Since starting Weight Watchers I am pleased to say that the baby weight I’m wanting to get rid of, seems to be coming off fairly easily.

The last couple of weeks I’ve stayed exactly the same weight and I’m being very good and sticking to it exactly so I’m not sure why that is exactly but I have faith. For the first 5 weeks the pounds left me at the rate of 2 per week so I’m thinking .. don’t get disheartened or demotivated.. surely if I stick to it - it will start coming off again.

Has that ever happened to anyone else?

Anyway. OTJ wanted to know where she could get her hands on boxed cereal for low points and … this is the place!!

I am eating Shreddies. They’re tasty and relatively cheap compared to some cereals - like Special K (which is also zero points!). And.. if you eat them with skimmed (fat free) milk - on WW, you can have.as.much.as.you.like!

NO.KIDDING.

As . much . as . you . like.

Ummmmm..

Yes please!! I’ll have some of that!

These are shreddies. They are little malted waffle type square thingies.
They are yummy. Sweet enough to give you a kick but zero points!

Also zero points are Shredded Wheat

terrible photo sorry - but I think you can see…

So.
If you’d like to lose a bit of weight and sinch off an inch, then try these cereal ideas.

I’m not promising anything and I can’t say WW would probably be very happy about me giving away their secrets for free …. but .. hey..

WHO cares?

For me, 2007 is the year where everything will get better and better, from the economics, politics or even studies. Just focus what you are aim for last year that you can’t get it. And I hope this year we can have a good life and time, peaceful living environment and importantly we will be always in good health.

I, myself, have thinking about resolutions for 2007. And Yeah! Everybody must have their own plans for the year ahead. For me, this may be the first time I made resolutions and predictions if I don’t remember when the last time I made this ‘brilliant’ thing!.

In 2006, I have leaned a lot of good and bad things such as:

·        It is important to study hard for your last exam!

·        LMS (Last Minute Study) is not, I repeat IS NOT EFFECTIVE!

·        How beautiful Aussie is!

·        The importance of having family!

·        How shopping make you bankrupt!

·        How God help you, when you need His help! And it’s happen to me! Thanks Lord!

·        How eating out is affected my whole life in Singapore for the last 2 year (Before I came to Singapore: I was 160 pounds, in Singapore: I gain a horrible 100 pounds! What the heck!)

Therefore, people stop eating! And start to eat Subway! LoL and make your resolution right now and change your lifestyle!

My 2007 Resolutions are:

·        DIET!! DIET!! AND LET’S DIET!!

·        Lose 100 pounds in one year!

·        Study hard for my next super duper big huge exam!

·        Stop going out!

·        Go to church instead!

·        Less shop! Not eye-shopping! Cos 10 mins later I will tell my friends, isn’t it good to use, wear, or anything stupid, and in the end I bought those stupid items!

·        Less talk, think more!

·        Learn the past for the future! Except the eating part and shopping!

My 2007 Predictions are:

·        Continue doing DIET, going to church and going out in 2008.

·        I have lost at least 20 pounds in 1^st quarter…. Lol.. Hopefully!

Yeah! That’s all my wish list!

What’s yours? Comments!

I have to start using the date, otherwise I will forget what year this is! I hope that everyone is having a safe and happy New Year’s.

To me New Year’s is a time for thinking about the old year, and reflecting on the new year to come. I guess that is how New Year’s resolutions came about.

For reflection, I began this blog 11 months ago. I have been very fortunate in that many people who have experience with domestic violence who have stopped by, left comments, joined discussions, sent me articles and contributed in a major way. There have also been survivors who have stopped by and joined their voices to tell how it felt and how it affected them and how it still affects them. And there are families and friends, heartbroken grieving families of both the suspects and the victims families. Their grief, their anger expressed here shows just how much domestic violence affects the other people who are surrounding the troubled relationships. They show the devastation the violence leaves behind.

Resolutions:  Health and body image are big ones. Behavior changes also come high. But I am going to suggest a new type of resolution.

Try to make your community a better place to live in. Find what community organizations are available in your community and what they need. Set yourself to contributing to solution to that need.

Of course my highest reccommendation would be to locate your local domestic violence agency and see how you could best contribute to them. But you could also find children’s organizations, senior citizen organizations or any number of other helping agencies. You could also get involved with your community government, to make sure that these helping agencies were not forgotten.

Most helping organizations have a need for cash, doesn’t everybody? But if that is a problem there are other ways you can help. Most accept donations of goods such as clothing,  books, daily supplies and etc. Some accept volunteers who are willing and able to contribute their time. Your local agencies can tell you what they need. Try to help them find a way to fullfill it.

Someday I hope to see stronger domestic violence laws, and a more educated response from law enforcement and the courts. But there are other things I also hope for. Someday I hope to see national support system set up for survivors of domestic violence. The type of system where survivors will be there to help and support new survivors or those still in the violent relationship.

I also hope someday to  see a national support system for families of domestic violence victims. For the families of those who did not make it out, the families who have relatives still in the violent situation, and the families of survivors. Because domestic violence hurts more than just the known victims, it hurts entire families and extended families.

If such organizations were to develop, than that would be a force that would ensure that new, stronger laws and more education would be developed. Simply because the numbers would be staggering, more attention would be paid.

My resolution? Well, for here I resolve to learn more about domestic violence. I resolve to keep putting what I learn out there, to try to reach more people. I resolve to pay more attention to the relationships around me, to be more alert to signs of abuse or controlling behaviors. And I resolve to reach out to my local community domestic violence agencies.

And I resolve to do better at committing a random act of kindness each and every day.

Oh dear.. ah well..

Originally uploaded by Little Nut Tree.

So here it is. The picture I haven’t wanted to look at.

This my new year’s resolution - to blog this picture and then to blog one every month until I have lost the weight that I want to. I’m not brave enough to tell you how much I weigh but I will blog how much I lose each month. I will say that I’d like to lose 4st. So - here I go..

Wish me luck.

Please.