aSalaam uAlaikum and Good Evening My Stylish Sisters...
I know it's been a loooong time since we last saw eachother, and I'm so sorry! It's crazy to me sometimes how quickly time passes subhan'Allah. It seems like only yesterday I was sitting down at my laptop, determined to start a blog where I could express myself and my views on topics important to me, and now we've had over two years together! When I sat down this evening to check in with my favorite fashionista muslimahs, and noticed it's been almost two months since we last visited, I was shocked and ashamed at how negligent I had been!
Well, anyways, I'm glad to be back, and I hope insh'Allah that you ladies are glad too.
I guess the biggest news to share with you is that I've lost some weight! Yay Me! I was so fed up with not feeling comfortable in my own skin, that I made a conscious decision to make some changes in the way I was living my life, and alhamdulillah it has definitely paid off!
The first step to my transformation was a Detox Diet that I did for one whole week. I didn't eat any dairy, meat, white flour, sugar or caffeine for seven days. It was hard to stick with (it doesn't sound too hard, but once you start thinking of all of the things you normally eat, you'll realize they probably have one or more of what I just named) but alhamdulillah I was able to finish the week, only cheating once because I ate two Ritz crackers. Since I finished the diet, my cravings for chips and sweets have pretty much disappeared, and I get full much faster than I did before. Two months ago I was a size 14....and now I am a nine!! Insh'Allah I can keep it up and get close to my pre-baby weight so I can feel comfortable with myself once more.
One of the best things about losing weight is that all of your clothes stop fitting anymore which means YOU HAVE TO BUY NEW ONES!!! My mom and I planned a Girl's Day together, and this past week that "Girl's Day" turned into three "Girl's Day"s in a row! It was a great Mother's Day present to eachother to spend the day chatting, lending support, enjoying eachother's company, and of course encouraging eachother to spend way too much money LOL. I can't wait until my own girls are old enough that they enjoy these girl's days with me, the way I've always loved them with my mom.
Because work has been picking up alhamdulillah, and there is a possibility that my position within the company might change sometime in the next few months, I decided that I should invest in a few classy business pieces. I had never shopped much at Express in the past, but I decided to check out what they had, and ladies....I think I may have found my new favorite store. They had beautiful suit jackets of varying lengths, colors, and fabrics...the most adorable collared short-sleeve shirts in tons of colors to wear under them, and some of the nicest quality jeans I've seen since Seven Jeans went downhill. I decided to wait on the jeans until I got down to my ultimate weight goal (they were pretty pricey for jeans I will insh'Allah only be wearing for a month or so until I lose more weight), but I got a suit jacket and this adorable shirt to wear under my work blazers in a few different colors.
Okay, so it's hard to picture how well it can hijabified just by looking at this picture, but I wear these tops with a tank underneath (just in case my scarf rides up) with a longer blazer (like the one below by Ann Taylor) and loose fitting trousers or a skirt and (of course) a pinstriped, or color-block scarf. All in all, these are basically a professional-looking pop of color to go with your business suit.
Ladies, if you live here in the United States, and live anywhere that the seasons actually change and tank tops and short skirts are the only thing available in the summer, then you KNOW how impossible it is to find nice, modest, cotton clothing that will be cool, yet still modest enough for the summer months. That's one reason I loved Express so much, the store had plenty of long skirts, long sleeve cotton shirts, and tunic length tops to be just the right amount of "fashionable", while still maintaining the vital "modest" factor! I have definitely found my new favorite store!
Well my Amazing Muslimahs, I would love to sit and chat all night, but unfortunately my java is wearing off, and my eyes are slowly drooping. I must be off to get my beauty sleep (I need as much as I can get LOL), and to dream about the chocolate cakes and potato chips I can longer eat. It was lovely to see you ladies again, and insh'Allah I will be back sooner than later.
Ma'Salaama and Happy Healthy Eating!
Fashionably Yours,
The (Size Nine...yay!) Mujahada in Prada
I know it's been a loooong time since we last saw eachother, and I'm so sorry! It's crazy to me sometimes how quickly time passes subhan'Allah. It seems like only yesterday I was sitting down at my laptop, determined to start a blog where I could express myself and my views on topics important to me, and now we've had over two years together! When I sat down this evening to check in with my favorite fashionista muslimahs, and noticed it's been almost two months since we last visited, I was shocked and ashamed at how negligent I had been!
Well, anyways, I'm glad to be back, and I hope insh'Allah that you ladies are glad too.
I guess the biggest news to share with you is that I've lost some weight! Yay Me! I was so fed up with not feeling comfortable in my own skin, that I made a conscious decision to make some changes in the way I was living my life, and alhamdulillah it has definitely paid off!
The first step to my transformation was a Detox Diet that I did for one whole week. I didn't eat any dairy, meat, white flour, sugar or caffeine for seven days. It was hard to stick with (it doesn't sound too hard, but once you start thinking of all of the things you normally eat, you'll realize they probably have one or more of what I just named) but alhamdulillah I was able to finish the week, only cheating once because I ate two Ritz crackers. Since I finished the diet, my cravings for chips and sweets have pretty much disappeared, and I get full much faster than I did before. Two months ago I was a size 14....and now I am a nine!! Insh'Allah I can keep it up and get close to my pre-baby weight so I can feel comfortable with myself once more.
One of the best things about losing weight is that all of your clothes stop fitting anymore which means YOU HAVE TO BUY NEW ONES!!! My mom and I planned a Girl's Day together, and this past week that "Girl's Day" turned into three "Girl's Day"s in a row! It was a great Mother's Day present to eachother to spend the day chatting, lending support, enjoying eachother's company, and of course encouraging eachother to spend way too much money LOL. I can't wait until my own girls are old enough that they enjoy these girl's days with me, the way I've always loved them with my mom.
Because work has been picking up alhamdulillah, and there is a possibility that my position within the company might change sometime in the next few months, I decided that I should invest in a few classy business pieces. I had never shopped much at Express in the past, but I decided to check out what they had, and ladies....I think I may have found my new favorite store. They had beautiful suit jackets of varying lengths, colors, and fabrics...the most adorable collared short-sleeve shirts in tons of colors to wear under them, and some of the nicest quality jeans I've seen since Seven Jeans went downhill. I decided to wait on the jeans until I got down to my ultimate weight goal (they were pretty pricey for jeans I will insh'Allah only be wearing for a month or so until I lose more weight), but I got a suit jacket and this adorable shirt to wear under my work blazers in a few different colors.
Ladies, if you live here in the United States, and live anywhere that the seasons actually change and tank tops and short skirts are the only thing available in the summer, then you KNOW how impossible it is to find nice, modest, cotton clothing that will be cool, yet still modest enough for the summer months. That's one reason I loved Express so much, the store had plenty of long skirts, long sleeve cotton shirts, and tunic length tops to be just the right amount of "fashionable", while still maintaining the vital "modest" factor! I have definitely found my new favorite store!
Well my Amazing Muslimahs, I would love to sit and chat all night, but unfortunately my java is wearing off, and my eyes are slowly drooping. I must be off to get my beauty sleep (I need as much as I can get LOL), and to dream about the chocolate cakes and potato chips I can longer eat. It was lovely to see you ladies again, and insh'Allah I will be back sooner than later.
Ma'Salaama and Happy Healthy Eating!
Fashionably Yours,
The (Size Nine...yay!) Mujahada in Prada
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