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" Come back "

2008-02-11T06:44:52+01:00

It has been a long time!

Planing a come back for a while, but haven't got around to it yet!

So hopefully, very soon, you ' ll find me in 'action' again!

Until then, keep well!

Inomini

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3.Fastbreaking day

2007-08-13T12:46:38+02:00

Down to 66,5 kg. The final day has come!

What was on the menu today?

Breakfast
40 g All bran with 50 ml milk, 100 ml orange juice and 1 tps of joghurt.

Lunch
200 g of boiled green noodles (Japan has lot's of different typs of noodles)

Breaktime
250 ml of fruitjuice

Evening meal
250 g of boiled rice with green vegetable curry
50 g cucumber salat

The fasting time is over, but the pursuit of loosing weight isn't. Even on holiday, I want to try to eat as little as possible.
I believe eating was given as an enjoyment to us. The taste, the smell, memories associated with food like," this almost tastes like my mother's cooking" are a kind of pleasure. Of course, there are the opposites, too, but I'm talking of the nice ones.
Not just eat, but enjoy the smell, the taste, the texture, chewing carefully, taking it all in. Eating consciously with all senses, becoming a gourmet. Eating a little bit, but with great pleasure, and being satisfied, that's what I want to learn.

Tomorrow we are going on a holiday for a few days!

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2. Fastbreaking day

2007-08-12T17:18:35+02:00

It got very late today. Actually here in Japan it is already tomorrow!

Although we went out again today, no "bad behaviour" to report.

This morning I had

40 g of All bran, soaked in 50 ml milk, deluted with 50 ml water, and added 1 tbs of joghurt

Lunchtime

150 g. boiled nudels and 250 ml of Fruit/vegi juice

Evening meal

100 g mashed potatoes
100 g mashed carrotes
5o g boiled, chopped up spinach

My original creation

Well, it's 1:15 a.m I better go to bed. See you tomorrow!

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2. Fastbreaking day

2007-08-12T17:01:40+02:00

It got very late today. Actually here in Japan it is already tomorrow!

Although we went out again today, no "bad behaviour" to report.

This morning I had

40 g of All bran, soaked in 50 ml milk, deluted with 50 ml water, and added 1 tbs of joghurt

Lunchtime

150 g. boiled nudels and 250 ml of Fruit/vegi juice

100 g mashed potatoes
100 g mashed carrotes
5o g boiled, chopped up spinach

My original creation

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1. Fastbreaking day

2007-08-11T16:01:20+02:00

Today was rather different form what I expected it to be.

In the mornig I had the usual: a cup of herbtea with honey and a glass of juice.

At lunch time I had the second serving of the soup I made yesterday evening. In between I had lots of water, It's very hot and the sweat is just pouring down.

Had my afternoon breaktime juice before we went to walk the dogs. So far everything was perfect.

Then my husband wanted to go bookshop, and I thought, good opportunity for some shopping. That's when it started. Not very honourable for me, but I think I should be honest!
We took our time wondering around a big department and shopping mall. Suddenly there was this lovely coffee smell. And for some reason all the discipline I had the last 10 days broke down.
We sat down had a lovely cup of coffee, and half a muffin each. While I took little nibbles of my muffin, chewing carefully, and washing them down with coffee, inside a tiny voice was saying: You got to confess this in your blog! Now it's out! Not a good example to follow!

The evening meal consisted of 150 g cooked rice in 200 ml green tea. It's called "Ochazuke" in Japanese, real traditional.

Hopfully I will do better tomorrow!

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Fasting facts (tenth day)

2007-08-10T12:46:09+02:00

The final day has come. The scale the morning told me 67 kg. Not as much as I hoped for, but anyway I feel great because I was able to do it!

My body started to loose weight so I hope, it is going to continue to do so! Still another 10 kg to go.

Tomorrow will be the first day of the fast breaking program. Will write more specifics tomorrow.

Original soup of the day:

300 g Cabbage
50 g Spinach
chop up vegis and boil in
300 ml of water with 2 tbs. of soya-sauce
mix in mixer, add another 100 ml of water

2 servings

Well, let's make for the countdown!

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Fasting facts (nineth day)

2007-08-09T12:15:52+02:00

Only one day lelft. Actually I'm quite sorry! Because I feel so great I would like to go on for a few more days. But we are going away next week for a holiday, so it will not be possible.

Some people have extended the fasting period up to 40 days, and they felt great. But beyond that it is not advisable, because the body starts to feed on essential body resources, which can cause health problems.
One more remark, usally one doesn't feel hunger while fasting.  It's amazing isn't it! If you start feeling hungry, then your body tells you it is time to stop fasting. It's a warning, before it starts to get to the resources. The timing is very individuel, and depents on ones general physical condition. So if your body tells you it's time to start eating again, better listen to it, and break the fast.

In case you want to repeat the fasting, please leave at least a period of six month in between. Remember fasting is hard work for your system!

Original soup for the day:

Pumpkin    200 g
Carrots       1oo g
Potatoe      15o g        chop up all the vegis into smal pieces

delute 250 ml of tomatoe juice with 100 ml of water, add vegis and boil until soft.
add Basil and put into mixer
after well mixed add 1oo ml of water
flavour with salt and pepper
makes 3 servings

Hope you'll come by tomorrow, too!

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Fasting facts (eighth day)

2007-08-08T12:49:46+02:00

Oh, it's really great fitting easily into clothes that formerly have been a little tight.

Felt really good today, only after coming home from shopping with two big bags full of vegis, my back needed a rest.

Actually, my main event for the day was playing the game, I talked about a few posts ago, "World of warcraft". Starting to like it! At the moment it's only a 10 day trial, but consider to buy it. The game has a lot of interesting worlds and quests to solve. Because it's an online game, and people form all over the world are participating one can make a lot of new friends. If you are the lucky owner of a head-set, you are able to communicate with the people in the game, otherwise you can typ messages. My brother told me, that 5 million people are taken up with this game, and 45 % of it are women. Even people over 60 years old are seem to enjoying the game. This as a side track!

Created another delicious soup today:

Pumpkin 250 g
Carrots 50 g
chop vegis into small pieces and boil in 300 ml of water with 1 tablespoon of soya-sauce. If the vegis are soft add
Spinach 50 g chopped up

fill into mixer
flavour with nutmeg, salt and pepper

Looks revolting, but the taste is nice!

Only two more days to go!

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Fasting facts (seventh day)

2007-08-07T11:43:29+02:00

It's steadily going down! Yeah! 67,5 kg.

My hope is I will drop to 65 kg, by the end of the fasting period!

No problems today. Woke up at six o'clock this morning and couldn't go back to sleep, so I got up had my cup of herb tea and read my bible.
What I greatly enjoyed, the other times while I was fasting, was the deep, almost coma like sleep. When I lied down afer lunch, I usually had a nice snooze. But this time it's quite different. Sleep seems to be rather shallow with kind of oppressing dreams, and after lunch time, although I would love to, I can't go to sleep. This is only a remark on the way!

Made my second original soup today! Give some to my husband for his dinner tonight.

140 g potatoes
5o g red pepper
4o g cabbage (vegis chopped up into small pieces)
boil in
350 ml of water
when soft fill into mixer and add,
30 g of finely chopped up baby dills
afer mixing add
200 ml of hot water
flavour with salt, pepper and paprika powder
makes 3 servings

Can believe only three days left. This reminds me, the ones, who said they wanted to join and try the fasting, too, I would be delighted, if you could give some feedback.
Would love to hear how you getting on.

Now I better go and do my 30 min. exercising!

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Fasting facts (sixth day)

2007-08-06T11:38:18+02:00

It's shortly after 7 pm, and for the first time I' m glad the day is almost over. Felt rather groggy today. Maybe yesterday was a little bit too much. Also talked two nights in a row to my brother in Germany over the internet until two o'clock in the morning.

Used the mixer, or do you call it blender, we purchased yesterday, to make my first soup.

50 g broccoli
70 g carrots
70 g potatoes (all vegis chopped up into smal pieces)
300 ml water
1 cube of consomme soup

Boil vegis until soft, mix them in the mixer, add 50 ml of water, it makes 2 servings.

Well, I intend to go to bed early today!

You have a lovely day!

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Fasting facts (fifth day)

2007-08-05T15:10:07+02:00

It was a full course day! - Don't worry it wasn't anything to eat, but a day full of activities. In the morning my husband suggested to go bowling. We had some fun but both of us didn't score very well this time. After that we went shopping for a mixer. Here in Japan are the shops open on a Sunday.

The mixer I wanted to have to make my own vegetable soup from now on. My husband remarked that the package soup is not very good for ones health.
Back home, I downloaded a 10 days trial of the world of warcraft game. Want to play it together online with my brother in Germany.

In the afternoon we took our dogs for a drive and walked around in a park, not to far from where we live. We had to climb stairs and there I noticed that my condition dropped. Otherwise I really feel great, but get esaily emotional.

But anyway, today is half-time. Isn't it great!
One pleasant thing I noticed this morning. The skin gets smoother! This is a very nice result while fasting, skin problems get better, the skin gets smoother, clearer and one looks a little younger! Wonderful, isn't it!

For his evening meal my husband wanted a soup that was shown an TV the other day. Because I didn't have all the ingredience, we had to go shopping again. The soup was a success!

So it was a rather eventful Sunday!

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Fasting facts (fourth day)

2007-08-04T08:43:23+02:00

This morning the scale pointed to 68,5 kg. Also my stomach looks a little flatter than before. Feel great, but not as great as yesterday, and although I don't feel hungry, my stomach now and then grumbles a bit.
It's hot and humid today, 33 degrees, one really doesn't want to go out. So I watched TV and read a book about Borderline-Syndrom. Like psychology!
Finished my 30 min. excerises just before writing this post.

Sometimes, while cooking for my husband I need to be very careful. Do you have the habbit of putting a little piece of this and a little piece of that into your mouth, while preparing a meal. I got it! Suddenly I find myself happily taking up a piece of chopped carrot, or cucumber transport it to my mouth and then a tiny voice in my brain cries: NO, YOU ARE FASTING! And it lands back on the board.

Today I want to give a hint about bad adour. Bad breath, bad body smell.
Actually it's a good sign, because it showes the body gives rid of many bad things. Fasting is not only for weightloss, or spiritual reason, but also is used often in pysical healing programs. If bad breath is noticed, like I did today, best idea I got so far is, either brush my teeth or gurgle. The body odour takes a bit more time to deal with. An extra shower, changing clothes, if possible sleeping with open window, renewing bed sheets( if you sweating a lot during your sleep) every other day, will help to feel comfortable. Washing sheets is hard work I know, but one sleeps so much better in a clean fresh sheet.

Now it's time to feet the dogs, have my afternoon drink, and then go for a walk with hubby and dogs.

Since it is still morning in Europe. Have a nice day!

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Fasting facts (third day)

2007-08-03T11:08:34+02:00

Today I feel great and energetic. The pain in my foot has disappeared completely; I fitted smoothly in a pair of trousers, that were quite tight a few weeks ago; walked to the shop 25 min. each way and did all my house-cleaning. Only the scales this morning didn't show a visible weightloss.

Every diet is a strain on the body, and fasting is hard work for the system.
Therefore easy going is good. The weekend is coming up, so it's good to relax and to pamper oneself a little bit. If you are planning a drive through the country, I advise you to sit in the passanger seat. Driving a car could be a little dangerous. Although I fell great, I noticed that my reaction and my movements are slower than usual. Everything drops a little bit in pace.
Concentration goes down a bit, and the brain isn't as quick as it used to be.
But no need to worry, it will pass.

Another thing I like to mention is breaking the fast. If for some reason it can't be continued, or the decided period had come to an end, to dig in straight away would be a great shock to the system. Two, better three days of gradually going back to normal food would be advisable.

1. Day
Morning rather watery porridge (rice- or potatoe soup)
Lunch       soup with mashed vegitables
Dinner      same as lunch

2. Day
Morning little bit more solid porridge (rice- or potatoe soup)
Lunch       mashed potatoes (or ather vegis)
Dinner      same as lunch

3. Day
Morning   porridge or cereal,  joghurt
Lunch       boiled vegetables
Dinner      Vegetables, little bit of soft meat
                  (give everything a good chewing )

In order not to gain back the weight, continue to eat moderately. Now that you have experienced one can survive and feel good with almost no food, there is no need to going back to old bad habits.

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Fasting facts (second day)

2007-08-02T05:02:22+02:00

Well, I was very happy this morning, when my scale told me 69 kg. Also it thrilled me to hear that someone wanted to join, and another one considering it.
It's always nicer, more interesting and challeging to do things together.

This morning I had to run to the toilet three time, to do business, which made me think of : Better talk about dehydration. Also it is summer, ones get hot and sweaty.

So it is very important to give the body back essential fluid. Through sweating and a kind of diarrhoea the body looses not only water but also a lot of minerals. Those have to be replaced by drinking not only water but mineral water. There are mineral- and vitamin supplements available that can be deluted in water, or be bought directly as a drink. To be on the save side, it's good to include such a drink into the program every day ,or at least every other day and an extra little sprinkle of salt into your soup.

What I like to mention to is that I'm not a medical person. I only can speak of my own experience and the few morsels of knowledge picked up here and there. But I surfed the internet this morning and there is heaps of material on fasting. Also Amazon offers various books on the subject.

Two sides I found kind of recommendable:

http://www.fasting.com/journaltoc.html
http://www.fasting.com/spiritual.html

Sorry, if there is no link, I don't know how to create one.

It's one o'clock and I better have my lunch (but feel no great hunger) and my lie-down.

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Fasting facts (frist day)

2007-08-01T11:16:32+02:00

It's 6:30 pm, the first day is almost over and I'm rather encouraged. Before, my addiction to coffee always made me feel miserable, but lately
I 'm only drinking coffee in the morning, so not an addict anymore!

A few times my stomach grumbled a bit, but after filling it up with water it stopped complaining.

Followed the program so far as described in yesterdays post. Only the 30 min. exercise and the evining meal are still on the agenda.

Looked up what the dictionary had to say about fasting.

fast - go without food, or without certain kinds of food, esp as a religious duty, (then it gives examples and later it says) season of fasting - I liked that one.

Now I better go an prepare a meal for my husband, because he wants "real food".

Almost forgot, for the record, started of with 70 kg. (a kg package must have got lost on the way)

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10 days fasting program

2007-07-31T10:29:37+02:00

Let's move on to the extreme!

Many, many years ago, even before I came to Japan, I did this program with a friend for the first time. She had this book on fasting and was all excited about it, that's why she asked me if I would like to join her in trying it out. Really needed it! At that time I weight 97 kg. We did for a week. I f I remember right she lost 8 kg and I lost 6 kg.

Did it one more time for two weeks when I was in England for language study. Lost 9 kg that time. Some is gained back, after going back to normal eating, but if careful, there is not the rebound effect of gaining all the fat one lost plus extra. Also with this program the body is set into gear of burning up body fat more easily.

Did it two times more during my language study in Japan.(helped financially, too)
Over the years I came down from 97 kg to 63 kg. Great! Only another 6 kg until reaching my ideal weight of 57 kg. Felt so good. But for some reason I could never make those 6 kg. On the contrary gradually my weight crawled up again. For a while it stayed at 65 kg. Then it jumped like a jo-jo back and forth between 65 kg and 67 kg. Since last year, when I became a full time housewife (which I greatly enjoy) it sneaked up to 71 kg. Panic! Calls for action!

Actually I wanted to do it once more for a long time, and having so many draw backs with going to the gym and my own exercise program, I decided yesterday to give it a try once more.
A 10 days intervall of fasting into the 90 days program.

In preparation for the fasting period, after having had a normal breakfast this morning, at lunchtime I only had soup and this evenings meal will be a joghurt and rice soup.

The program is rather simple!

Breakfast: Herb or fruit tea with a teaspoon of honey and 100% Fruitjuice (250 ml each)

Lunch: 250 ml soup (usally use package soup without solids)

Afternoon break: 250 ml juice (vegi or fruit)

Dinner: 250 ml soup

Soup and tea should preferably be hot

The next points have to be followed rather strictly:
Drink at least 2 ltr. of water
no coffee, black tea or alcohol
no drugs or medication (this means being physically and mentally okay )
no extreme strain or stress (holidays prefered)
after lunch 30 minutes rest (lying down with a hotwater bottle on the stomach to help the organs work off toxic substance)
30 min. exercising (to keep muscle strength)
no solids (they are creating hunger)

Okay, let's do it!

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Lost time: 7 days

2007-07-30T11:22:14+02:00

Since I feel so much better and my foot is only hurting no and then, I decided to continue my program. Noticed, that although I didn't gain any weight my trousers, slags, pants (couldn't decide which word to use) got a little tighter around the waist again.

Today I let it go on slowly to see how it will turn out, then increase the program little by little every day.

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What do you do on a Sunday afternoon

2007-07-29T06:46:05+02:00

Going for a walk?
Have a little talk?

Reading a book?
Or maybe you cook?

Watching TV?
Swimming in the sea?

Having cake and coffee?
Eating lots of toffee?

Spend your time online?
Or with a bottle of good wine?

Do you do embroidery?
Maybe having friends for tea?

Surfing in the internet?
Exercise to decrease your body -fat?

Going on a date?
Or hunting for a new mate?

So, please tell me, tell me soon,
what are you doing on a Sunday afernoon?

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Little Cookie

2007-07-28T07:48:21+02:00

This is Cookie, our little Lady, isn't she cute!

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Haven't done that in a long time!

2007-07-27T15:14:46+02:00

Today, after my treatment at the hospital, which is really helping tremendous, it was almost lunch time. Since I wanted to do some shoppping before going home, an idea came into my head. When I passed a convenience store I went in and bought a sandwich and some coffee, went to a nearby park, ate my lunch and read a book.
Haven't done that for a long time! It was so nice, it was warm and the birds were singing in the trees, everything so peaceful and idyllic.
After a good time, I did my shopping and went home.

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Temptation

2007-07-26T12:15:47+02:00

Have you heard of a deodorant for men called "axe", have seen the commercial, or maybe even using it? It's figured as irresistible to women.(If you use it, is it true?)

This is what happened this morning! Innocently walking our two dogs, when a young business man dashed by me to the subway station, leaving behind the most pleasant and loveliest scent my nostrils ever had encountered.
My eyes shut instantly and my nose, like my dog's, sniffed up in the air, and my feet almost wanted to start running after the source, to catch more of the pleasure.
Actually I was amazed how long the scent still was hanging in the air, after the bearer had run off quite a distance already.
Don't know if it was "axe" or not, but whatever it was I fell for it. Should buy it for my hubby. But - - - on second thoughts, - better not!

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It always amuses me!

2007-07-25T07:02:44+02:00

Do you have a lot of people coming to your door during the day? People like salesman, Jehova's witness, businesses offering there service? Here in Japan, there are quite a lot of them. Of course we got an interphone, but with two dogs playing up when the door bell rings, I gave up on it and always dash to the door. Calling out "hai"(yes), to let them know someone is there and coming, I open the frontdoor and quickly shut it behind me, so the dogs don't escape, look up to the caller and - sure, it's there again, the puzzled, embarassed, scared, not knowing what do do expression on the face. Call me wicked but it always amuses me, so I smile and they probably thing:"This foreigner is grinning from ear to ear, because she doesn't understand any Japanese."
The ones that stare at me, mumble a quick "arigato"(thank you) and then quickly head away, as if they have seen a ghost, I actually find very rude! What do they make me comming to the door for?

The braver ones, after recovering, speak slowly, trying to fell out, how much is understood. Suddenly the sun of relief breaks through the clouds of uncertainty and they happily state their business.

But of course, there also the fearless and cool ones. They just rattle away and - all I do is smile. (Must have learned that from my mug)

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Loved mug

2007-07-24T03:54:37+02:00

It has brightened up my days for many years now! How can one resist such a smile!

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temporary time out

2007-07-23T11:05:59+02:00

It started with a pain in my right foot, while walking, then went up to my knee and, not long after that little "electric shocks" were attacking me, whenever I made a move they didn't seem to like.
Since my leg played up on the right side, my left shoulder and neck thought they shouldn't miss out on attention and I woke up with a stiff neck! This called for action, so I went to the hospital!

They told me my muscles are very tensed and uptight (do they reflect my personality , hope not!) and this causes strain on the nerves. I thought doing exercises would loosen them up. It's probably not the exercises that are responsible, but my former job as a teacher, standing for hours, as far as the leg is concerned, they told me. An for my shoulder and neck, the answer was, too many hours at the computer, spend in a bad position. Probably partly right, my keyboard was rather high up, but I didn't tell them about my former obsession with knitting. For years I knitted every day for hours, and also my neverending struggle against weeds, I believe these are the ones to blame.

However for a while I should confine myself to "stretching", because that releases the tension of the muscles, and go for treatment, if possible every day in the beginning.(says the doctor)

So let's stretch up, out and of!

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Slight increase for, hopefully, more results

2007-07-21T10:31:58+02:00

90 days beauty program for body, soul and mind

Increased my exercise program:
Hiprolls 40/40 3 sets a day
Waist stretch 15/15
Bust-arm-stretch 15
12-min. Jogg
40 min. free dancing (like this part the best)
Massage and stretch, while watching T.V.
moving as much as possible

Soul and Mind

Reading is good for both. Do you know O.Henry? Do you like his stories? As a child I saw "The gift of the magi", which title changed to "Gift of love", and "The last leaf" at least three times on T.V. They moved my heart, nourished the soul, and made quite an impression. Found out years later, that those programs were based on short stories by O.Henry. More years past until, finally, I bought a book called "41 stories by O.Henry", which I'm reading at the moment. I like his sense of humor and the unexpected twisting point towards the end of his stories.

Conserning the mind. Since I'm not an English native speaker, his use of the language, vocabulary, expressions and idoms are rather mind-raking for me.

If you don't know him, try him!

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Second day of truth

2007-07-20T05:49:20+02:00

90 days beauty program for body, soul and mind

10. day

For some reason or another I have difficulties to be up to date.

Anyway, today I want to start with the mind(maybe it's more stimmulating).

Mind

Read the book "The dignity of the Nation" by Masahiko Fujiwara, and at first it made me angry and upset, and then my feelings changed to sadness.
Usually when I read a book, other then fiction, I read it with a pencil in my hand, adding questionmarks, comments, underline things I want to go over again etc. Never made so many disagreeing comments, queries, questionmarks in a book before. There is almost something on every page written in pencil. My husband told me this book is written as a "wake up call" to the Japanese nation. Wrapping the belief of the writer into one sentence sounds like this:

Japan, through it's "Samurai spirit", is the only nation capable of saving the world.

What do you feel reading these words? This book and the writer are very much praised in Japan, and the book is a best-seller. But somehow I feel very sad, and almost want to apologize to every other nation in the world.
I've been living in Japan for almost 20 years, concidering it my home, but knowing, that I will always be seen as a foreigner and treated accordingly. I sometimes forget, because I got so used to living here!

Body

some little inprovements.

Weight         none
Bust             - 1cm
Underbust    - 0.5
Stomach      - 1.2
Waist           - 0.5
Hips             - 2 cm
Thigh           - 0.5
Upperarm    - 0.5
Lowerarm    - 0.4

Spirit

" In the morning, O Lord, Thou wilt hear my voice;
in the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch.
Psalm 5,3

Have a lovely day!

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First results

2007-07-14T13:47:49+02:00

90 day beauty program for body, soul and mind

Every 5. day I'm going to have a progress check. Yesterday was the first one, and see for yourself, got some results. If that isn't encouraging!

Weight            71 kg       70,5 kg
Bust              105 cm    101,5 cm
Underbust       82 cm      81,5 cm
Stomach          93,5         92
Waist               90,5         88
Hips                108          105,5
Thigh                55            54,5
Upper arm         29,2         29
Lower arm         23,8         23,4

It's a start, isn't it!

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Personal revelations

2007-07-14T09:56:22+02:00

90 days beauty program for body, soul and mind

This is what I wanted to share on my 2.Day , but because of the connection problems things will be compressed.

If you want to measure progress, you have to know where you are and then where you want to go to.

So here are the revelations, the measures on the starting point and the ones I'm aiming for. (Little bit embarrassing, but here we go)

Start                                                                           Goal
Weight          71 kg                                                      57 kg
Bust            105 cm                                                     85 cm
Underbust    82 cm                                                      70 cm
Stomach      93,5 cm                                                   70 cm
Waist           90,5 cm                                                   67 cm
Hips           108 cm                                                      90 cm
Thigh           55 cm                                                      40 cm
Upper arm   29,5 cm                                                   23 cm
Lower arm   23,8 cm                                                   20 cm

Daily exercises:

Hiprolls 30/30 (3 times a day)
Waist stretch 10/10 right and left
Bust-arm stretch 10
10 min. Jogg
Massage (every body part 5 min.)
30 min. free dancing

Let's keep it up!

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What a blow?

2007-07-14T07:39:42+02:00

All my enthusiasm, of the fresh start of my blog and wanting to keep it up daily, was utterly boycotted by my computer. It refused to connect to the internet. Had this kind of problem several times before and then, miraclously, after a while the connection was back, as if nothing had happened.

Today my husband had a closer look! It seems the problem always occurs when the computer is set into stand by mode. Reactivating the computer after it was shut down in stand by mode, the connection to the net was gone. But repeating the performance, shut down in stand by mode and then reactivating, the connection was back again.
Is there an expert who can understand this logic?

But anyway, let's keep on going!

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New enterprise

2007-07-10T14:33:53+02:00

90 days beauty program for body, soul and mind

This was my 1. Day

Body:
Hiprolls right/left 30 times each, 3 sets (morning, noon, evening) - like doing hula-hoop- hopefully gives me a waist again.
Waist stretch right/left 10 times each (standing upright, feet a little apart, arms stretched up bouncing as far left or right as possible)
Bust-arm stretch 10 times (standing upright, arms at shoulderhight, fingertips of hands facing each other, swing them out counting 1,2,3, whereas by 3 the arms swing as wide open as possible)
10 min Jogg (noon)
Massage of arms, stomach, hips etc. each part 5 min. while watching a movie on T.V (Cruel intentions)
30 min. free dancing (to Billy Ocean: Greatest Hits)
Trying to move as much as possible, dance while drying dishes etc.
Drinking 1 litre of herb tea and two litres of water during the day
Selfmade facial mask: honey, extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice

Soul:
This verse from the bible encouraged me this morning:
And he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither;
and in whatever he does, he prospers. Psalm 1,3

Mind:
The book I'm reading at the moment is rather interesting and challenging. "Secrets of the millionaire mind" by T.Harv Eker

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