Good for eyelashes!?!

Ok, so this post has nothing to do with dieting, losing weight or yoga.  Today I was talking to my mom on the phone and she mentioned she'd seen a video on youtube about using petroleum jelly or olive oil on your eyelashes to help them grow.  The reason why she mentioned it to me was because she noticed last time she saw me that I lost a remarkable amount of eyelashes compared to just a couple of years ago.  I used to always have really full and thick eyelashes.  My Japanese grandmother used to think I wore falsies all the time.   

Sure I'm getting older, and the eyelashes aren't growing as fast as they used to and I noticed a few spots that are thin.  Last year I tried out Max Factor's Masterpiece High Definition Masacara Waterproof Black and it was really horrible.  It just didn't work well with my eyelashes, it felt like I was putting on black thick goo with an awfully designed rubber spiked so called brush.  It would straighten out my curled lashes and when I washed it off (even with eye makeup oil), it'd yank out lashes.  So I ended up with a few bald spots.  Thankfully my eyelashes are in better shape now, but it's never quite recovered.

The only reason why I bought that mascara was because I ran out of Shu Uemura's Basic Black Mascara, my ultimate favorite.  So I had to run to the local place here that sells mascara, and the sales lady recommended that Max Factor one for my type of eyelashes.  Shu Uemura stopped making Basic Black Mascara, and now they made a new Ultimate Natural Mascara to replace it.  I'm still using the last tube of Basic Black so I don't know how the new Ultimate Natural will be yet. 

Anyways, I'm thinking of trying the jelly on the eyelashes thing, to see if it helps out a bit.  I get really dry skin out here, have issues with eczema when I'm here in Sweden.  But as soon as I go home to Japan it goes away within a week.  So I'm constantly using this super heavy duty Swedish cream called Idomin salva on my dry skin spots, I guess I can just rub them on my eyelashes too.

I'll have to do an update later on to see if I notice my eyelashes are growing better or not.

Food Log (6 December 2011)

Today goes in the book for 80/20 kind of day. I made some dorayaki with my cousin inlaw today, and had a small one. Dorayaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We had about 2 inches of snow overnight. I had to do my penguin walking to not slip in fall. I don't know how the Swedes walk around on the snow and ice as if no big deal. I should buy spikes for my shoes .

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and soy milk.

Snack: Dorayaki (Japanese sweet pancake redbeans)

Lunch: 2 slices of rye bread with a little bit of last night's leftover pork and zucchini.

Snack: 1 clementine and 1 piece of shortbread.

Dinner: Eggplant, ham and bacon tomato sauce with spelt pasta.

Exercise: Pushups and crunches.

Food Log (5 December 2011)

It snowed over night and it felt really winter like today. Cold air and slippery walkways. It's time to start walking like a penguin.

I was at my OH's nephew's bday party, and got two compliments from both his sisters. Do have to admit it felt really nice that they noticed it. It's almost hard for me to imagine that I was much heavier 5 months ago. Hopefully in another 5 months I'll reach goal weight

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and soy milk.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: A peeled apple with cottage cheese and pumpkin seeds.

Snack: 1 piece of shortbread.

Dinner: Pork with zucchini and mushrooms, and quinoa.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (3 December 2011)

Having a food weekend, but a much better one. Having some low GLs with some naughties.

Yesterday's food was Schnitzel salad for brunch, and hot dogs with multigrain fiber buns. Lots of snacks here and there some low GL and some weren't.

Today was ok meal wise, but had a bunch of none low GL snacks. Though it's my food weekend so I'm ok with it

Brunch: Hungarian Goulash with half a slice of rye bread.

Dinner: Hungarian Goulash with half a slice of rye bread.

Christmas Challenge Update 8!

Ok so I'm far from my goal, but at least this time I have a minus so it adds to the total goal weight

Cranberry Christmas Challenge 2011
(3 weeks to go!)

 

lose 13lbs (5.2/13)

Twenty Second Weekly Update!

So I have to say that I'm really happy today.  I didn't expect a loss at all this week.  Why???  The past weekend I was naughty and ate alot of high GL foods, and didn't even keep track of it.  Though I have been working out and being good with my food the rest of the week and it seemed to pay off a bit :) 

Low GL is so forgiving and so kind.  I haven't been losing as much as I want to, but I know I haven't been following low GL too well recently.  Naughty holiday foods, and of course the get together with friends and family doesn't help either.  Oh well, I just really look forward to the holiday season being over.  Not that I don't like the holidays, the foods are so wonderful.  Though they aren't wonderful when you're trying to lose weight.  I can understand why so many people begin their diet after New Year's day, and not diet during the holidays.  I'll be happy if I can lose some more weight during the holidays or not gain any weight.

Right now I'm at really strange size, I'm not big enough for my fat clothes and not thin enough for my normal to skinny close.  I'm sorta in between clothes sizes atm.  I also feel that I'm not fat but I'm not normal size yet.  Some days I feel I'm huge and some days I feel normal size.  I am glad to say that when I see myself in the mirror now I recognize myself :)

I'm thinking of posting pictures of my progress so far...  maybe a before fat picture, a fat picture and a now picture.  

Here's the 22nd weekly weight update:


-0.8 lbs (-.36kg)  

Total amount since started: -21 lbs (-9.55kg)