{How to get a FLATTER TUMMY}

Summer is still in full swing, at least I hope for most of you... That means we will be more often wearing a bathing suit or anything that will reveal more 'TUMMY'. Now the question of How to get a FLATTER TUMMY... Let me show you some great tips from.

Swap your jelly belly for some lean, mean stomach muscles...

Eat three servings of vegetables every day this week...

Want a sexier tummy, better blood pressure, and the energy you had 10 years ago?...

Get yourself a pedometer and start walking.

Good carbs include most fruits and vegetables; 100% whole-grain anything...

We only use whole grain, for all baking and for our popover pancakes etc. 

Our delicious bread comes from Costco wholesale.

Are you eating 100% whole grain anything too? Love to hear your thoughts!

Costco Wholesale  sells them in a 2-Pack and they weigh 2 lbs or 908 g.

It is yummy and healthy!

Read labels carefully for low saturated fat and trans fat close to zero...

Our Costco bread is excellent as it has zero trans fat! See above photo with Nutrition Facts.

Stair climbing we do a lot daily as we have a two-story home.

Are you also climbing stairs daily?

The bigger your waist, the higher your stress...

Guess summer time is the perfect time to relax!

Did you know that releasing tension will also ease stress eating?

Watch portion sizes, choose healthy foods...

About portion sizes you should read friend Celia's High Heeled Life post about:→Size DOES Matter...  

Plate sizes have increased by 50% since the 1960s!

It's true that your waist is more important than your weight!

Okay, my waist is 70 cm (27.6 in) and my weight is around 52.5 kg (116 lb). 

My height is 167 cm or 5' 6"... Now you know all about me!

Notice that husband Pieter keeps me 'CHAINED'...

It is however a good reason for NOT gaining as this 22 kt gold chain, a dear souvenir from our life and work in Indonesia, would burst.

Does your husband/partner keep you chained as well?... 

Reward yourself...

Are you daring enough to reveal your waist size?

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{Our arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia}

As promised in my previous post Fly with us to Jakarta, Indonesia, now I show you some photos of our arrival in Jakarta at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Click on the hyperlink's photo gallery to see this beautiful airport. It is designed by French architect Paul Andreu, who also designed the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France.

Of course it makes one longing for a shower and a good bed after two nights on the plane. Our last years of consulting we were fortunate to use the day-hotel of Mercure Schiphol Terminal in The Netherlands. That way at least you can sleep for several hours during the 12-hour lay-over and get a refreshing shower.

After arriving in Jakarta, we always used a taxi from the Blue Bird Group, for taking us to the  Aryaduta Hotel. This used to be Hyatt, now it is under the Lippo group. Driving the toll road it gets you into the busy city of over 9 million people. Arrival at the airport would be around 16:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Remember that between Georgia, USA and Java, Indonesia there is a time difference of 12 hours. Our night is their day! Actually we did make this commute to our work in Indonesia a total of 21 times, from Atlanta, USA.

Good morning Jakarta; Selamat pagi Jakarta...

Naturally we would wake up very early the next morning, almost before dawn... Sunrise in Indonesia is around 6:00 o'clock, year round. Sunset is around 18:00 o'clock, also year round. One has to get used to the shorter days as this country is right on the equator.

The view from our room at the Aryaduta hotel was incredible, almost like a painting...

A bustling city is waking up!

This is taken from the Hyatt lounge where we had our breakfast with great view from the huge windows.

 Packed up and ready for the last leg of our journey to work... waiting in the lobby of the Aryaduta hotel.

It feels great for having had a nice bed + shower...

My leather journal has been written and the newspaper read.

Here you can see where we are and where we are heading to.

Indonesia is the 4th most populous country in the world and is very spread out. See my link below (Fly with us to Jakarta Indonesia) for a map of Indonesia in relation to the USA. 

The flight on KLM Royal Dutch Airlnes made a stop in Singapore, before reaching the capital of Indonesia; Jakarta.

Our final destination is Yogyakarta by plane, but this trip we will go by helicopter...

At Halim, the military airport of Jakarta.

Getting our luggage into this helicopter... 

Ready for the last leg of the journey...

Baggage handling is easy.

Pieter is already  seated and I will have to get next to him in the center seat...

Take off...

The view from the heli was breathtaking but it is very hard to capture on camera...

Two pilots are on board as is necessary in Indonesia, a country that is full with vulcanoes. Mount Merapi which is near Yogyakarta is 2,930 m (9,613 ft) and last erupted in November 2010. Previous large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta earthquake.

Indonesia is in the ring of fire, an area with a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Due to the clouds coming in, we could not reach our final destination in Central Java on the Dieng plateau. So one more hotel night in Yogyakarta and early morning we finally arrived.

English is widely spoken but often in a funny way.

As is here used on the sign of Hellypad instead of Heli Pad...

This is in the mountains, at one of the mushroom plants' location.

Stay tuned for more about our consulting work in Indonesia near the Indonesian Twin Volcano Sumbing-Sindoro...

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{Updating my readers before getting to Jakarta}

Since several of my readers not seem to know what kind of consulting work we did, this might be a good read for understanding a bit more. 

Click this link: {Angels engraved on lucky calendar coin of 1969} as it tells our story best.

Also my husband's LinkedIn Profile tells a lot.

As well as my LinkedIn Profile... just click on both for knowing more.

Drawing by artist at Imperial College, London where my husband Pieter gave a paper for the ISMS Congress.

P.J.C. Vedder

Principal of a famous Training Centre

From youth up―getting  them Mushroom minded

at VIIIth International Congress on Mushroom Science 1971

Next post I will take you to our Arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia...

Stay tuned!