Shopaholic? Me?

After my mum’s disability appeal to prove that she needed disability status, I bought her this sticker (see below). I thought it lightened the situation and it put a smile on her face. The reality is that the disadvantages of being disabled are horrific. I push my twins around in a double buggy that is roughly the width of a wheelchair, and despite legislation, I still find it hard to navigate around the shops. This has meant that a number of shops will not be seeing my money and that I have actually increased my online shopping. The fact is that I have the pushchair for a few years but people in wheelchairs are generally in them for life!

Breast milk is the best colon cleanser ever. The babies poop like there is no tomorrow. It is liquid and actually quite sweet smelling but it gets everywhere. I am just so grateful that modern nappies are so good. I think back to when my brothers were babies and we had to alternate between disposables and cloth as the disposables were prone to giving them rashes. Now we avoid cloth because they are less efficient and more likely than the new disposables to give babies rashes. And when someone recently asked why I did not use reusables, I simply shuddered. Can you imagine the washing load with twins!! ARGH!!

I am not sure if you heard of Jenny Craig. Apparently they launched one of the first diet plans in the US. However from jenny craig reviews what they do is supply you with a meal plan. I can understand how this was helpful in the past but the reality is in today’s world, if you are happy to eat prepackaged meals, then it is so easy to calorie count. Most prepackaged meals today come with a calorie count. And if you stick to 1500 calories a day, I guarentee you will lose weight. So personally not sure you need Jenny Craig… just Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Co-op, Safeway etc

In today’s Daily Express, they were issuing a warning about slimming pills. They claimed that “Alli could trigger a raft of issues, including pancreatitis, kidney stones, liver problems or severe fits in people with epilepsy“.The reality is that these tablets came with the side effects listed, and you should be aware of them before you actually start taking them. This goes for other diet pills and products too. In a lipozene review, it completely disparage the product claiming that it was little more than a fibre pill.

As I keep saying… if you do decide to take diet pills, do so with your eyes wide open and along side a proper diet.

I did pop to Boots and picked up some vitamins. They have a really good range of “change one thing” advice. It includes a weight loss program, quitting smoking, looking great, feeling happier and feeling healthier. The point is to change one thing and not everything, so you would need to choose what you want to change most about yourself and right now I just want to feel better. *sniff*

I was reading prenatalvitamins.org and it made me realise that when I was pregnant I was taking loads of care of myself taking folic acid and iron and now I’m not. It’s no wonder that I am exhausted (lack of iron?), have weak nails (lack of calcium?) and feeling under the weather, especially considering that I am still breastfeeding 2 babies. I ought to pull myself together and pop to a pharmacy and pick up some multivitamins. If only I had the energy. Perhaps I’ll buy some from Boots online

Every night that the twins wake for night feeds, I am grateful for my heated blanket because at least when I get back to bed it is still nice and cosy. If I could fix anything, I would change it for a fitted blanket as it keeps bunching up during the night. However I won’t complain about. Perhaps I will get round to buying a new one next year or if I find one on sale. The one thing I will insist on is the dual control as hubby and I like different heat settings!

My son asked to go to Disney Land again today. Although the twins are tiny I think we can still possibly start planning a holiday. However, I think I might be braver and instead of going to Paris might actually contemplate an Orlando vacation. However with 3 under 5’s… it will take a whole load of careful planning. Perhaps I ought to enrol myself into the army for military experience! LOL!

Here’s to dreaming of a lovely holiday. mmmm.

I need to get my car serviced and have to get myself a new service centre. I hate having to deal with mechanics as most tend to treat women like imbeciles, “what would a woman know about a car!” attitude. When I lived near London, I used to take my car to Sky Motors  and they were brilliant. Besides the fact that you were treated brilliantly, it was a fair price and I had confidence in their work. They would get your whatever the parts you need whether they were Ferrari parts or basic oil. But to get my car to them today would require a service just to get there. I guess I need to find their equivalent here in IOM. I guess I might go to Search Mann to give a look to see if they have any advice.

I was reading about foods that burn fat and apparently they include:-

1. Cayenne Pepper
2. Ginger
3. Cinnamon
4. Apples and Berries
5. Citrus Fruits
6. Soybeans
7. Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)
8. Garlic
9. Seaweed
10. Green Tea

Admittedly most seem to be garnishes… but I could happily eat apples, berries, citrus fruits and drink green tea. My question is would an apple crumble garnished with cinnamon still burn fat? If so, I am off to do my grocery shoppingand eat myself slim!