I don’t know how my new life is coming along. I went shopping looking at clothes yesterday. I found a nice pair of pants for only €4.5, too good to be true. But they were high-waisted and my entire gut came below the waist line; I looked pregnant. Not just the “is she or isn’t she”-pregnant, but really beyond confusion pregnant. Too bad since I liked the pants and they were cheap. I really need new pants for summer, I’d like a grey pair, but I’m very picky and after yesterday’s dressing room experience I’m in no mood to get back in any changing room.

I haven’t had time to get to the gym as often as I would have liked. It’s been some graduations and other gatherings away from here, not only stealing time, but also serving unhealthy food. I don’t want to exclude everything, so for special occasions I try to eat less, but I don’t skip anything. And the eating less part isn’t always easy. But I must force myself.

I wanted a new cookbook, I think we need some new dishes and inspiration is never wrong. So I was browsing the bookstore and noticed that they had a shelf with 50 % on the sale price on some books that had been left over since the sale. And I found what seemed to be a great cookbook (this was last week and we still haven’t had the time to try anything from it). It was a health cookbook with focus one light and easy cooking. It had many influences from Asia and Africa and I think that we can find some good, easy and healthy recipes in it.

So, hopefully, I’m on my way down in weight. I know that since I’m not making any radical changes it will be a slow process, but I’m hoping it will result in a healthier me.