TABLE SETTINGS

Special Occasions come about frequently, birthdays, dinners, business meetings, etc. Proper knowledge of the various etiquette skills can keep you from making embarrassing blunders around colleagues, family or friends. Sometimes you may be visiting another country that may have particular eating styles and customs than what you are not accustomed to. For instance, some countries eat with their hands, sit on the floor or have strange exotic foods. Researching the culture before you go to an event, would definitely be an asset.

HOW TO SET A TABLE?

This is an interesting concept. When you learn about table setting when dinning you will automatically know what you are going to be served. Also, its is great lifestyle tip that would help you when having family gatherings, romantic preparations, business dinner or any other reasons that you are required host an event. I am here to help you better understand and prepare you for such an occasion. It can be used as decorative additions around Christmas time or throughout the year.

When learning about table setting, familiarize yourselves with the following terms:-

CHINA: 

No, not the country. It refers to decorated or non-decorated dishes made from porcelain. Items that are classified under china are:Dinner Plates 

• Salad Plates
• Cups
• Saucers 
• Bread and Butter Dishes
• Charger
• Desert Plate
• Soup Bowl 

GLASSWARE:

Referring to the different types of glasses used in dining. Items classified under glassware are:

• Water Glasses
• Red Wine Glasses
• White Wine Glasses
• Champagne Flutes
• All purpose Glasses

FLATWARE:

All utensils that are used to eat different types of foods. Items classified under flatware are:

• Forks
• Spoons
• Knives
• Salad Forks
• Dinner Forks
• Soup Spoons
• Teaspoons
• Butter Knives 
• Fish Forks
• Desert Forks 
• Desert Spoons
• Etc

Set what you need according to what you would be having. The diagrams below will illustrate formal and informal table settings. 

Fig. 1

 Fig. 2

Check my Facebook page for links to Youtube videos on both dining style and how it should be done.

Happy dining everyone!!!

Attribution:

http://www.etiquettescholar.com/etiquette_scholar/dining_etiquette.html

Herbalife!

For those wanting to know what are the benefits of Herbalife, what it does, and any other questions, please feel free to take a look at the videos below or ask me in the comments section below.

P.S. - Herbalife Trinidad and Tobago is approved by F.D.A. and only carries a fraction of the products. These products available are:

Formula 1 – Health Meal Nutritional Shake Mix:-

Key Benefits

· A healthy meal with up to 21 vitamins and minerals and essential nutrients.

· 9 g of protein and fiber help support weight management.

·   0 cholesterol; 0 trans fats

·   Formula 1 gives you protein and balanced nutrition.

Herbal Tea Concentrate: -

Key Benefits

·          Jump-starts thermogenic (metabolic) activity

·         Boosts the feeling of energy

·         Provides antioxidant support

·         Instant and low-calorie

                                                  

Protein Drink Mix: -

Key Benefits

· A healthy meal with up to 21 vitamins and minerals      and essential nutrients.

· 9 g of protein and fiber help support weight    management.

·   0 cholesterol; 0 trans fats

·   Formula 1 gives you protein and balanced nutrition.

       

    Personalized Protein Powder:-

Key Benefits

·    Helps build and maintain lean muscle mass.

·    Fat-free protein supplement to satisfy hunger.

·    Contains 5 g of soy and whey protein, and all 

    9 essential amino acids per serving.

 

Protein Bar Deluxe:-

Key Benefits

·   Chewy bar with 23 vitamins and minerals.

·   12 g of soy and whey protein blend per   serving.

·   Helps sustain energy.

Herbal Aloe Concentrate: 

Key Benefits

·         Soothes the stomach

·         Supports healthy digestion

·         Relieves occasional indigestion

·         Supports nutrient absorption and intestinal health

Attribution:

http://www.herbalife.com/

                                                                                   

Lifestyle Changing Weight Management Product!

Nothing would ever work! Well, that is what I thought about my curvaceous body. Now, do not get me wrong, I love my body and it is part of my genealogy that I have hips and a certain body shape. However, I love clothes, shoes and everything fashion.

I am not obese, I am a bit overweight and when I go to stores, the clerks sometimes smirk at me and without looking,  use the "it don't come your size" line on me. It is one thing to be on the weight management struggle but it is a other to be ridiculed in every situation. For instance,  whilst waiting on transport to Port-of-Spain with my mother a few months ago, a taxi driver pulled up, jumped out and started surveying the stand to pick his special passengers, then told a fellow taxi driver "I don't carry big people in meh car nah." People can be disrespectful, but I do not take to negativity, I always try to turn it around and motivate myself.

 A friend told me about a product he was using and assured me that its works. I was skeptical, coming from taking fad diets before, I was scared. But then a few weeks went by and when I saw the remarkable results I was bought (lol). I asked around about it and found one of my old school friends who were also took the products and sold it. His weight-loss journey was amazing, he lost 70 pounds. I contacted him via Facebook and encouraged my mother to come along for the consultation. We both made the decision to start the products after it was revealed to us what was real the state of our bodies.

 The mystery product here was Herbalife, which is a weight management product used for both weight-loss and weight gain. It is used by many individuals around the world and has helped a lot of people reach to their targeted goal.

What has it done for me so far, well I started the program at 191 pounds and a month and half later I was 180 pounds. What I liked about the product for me was the fact that the weight loss happened throughout the body, I loosed weight from my face, neck, arms, and back first. 

Now after using the product for two months, due to unforeseen circumstances I was unable to use it for a month.  I used the time without the product to see whether I would re-gain the lost weight. Surprisingly, I did not!

Herbalife's goal is to change a person's lifestyle habits. It is not a quick fix or a magic trick but a real solution (I would say) for persons looking for help. As for my mother who started at 228 pounds, she is down to 211 pounds and feeling wonderful. We are going to start our journey again from Monday and I will keep you guys posted on our progress.

My First Journey

My Coach - Nathan Thomas

P.S. This blog is not for advertisement purposes but merely to provide information.

Unhealthy Weight Struggle

Fat slowly picks up residence within your body and takes hard work to get rid of it.  Many people in today’s society struggle with this dilemma and are always looking for ways to get their weight managed. In this piece I would share my personal struggle with weight gain.

 Listen people, I started working in an office type environment from the age of 19 and four years later I realized that I was almost 20 pounds heavier  and unhappy with the way some of my clothes would often fit. I started the gym but unfortunately work and school was my main priority which made it unsuccessful. I sometimes paid for the monthly subscription for the gym and would make it only twice for the month. I found myself at a point where I felt lazy and unmotivated to move forward. Not being able to lose the weight or keep active began to take a toll on my appearance, my health and my mood. 

I would eat unhealthy and mostly rushed dishes, not paying attention to what was going into my body. Then it struck me that I needed to turn it around and make an effort to at least start eating better. I started having balanced meals and I squeezed in walking once per week with my mother on a Savannah near our home. However, my weight remained the same. I was trying but to no avail anything was working. I went on a couple fad diets which only resulted in me gaining more weight because I deprived my body with an extremely low calorie non-nutritious diet.  

There are many reasons that the body gains unwanted weight over a period of time. My reasons were simply because I skipped my most important meal of the day which was breakfast, I ate late at night, and I often took to crash dieting. I would get an idea and start a 10 day diet and when it is over I would lose a few pounds but quickly regain the same amount and more shortly afterwards. 

In my next blog I would provide a personal review on how I jump-started my weight loss and how it works for me. 

Stay tuned!