6 Weeks Of Chocolate

So it has been six weeks since I started the Chocolate Diet Challenge. You can follow my weight-loss journey in my earlier posts here. So how am I going? Well it’s been a little difficult actually. Last week was a “Wedding weekend” . There was just too many restaurant outings and not enough Diet shake. I have to admit though, even though I was eating for that weekend I was STILL Hungry. This proves that the shakes are perfect at suppressing hunger. I am NEVER hungry on these shakes. In fact the only time I find myself snacking, picking or cheating is when I am pinching scraps off my kids half empty plates. (Horrible Mum Habit)

So how much have I lost? Well not nearly as much as I had hoped 🙁 but I have lost 3 kg’s and at least 1 inch off from just about everywhere.

This week I have stepped up the exercise, literally! I climbed up 200 steps yesterday whilst I waited for my son’s sports activity to start. The problem is not exercising the problem is finding time to exercise when you’re a Mum. Finding 30 mins a day doesn’t sound hard. Finding 30 mins a day where I feel like exercising and not taking that moment to BREATH is.

If your weight gain issue is FOOD then this is the diet for you! The meal replacements are yummy and satisfying. I do NOT crave Chocolate at night like I used to and very rarely have the small chocolate bar that comes in the Weekly box.

The Chocolate weight loss Sachets are available exclusively to Price line and come in individual sachets or in a weekly box for $58.99

Stay tuned only a few weeks to go and all shall be revealed, literally as I will post a before and after shot. I will also be giving one lucky reader the chance to win a trial pack.

I chatted to the Creator Dr Lily on facebook about my slow weight loss and she suggested, Green Tea, Chilli and 25% more exercise So that is my next goal.

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If you’ve been around here long, you know that I’m in a perpetual battle with my stash. I feel like I haven’t bought yarn in years unless I needed it for a specific project. I knit fairly a lot, and crochet some, too, but it feels like my stash never gets any smaller.

It’s not just the unused balls of yarn that are a problem. In fact, maybe a bigger issue is all the odd balls and leftover bits that seem to pile up without any effort. Even though I love scrappy projects (and knit a whole sweater dress with scraps earlier this year) it still feels like a never-ending quest to use up all the little bits.

So I’m always on the lookout for good patterns that are made to use of the extra bits of yarn. If they are super easy, too, that’s so much the better.

So it is with the Lalu Scarf by Sheena Stone. This any yarn, any gauge pattern is designed to use up whatever scraps you have on hand (assuming they’re mostly the same weight or can be held double to make the same weight).

It’s a tube scarf worked in the round, and she specifically notes that she works it outside in, so the back of the scarf is on the outside as you knit. The needle tips are on the part of the circle farthest away from you as you knit.

It also has an attached I-cord edging, which sounds really time consuming but does give the edges a nice, finished look.

The way the colors are changed as you knit you don’t really need a lot of each color. It would probably be good if you had at least enough of a color to complete one round, but you can change colors more often than every round if you need to because you’re using all your tiny bits.

Grab the free pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Sheena Stone.]

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