Shutting down my Heartstrings Weight-Loss Blog.

Time to Move On!

 For those of you who follow my weight-loss blog, I want to say "Thank You". I started this blog over five years ago to share my weight loss journey and many of  you have been my loyal followers and friends. 

I have decided to put this blog to rest and start a new one .There are a lot of reasons why I want to start a new blog, and shut this one down. 

 One reason is to have control on who is reading my blog and keeps those that I don't want reading my blog away. In other words, keep the haters away!!

My new blog will be again all about my weight loss journey, what I will be doing and how much weight I will be losing. I will share tips, recipes, quotes, pictures, successes and failures  and much more!

I am excited to start this new blog because it means, a new beginning  with a different prospective.

 for those of you who want to follow my new blog, I will be sharing a link on Facebook  and on my Instagram account. 

 Once again thank you for all your messages, emails, words of encouragement  and love this past five years!
(The heartstrings blog will stay in the internet for a while then it will be deleted). 

My new journey has just began!!

“When one door closes, another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

~Alexander Graham Bell ~

I AM BACK!

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”

~Confucius~

197 POUNDS GONE!!

Hello everyone..It has been a long time since I was last here, but finally I am back. I had to deactivate my blog account due to some harassment I was receiving.  To say the least life has been very interesting.
All is well now...!! and I am happy to report to all of you that I am still continuing  on my weight loss journey.
It has been a struggle, but I know that as long as I don't give up I will be okay! You are all probably wondering how much I have lost.......(drum roll please..!!!) 197 pounds.
First of all my husband and hairy son (kasper our puppy) have move to Utah, USA to attend university!!! yes we are miles away from home...(a big no no for me).. I have missed my dear family so much and as you know I am an emotional eater!! so my weight has been up and down, however I will not give up!.

Dean and I left Canada, at the end of  December. We drove 21 hours with our puppy. To say the least our trip was full of excitement and trials, but after a week we left  our home back in Moose Jaw, we crossed the border! (hallelujah)!
When we arrived Cedar city http://www.utah.com/cedarcity/ 
Dean asked me .."So honey what do you think of Cedar city?"I looked at him and started to cry. I told him I miss home!!! Everything seemed so different from back home and just knowing I was so far from my mama,and family it just broke my heart. I can honestly say that I am starting to enjoy it here more each day.



 Here are my two boys 5 days after we arrived in Cedar city. We were going for a walk! January 2013.

Thank God for the Internet, face time, texts, phone calls, emails, oh and of course Facebook!!! I often wonder how people used to be apart from their families and not have the technology we have today!..Anyways Dean and I talk to my family everyday either on the phone or via Internet. My sweet mom came to see us in March for one week and that was the best birthday gift any girl could ask for!! My mom is not doing to well, she has Lupus and most of the time she is in a lot of pain, so having her here was an amazing gift to Dean and I.



 While my mama was visiting we did a lot of shopping. Here we are at Walmart..


 Dean and have met some wonderful people that have become like family already. Americans are very friendly people, at least here in Utah they are. 
 Well my friends I will continue writing this coming week. Hope you can visit my facebook page. I have over 8,000 followers! My page is "Fat talk. losing 300 pounds

                           Remember to think healthy!



Celebrating my Birthday and Shaping the New Me!

"When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no "I’ll start tomorrow." Tomorrow is disease.



Celebrating my Birthday the healthy way!

 I am  learning about how important a healthy lifestyle is it is crucial to make sure that I do not throw this knowledge away because  I am celebrating my Birthday which in my eyes, is a very special occasion. In fact, a special occasion seems to warrant treating one’s self better not worse. And, in reality when one eats poorly, one is not treating one’s self well. This year I decided to celebrate my Birthday as healthy as I could. I had asked my mother in law to bake me a healthy, yummy cake. I wanted to be able to enjoy a piece of cake with out worrying about how many calories I was eating. I searched  high and low for the perfect recipe. And guess what?..I found it.
This year my Birthday was very different from past years. I had a healthy salad, lemon water and a healthy piece of cake!.. and a positive attitude towards my body.  I felt very proud of myself to be able to continue being focus even when it was my Birthday. I have made up my mind that I am not able to take holidays from this healthy lifestyle!
I found my Birthday cake so yummy that I would like to share this recipe with everyone. So here it is. Get yourself a pen and paper so you can write down and make it for your Birthday!. Enjoy:)

Angel Lush

 You will need:

• 1 pkg.(4 serving size) Jello-O Vanilla Fat Free Instand Pudding.
• 1 can (398 ml) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained.
• 1 cup thawed Cool Whip 95% Fat Free Whipped Topping
• 1 store-bought angel food cake (284g)
• 10 big fresh strawberries.

Make it:
Mix dry pudding mix and pineapple in  medium bowl. Gently stir in whipped topping
Cut cake horizontally into three layers. Place bottom cake layer, cut side up, on serving plate; top with one third of the pudding mixture. Repeat layers two times.
Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Top with strawberries just before serving.
 Preparation time: 15 minutes. Total time: 1 hr 15 min. Makes: 10 Servings.

 After eating a piece of this cake you will not feel guilty!

Calories:130  Total Fat:1.5g  Fibre:1g  Protein: 2g

"Those who think they have no time for healthy eating, will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”