Eat more to lose more?

Check this out...
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/20-superfoods-for-weight-loss-212436

Quinoa, goji berries, buckwheat... wtf can I get some of that stuff???
Guess who's gonna be hitting the health store asap.

while on the topic of super foods...

Pomogranet... a tiny 8 oz bottle of this luscious fruit juice costs an arm out here...
and to think of the numerous trees we had growing in my childhood home - 10 Nowley Ghar.
I could have cared less to eat one of them.... hated the hard seeds and thot' of them shrubs as weeds... thorny branches and all!

Custard apple... papaya.. mango...coconut...lemon...fruit trees grand mom planted all over our property...and lovingly cared for by her and mom!

the cloyingly sweet perfume of jasmine... 3 varieties of them... baby pink rose bushes...december flowers... kanagambaram...red techi... champangi...kodi champangi... fill my heart when i think of home.
will my li'll girl ever learn to string flowers on a thread and wear them in her (gelled n plastered down with coconut oil) braided hair?

hot summer days... playing with the neighborhood kids... cricket and hide n seek being an all time favorite.. followed by 4 corners, badminton...

not to forget the broken glass windows by budding batsmen... only to get 'grounded' by grand mom... whole afternoons... we had to not just stay indoors but take a NAP! used to be my most dreaded time out!
it is only now on being mom to 2 kids do i get why my mom so wanted us to nap!
There are days when i longingly fantasize about both my kids going down for a 2 hr uninterrupted nap while i indulge in a midday siesta ... sighhh!!!! if wishes were horses.. n pigs could fly...!
sleep used to come so easily to me as a teen... I remember sleeping round the clock literally... wake up in time for lunch... skipping b'fast altogether... well i was also 90 pds and skinny as a stick!!
those days ain't coming back too soon baby!

visited Nowley Ghar with my sis Jones and Ryan this time when i went home... just in time to take some pics which will be savored for many many years to come... here's a picture n a video as well.

PS: the last room i try to film is my bedroom ...which i of course 'had to' share with my 2 sissies all 10X10 ft of it!!! :) i think it helped us build life long bonds with each other...
which is why my kids share a room ... at least until one of them complains that is!

Seen here is the mango tree of which i have eaten at least a minimum of a 1000 mangoes my entire life.. and that's just me... it bears THE most luscious mangoes i have EVER tasted in my life! legend has it that my mom's dad sent the family a basket of mangoes from Salem one summer n someone ate one of them n chucked the seed out the window which then eventually grew to this magnificent tree that has easily borne fruit to feed 500 people over its entire life span!
note to self... ask mom what the breed of mango is called next time i yak with her.

kahan se shuru karke kahan aa paunchi mein...
its 10.47 and its back to the grind stone tmrw being Monday n all..

shedding pounds...

a major challenge most folks face in life! I am kind of an expert on the subject.

After all I did shed a collective 76 pounds over the last 5 years!

I gained 40 with Rehwa's pregnancy and 36 with Ryan.

Six months after I had Rehwa I had lost only 20 pds of the 40 i had gained and I was in size 12 jeans. I signed up for Bikram Yoga. The studio was right in the basement of my office building... which was kinda convenient.

Boy! was I in for a HOT ride! 90 minutes in 120 degree heat!
After my first class I could feel every single muscle ache n creek... even muscles that I didnt know exist!
After just 3 classes I had dropepd a whooping 3.5 pds! Who-hoo!

In 12 short weeks I lost the 20 pds I was holding on to! Not all from practicing BY tho'! I did try exercycling / other kinds of work outs and ALSO a major cut down on my calorie intake.

With Ryan I thot the magic would work again!
Not so lucky! Its 2 years since his birth and I am still holding on to about 4 pds. Tho I am the same size all over as before. Go figure!
I am not complaining... just annoyed that it hasn't been easy this time around!

My major source of encouragement has been sparkspeople.com An amazing web site with articles that really help me stay tuned to my goals and even work out routines.

In addition I took up Pilates.. and I am a fan!
Swimming / free weights / gym... done it all! I carry my 30 pd toddler every chance I get and my biceps are real lean and muscular!

I have realized the reason for the slow weight loss after my second pregnancy has been my love for food.
I am a major evening time snacker and I find cutting back at sunset has helped me shed pds easy!

My friends and family compliment me allt eh time on my wt loss...
All said and done... I am not there quite yet...

132 pds - Thats where i will find my 'Peace of body'

September is already here!!

was it just me or did August fly by like a gust of wind..?

  
 
Ryan turned 2 and my lill boy wore blue jeans for the first time!




  Rehwa went back to school... all grown up and in grade 1! New shoes..new jeans ... new backpack and all.

sometimes I want my kids to hurry up and grow up...other times i want them to stay lill for just a wee bit longer.

Ryan's losing his chubby cheeks and the chubby rolls of fat on his thighs.
I won't have a 1 year old baby anymore....wahhhh!

Cute film...

while browsing an unrelated website I came across this post by a dude called Vinay:

A 1-minute *SILENT* film ("Hi") I wrote/directed is showing online and competing in Toronto Urban film festival. It's a silent film because it will be also be showing Saturday(09/06/2008) in the Toronto subway television screens. (too much noise for the commuters to hear anything)

It only takes a minute to see! They will select the AUDIENCE WINNER based on the vote. Please VOTE for my film.

http://www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/node/312