It’s sanni-licious

Marcia Kilgore, the founder of Bliss, ­ the Mecca for spa hoppers on both sides of the Atlantic, teamed up with engineers and designed a shoe that´s named FitFlop.

As soon as I saw them, I knew I had to have them. Truth be told, I wasn’t the only woman dying to get her feet into the latest greatest leg-toning thigh-trimming footwear…

The King’s Road Sporting Club in London, UK was one of the first shops to stock the miracle shoes and sold more than 700 pairs in three days. Owner Michael Conitzer said:

In 13 years I’ve never seen anything like this. It is the fastest-selling product we’ve ever had.

The FitFlop website apologises for the current limited availability of the sandal, which is due to it “selling out faster than you can say gluteus maximus”.

So, if you’re not already pounding the streets with a pair of FitFlops, you’ll have to join the thousands in the queue for this summer’s must-have footwear.

13 reasons why I adore my FitFlops

1.) After Luis was born I started my weightloss journey -I´ve lost 142lb so far, exercising plays an important role in this weightloss. I rarely have the time to go to the gym… so I love the idea of getting a workout while I walk.

2.) FitFlops have the potential to make my butt smaller and my legs leaner.

3.) Although I´m addicted to shoes I love to walk barefoot, especially in the summer. The biomechanically engineered Fit Flops help to recreate the natural gait of barefoot walking.

4.) FitFlops are really light - they weigh around 400g per pair. This makes me feel like walking barefeet and it makes them fantastic to take with me when traveling.

5.) Each step in my FitFlops absorbs shock from my feet, knees and back. My back feels better since I wear them.

6.) They are very comfortable while they help me to gain muscle strength, tone my legs and burn calories - toning is as easy as putting one foot in front of the other =)

7.) I´ve been wearing my Fit Flops for a while now - and I can feel the muscles of my legs working overtime, from my calves all the way up through my hamstrings to where I need it most: my glutes.

8.) FitFlops come in three colors: red, black and bliss blue. Like all these colors lots - so the FitFlops fit perfectly to my apparel.

9.) FitFlops look cute - I thought about ordering some MBTs a few months ago, the Masai Barefoot Technology training shoe, developed by Swiss Engineer. But to me the MBTs are monumentally ugly (though some say equally effective).

10.) I always wanted to own something with a “powerful new built-in micro-wobbleboard workout-enhancing effect”. =)

11.) The insoles are squishy, which help with the comfort. The sandal is the most snug at the top of my foot, and since the strap comes back farther on the top of my foot, it doesn’t “flip flop” as much when I walk so the FitFlops don´t come off too easy - I´m not afraid to brake my bones in them.

12.) Rumors abounded FitFlops help you to get rid of cellulite, too. Dreams to come true - not confessing I have cellulite

13.) Last, but not least: My French pedicured toes look very cute in FitFlops

I love “ordinary” Flip Flops… so the FitFlops, half sexy sandals, half muscle toning trainer, will definitely get my vote for “must-have” of the summer: I´ve completed my FitFlop Collection a few days ago =)

Happy TT and thanks for stopping by,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: What´s this again?
Apu: A napkin, sir.

Today the we revel the 100th edition of Thursday Thirteen! To celebrate, the girls invited us to write about our thirteen favorite Thursday Thirteen posts. I´ve visited countless fantastic TTs so far… I liked them all, but, of course, there were some I read thinking: “Wow, this one is awesome!” Me, the girl who learnt a lot during pregnancy, like: Placenta costs a lot of brain”, forgot to bookmark these TTs. So you´ll have to take potluck with my own work. Here we go:

My favorite 13 TTs:

My absolute favorite:
1.) 13 facts about Luis - Happy 1st Birthday

Some weightloss tips and tricks:
2.) 13 low-calorie diet foods and drinks I can´t slim without
3.) 13 Weight Loss Tips that help me skimming - Part I
4.) 13 Weight Loss Tips that help me skimming - Part II
5.) 13 Songs That Move Me (exercising)
6.) 13 Dietary Sins I Could Scarf Right Now

I´m a proud A-Team Cruiser:
7.) 13 “things” in my cyber cruise bag
8.) 13 ball gowns - please choose one
9.) 13 silly cyber cruise cyber shoes stories
9.) 13 facts about Currywurst (bonus: Currywurst recipe)

Random leftovers I´ve had fun with:
10.) 13 BL-Oscars: And the BL-Oscar goes to…
11.) 13 things Sanni needs (google sillyness)
12.) 13 weird Coffee2go googlies

Congrats on the Happy 100th - thanks for hosting another fantastic Thursday Thirteen, Carol and Beth! Please keep up the great work! I also like to thank Leanne, the founder and creator of the T13 microcsm.

Happy TT and thanks for stopping by,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Son, I just want you to know I have total faith in you.
Bart: Since when?
Homer: Since your mother yelled at me.

For Neila =)

Happy WW +
Happy Independence Day
to my visitors from the US

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: There’s your giraffe, little girl.
Ralph Wiggum: I’m a boy.
Homer: That’s the spirit. Never give up.

[Please scroll down for Tackle It Tuesday]

Julie has invited to join her Race to the shower - her bridal shower is 16 weeks away. Julie´s goal is to get rid of another 15/16 pounds till then. Surely I joined the race. Today in the morning I had my weekly weigh-in day. Please give me some pats on my back: I´ve lost another lb. That´s only 6 lb to go. I´ve more than halved myself (OK: my weight) since I gave birth to Luis. Hopefully this doesn´t sound swanky, but I´m too proud not to tell you! Maybe you cn share my happiness? =)

Wanna join the race or just support? Please visit Flip This Body! And please vote for Julie at the Blogger´s Choice Award. She is nominated for Best Health Blog. I don´t mind if you vote for me, too (Best Design). You have to sign up for voting, but it´s worthy. You´ll find lots of fellow bloggers to show some love to. If you are nominated, too, please let me know so I can vote for you!

xoXOxo,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: I’ll never wiggle my bare butt it public again
Lisa: I’d like to believe that this time, I really would.

weight loss
The Simpsons
Blogger´ s Choice Award

You may ask yourself: WTF? Where is Sanni´s Wordless Wednesday entry?
Well… there won´t be a WW today - our internet connection is still a mess… surfing the net and blurfing your blogs feels like being catapulted back to the Stone Age. I decided I won´t participate in today´s WW because I can´t warrant to visit other players. Having a look at all your kind comments I recieved I feel rude because I can´t visit you and leave a comment on my own.

I´ve subscribed to my fave Blogger´s in my feedreader some time ago - so I can read you, but not visit and comment. Do you use a feedreader, too, and if: Does it support the comment section?

I hope the problem will be fixed soon - although the damn so called “hotline” of our provider tells something else… like: “We didn´t register any problem so far. Please visit the arcor-speedcheck-side, up- and download the requested files and report the ticket-numbers.” HA! That´s exactly what I… uhm… let´s say: TRIED. I called the “hotline” and felt like Queen Mimi in her hilarious posting Mimi´s Minutes MEME. I could even watch a jungle growing on my legs while I was waiting for the next free line. After waiting for about one hour (*bing* one minute waiting means 12ct added to my bill *bing*) listening to Mozart´s Lullaby I spoke to a real person, asking me for the ticket-numbers.
I had to answer: “I got none.” -
“We need them. We can´t help you w/ the ticket numbers. They tell us about the port-speed.” -
“Well, lady. There´s been no speed at all. I recieved the error message: “Your connection is way too slow to up- or download any of our packages! We´ll disrupt now. Please try again later!” -
“Oooops - I´ve never heared about this problem before. I´ll put you on hold and ask the supervisior.”

After another 30+ minutes of Mozart´s Lullaby a machine told me:
“All lines are busy right now. Please try again later. Or use our internet support center to inform us about your internet problem!”
WTF??? Helllloooooo?! *WOOZA*

I hope I don´t upset anybody because I´m such a bad blogging pal at present. The only chance to be online is Frank´s work-computer at present… which is mostly occupied. But I promise to catch up as soon as possible…

Julie has invited to join her Race to the shower - her bridal shower is 16 weeks away. Julie´s goal is to get rid of another 15/16 pounds till then. I really appreciate her invitation and joined the race to get back into the loser-saddle. The Easter holidays thwarted my weight loss… way too many chocolate bunnies and other sins. Uhm… okay, it was not the holiday. It was ME munching all that stuff. However, we weigh in once a week. I faced my fears and had a short meeting with my scale yesterday. The scale didn´t do any backflips - but it didn´t tell me not to appear in groups while weighing either. It showed a +/- ZERO. I got no clue hoe this could happen… but I´m glad. That´s still 132 lb - 7 lb to go.
Wanna join the race or just support? Please visit Flip This Body! The more the merrier!

Turnbaby invited everyone to come up with some six-word-stories in her posting Oooo let´s play:

A writer’s meme.Ernest Hemingway said the best thing he ever wrote was a six-word story. It is this:

For sale–
Baby shoes.
Never used.

My challenge to you, Dear Readers and Writers, is to come up with your own six-word story. That’s all. Six words. How hard could that be? It’ll only take a minute.

I´m not a passiontated writer like most of you. I wrote some short stories and I´m working on a novel at present … but all of my work is written in German so far. I could come up with some German six-worder, but: Who wants to read them? Doesn´t make sense =)

Met him. Done it. Size matters.

I shaved my legs for this?

Alone, he was a caring lover.

Dreamed of him. Got him. Crap.

You can trust me, he lied.

George had always been a Lesbian.

Looks yummy! What is it? - Humans.

He loved people. Exceedingly their insides.

“Red!” was the co-drivers last word.

Six word stories are very addictive.

I will do better next time.

Please visit Turnbaby for more entries!

Whatever you do today, please take a minute to stop by The Blogger´s Choice Awards and vote for my blogging pal´s. You´ll have to sign up for it, but it takes only a minute and it´s free.

Last but definitely not least: My wonderful blogging friend Desert Songbird is ecsaping in a few hours. She´ll trip to Indy. I´m wishing her a fabulous vacation - snow- and rain-free of course!

xoXOxo,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: I’ll never wiggle my bare butt it public again
Lisa: I’d like to beleive that this time, I really would.