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"The battle against extra pounds isn't won with force, with sweat, with trying to diet. It is won with elegance, with smarts and healthy choices that become automatic."
Quote from "You on a Diet"

I am 36. I live and work in Plovdiv. I live the life that I like, I love what I do...When I look in the mirror I see 14 kilograms that I do not wish to see.
Today I started calorie counting again. It's the first day of my new life and I am beyond happy!

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Welcome to the diary section of the forum, LadyF. I would love to lose 14 kg too. I'm not sure that I can, but I will follow your progress. Enthusiasm is contagious:)
 
Hi Lady F and welcome! I love the quote in your first post; is it from a book you´re using? You´re already pretty so I´m sure you´ll be stunning once you´re at goal :) Best of luck,
LaMa
 
Hi LaMa:)

Yes, it is from a book I am reading called You on a Diet.

Since it's my open diary, let me introduce myself, by answering some relevant questions:

What is your name or nickname? Lady F

What do u like to do for fun?

I write a blog, I paint, I draw illustrations, I dance salsa, bachata, and kizomba, I go to parties, I sometimes go to fitness and spa.

What diet are you following?

Grandma and I are cooking traditional cuisine every single day.

What's your favorite exercise?

Walking for hours.

Do u have a personal challenge u are dealing with this season?

I want to weigh 69 kilos.

Anything else to share?

Looking forward to meeting some great people here!
 
LadyF said:
What diet are you following?

Grandma and I are cooking traditional cuisine every single day.
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That sounds great - I´ve never eaten a single dish prepared by either of my grandmothers so I´m a bit jealous! I have to admit I don´t know a lot about traditional Bulgarian cooking though; what´s your favorite dish?
 
Oh, I have plenty of them. But the Bulgarian people eat every dish with bread - that's the basic tradition in our culture. Once upon a time, guests were welcomed with bread and salt.
 
I have a Bulgarian friend. I met her at my sister's in Baltimore in the US but she's now back in Bulgaria. She is lovely & we keep in touch via FB. We got on so well. I hope I get to see her again some day.
 
Serendipity- one of my favourite words.
I was reading Saturday's paper & there was a full page article about Plovdiv, so I looked up my friend M's FB page & she went to the Plovdiv music academy. Small world. We have more in common with one another, than we have differences.
 
I am playing with these Bitmoji avatars on FB and on Instagram, and I find them really...rewarding;) The picture really looks hot like me, when I am wearing glasses. But a very sweet feature of the Bitmoji is the belly. It really looks well animated, although I don't like seeing it in the mirror. I guess this is called self-love... you can't resist the cartoon you, even if it has flaws!
 

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LadyF said:
Oh, I have plenty of them. But the Bulgarian people eat every dish with bread - that's the basic tradition in our culture. Once upon a time, guests were welcomed with bread and salt.
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it is unfortunate that people cannot seem to discard traditions that are no longer linked to modern realities or science. many cultural diets are based on very slim factual data which existed at the time or linked to long gone causations. the way most people live and work today is far removed from what existed for past centuries. bread and salt would have been just the ticket following a day of hunting and savaging in the days when traditions were forming. not much sense in that sort of thing today.
 
Bread has always been an inexpensive way to bolster meals & to help fill people up. Not every culture or country has the same options or opportunities & even those that do, eg the US, still have a huge obesity problem.
Loved seeing those short films of Plovdiv, LadyF. It looks amazing!
 
rice and beans is a much better low cost staple. of course where necessity dictates, some concessions to dieting must be made, but frankly at this point i am spending much less on food than i ever have. even with a small patio i grew a mess of peppers last year and this year i'm going to try carrots and onions. as far as i'm concerned, that's free food. my pepper plants from last year have even managed to survive the winter and i see little new branch buds popping out already.

obesity isn't a food or a cultural problem, it is a political and an educational problem. people are ignorant to how nutrition works and the government is not interested in either education or positive action against the food industry freely poisoning us with the blessing of congress.
 
Bread (the real stuff, not the store-bought white crap full of additives) is an excellent source of nutrition, as well as delicious. Should it be all you eat? Of course not. Nobody's suggesting that you should.
And telling people they should just grow their own veggies sounds awfully privileged to me, a person living in a small apartment with not even a windowsill to put plant pots on.
 
I recently wrote an article on a very contemporary phenomenon known as "hanging gardens at home" and it looks like this. However, succulents feel better in such a garden than vegetables.
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Bread, on the other hand, is sacred for my culture. It is used in all kinds of rituals and ceremonies. It is also symbolic of hospitality.
The people looks at the bread as at something sacred, it is never left on its backside on the table, high guests are met with bread and salt, a person can not step on the bread with his feet, and during the Christian holidays the believers take part in the Holy Communion by eating bread and wine.
Does that mean it's all we are eating? Not at all, we have great local cuisine. Does it mean we are an obese nation? No!
 
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