Return of wander woman

I am back! Hungary was brill as usual. Heres a pic of my baby and my freinds babies in the hot water of the lake on a freezing friday morning. Lovely it was!Not wanting to bore you (but going to anyway), the food for the holiday was strange.

When we got there on Thursday afternoon I had Hungarian goulash soup and a slice of bread.

That was it for the day. DS and I then went for a Thai Massage. I had a full body and DS had an oil massage. Lush.

Friday morning I had museli with chocolate bits in from the little shop and later a banana. Then DS and I had a Russian massage. Very invigorating and fresh. Then we went off to the lake and

we swam for 3 hours and then grabbed a salad.

Saturday I had a banana, and then we went for lunch at a really nice restaurant. I had a vegetable omelett.. and only ate half. Went swimming in the lake again fo 45 mins and then in the evening we went out again. I had a mouthful of liver, some lettuce and a small pancake with nuts.

Sunday I did hardly anything as we had the maseur come to the apartment, and I felt lazy all day after that. So we ate a packet of crisps and a couple of yoghurts. I went out in the late afternoon with DS and had a salad with chicken strips on top. Didn't manage all of this... probably ate abou 3/4. ----> Yummy!

Monday we got up early. I had a banana, then went to the manicurist and had my nails done and they look awesome. Then back home for an hour's Swedish massage and then off to the lake for a couple of hours swimming. I was starving after that so we went off to get some dinner. Found a lovely place that we thought was a restaurant, but was in fact a swish ice cream bar and had a couple of boules of ice cream. Then went to another restaurant with the others and I had 'Rooster stewed with its balls' Yes. That was the dish of the holiday! Last year it was "Prisoner in the Gaol Foxy Soup". This time it was Rooster balls!!! HA HA.

For any one wanting to know, they taste like strong Brussels pate... but warm! Rooster is very gamey and strong and has to be stewed for half a day to make it tender. I didn't eat very much. 1 ball, a chunk of rooster and one sheet of what looked like boiled lasagna.

All in all the meals were little. I left food on my plate each time. I was going to have what DS had and just eat what he ordered and left, but I didn't fancy what he had, and also he ordered things with potato and meat without a sauce... It would have been too dry. So apart from the wine I drank - 3 bottles - I did great.

I will weigh myself tomorrow and see how I did.

Some Good Reasons to Eat Less Meat

There was a good article in the New York Times yesterday encouraging people to eat less meat. Check it out and let me know what your think.

Treadmill Workouts for Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama looks really fit for her age. She just celebrated her 44th birthday last week. The highly publicized story is that she works out most weekday mornings on her treadmill, starting at 4:30am and is in bed by 9:30pm. She has two daughters aged 5 and 8. I'd be interested in getting more information about her actual workout routine, can anyone supply some good information?

Apples instead of Donuts

Kathy was told she had high blood pressure and had to lose weight. She started on the South Beach Diet in June and had lost 49 pounds by this January. See her story and a couple of other stories of people who want to lose some weight at the New York Times today.

The art print above is Apple Modern.

Weight Goal Success for Heather

Heather has been fat since her teen years. But now at age 31, she is very slim for the first time since childhood. She weighs 140 pounds and her height is 5'9".

She lost 110 pounds in just over one year. See her inspirational story at CNN.

Acai Berry And Weight Loss

For many centuries, the health benefits of acai berry was unknown outside of the Amazon , but today more and more people are discovering the health enhancing power of this antioxidant-rich berry.

Benefits of Acai Berry -

Acai Berry cleanses and detoxifies the body of infectious toxins and accumulated fats from the body, which leads to weight loss.

Acai Berry increases the metabolism in the body, which helps in burning fat from the body. It is s a natural product available at reasonable cost. It helps in weight loss only if a person is willing to control his diet. None of the product will work if the person is eats carelessly.

Acai Berry is a rich source of protein and dietary fiber which helps in weight loss.

Acai Berry helps in sound sleep.

It has high levels of omega 6 and omega 9 fatty acids which play a role in lowering cholesterol level.

Anti aging - Acai Berry slows down the aging process.

Superfood - It is known as one of the most powerful superfood (a general term used for foods that provide significant nutrition and are believed to fight diseases)

Pedometers as a Weight Loss Gadget

There's been several studies that show pedometers can be helpful to encourage people to get moving and walk more.

In this other study from a few years ago, researchers found that sedentary women had a higher BMI and a higher belly fat ratio than more active women. This would seem obvious to most people but the numbers are interesting anyway. Here 80 middle-aged women wore a pedometer without changing their activity level for a week. The researchers measured their body mass index (BMI) as well as waist and hips (to determine belly fat).

The average sedentary person walks 2,000-3,000 steps per day.

This study found that women who typically walked less than 6,000 steps had a BMI of 29, 44% body fat, a 37-inch waist, 42-inch hips, and a 0.87 waist-to-hip ratio.

6,000 to 10,000 steps had a BMI of 26, 35% body fat, a 32-inch waist, 40-inch hips, and a 0.80 waist-to-hip ratio.

10,000 steps or more had a BMI of 23, 26% body fat, a 29-inch waist, 29-inch hips, and a 0.75 waist-to-hip ratio.

Basically those who walked less had more total fat, and more centrally located fat.

Walking 10,000 steps is doable in 30 minutes time.

The pedometer shown above costs less than $20. It's the best-selling Omron Pedometer