Okay I am so so proud of myself, i really need to congratulate myself on my diet in the last past weeks which has consisited of
many many packets of crisps
fizzy drinks galore
chocolate like its going out of fashion
take out processed food
fruit and veg oh no didnt want to upset the regime!!!! what is wrong with me!!!! depression that is what, anyway Im going to my mums soon so inshallah i will try and "fix" my self.
Monday, 10 August 2009
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
What you eat today, you will wear tomorrow!
So lets see i have totally neglected this blog which was supposed to be a regular thing, and also neglected my healthy eating regime, my beauty regime, everything out of the window. you know what as soon as I am depressed which is quite regular, I just let everything go, I dont bother with anything and look for quick fixes to make me happy again. the weeks that i was looking after myself I looked and felt better, now I feel sluggish and horrible, skin looks dull. I read somewhere what you eat today you wear tomorrow, this is so so true. I really really want to do this and inshallah 
I will.
Anyway a quick mask that is meant to tighten the skin and make it look nice is just milk. use a cotton wool ball and dip it in a saucer ( bowl whatever) of milk and just apply to the face avoiding eye area. leave on for 5 - 10 mins and wash off( do this before bath or shower as you dont want to be smelling of milk!)
I will.Anyway a quick mask that is meant to tighten the skin and make it look nice is just milk. use a cotton wool ball and dip it in a saucer ( bowl whatever) of milk and just apply to the face avoiding eye area. leave on for 5 - 10 mins and wash off( do this before bath or shower as you dont want to be smelling of milk!)
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Suncare
Im in a foul mood, but this is suppose to be my retreat, i will not bring the negativity in here!
Anyway i just wanted to share somethings about sun protection, i think that as asians we dismiss this easily as we think that it is not necessary but honestly it is still very important, unless you want to have wrinkles well before your age and Asian skin develops pigmentation otherwise known as age spots. I did some research into suncare and i found that what you use might actually cause more damage than good. A few years ago I fell in love with the Liz Earle range, and one thing that she says about sun proctection is the difference between chemical and mineral sunscreens...well actually read it here
okay i bought this product i think about a year ago but didnt always use it ( naughty
naughty...but you have to actually leave the house to allow the sun to hit you right!) anyway it kinds leaves your skin looking really white until it can soak in, i think if you have darker skin then you have to make sure that you dnt look like a clown. other products that i have found that contain mineral filters as opposed to chemical filters are Johnsons baby skin care and nivea baby skincare lotion, but i cant be sure if they are talking about the exact same thing.
Anyway a little story as I was growing up I wore glasses and I would not be seen dead without them .... but you know there is a certain stigma attached to wearing glasses especially for us bangladeshis, so my mum use to try her utmost to keep them away from me, and the more she did the more I wanted them. by the time i hit my teens my mum got increasingly worried, until one day she introduced me to the idea of contacts, i was not at all keen, you see years of wearing glasses meant that when i took them off I had a very distinguished white line going across the bridge of my nose. but there was my mum wanting to make me more marriagble material and glasses just wouldnt do! so what did i do....lol, i got cotton wool and stuck it with moisturiser to my face all except as close as i could get to the white mark, then i spent endless hours in the sun tanning the bridge of my nose......finally i got there! the things i did for mum!crazy crazy crazy! i should have just waited for my self made chemical face peel but that wasnt to happen till 2 years later!
Today
french toast wit beans water
rice with chicken and salad
vegs from a fish curry
pepsi, almost a whole tub of pringles kitkat ( im depressed )...by the way i heard on a programme that to work off a tub of pringles require 2 and half hours worth of heavy duty gardening..... oopps
jackfruit
still night time meal to go probably be chicken and meat again!
Anyway i just wanted to share somethings about sun protection, i think that as asians we dismiss this easily as we think that it is not necessary but honestly it is still very important, unless you want to have wrinkles well before your age and Asian skin develops pigmentation otherwise known as age spots. I did some research into suncare and i found that what you use might actually cause more damage than good. A few years ago I fell in love with the Liz Earle range, and one thing that she says about sun proctection is the difference between chemical and mineral sunscreens...well actually read it here
"There are several good reasons why we do not use any chemical sunscreens (such as benzophenones, homosalate, benzene derivatives or cinnamates). Firstly, they can trigger allergic reactions in those with sensitive skins. Secondly, some studies indicate that they may actually encourage free-radical activity - potentially damaging skin cells and accelerating skin ageing. By contrast, non-chemical sunscreens reflect UV rays away from the skin and do not allow them to be absorbed.
Our non-chemical sunscreens include broad-spectrum naturally derived mineral filters such as Titanium dioxide and Zinc oxide. You will find both these in our Sun Shade sun protection range - ideal for daily protection for all the family. And you will also find Titanium dioxide as a non-chemical sunscreen in our Daily Eye Repair."
Taken from : http://uk.lizearle.com/index_2.php?userpage=faq#SUNokay i bought this product i think about a year ago but didnt always use it ( naughty
naughty...but you have to actually leave the house to allow the sun to hit you right!) anyway it kinds leaves your skin looking really white until it can soak in, i think if you have darker skin then you have to make sure that you dnt look like a clown. other products that i have found that contain mineral filters as opposed to chemical filters are Johnsons baby skin care and nivea baby skincare lotion, but i cant be sure if they are talking about the exact same thing.Anyway a little story as I was growing up I wore glasses and I would not be seen dead without them .... but you know there is a certain stigma attached to wearing glasses especially for us bangladeshis, so my mum use to try her utmost to keep them away from me, and the more she did the more I wanted them. by the time i hit my teens my mum got increasingly worried, until one day she introduced me to the idea of contacts, i was not at all keen, you see years of wearing glasses meant that when i took them off I had a very distinguished white line going across the bridge of my nose. but there was my mum wanting to make me more marriagble material and glasses just wouldnt do! so what did i do....lol, i got cotton wool and stuck it with moisturiser to my face all except as close as i could get to the white mark, then i spent endless hours in the sun tanning the bridge of my nose......finally i got there! the things i did for mum!crazy crazy crazy! i should have just waited for my self made chemical face peel but that wasnt to happen till 2 years later!
Today
french toast wit beans water
rice with chicken and salad
vegs from a fish curry
pepsi, almost a whole tub of pringles kitkat ( im depressed )...by the way i heard on a programme that to work off a tub of pringles require 2 and half hours worth of heavy duty gardening..... oopps
jackfruit
still night time meal to go probably be chicken and meat again!
Monday, 27 July 2009
Comparing ingredients.
I sampled a lush moisturiser called Celestial, actually it was quite nice. below are just some of the ingredients you will find in what i use to use oil of Olay and what i am considering to use Celestial by lush
Aqua, Glycerin, Isohexadecane, Niacinamide, Dimethicone, Isopropyl Isostearate, Polyacrylamide, Sorbitan Stearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol, Zinc Oxide, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Camellia Oleifera, Sucrose Polycottonseedate, C13-C14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, Dimethiconol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Alcohol, Titanium Dioxide, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Citric Acid, Oleth-3-Phosphate, Ammonium Polyacrylate, PEG-100 Stearate, Disodium EDTA, Tocopherol, Ethylparaben, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Benzyl Alcohol, BHT.
Vanilla Water (Vanilla planifolia), Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Almond Milk (Prunus dulcis), Glycerine, Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Fresh Dove Orchid Extract (Dendrobium), Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Triethanolamine, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
I have to say that the olay product does leave my skin looking so nice when i have got it on, but just compare the amount of chemicals in there! it is quite scary!I really dont want to put so many chemicals on my face. Do you look at whats in your pot? Do chemicals bother you?
Yesterdays menu
Waffle, fishfingers, beans, fried egg and cranberry juice ( well done for keeping up the good work, what a nutrious breakfast!!!!)
2 packets of crisps
gazillion choclate bars ( got depressed when his sister walked in the house with luggage and all for a long stint!)
Rice with chicken and salad
WHERE IS THE FRUIT AND WATER???????
Aqua, Glycerin, Isohexadecane, Niacinamide, Dimethicone, Isopropyl Isostearate, Polyacrylamide, Sorbitan Stearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol, Zinc Oxide, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Camellia Oleifera, Sucrose Polycottonseedate, C13-C14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, Dimethiconol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Alcohol, Titanium Dioxide, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Citric Acid, Oleth-3-Phosphate, Ammonium Polyacrylate, PEG-100 Stearate, Disodium EDTA, Tocopherol, Ethylparaben, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Benzyl Alcohol, BHT.
Vanilla Water (Vanilla planifolia), Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Almond Milk (Prunus dulcis), Glycerine, Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Fresh Dove Orchid Extract (Dendrobium), Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Triethanolamine, Methylparaben, Propylparaben
I have to say that the olay product does leave my skin looking so nice when i have got it on, but just compare the amount of chemicals in there! it is quite scary!I really dont want to put so many chemicals on my face. Do you look at whats in your pot? Do chemicals bother you?
Yesterdays menu
Waffle, fishfingers, beans, fried egg and cranberry juice ( well done for keeping up the good work, what a nutrious breakfast!!!!)
2 packets of crisps
gazillion choclate bars ( got depressed when his sister walked in the house with luggage and all for a long stint!)
Rice with chicken and salad
WHERE IS THE FRUIT AND WATER???????
Sunday, 26 July 2009
Why oh why
oh no we have people here that means irregular posts etc, i really did want this blog at least to be a regular thing but it looks like that its not happening, :( well i will try when i can.
Saturday, 25 July 2009
read the instructions!!!
hey welcome anchor girl, thanks for joining me! so today i just wanted to write about how important it is not to overdo anything on your skin, if you use a product and it seems to be doing you wonders , keep within the limits... here is a story that will ward you off from doing so.
Mashallah I have never really had skin problems, but still wanted super radiant skin, so when i was a teenager i was really into making my own face mask and stuff and it was great! anyway i still used off the shelf products and one particular deep cleansing product i used i think was called skin clear, anyway it stated to be used once a week.... buy hey why listen to them, i used it daily for about 3 or 4 days can't quite remember then i found my skin starting to hurt, the next day when i woke up my skin looked awful i could not talk properly because it was so tight and dry i could not smile at all. as the days went on my face started to turn red ( my skin is olive tone) and it was also eid and we had guests over it was so embarrassing! anyway it got worse over the course of 3 days. i would compare it to someone who had been severley sunburnt. by the end of the week, the top layer started peeling ( i can hear you all laughing! stop it it was horrible!) any way after myself made chemical peel, mashallah i got my skin back! my mum threatened me that if i ever dared use anything again she would kill me! so i stopped using all of that and stuck to making my own stuff... so beware!
todays menu
beanburger, toast salad cranberry juice
crisps
roasted fish with salad leaves and chicken curry aubergine and marrow in batter and rice
water ( small portions of each thing)
2 packet of crisps!!!! ( not good!)
pepsi
fish and chips with beans more pepsi
rice with curry
choc bar
okay 3 crip packets is awful!
got to stop it!!!!!!
Mashallah I have never really had skin problems, but still wanted super radiant skin, so when i was a teenager i was really into making my own face mask and stuff and it was great! anyway i still used off the shelf products and one particular deep cleansing product i used i think was called skin clear, anyway it stated to be used once a week.... buy hey why listen to them, i used it daily for about 3 or 4 days can't quite remember then i found my skin starting to hurt, the next day when i woke up my skin looked awful i could not talk properly because it was so tight and dry i could not smile at all. as the days went on my face started to turn red ( my skin is olive tone) and it was also eid and we had guests over it was so embarrassing! anyway it got worse over the course of 3 days. i would compare it to someone who had been severley sunburnt. by the end of the week, the top layer started peeling ( i can hear you all laughing! stop it it was horrible!) any way after myself made chemical peel, mashallah i got my skin back! my mum threatened me that if i ever dared use anything again she would kill me! so i stopped using all of that and stuck to making my own stuff... so beware!
todays menu
beanburger, toast salad cranberry juice
crisps
roasted fish with salad leaves and chicken curry aubergine and marrow in batter and rice
water ( small portions of each thing)
2 packet of crisps!!!! ( not good!)
pepsi
fish and chips with beans more pepsi
rice with curry
choc bar
okay 3 crip packets is awful!
got to stop it!!!!!!
Friday, 24 July 2009
water water and more water....then loo
okay so we are told to drink roughly 8 glasses of water a day, that is about 3 pints,( 1.8 litres ) i only had 3 glasses and felt that i was constantly going to the toilet! maybe im doing it wrong, instead of an actual full glass each time perhaps it would be better to sip throughout the day......need to get one of those water bottles. but i heard that your body has to get use to the amount of water you feed it, so it is a case of just to keep going!
tea and coffee as i have heard do not count towards water intake, i think herbal tea is ok, not quite sure. I thankfully am not a coffe or tea drinker and im glad of it too actually!
okay here are reasons to drink water taken from my torn and tatted health book :
- oxygen is transported more effectively around the body
- your kidneys are flushed out more effectively, so this eliminates toxins, hence less toxins reach skins surface.
- skin cells are plumped up and lips hydrated, so you should see an improvement in skin and hair!
- improves your digestive system
- slows down signs of ageing love this one!
- easier to burn fat
- okay and this one i think is well worth considering i will quote it as it is in the book "more powerful and flexible muscles in the face and elsewhere. muscles hould be 3 quarters water and if they lose just 3 percent of that they lose 10 percent in strength." so girls down that water if you wanna look and feel good!
Todays menu
1 wholemeal oat and seed bread with boiled egg
bean burger with wholemeal bread and a large helping of salad ( onions tomato, red green yellow peppers, chilli, coriander leaves, lettuce) this was really yummy oh i forgot the mayo added! but felt nutrious.
Fried fish with salad
rice meat curry with salad
cranberry juice 2 glasses
water 2 glasses
few choc brownies
packet crisps
salad with meat rice ( very small portion )
few prawns
bowl of ice cream
i think i overate again!
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