made a pig out of myself by eating all those wonderful stuffs kak elle sent me. Friday, i went for my normal morning walk... saw my cat there and played with him for a while. i missed him.

Saturday morning, from the moment i woke up, i was in the kitchen cooking stuffs for halil's birthday. It was until 3pm that i stopped...but everybody loved the food i cooked..so it was worth it... again... a glutton i was with non stop of coke (yeah yeah..i know....)..so saturday..my exercise was... standing while cooking from morning till 3pm.. and later serving the family at baba's for halil's birthday.... till it was over....i ate a lot but i was totally exhausted by the time i got home..... and u know what? normally my leg will be painful after such a long day of hard work..due to my back being fragile... but there was no pain last saturday!! that means that my losing weight is helping my pain as well!! Alhamdulillah!!

Sunday... i was out of the house by 9am... went to the kids school (without the kids... they stayed at home with their dad)...there was the parents meeting ... and then there was the report card distribution n later i went tosee both of my kids' teachers (of every subject) one by one... in ques for hours n hours n finally by 4pm.. i headed towards the sahil area to wait for the bus... halil n the kids were at baba...

the weather was sooo windy. i could barely walk ...if i had been with lesser weight... even i would be flown away (no joking..the wind was that strong).. i was basically walking with one hand holding my headcover..and the other clutching the kids' report cards....and to top the whole situation... it started to rain..it was freezing as well...3 dolmus passed by but they were full.. they were not taking passengers... i was hungry (i only ate one muesli bar for breakfast)...i was tired... and i needed to go to baba.. i started to shiver...a guy in peugeot that passed by made a sign signalling for me to get into his car... i suppose he pitied me...but of course i didnt get into the car... u dont get into a stranger's car unless it is life threatening!! Alhamdulillah...a normal long bus passed by. I went into the bus.Stopped at bostancı and from there took a dolmus to baba.

Sweet Sweet halil, had ordered a big mac menu for me!! All waiting for me!! i grabbed everything in a second! hahaha i was that famished!!coke as well!! on top of that...i ate a few leftover dolma from saturday..and on top of that..i finished halil's plate of green grapes and orange!! and after that, all totally full.. halil n i went for a walk at bağdat caddesı .. and we stopped over for dessert! hahahaha Yeah.... i know what u must be thinking.. i know.... i didnt know what got over me!! And today i could go for my walk as well coz mıstık would come to our place early in the morning to fix something... no exercise there... but i have tons of things of leaning n tidying up to do today... tomorrow i will start my exercise again insyaAllah...

After all that... a total eating weekend... it will be impossible not to gain weight eh? i have gained ONE kilo!! that is why tomorrow.. my usual exercise and walk will resume. Rain or shine...

insyaAllah

2007-11-07T15:37:00.000+02:00

Today it is 9 degree celicus. Not bad for fall...the heaters r on... the heating system in apartments all over turkey is on...

It was cloudy this morning...but it didnt rain... the sun even took a brief peek at us... hence, i decided to go for my walk.i didnt go walking yesterday.

I was thinking today....2 months ago, my stamina level was almost nil. I remember my first days of walking....to walk and reach the park i go to everyday used to drain my energy away. ..that was only 20 mins walk from my home to the park...in my early days, i only walked 15 minutes.... then i expanded to 30 minutes.. then 45 minutes..then 1 hour and lastly 1 hour and a half at the park.....i used to walk so slow (still in a momentum)... after some time, i increased my tempo.....my stamina has excelled to the level i am not used to.. i no longer feel tire as i used to...

The same with my indoor bicycle.. at first, the first 15 minutes was all i could do..but then slowly, i increased my cycling duration... now i think i can do 55 minutes of cycling..i dont think i can cycle more coz i simply get bored cycling with nothing to see...

Yes..everything was tough at the beginning..perseverence and patience... they were worth it... i have no regrets spending countless hour just to get fit...

I also realised today for the first time ever... today as i was walking, for the first time ever, i felt as if my abdomen was tightening... there was a sensation that my abdomen fat was being burnt as i walked... i never had that feeling before...i think that is such good news... i even thought of extending my walk to 2 hours today since i wont be walking tomorrow (have got a breakfast date with rudi and halil tomorrow)...Of course...Allah knows best... i think HE objected to that and decided to let it start to drizzle at exactly one hour and a half of my walk... i dont think that was a coincidence... i think that was simply Him telling me to go home :0)

Snapped pictures of the park too..but i wont put them up yet...wait till saturday!
this effort of losing weight...it makes me feel good about myself...i feel fitter... i feel happy. Thatz the main idea i think..

will i walk under the cool weather? insyaAllah.. at every possible opportunity definitely!

2007-11-06T12:40:00.000+02:00

Drenched to the bone yesterday.... frozen....

statistics?

72.8!!!!!!!!!

like our Queen said... things r looking good... dreaming of the moment when i will be good looking.

2007-11-04T09:48:00.000+02:00

This morning 73.3kg!!! Yippie!!!

I am not shedding my fat much in number..but let us just say..yes! i am shaping up!

My new marks n spencer jeans which i bought after my birthday (4th oct)..*wei..pakai hadiah duit birthday tau..i mana mampu belikat marks n spences!* which was tight (thigh hugging) when i first bought it ..in which halil cakap tak boleh pakai kat luar which i pakai jugak hahahah (isteri derhaka...maaf yea cayang)..is now loose a lot!

And yesterday..last nite...i wore my tightest jeans in which the last time i wore it 2 months ago.. the thigh part stitches ....were threatening to burst from my body fat............ is now a bit loose!! Alhamdulillah!! Alhamdulillah!! i think both walking n cycling (indoor) r helping me shed more fat much easier!!

I will be walking tomorrow..but not at my beloved park... tomorrow i will walk loads shopping!! YES! İ will be going to europe!I need to buy a few things from digo for halil..this n that for the kids..but most importantly... i will be going to find things (as much as i can afford)... as souvenirs for my beloved Kak Elle!!! Yes! her nephew will be here n on thursday i will be able to eat my maggie!! Alhamdulillah!!! So from 7.35am till perhaps 4.00pm...i will be on the move tomorrow...

*Ya Allah please please be kind to me n let it be sun and shine tomorrow*

... and guess what?? halil got the sms from the nikkon service centre saying that our CAMERA is FİXED!!!! Mistikkkkkkkkk can u pleaseeeee fetch it up from the shop for me??? (kenapa i tak ambik sendiri? hehehe i kan manja kat mistik...i suka kacau dia coz dia dah mcm abang i)

Life is looking up today..just like the sunny weather outside....after the rain... here comes the sun...life is like that....May Allah help us all in every sense (in my case..my weight :0)

2007-11-02T10:20:00.000+02:00

Yesterday, the call of the bed was so strong....and so.. instead of my morning walk at the park..i was busysnoring next to the man i love...Zzzzzzzzzzzz

We woke up to the bell of Saime coming (the ironing lady)...My ever demanding self demanded Halil to go to the pattiserie nearby for a romantic breakfast....He had menemen (turkish omelette) while i had omelette with mushroom for breakfast...an omelette for 6YTL? Yeah.....expensive i know but i miss having a romantic date with him... eating omelette on a date is definitely cheap heheheh

What i missed in my walk, i covered with the pazar walking... after 2 hours of walking, i reached home n continued cycling my indoor bike for half an hour...

We were expecting guests yesterday..... after eating 2 types of börek... kısır, rus salata, cake and apple pie....i was/am no hopeful much regarding my weight scale...

But i am determined..i told u that... so this morning, despite the totally cloudy weather.. i went for my usual walk.. the cat bite me today..ouch!...caught in the rain at exactly 9.30am as i was leaving the park after my usual one hour and a half.......... but it is ok....i will probably cycle some more after this...

Even though i am not losing much weight despite my hard effort..everything feels worth it yesterday....

There i was asking a clothing seller for a dress i like there....the guy asked me in turkish...

* i have loads of patterns for the dress....u choose the dress and i will give u the size.. i think u can fit the *L* size....*

Such a thing happened twice...

i was beaming inside... not because i am wearing an *L* size right now....i am still in my *XL*..but the fact that the guy percieved me in *L* size (he is a clothing seller, ok)...that is good news... that means..the firming up of my body is showing itself well....i have loads of bulk everywhere...but such sentences keeps me motivated... and i also notice that i can sweat much more easier today... despite the 14 degree celcius outside...

I will persevere... i want to shock my mom insyaAllah next year when i visit Malaysia...everything will be worth it. Pls.. Pray for me..

My statistics today? 73.8kg.
WORK HARD SİMAH!!! (p.s...am thinking of dunkin donuts! huwaaaaaa)

Food!!

2007-10-31T11:54:00.000+02:00

Had breakfast with halil this morning... we dont usually get to eat breakfast together...so this morning is an exception... i miss him. he is busy all the time.... :0)

Yes! finally... i could walk at my fav spot again... The surrounding.... the people there..even my *adopted* cat.... he must have missed me today coz he didnt even once try to bite me once....i i simply adore this park... i wish i can show u the park.. the view in fall.. but i cant..i am still waiting for my camera to be fixed... the nikkon service center is still waiting for the parts they have ordered from singapore..... i promise once i have the digital camera again...i will snap the pics for u to see...

Walked one hour n a half at the park again... the mp3 on... it was wonderful to see the normal regulars... some old..some young..some slim...some chubby...some were even walking with the walking sticks...the aerobics at the centre of the park... it is a morning community..where some people know each other while some like me know nobody....but still we recognise each other as regulars... u feel somehow connected coz everybody r there to do some sort of exercise....and since i am probably the only foreigner there... i am sure they remember me much easier hehehe

Today's statistics? it is still 74kg... the same as yesterday...Everybody keep saying not to give up... the fat in the body may melt slower..but once u reach a breaking point...after that the body will start to lose weight much faster... i dunno where my breaking point is... it seems i cant bring it down to 69... i am at a static position of 74... i am not giving up...i will keep on doing my regular stuffs as much as i can..

Pınar, halil's cousin, suggested that i take up pilates.... she mentioned a cd i may be able to use...she said pilates really squeezed the muscle much better n may help me to lose weight faster... she did pilates last year when she was trying to lose weight.. now she has a drop dead gorgeous body... i took the easy way and asked her to find the cd for me n i will pay her later ..i mean there r so many pilates cd.. i dont wanna buy the wrong cd... we will see...

i think i will cycle for 15 minutes or so soon.. i need to work some more to be able to break this 74 kg position...last nite i stuffed myself with m&m's while watching tv with halil... thatz why i think my weight didnt decrease today...now that i am deviating myself away from carbonated drinks... my mind goes to chocolates! HELP! i am a hoeless case! hahahaha...

Like i said.. i wont give up... i have challenged myself... am challenging myself... and with perseverence to some extent... insyaAllah... i will get somewhere. My mission will be accomplished one day insyaAllah...

Food!!

2007-10-30T08:59:00.000+02:00

The date says it is tuesday. i guess it is.

Rad suggested i make a cucumber juice to help my loosing weight challenge... she said... blend the cucumber with water and a bit of sugar.. add a fewice cubes n there u have it! u may wanna try it as well... it is anti oxidant..

what have i been doing lastweekend.. well... i coudnt walk. that was obvious. the kids were at home.

My kids r funny...it is not enough that they wake up at 6.30am every weekdays.. but this weekend, they decided to wake up even earlier! at 5am! Yup! that's my kids on Saturday morning this week... all the zaims were invited for dinner at afife teyze's house. that day as well.....she said she would only cook something simple..pehli n rice n salad... the idea was for us to get together.. n what did she cook instead?? loads of food!!! we were all bloating that nite! I tried to at least minimize the fat intake by cycling that nite...did 2 rounds of 15 minutes cycling (the seat hurt my butt)... i was sweating loads...

Sunday was a quite day...... i tried the kids n i stayed at home while halil was working...n what did i eat that day? shrimps n speghetti! it was not what i am supposed to eat... i mean speghetti is very oily..so i tried to balance the dish by putting very less oil in the shrimp dish (i ate alone by the way.. halil n the kids r hanafi..shrimps r makhruh for them) ....

Monday.. woke up at2 am.. to watch my favourite episodes on tv...by 4am, smallville was over... this crazy me decided to cycle then! hahahah yeah! cyyling at 4am!! hhahaha i managed to cycle till 4.45am (that was how long my butt could take...)... took my bath and went to sleep by 5am... and YES! the kids decided to be kind to me and they woke up at 6am! hahahaha ... do u see why i love my kids???as the kids were at home then.....halil n i decided to go for lunch as a family at a kebap shop...ah..diet at a kebap shop? u have got to be kidding eh? besides, i dont want to be left out as they ate those delicious food.... hatice n halil decided to order iskender kebap while baddin decided on his favourite lahmacun... i without doubt asked for my favourite perde pilavı (inside there is specially made rice..covered with flour dough..really delicious!)

It may not look much but trust me.. there r loads of rice in it... i could only finish half! hahahah..cycled again last nite... not long...just for half an hour... i was exhausted from lack of sleep...and today...again..i cannot resume my walk.. baddin is coughing really bad... we decided not to send him to school today..it is cloudy n the road is wet..it must have rained n perhaps will rain again today... .

baddin needs my constant attention today... he is being anne's baby boy.. he keeps asking for me to be next to him...to hug him...i dunno how i will cook today....anyway...he is calling me... i will probably cycle again tonite after he sleeps...

my statistics today? 74kg! an achievement after all the delicious food at teyze n lunch at the kebap restaurant!

Hopefully, i will be able to walk tomorrow.. it will depend on baddin n the weather.. but i am seriously glad that there is my indoor bike... i can still cycle and do some exercise despite the weather outside... or the health of my kids...

My weight is not decreasing these days... i am for one to be blamed but i shall not stop doing my walk or my indoor cycling whenever i can... i am determined to have a better body. i am not aiming for a slim body... i am aiming for a body which is nice to be hugged (meaty) but not excessively fat. A body that is nice to the eye.

baddin's calling! byeeeeeeeeeeee

2007-10-26T11:03:00.000+03:00

Halil has been busy this week. i barely see him. This weekend he wont be around too! Tapi nak buat mcm mana la kan.. nak balik mesia tahun depan kena la kerja keras sikit....

So for a little bit of attention, i demANded that he too walk with me this morning (since he only need to leave for work by 10am this morning). But with halil... of course i cannot do my routine walk..i usually leave for my walk at 7.40am.. with halil it was 8am... and guess how long we walked? by 8.35am we were already heading home!! hahahahahah i usually came out from the walking park at 9.30 !!

We had a nice big breakfast (yeah... i dont usually fast on friday n weekends)...he has left for work... i am still updating my blog n will soon put my butt on the my indoor bike for at least half an hour (or more... depending on my butt pain)...after the big breakfast, i am afraid to look at the scale today... coz.... we ate fish for dinner last nite... and fish means the drinks will be one of the carbonated ones hehehehe...opssssssssss...(i am gonna cycle okayy??)

wont be updating much.. weekends i dont walk coz the kids r at home..n this monday is a public holiday... wont be walking then too...

Have a nice weekend everyone! and here i am offffff to my painful butt cycling experience :0)

FİZZY DRİNKS RECİPE

2007-10-25T14:36:00.000+03:00

In her effort to encourage me not to touch coke anymore, our dearest Queen of the House
has presented me with this recipe..taken from her son's science book... once i find the ingredients.. i will definitely try it.. thanks akak! I owe u one....

To Make Your Own Fizzy Drink,

you need: ...

A glass of waterLemon juice
Castor sugar
Baking soda(also known as Bicarbonate of Soda or Sodium Bicarbonate)

And how do you do it?

Squeeze some lemon juice into the glass of water and stir in a teaspoon of castor sugar.
Add a teaspoon of baking soda.
Enjoy!!!!(You can substitute/add other acidic fruit juices as well)

The baking soda and lemon juice react to make carbon dioxide in the water (the bubbles that you see in fizzy drinks).

And by the way, here's an interesting experiment.

What happens when you add a handful of raisins to a glass of fizzy drink?

Put 5 or 6 raisins in a glass of fizzy drink and watch what happens. (A lighter coloured fizzy drink works better so you can see the raisins).First the raisins sink because they are more dense or heavier than the drink. Then bubbles of compressed carbon dioxide form under the raisins. The bubbles make the raisins float, so they rise and when the bubbles reach the surface they burst. That means the raisins are heavier than the drink again so they sink. .... Then they rise to the top..... And sink again..... And then rise again..... And sink again.

Great entertainment when you're bored in the kitchen!!!!
Food!!

2007-10-25T09:16:00.000+03:00

Hatice isin school today. She is on antibiotics...her fever.. the reason is obvious now.. sore throat...

I thought i'd walk today...alas! the mp3 is mising! the rightful owner (that would be my tem) took it coz he was going to the university with his big bro selim with the uni bus service.... this is pure sabotage! heheheh

Anyway...turned on the music cd on the dvd... started to sit on the indoor bike... cycled for 20 minutes when i realised that i miss my normal songs on halil's mp3...stopped cycling...(i was bathing in sweat by that time anyway...)... and remembered the workout cd by paula abdul that itique (my tesl friend) gave me more than 7 years ago...turned it on.. and started working out (i think i need to wear proper shoes for the workout)... i could only stand 20 minutes! hahahaha i was breathless by then...rezil yaaa! will try the workout again during the weekend with hatice n baddin... believe it or not, both love the cd...

I think maybe this is due to lack of sleep.. havent slept properly for 2 nights already..last night i was moving from hatice's bed to baddin' bed... for some reasons... both were demanding me... sleeping in their beds...i wont even elaborate the condition of my back pain right now hehehe

Yes. lack of exercise this morning... but the good thing is.. the is pazar today (mcm pasar tani)... in pazar alone, i will walk around one and a half hour to two hours..immediately after that, i plan to go to the kids' school to check on hatice... if she is not feeling well..i may just bring her home early today...and on top of everything....i am fasting today...full day today... was thinking of updating my quill blog as well as blog hopping... but i dont think it is possible today.. tomorrow perhaps....

today's statistics? 74.1kg

and NO..i didnt drink any carbonated drinks yesterday! :0)

Food!!

2007-10-24T11:48:00.000+03:00

Hatice has fever. We thought it would be better if she just stay at home today.It was raining this morning anyway...so no walk for me.

u Bet being used to walking on weekdays left me feeling empty inside...but i cant possibly abandon my lil princess can i?Then, i remembered my indoor bike. We bought it years ago but i rarely used it coz i get bored easily while cycling it.Besides, the seat hurts my bump (i need to protect my beloved bump too u know!)hehehe

But this morning, i said to myself... awwwwwwwwww gee... what the heck! so with the mp3 on...my eyes on hatice (she was watching tv)....i started cycling...for 30 minutes...my initial plan was 1 hour but my princess needed me..(she has been demanding me to hug her eversince last nite)

I just cant believe it! 30 mins cycling n i sweated much much more than i walk one hour n a half! i was practically bathing in sweat!Then, i remembered my selulit oil... i used that esp for my tummy area... i bought that oil a year ago..but the smell is terrible..thatz why i never really use it...perhaps once in a while i should try this oil....?

So what have i learned/ percieved this morning?

1. halil's mp3 (which i use 100%) is definitely a very important element for me not to get bored while walking n cycling...coz i listen to Quranic verses as well as rock n hip hop music....so i am basically feeding my soul (with the quranic verses) as well as polluting it with those modern tunes :0)

2. On days when i cant walk outside, i should do the indoor cycling amidst painful bumps hahahha

3.Perhaps i should try cycling before going to sleep every nite? (i doubt i can coz i am totally exhausted by the end of the day)

4. i notice my breast is sagging (as a result of breastfeeding my kids for soooooooooo many many years)...halil doesnt mind...but i do..hmm.. what should i do about it? ideas?

It is terribly cloudy outside...hatice is sleeping... i didnt get much sleep last nite... i wanna sleep too but i have tons of ironing to do *sigh*.

Dear simah...chin up! pc off and get to work! life is a wonderful thing!:0)

My statistics this morning? 73.7kg!

i was fasting yesterday..n for iftar i didnt really eat much except for salad n soft n succulent turkey meat... (n 2 glasses of schweppes ..ops...guilty as charged! hehe).. ..

still fasting today...posa ganti la....this is not fasting to get slim.. this is fasting coz i have to...cant wait to fast in winter... the iftar should be around 5 or something :0)

2007-10-23T13:57:00.000+03:00

I called Meşe just now.I asked her whehter she can ask for an appointment with the acupunturist sometime later next month. I really need to have my back looking at. It has been giving me pain for years. But why now? Why only now i wanna start looking after my back? Well.. when the back hurts, my feet hurts...if my feet hurts..i cant walk.. if i cant walk, i cant lose weight or do anything much. i will be dependng on apranax n kuilin my whole life...i dont want that. i may not be in a strict diet foodwise..but for my standard..i am quite careful... especially after this morning's walk..i need to do something regarding my back pain. Allah, help pls...

Food!!

2007-10-23T10:23:00.000+03:00

Today is tuesday... Yeah..dont i know it eh?

right now i have a very very sore feet... i need to go to the foot manucurist if possible soon.. just need to wait for salary time..that will be early next month... :0)

Walked again (dont i always?)..But this morning... my back was/is painful..my feet hurt n i sort of had to drag my right feet while walking...all that one hour n a half... i had overexerted myself yesterday.. i worked non stop yesterday..and i do mean physically work...that by the midnight last nite... i couldnt press my right foot on the ground... i thought sleeping it off would took the pain away...it got better in the morning of course but not totally... i dont want to take apranaks unless i have to...i dont want my body to get used to too much chemicals...

today's statistics? At first the scale showed 73.6kg... but after some time, it decided to be 74kg! *chuckles*..i guess i am 74kg for today...am fasting today... still got loads of things to do today..with this feet..i dunno how i will do them... tomorrow i have to go to the kids' school...baddin has extra class from 4-6pm.. i have to be there before 4 to stay with hatice... i plan to let her do her homework while waiting for baddin.. n afterwards..for dinner i will bring them to burger king... i assume i will be fasting too tomorrow..so the timimng will be just perfect for my iftar...i may also forgo walking tomorrow...esp at the condition of my back n leg pain right now....Food!!

Post Bayram

2007-10-22T10:35:00.000+03:00

My last statistics was 75.7kg.

After post ramadhan.. bayram with plenty of non stop cokes n desserts and salty things, i was again fearing for the worst. I got sick on that 2nd bayram night... the pain lasted for a few days actually.. hence, i could only walk 2 days last week... both the one hour n a half walk at çamlık park.

Last weekend (as in yesterday n the day before), i threw caution.... i fried fries... eat all the oily n fattening stuffs (though i knew i should be careful to achieve any weight loss)....it is only natural that i was afraid to look at the weighing scale.

After my walk this morning...i looked at my scale... 74.3kg! I always look at the scale after my walks... so u bet i am happy... happy at least that my weight is not 76 or 78 as i feared... i am not a fanatic must lose weight freak n i love my food... but i think as long as i do not abandon my morning walks...n be careful to some extend on the food i eat...i have a chance to at least not gain weight and with luck lose a bit of weight at that...

Meşe said i may have problem losing weight fast coz the fat has been with me for years.... i wont give up... even merih noticed that i looked smaller yesterday... i think that was because my body is getting in shape...

i am seriously thinking of doing akupunture of some sort to help me lose weight..but i think the cost will be high... what about the weight loss pills?the question is... r they healthy? will i start gaining weight again once i stop taking them? so for now, i will stick to this *free* weight program... a walk to çamlık park whenever possible...i know for sure that my thigh is getting smaller somehow....not much but enough to make me happy... after all.. i am still a fat woman...that fact doesnt change... i have till early july to get to 60kg... if i can do that, i will definitely suprise my family in malaysia when i go back to malaysia insyaAllah next year.... right now, what they have in their mind is a simah who is so fat that she is wearing size xxxl clothing... hey! i am only wearing xl u know! :0)

Food!!

2007-10-08T11:32:00.000+03:00

After 5 donuts on friday, iftar at cavdır kösk where diet was not possible on saturday... another totally meat meat meat iftar at gunaydın restaurant for iftar on sunday... i was really really scared to look at the weighing scale this morning. İ braced myself...and it was written there...75.7kg...phew! i was expecting 79kg again! I guess fate is kind to me today.

And so i went walking again at çamlık park... i made a steady walk there... and instead of the usual total one hour walk at the walking platform... i extended to a total one and a half hour today..true, i fell asleep later afterwards..coudnt pull myself up for one hour and a half from the bed... but the weighing scale said...74.7kg!!! i didnt know that u can lose one kg with 2 hours walk !! (one hour n a half at çamlık park n half an hour going to and back home)...

Now back to work....cooking... household chores... ironing... thousands of things waiting for me...if i can keep this up...(a normal one hour walking )..my plan for a 60kg weght in july can be realised insyaAllah...i have 15kg more to go... :0) wish me luck! Food!!

Depression

2007-10-06T14:53:00.000+03:00

I feel depressed. The crises at my homeland is making me sad..well.. they could have at least not start the crises on my birthday!

I felt so depressed yesterday that i ate 5.. and u heard me right 5 donuts!!On top of that, i kept eating n eating non stop...!!today, i am still unable to fast n keep on munching something the moment i woke up!this is how i am when i am depressed..well..at least tomorrow i can start fasting again... that is at least one good news to me.

i dare not ook at the weight scale. i know i have gained at least 2 kg (n i worked hard to lose that much kilos these past few weeks! sobs)

i am really ad inside... my eating pattern shows...n the best part of all... it is weekend..i cant do my usual morning walks.. ! and on tuesday, we r again expecting guests for iftars...*sigh*...

the crises is soo stupid... and it is really dragging me to rock bottom. i really really hate this.

Food!!

2007-10-05T09:52:00.000+03:00

I celebrated my birthday yesterday by walking at çamlık park with halil and later... i followed him to the other side of the bridge and walked non stop from 10.20am till 1.30 pm! shopping.. what else!

One week were full with iftars. i couldnt walk. and i drank loads of coke as well... they were there in front of my eyes.. who could resist eh? Due to that, my weight did not decrease..(Alhamdulillah it did not increase either!!)..

Went for a walk again. again, at çamlık park. i like that place. the walking flatform is soft. so my feet does not hurt.ı am now limiting my walk at the park for a total of one hour. It takes 10 mnutes to walk there... thats 20 mins walk in total.. and at times, i deliberately reroute my journey home.. so around one hour n a half, i walk everyday. i find this arrangement the best for me. with my mp3 on..i could focus on my walk.And it is not overly exhausting either... i still have plenty of energy left for household chores and trips to the school ..ada ada ajer sebab nak kena pi sekolah...

What made me feel good about myself is i know i am getting fitter. Yesterday, as i was trying out my new marks n spencer jeans...with my t-shirt tucked in, belt securely in place...halil said...*wow! u look good. keep it up*...the truth is.. i am still fat...75.1kg fat..but i know with Allah's permission i can achive my 60kg goal in six and a maonths' tme left for me... all i need to do is to keep my focus on.. and i know i can coz the kids r in school. And i finally have time to look after myself...with determination n ur prayers...i know i can!

But i may indulge myself in donuts soon..i just have this strange craving for the dunkin donuts.. Hey! i said i wanna lose weight..but i didnt say that i have to kill my desires too!! :0)

Food!!

entry -3rd october

2007-10-03T09:21:00.000+03:00

Today is only the second time of walk i did this week. the iftars r draining my energy away..n i still have one more to go tonite for this week....loads of work... but less walk..i lose not weight this week.. but that is ok...

generally people do comment that my body looks firmer...yes..i feel it too..i feel good about it though i still have a long way to go to reach my goal.. 16 kg more to go...that trust me is not an easy task...i have till july.but i try to keep a postive outlook on things...i wanna feel great to be alive...esp with a better body...i mean if i am slimmer, i can save money by buying clothes from pazar instead of the limited shops like right now... then, i can save more money for the family's usage...esp if we r going to malaysia next year...

Food!!Ah.... can wait to taste all those food i miss so much.that is one more main rason for this losing weight..so that i can gobble the food there more freely...n i know halil wants me to have a 3rd child... if Allah decides that i get pregnant..i think at this age n at this weight.. it is a risky business....many many resons eh for me to start losing weight?

Pls..pray 4 me :0)

2nd week

2007-09-28T09:43:00.000+03:00

How am i doing so far? well.... it is not too bad... i went walking once with halil at the sahil area... 2 mornings i didnt walk coz of halil...but later i did walk some where somehow....basically on weekdays i somhow walk... weekends r something else of course... the kidsr are at home... so i need to deal with them...

I started with a weight of 79.7kg.... on the 27th of September.Just now i checked my weight..it is now 75.8kg...of course after the iftar, that number should increase a bit. But for me who cannot lose weight easily, this is a good start. I am happy about it.Like i said, my aim is to be 60kg in 7 months time... well.. at least until before i go back to Malaysia in summer next year.Pls pray 4 me..

I am also taking different routes in my walk... the same routes everyday will be boring. So at times i walk towards the seaside area.. at times i just simply walk into bağdat caddesi n forward... at times i walk around my living area...i e çamlık part.. taking detours.. long detours towards that park...it is interesting to say the least...

but after today..at least until thursdy, i will not be able to take my morning walks...we will be hosting iftars every day. i need to be prepared for that.will i increase my weight without the walk? that we will see...

Food!!

New resolution

2007-09-24T10:58:00.000+03:00

My previous attempts to lose weight had been futile efforts. none worked coz i just simply do not have the time to limit myself to *stale tasteless food*...

Now both my kids have started school..meaning till 4.30pm every weekdays, i have plenty of time for myself...to do what i please...

So..food limitation? Yes.. i do try to decrease my coke... i do try to decrease fattening stuffs ..(pls note..decrease..not eliminate)... my aim is to lose weight thru walking... i will say walking for now... my original plan is *cycling*..but considering that the kids have just started school n the early session schoolexpenses r sky rocket high... i am postponing (though my heart breaks) this cycling thing for one year..well.. at least i think i am confident that halil can afford to buy me a bicycle (a bicycle..ie mountain bike costs the cheapest 320YTL with 18 vites and the most expensive 1600 YTL with 24 vites)... i am used to the 21 vites..so i will aim for that...maybe i will save money for that myself.. we will see..

For now, i walk...it has been a week now. i walk with an estimate of 2 hours a day..

i am the type who losses weight very hard and can gain weight almost instantly... genetics i suppose..so to lose weight... i need to work extra hard for that...and for one week.. i think i have lost 2 kg...and can u imagine? only lose this much despite doing all the walking while fasting..

i am not going to give up... i am determined this time... my aim is to lose 20kg within 7 months... i dunno if i will succeed..but i will not give up trying. that is for sure..

but i can feel how my morality improves every walking days.. perhaps that is because i listen to yaasin while walking.. perhaps as my soul feeds on the holy words of Allah... it calms me down? i dunno...but i feel much much more alive than before and my stamina has improved to a great deal...

we will see how it goes....wish me luck!

Food!!

Phase 2

2007-03-28T18:29:00.000+03:00

I cant say we r actually doing the phase 2 of the diet..not really... particularly halil..it is sohard on him... our status right now is...

halil:94.9kg
simah: 73.3kg

we r deviating... how much...that is the question... i cant control halil's diet when he is at work...but at home, i am trying to steer him to the right amount of to be eaten food... these few days, i see him eating during midnight again...we will see... as for me.. my new addiction of my home made soya drink is disturbing the peace of my diet... but i cant help it... i miss malaysia so much...will update later...

Food portions

2007-03-16T20:00:00.000+02:00

I have regained my 1 lost kilo hehehe i think maybe because i sort of increase a bit of the food portions...1 thing i like about this diet is...

one slice of bread for example...can be replaced with.....(prepare for a longgg list)

1. a quater of yufka (filo pastry)
2. 1 small cup of Soup (any kind of soup)
3. Rice, pasta(makarnalar), bulgur, kuskus
-2 tablespoons if with oil or
- 3 tablespoons without any oil
4. Potatoes
- boiled (1 medium sized)
- as a dish (4 tablespoons)
-mashed (4 tablespoons)
5. Corn
-pop corn (1 glass)
-boiled ( 4 tablespoons = halfa corn)
6. Chessnut (kestane) -3
7. leblebi (kacang kuda) -half a glass
8. etimek (toasted bread) - 2
9. Grissini - 2
10. Galeta - 1
11. sweet biscuit - 2
12. salty biscuit - 2
13. diet biscuit - 4
14. simit (susamlı) - a quater
15. oats -2 tablespoons
16. corn flakes - 2 tablespoons
17. muesli -2 tablespoons

MEAT PORTİONS

This is one meat portion...which can be replaced with:

Red Meat
1. köfte (meatball) - 1
2. sliced meat - 1 tablespoon
3. pirzola, beefsteak, bonfile - 1 small size

White meat
1. chicken -1 egg size
2. turkey - 1 egg size
3. fish - 1egg size
4. mussels - 5
5. shripm (karides) - 5
6. lobster - 1 mediumsize

Şarkuteri (cant remember the translation in english)
1. sucuk - 4 thin slices
2. hot dog (sosis) - half
3. cocktail hot dog - 1
4. salam (salami) - 2 very thin slices
5. jambon - 1 slice

Cheeses (i wont translate their names coz i duno whether they exist anywhere outside turkey)
1. beyaz peynir - 1 kibrit kutusu büyüklüğunde
2. labne peynir -1 kibrit kutusu büyüklüğunde
3. dil peynir - 1 kibrit kutusu büyüklüğunde
4. lor peynir - yarım çay bardağı
5. gravyer peynir -1 kibrit kutusu büyüklüğunde
6. tulumpeynir - 1 yemek kaşığı
7. taze kaşar peynir 1 incidilim
8. eski kaşar peynir - yarım kibrit kutusu büyüklüğunde
9. karper üçgen peynir - 1 adet

Fruit Portions

This is for one portion...

1. apple - 1 smallsize
2. pear - 1smll size
3. orange - 1 medium size
4. Tangerine -2 small size
5. Greyfruit - half medium size
6. lemon - 1 mediumsize
7. banana - 1 small sizeor half big size
8. kiwi - 1 medium size
9. pineapple - 1 thin slice
10. Quinches (ayva) - a quater of medium sizedone)
11. pomogranate - half
12. grapes -15
13. malta eriği - 6
14. apricot -3
15. fresh fig -1
16. Sweet cherries -12
17. Sour cherries - 14
18. red plum -6
19. green plum -10
20. düt -15
21. blackberries -20
22. strawberry -6
23. peach- 1 medium size
24. watermelon -1thin slice
25. honeydew - 1 thin slice

DRied Fruits
1. dried apricot -4
2. dried fig -1
3. dried plum - 5
4. dried grape (raisins) - 1 tablespoon
5. Hurma (dates) -5adet

Fresh Squeezed juice
1. orange juice - half a glass
2. greyfruit juice - half a glass
3. apple juice - half a glass
4. grape juice - a quater glass
5. cherry juice - half a glass
6. pomogranate juice - half a glass
7. carrot juice - 1 glass

so u see..instead of just eating the boring.. meat, slices of bread n fruit..u can interchange them tomake a variety... hence u wont feel bored eating the samething everyday..this diet is quite flexible..the problem is... even though i follow the diet... i tend to expand the portions a little bit... hmmmm...

A systematic diet

2007-03-12T18:19:00.001+02:00

Halil n i..we had tried simple less excessive eating... unfortunately.. none of them work.. This time, we have decided to follow the diet program that halim n özlem r following..

Bear in mind that this diet program r divided into many stages... Here is Stage 1.

Date: 12nd March till 22 nd March
Duration: 10 days
Expected kilo loss: 4kg

Halil: 98.6kg
Simah: 75.8kg

Daily Menu

Be4 breakfast:
1. 1 glass of warm water
2. 1 glass of room temperature water

Morning Breakfast:
1. 1 match box sized white cheese or an egg
2. 2 thin slices of bread

*tomatoes, cucumber n any green veggies has no intake limit

In between breakfast n lunch:
1. one glass of milk or i glass of yogurt or 2 glasses of ayran (a drink where water, salt, yogurt n a bit of milk r mixrd together)

Lunch:
1. 2 meat portions or 4 tablespoons vegetable dish with one meat portion or 6 tablespoons chunk/minced meat in vegetable dish
2. 2 thin slices of bread or 1 cup of soup
3. green salads (no oil)

Tea:
1 match box side white cheese
2. 2 thin slices of bread

Dinner:
1. 3 meat portions or 4 tablespoons vegetable dish with 2 meat portion or 8 tablespoons vegetable dish wih 1 meat portion or 9 tablespoons chunk/minced meat dish
2. 1 thin slice of bread or 1 cup of soup
3. half a glass yogurt or 1 glass ayran or half a glass milk

Supper:
4 fruit portions

I will scan in the portion measurements later when i have the time. Let us just say that one portion of meat/chicken shoud be the size of an egg...m the fruits..1 fruit portion is usually equavalent to one fruit

Halil's aim is to lose his weight till he is 80.. mine is 60 kg .. i want to be within that weight range by the time insyaAllah i go back to Malaysia... let us say summer 2008...

Yes... loads of white cheese..n we r expected to drink 10-15 glasses of water on daily basis
n yes... Salads r free anytime n in any amount!

Wish us luck!

Updates

2006-11-17T15:17:00.000+02:00

It was a longgggg time ago that i last updated this blog. I was busy somewhere else..other blogs to manage..

how is my weight? before going to adremit(early september), i was 22 kg overweight from my ideal weight. I think the swimming in the blue sea... the eating cereals while i was there... for a month or so i was quite..not totally..*quite careful with what i was eating..

Did i lose weight?

NOPE! why?

COKE! Carbonated drinks!!!

eversince then.. i eat but i try not to overdo my eating..i forgot at times of course... hey! i love food!! give me a break here alrite?

But i do notice one thing though.. eversince hatice has started her pre school education, i walk a lot.. i went to the banks..bla bla bla..most times, when the weather allows n baddin my superboy does not fee tired.. we walk a lot...
As a result...
though i am still as fat as ever..i notice that the thigh parts of my pants r no longer as tight as it used to.. my tummy area.. though not so obvious has decreased an inch or two... nobody in the family notices this of course except merve n halil... i notice the difference..that is what matters..

i am worried about winter... how will i go out walking wih baddin in the cold weather.. i find it exhilirating! walking i mean.. i have an indoor bicycle at home.. but i get bored cycling it.. nothing to see..it is really boring..

ihave come to a conclusion.. starvation is not my cup of tea.. the more i starve myself..the more i eat. I will need to eat in moderation all my favourite food...do loads of walking..

i am really looking forward for baddin to start his pre school education next year? i know i said i would be bored to be left alone.. but i think i am planning to exercise..i e walk more without anyone to slow me down..

or i may just ask halil to buy me an outdoor bicycle? we will see..

i need to lose my weight becoz:

1. i need to feel good about myself again
2. for my health
3. i need to be able to buy clothes from pazar.. they r cheaper.
4. i dont want to look too fat when kısmet knock at my door n i can visit my homeland..i am sure everyone will kutuk me...they r already doing it thru phone :0)

all in all.. i have no idea how much i weight right now... but i am sure there is a longgggggggg way to go before i can look decent among those gorgeous ladies i see walking on the street
Food!!

tem on diet

2006-04-30T14:43:00.000+03:00

Food!!

Tem is determined to go on diet.. He just told me... he will eat normal lunch and for dinner he will try to eat only types of salads and fruits..i am confident it will be hard for him.. but..it will be good if he can stick to it...we both do really need to lose weight..

me again.

2006-04-22T14:31:00.000+03:00

Food!!

Tem is on diet... but i somehow sabotage him...kizartma patlican as part of diet food? he needs to go on diet as the doctor ordered...for his knee sake...i need to join him too...but i cant get into the mood...give me a few more days to collect myself n my spirit.. at least nowadays i try not to cook too much oily food for him...more vegetables.. i dont think vegetables make him full..he eats less rice n pasta...i have got to hand it to himn though... at least he is trying... i will try too...a bit later... too depressed nowadays.. dunno why...my temper ignites at the very simplest of reasons... i raise my voice for much too often.. (may tem forgive me) ..i know i shouldnt..but i do.. before i enter this diet thing with real determination..i need to collect my thoughts...collect my patience.. i will..hmmm... i love my tem... i hope he can endure me some more..

Burger king...hmm..nice diet!!

2006-04-08T19:30:00.000+03:00

Food!!

Just got back..brought the kids to burger king...they have been wanting to go out the whole day..we walked thru the rain to the turk petrol burger king...ordered the kids burger menu...3 of them!! couldnt help myself...the temptation was too strong... now i realize why burger king cannot compete with mac D..first, some parts of the meat patties were somehow burnt?..the orange juice? what orange juice? It tasted sooo terrible. i left the supposedly juice where it was...is this bad taste for the whole burger king or is it only at the place i ate? That i am not certain..if there is Mac D, i wouldnt go to burger king...but the kids had a great time there and they told me that they will want to go there again... if i must go there..i think i will just stick to something *healthy* like coke?
tsk tsk...insaf simah...insaf...

I ate..

2006-04-08T12:49:00.000+03:00

hmmm... i am full..

breakfast?-an orange and fresh milk..
lunch...?? hmm...let me see..1 bowl of action man soup...2 bowls of kapuska (hey!! i love kapuska with loads of chilli!!) ..and for drinks... iced coke (red alert red alert!!!)
.. dinner i expect will be late...halil will come home around 9.30pm...i suppose i will eat kapuska (again!!!).. .but waiting for halil to come home...what will i stuff myself with? hmmm pls do not ask me that question...

I Think..

2006-04-08T09:35:00.000+03:00

i will need to cut down on coke....coke only once a week?

I Wish..

2006-04-08T09:23:00.000+03:00

I wish i can say that i dont dream the body i used to have when i was in my 20s...i wish i can say my love for cooking and eating does not affect the accumulation of tremendous weight i have....being good looking...at least ok looking ..not with that lumps of fat left,right,back, front,up and down...it is depressing really...since everyone else is slim and good looking....diet? i have tried...i just cant stick to one...it went well a couple of months ago..but like in 2 weeks' time, i gained all the fat i had lost....it does brings one down....i wish i am better looking selulitwise...but not doing about it wont be helping anyone..least of all me...so do something simah!! do something!!

First of all..

2006-04-08T09:21:00.000+03:00

ME and Diet???