Yummy

Today morning i got up by 4 A.M.. Pregnancy symptoms, hungry. I was sitting and eating some strawberries and this came to my mind. I surely will never get illaneer or karumbhu here. But i will never get such a sweet and tasty strawberries there in India. hi hi

Hungry...

This post was written by me during my eighth week of pregnancy. I had enough energy to write it. but could not publish it as i dint feel well suddenly. Dreadful days were those....

Hungry, but cant eat...

Idli and thengai chutney
Pazhaya sadam and sundakaai puli kozhambhu
Puli sadam and thovayal
Neeez thanni
Noongu
Karumbhu
Illaneer and vazhukai
Mutton soup and bone fry
Killimukku maangai

hmm.. I wont get any of them here. I miss them all and most of all, I really miss all my people here. I am hungry but could not eat normally. Its my eighth week of pregnancy. continuous throw ups and morning sickness and giddiness is there. I am taking some tablet to stop vomit but most of the times, it doesn't work. Poor MM, had to cook, wash, clean and take care of mm along with his regular chores. Poor mm, had to adjust with the sleeping time, play time and denied outings by his unfit mom.
Next week, me and mm are traveling to India. Let God give all the power during the travel.

MM's turn

Now it is MM's turn to reduce his weight. Poor MM. He is trying every way. But, as the "Cooking Queen" is at home, nothing works out ;-) (No one is giving any award for me, let me give myself >;-)..) He changed from

Attractive cereals to Traditional oatmeal
Whole milk to 2% milk
Coffee to Black tea
Melons to Apples
Starbucks coffee ice cream to Carrot juice
Oil to Cooking spray in Dosais

All the above helps, but not to the desired amount. Still he could not stop eating

Crunchy snacks
In between snacks
Sweet
and he rarely walks or do exercises.

He is a man who lives to eat. But this attitude is dangerous for his age. He realized it and taking some steps. What i could do for him is to reduce the sugar, oil and other fatty items from his diet. Will update on his progress. But i am very sure, he will do it soon. ;-)

14 lb

Hurray, I did it..
I lost 14 lb(6 kg) in 4 months.. People told me that i can loose 1 lb per week. But when i started to do dieting and exercise, i was very tired and frustrated. But if i don't control my weight now, then the next baby will add another 20 lb to me, ending me into a nice fat old aunt.. Not only that, a slim/moderate figure gives a healthy life and lots of confidence and boldness.

Whenever i do some tasty dish, i felt miserable and used to think, "Is this diet really necessary?", "Who is going to appoint me as a model", silly me. But, when i see my hard earned outcome, i am too glad now.. The things which i did for the past 4 months to control my weight were
1. Yoga, early in the morning.
2. Water therapy, early in the morning.
3. Walking with mm, in the evening.
4. Black chai, at any time, preferably while mm is sleeping.
5. 1200 Calorie diet.
6. Gym, Jogging in treadmill.

One thing i could not change, my shoulders became broad and also my hips. Do any other mother have this same effect on your body? or am i still fat ? ;-)

Wagh bakri - Addicted to its taste

I really wanted to do a post on this tea.
I got this pack from an Indian store here in US. I like tea with milk so, i first tried it with milk and sugar. It was great. My neighbor suggested me to try it as a black tea. when i tried it with hot water, honey and lemon, i got addicted to its taste .. Really refreshing and has a strong flavor with nice aroma. After tasting this tea, i don't find any other tea which is as good as this. This chai tastes deliciously different.

When MM tried this tea(for the first time), i made it and gave it to him at once. I dint let the tea bag to fully infuse. He dint like it. I asked him to give another try but he refused. What to do, he is missing an excellent drink in life.

I actually shifted to tea, when i wanted to reduce my weight(otherwise i am always a coffee fan). Apart from reducing weight, tea has lot of other benefits too, which one should know.
Check them out here - http://www.waghbakritea.com/tea_health.html

Weight, u wait!!! i am going to drag u down.....

After my delivery, I gained more weight, than I could imagine. I was 55kg (121 pounds) when i was in India, before my child's birth and now I am 63.95kg (141 pounds). My son, just has turned one year now. And it is time for me to reduce my weight and give some shape to my body. I have laid some rules to myself. Lets see how it goes...
These are my rules.

1. Things to avoid:

Corn cake
Milkshakes
Muffins
Butter toasts
Whole milk
Chocolates
Biscuits
Egg yolk
Potato chips
Coffee ( Mocha, my favorite. I love to have them after my dinner, with three scoops of star bucks choco chip ice cream along with some fresh cream. hmmm. Those lovely days have gone)
(This unhealthy list is too long)

2. Things to take:

Fruits
Vegetables
Fat free milk( it taste awful)
cereals
Orange juice
(And this healthy list is very short)

3. Things to do:

Walking for 20 mins
using stepper for 10 mins
cycling for 10 mins
Other warming up exercises..
(And this list is tedious)

I am my own Master and No one to control me. Most of the time i am following the rules but a few times, i am breaking them too (After all i am naughty)...