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Eat Chocolate and lose weight – Yes I am serious

March 24, 2013 by Shellie Wilson

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WEEK 1 –  So since my darling babies I gained around 30 kg and have struggled to drop the last 10kgs of baby weight.  My biggest problem is finding the time to exercise and the motivation.  I am basically a Lazy dieter who is easily tempted by food (of any kind).

So I nominated myself to participate in an 8 week weight loss challenge but not just any weight loss challenge but one that appealed to my heart (and taste buds) The Chocolate (over) indulgence Diet.

New  to the market, The Chocolate Diet is a meal replacement program that allows you to feed your angel by combining healthy natural foods with the goodness of cocoa rich and satisfying shakes to replace two meals a day, but also indulge your devil with a daily chocolate treat high in polyphenol rich cocoa, nature’s new super food.

So basically for the next 8 weeks I will be trialing this product and keeping you upto date on my progress as I go. I won’t post my before picture (required for the challenge) until I can actually see results. Let’s face it no one needs to see me in tight fitting clothes with lumps and bumps unless there is something pretty to see at the end. Stay tuned for more updates.

Want to join me in the challenge?  pickup some supplies from The Chocolate Diet website. 

 To celebrate my commitment to weightloss they are giving away one weeks’ worth of free product to one lucky Australian Craftgossip.com reader  to the value of $60. Check out the competition here.

 

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Pencil Cross Stitch Patterns

Last year I shared my cute pencil cross stitch bookmark pattern, so I thought this year maybe I would look for more pencil cross stitch patterns to celebrate back to school or the writer in your life. 

If you’re looking for a fancier version of a pencil bookmark, check out this pretty one from Embrovera. It has pretty flowers and hearts around the pencil with a stitched border. It measures 27 by 86 stitches and comes out to 1.9 by 6.1 inches, or 4.9 by 15.6 cm, stitched on 14 count fabric. 

Speaking of flowers, there’s also this floral pencil cross stitch design from Oh My Stitches Shop. The pencil is black on this one but you could make it any color you like. It measures 37 by 102 stitches and uses 17 colors. On 14 count fabric it is 2.36 by 7.08 inches, or 6.71 by 18.5 cm. 

If you want to stitch a pencil that’s a cute teacher gift for back to school, try this one from Daily Cross Stitch, which features a pencil stretched into a heart shape and a heart shaped eraser. It calls for 11 colors and is 65 by 52. On 14 count fabric that comes to 4.64 by 3.71 inches, or 11.78 by 9.42 cm. 

There’s also this cute chubby pencil with the word learn from Stitch Gallery PDF that would be cute for a teacher (or a homeschool classroom). It looks like it uses five colors and the designer suggests using a piece of fabric that’s around 7 inches/17.6 cm square for this project. 

How about a teeny tiny pencil cross stitch pattern? This one from Bella Rose Craft also includes a wee apple design, and these mini patterns would be cute as a necklace or keychain charm. And at 7 by 13 stitches you can finish this one up in no time. 

Stitch the pencil alone or with this cute collection of school supplies that includes a glue bottle, crayons and calculator. The pattern is from sosacaetano, and it would be so cute for a classroom or stitched on a card. The full design as show is 6 by 1.75 inches (15.24 by 4.44 cm) on 14 count fabric. 

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