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Loving my smoothies. It's that time of year again when I like to make smoothies. I don't know if it's a time of year thing actually but I'm in the mood for them again. So, I've been making a few different favorite ones. The Aldi sells fruit for smoothies in their freezer section and the fruit is divided up in little sacks just enough for one smoothie at a time. I will list here my favorite combinations. Strawberry-Banana Smoothie - oh yummy... to make this simply follow my instructions or be creative and come up with your own - strawberries and bananas are the perfect combo! 300ml low-fat vanilla yogurt 300ml Coolbest Strawberry Hill Juice 1 pkg fruit for smoothies (strawberry + banana) 1 banana blend till smooth - serves 2-3 Strawberry Milk Shake - we make this usually for dinner when Dad comes home because he loves strawberry milk shakes. 300ml low-fat vanilla yogurt 300ml low-fat milk 1 pkg fruit for smoothies (strawberry + banana) 1 banana optional: 2-3 tables...

FATIGUE IN PREGNANCY I didn't do any posts all of January - but I'm still here. You know how it is being pregnant - I gotta sleep... computer life - facebooking, emails, blogs - all that comes last. But I'm currently at week 11 - my energy is returning and I feel good. Had my echo today - the little peanut is looking good - very active - amazing that at 11 weeks and 2 days to be exact - the little peanut is 4.67 cm - already has two legs, two arms - and I can see the jaw bone. I really look forward to the 20 week echo - I really want to know if it's a boy or girl... my friends think it's gonna be a boy - and they were joking that they are gonna make some "peepee-teepee's" for him... we shall see!

The Goal Which One Acts On... It's really difficult to take it easy and try to just maintain weight because technically one is not supposed to diet during pregnancy - but the aim is to overcome the natural tendancies to eat junk food and instead eat good healthy food. That has pretty much been my goal for the longest time - to have self control over myself! the goal which one acts on: the realm :) ha ha anyways, the goal is to have a healthy pregnancy and body so that when the baby comes i weigh less then than i do now. yes, it is confirmed - the pregnancy test is positive - the approximate due date is aug 22 - i'm hoping for a girl... but a boy will be welcomed as well :)

ARGH... it's getting tough. so last Thursday I step and the scale and again - an all time low 205.5... but then I'm up again after the weekend. Not a problem really because by my usual weigh in day I'm down again... but it just goes to show that "eating normal" on the weekend does not mean eat as much chocolate as you want - sometimes I feel like I have no control once I start in on it though which means that I should not start - but it's real hard to say no to the things you "love." okay, a new dilemma though - I reveal something to all who read this blog - those that don't read will just have to wait till a later - more confirmed date - but here it goes - I've been trying to get pregnant for a while. And back in September I did get pregnant - but then I miscarried pretty quickly... again I find myself not having my period when I should be - so I'll take a home pregnancy test tomorrow and see what it says - but it's just that I feel ...

205.5 The number is going lower - the weight is slowly coming off - it's noticeable - especially with my clothes - they feel looser. So, I've been doing the most difficult days on Monday and Thursday - the reason being that those are the days I weigh myself... Monday's because that's when my friend does it and Thursday because that is the day I've always done it (since the beginning of this year at least). There was one thing I did differently today. It was delicious. In place of the 200g fish I could eat - I had a warm bowl of vegetarian pea soup with salsa. I had leftover salsa and it tasted awesome with the pea soup - just delicious! Then I had this whole wheat rye cracker. I'm eating those now in place of the beschuit to help keep me more regular. Well, that bowl of soup was maybe only 1 1/2 to 2 cups at the most and it was so filling. So I may make that a regular thing - eat some kind of lentil or bean soup on "Day 5" to replace the fish - which I...

Although I ate lots of sweets over the Sinterklaas weekend - I still managed to lose one pound - about half kilo. Yippee.

Never the same cake twice... is the name of my newest blog venture. This is where I will display cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes and anything related to that from now on. A link is found by clicking on the high lighted "blog" just 1 line up or by clicking on the link in My Blog List. The idea of this blog is to illicit orders for cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes or whatever. It's also a place where I can share some ideas for others. You don't have to order a cake through me - you can just get some ideas there. I'm really looking forward to the holidays. I have big plans. We have a ward Christmas dinner coming up - I plan to make a cake shaped like a Christmas tree - and I'm thinking cherry chocolate cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting - yum! And then for actual Christmas day I want to do a cake similar - with dark chocolate, almonds and cherries but with more of a chocolate glaze and topped with a pile of cake ball truffels. Then my birthday is a few day...