Hello Friends!!

I wanted to say hello to all of you in one of my favorite yellow eyelet dress – spring/ summer. More details on this outfit below.

As you all have noticed, I took a little break from blogging and this is my first post of this year. I had an excellent start to the new year with a lot of vigor and vitality. No, I did not have writer’s block or blogger’s block as I wrote few drafts but I could not get a big chunk of time to sit and edit and write all the posts. I have been busy nonstop with my progress on the professional front, did some organizing of my living space and refinished 40-year-old hardwood floors in my parent’s house :). Hopefully, I will write a blog post on hardwood floor refinishing in few months.

It appears that this year is going to be a busy year for me but I will try to get at least one post in a month and more if time permits. It is because I noticed I am very slow in writing a blog post and it takes me anywhere from 15-18 hours to write one detailed blog post.  I have thought of writing some short blog posts as well like this one ;).

Weight Gain and weight loss

Can you imagine, from New year day to March end, I gained 11 pounds. I really don’t know what happened, maybe  I had too many things in my mind.  I just ate too much food and I could not sleep without eating a bowl of ice cream. My sweet tooth was all over my appetite. All my pants and trousers stopped fitting me and I struggled every day to find clothes that fit me.  And then, I decided to do something about it and read few articles on weight loss. So, I have been on my weight loss journey since March 26th this year. I have successfully lost 10 pounds so far in 5 weeks. These pictures were taken last spring 🙂 as I could not get into this dress this spring.

What I did to lose weight

I eliminated sugar, bread, pasta, rice, grains and beans/lentils from my meals. You might be wondering what did I eat then? ;). I added eggs for my breakfast, protein shake with green superfood powder along with 2 tbsp of flaxseed once a day in between my meals of soup, green veggies and low carb/ low glycemic index fruits. I drink black tea now as opposed to me drinking a 2 tablespoon sugar with my tea along with creamer. That was the hardest part but It’s paying off.  I needed a tea with sugar and creamer first thing in the morning. I have replaced that habit with two glasses of lukewarm water first thing in the morning. Flaxseed chips instead of bread with my meals occasionally makeup for my bread cravings and have learned to bake my own low carb flaxseed bread at home.

By no means, this is a sustainable diet meaning I don’t think I can follow this diet for rest of my life but what keeps me motivated is to follow this diet till I achieve my desired weight an eventually eat my normal diet along with this diet in moderation once the goal is achieved. 

I do 20 minutes of cardio first thing in the morning after drinking water and I leave one weekday as cheat day where I eat in moderation one whole meal because of family get-togethers. Once, I have reached my goal of weight loss, I will share more details of what I did to lose weight, what worked and what did not.

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Yellow eyelet dress – spring to summer

This Yellow eyelet dress – spring/ summer is one of my favorite dress from ASOS, similar here.   I love the intricate details of this dress. Just to sum it up an eyelet fabric, a corded tailor fit, and lace details make this one of my favorite dress. Waistband gives a nice shape even if I gain few pounds here and there ;).

outfit details

Dress Asos similar here, here, here 

Sunglasses Guess similar here here here 

Bracelet Macys similar here here here 

Bag Kate spade similar here here here 

Shoes Amazon similar here here here 

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Thanks and let me know

Hope, You enjoyed this little update from me and I will continue to update you on my weight loss journey. Please share this post on Pinterest, facebook, twitter or Instagram using links below. Please do share your feedback in the comments section or reach out to me via my social media icons below. Also, tag me on your favorite spring or summer look using my Instagram account @modlotus.