Chillisauce:




Donot fall into temptation.

Fortunately, I cant reach the 'original' spices here so the temptation is reduced. All the trimmings have to be complete for it to be real(so says my itshekiri teacher/cook) real kosher

Chillisauce:


efemenace way na A1. I can't cope with her cucumber and bland oats .

I vex buy 2 piece of cucumber. I only used small for my smoothie, the thing is just in the fridge with no one to eat it. That thing is tasteless menh

she says it is an acquired taste. Funny enough I dont mind the cucumber taste but only as a snack or to improve the crunchiness of my salad sha. My kids love it so it cant waste in my house.

Chillisauce:
How time flies.

When I was eating banga soup with sausages.
and eba.

Now I won't even touch this food with a long spoon .

God is good

It does indeed!

I would have had that Banga soup in the late evening - say from 8:00 p.m onwards - but with a lot more meat and a massive size of Poundo. And I mean massive! Then after that, I'll go sleep it off immediately.

But Chilli, why the sausage na?

smartmom:

Oh Chilli, why torment me with the yummy looking banga now eh? I havnt eaten it in over 17 years(since I left Warri) and now I drooling just from viewing this. God dey

The power of Banga soup, eh?

smartmom:

What an inspiring account! thumps up dear sis. You know I pat myself on the back each time I munch on a tomato(silently telling myself 'yes this the Efe way') and gulp water instead of my coffee or tea. I am still working on jogging though. But the bland oats aahhhh not yet! and I also tell myself when I am scrambling my eggs with a 1/4 teaspoon of soya oil, the body does NEED a little oil abi? . I am trying. I see we have about thesame ideal weight goal of 65kg to achieve. I am still 4 yo 5 kg more but I am hopeful

Lol! Your choice of words is making me giggle Smartmom! Gulping water Bland Oats but thanks all the same.

Yeah, it's a gradual process (dieting and exercise) but the important thing is consistency. Yep, healthy oils are good for the body. Olive oil, a tablespoon or two of palm oil, etc. Dunno about the Soya oil...Edwife / Chillisauce will know better. I usually tend to take my eggs boiled but sometimes, when I get the "itch" for fried eggs, I simple whip out my non-stick frying pan and just pour the beaten egg into it with nothing else added, and heat for a few minutes. It comes out looking and tasting like a fried egg, only healthier (as per not a single drop of oil). I stopped adding salt to my eggs over twenty years ago. So, if I want to spice it up, I simply add a sprinkle of black pepper and of recent, cress salad.

Like Chillisauce, I also make sure I've got lots and lots and lots of fresh vegs with every meal I take be it breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Infact, my vegs are 50% of the entire plate. Then proteins 30% and carbs 20%. A fruit or two with the meal, and then more fruits to snack on inbetween meals. Oh, and 1 litre of water per meal. I've got a couple of handy 500ml bottles. So 500ml before and 500ml after the meal. Then depending on the exercises I do, I drink lots and lots of water to hydrate.

In total, I take no less than 4 litres of water in a day.

Chillisauce:


efemena way na A1. I can't cope with her cucumber and bland oats .

I vex buy 2 piece of cucumber. I only used small for my smoothie, the thing is just in the fridge with no one to eat it. That thing is tasteless menh

Thanks for the compliment! Chilli, I so badly want to hit that 60's mark, I can almost taste the desire. I won't even mind if the scale reads 69.99kg sef...

Re: Cucumber and bland oats... I can't do without them in the mornings now. Especially the porridge, knowing that as a complex carb, it releases energy slowly during the day so I don't feel hungry immediately afterwards. But I have it with banana, na. Why una nor mention that one? The banana more than makes up for the lack of processed sugar in there. It almost felt sugary today sef.

Yep, I do love my cucumbers. So tasty. So crunchy. So good for nourishing the skin....

smartmom:

she says it is an acquired taste. Funny enough I dont mind the cucumber taste but only as a snack or to improve the crunchiness of my salad sha. My kids love it so it cant waste in my house.

Yep, it is indeed-ie.

EfemenaXY:


Thanks Kayworld26. Glad to be of help...and good on you girl for choosing to eat clean and keep fit!

You know, once upon a time, I was that same 55kg that you are on now. That was shortly after I'd gotten married. Thing is, I didn't know much about eating right, exercising, and adopting a healthy lifestyle. Infact I wish I knew what I know now. Growing up in Naija, you get told (then) that the fatter you are, the better you look as it shows you're living the good life, and then being slender is not slender but thin and "suffering". Anyway, with each childbirth, I gradually increased in size over the years. At my heaviest (last pregnancy), I weighed a whooping 102kg!

I did at one point (a couple of years before then) tried to lose the weight but I went about it the completely wrong way. I crashed dieted and fasted. Was doing 6-to-6 with some high intensive cardio. Sure I was losing "weight". Came down from 70 something to 65 kg in a matter of weeks. 3 or 4 weeks I think. What I didn't realise at that time was that because I wasn't eating properly, I was losing muscle mass, in addition to fat. It wasn't sustainable and eventually when I stopped, I put the weight back on...and more. I was tipping the scales at 80 something kg. Then I took in with my last pregnancy and went up to 101kg (just before I gave birth).

Anyway, to cut a long story short, I had to do things the right way. Not just dieting, but dieting and exercising. At a slower, more sustainable pace. It's taken me three years to come down from that 102kg to 72kg. That a loss of 30kg in three years. I'm still not yet at my target weight which is to hit 65 kg but I've learnt my lesson. To go nice and easy and at a moderate, sustainable pace. It hasn't been all smiles and sunshine for me as I've fallen off the track a number of times, but the important thing to learn is when you fall off, you pick yourself up, dust yourself, and get on with it. No one's going to do it for you, but yourself.

Wow...Nice one Efe
The highlighted is very true, like the last time i was talking with my friends about exercising, they were just laughing asking if i want to 'disappear'

Thing is even with my slim stature, i have the tendency to 'blow up', you need to see my thighs.

Thanks again for inspiring a lot of us here.

Lunch today at work

Moi moi with chicken and my sinful drink
Yes people I can't quit cold turkey ,working on it
a bag of chips
Had the pear already

Also brought half a meat pie incase of incasity
Maybe around 3.30

Healthy breakfast never gets better than this: http://opeyemioladotun..com/2015/05/for-love-of-food-amazing-delight-of.html

babyosisi:
Also brought half a meat pie incase of incasity
Maybe around 3.30

My daughter had to come peer at my screen to see why I am laffing so had. Osisi in case of incasity indeed. Who ate the other half by the way? As per the 'sinful' drink, I have this suggestion; try drinking your water with a little lemon or lime, you will get over the addiction. I did.

babyosisi:
Lunch today at work

Moi moi with chicken and my sinful drink
Yes people I can't quit cold turkey ,working on it
a bag of chips
Had the pear already

the chips are also bad for you.

Chillisauce:


efemenace way na A1. I can't cope with her cucumber and bland oats .

I vex buy 2 piece of cucumber. I only used small for my smoothie, the thing is just in the fridge with no one to eat it. That thing is tasteless menh

Cucumbers are yummy!

Carrots heavenly

Lunch

Funny enough I am also begginning to love cucumbers. Efe you are a good influence. I have used 3 sticks(Abi what will you call it ) so far this week.

Ok let me confess I added roast chicken I nefa reash to chop veg without carbs or protein. see below the actual meal

No skin though and it was roast chicken breast. I tried bland oats this morning. Yuk. Normally have Alpen fruit and nuts or granola with fruit and yoghurt but efemenaxy I don't think that bland one is for me o. The bananas made it a bit bearable though

damiso:
Ok let me confess I added roast chicken I nefa reash to chop veg without carbs or protein. see below the actual meal

No skin though and it was roast chicken breast. I tried bland oats this morning. Yuk. Normally have Alpen fruit and nuts or granola with fruit and yoghurt but efemenaxy I don't think that bland one is for me o. The bananas made it a bit bearable though

Chillisauce:




at bolded, she wont listen. Sing from now till tomorrow

Chillisauce:


You can do it.
Edwife, zemaya... what's up with the oblique muscles? I resumed the exercise.maybe the muscle will disappear later.

chilli there is a problem o. I am starting to look like a bodybuilder-my upper body is somehow ,masculine.I stopped with the weight lift,i am now focusing only on the lower abdo.

It is not funny,i did not bargain for this ...i still need my feminine body....they advice me to take a 2 weeks break,but that won't be possible,i need by abdomen pack.

all4naija:
Is that jam you sparingly spread on top of the pancake? Huh!

No, it was honey

damiso:
Ok let me confess I added roast chicken I nefa reash to chop veg without carbs or protein. see below the actual meal

No skin though and it was roast chicken breast. I tried bland oats this morning. Yuk. Normally have Alpen fruit and nuts or granola with fruit and yoghurt but efemenaxy I don't think that bland one is for me o. The bananas made it a bit bearable though

roast chicken breastss are quite healthy. Filling and low in calorie.
Don't feel guilty about adding them.
That's the only way I eat my salad.

So far I'm already down to 59kg.
Will continue until I reach 55kg then I will try to maintain it.

edwife:


chilli there is a problem o. I am starting to look like a bodybuilder-my upper body is somehow ,masculine.I stopped with the weight lift,i am now focusing only on the lower abdo.

It is not funny,i did not bargain for this ...i still need my feminine body....they advice me to take a 2 weeks break,but that won't be possible,i need by abdomen pack.

If only you could hear me laugh now.

Sorry

edwife:


chilli there is a problem o. I am starting to look like a bodybuilder-my upper body is somehow ,masculine.I stopped with the weight lift,i am now focusing only on the lower abdo.

It is not funny,i did not bargain for this ...i still need my feminine body....they advice me to take a 2 weeks break,but that won't be possible,i need by abdomen pack.

Don't stop it. Reduce it. As you get older, the weight helps keep your arm firm.

I don't like soft arms so I use my kids as weight when no time to carry the weights .

At least the arm is not dangling like "Christian mother arms ".

Carry weight helps build six packs faster as I noticed.

Btw, I ate so much junk today in a get together. I got lots of fruit now for detox.

bukatyne:


Cucumbers are yummy!

Carrots heavenly

Carrots I eat raw when very very hungry.

Chillisauce:


Carrots I eat raw when very very hungry.

Lols!

I sometimes binge of carrots sef

cococandy:

If only you could hear me laugh now.

Sorry

cococandy you owe me 100$ for body massage....

I swear coco,i am for real-my colleagues are even teasing me that i am planning to contest for bodybuilding .

bukatyne:


Lols!

I sometimes binge of carrots sef

Keep it up. It's very filling too

Chillisauce:


Don't stop it. Reduce it. As you get older, the weight helps keep your arm firm.

I don't like soft arms so I use my kids as weight when no time to carry the weights .

At least the arm is not dangling like "Christian mother arms ".

Carry weight helps build six packs faster as I noticed.

Btw, I ate so much junk today in a get together. I got lots of fruit now for detox.

Chilli not stop? do you know what i am talking about? muscles,strong upper arm... i will reduce it but i need to stop just to soften a little bit.

I ate mcdonald's toffee sundae yesterday ,my colleagues were pushing me to this.

Chillisauce:


Keep it up. It's very filling too

Yea

edwife:




cococandy you owe me 100$ for body massage....

I swear coco,i am for real-my colleagues are even teasing me that i am planning to contest for bodybuilding .

na me send you?
Face chilli and babe.

Na dem owe you. Not me

BABE3:
Cococandy

That's a full burpee. The D position is a jump. You're supposed to jump up then go back to position A. Then repeat for 2 mins.

So was the routine difficult (before you got stuck)?

Efe, yes you're right!

What does this one do for you?
Please does it enable flat waist?
Please could you post a step by step pic of the one that can enable flat waist? Thanks.

Chillisauce:


Don't stop it. Reduce it. As you get older, the weight helps keep your arm firm.

I don't like soft arms so I use my kids as weight when no time to carry the weights .

At least the arm is not dangling like "Christian mother arms ".

Carry weight helps build six packs faster as I noticed.

Btw, I ate so much junk today in a get together. I got lots of fruit now for detox.

Chilli, it's high time you start going to shursh

Kimoni:




Chilli, it's high time you start going to shursh

Why you dey bend mouth na

You never see those CWO women in Catholic churches

aka Christian mother.
It's just like the word Ghana must go bag. Nothing serious

Salad. Entrée

Suya and pasta . Main dish.

No room for my dessert. Still waiting for the meal to go down . I had an 0rgasm eating the suya. Yum yum