Stephanie Andersson

I'm starting to really enjoy accounting, who would guess? From wanting to work with make up to some serious business. Maybe I should become an accountant? Well, I like it, but I don't know if I would want to have that as my profession all my life. Uh, I'm starving so I have to get something to eat and then finish some financial statements!

Grapefruit, strawberries, apple, watermelon, cinnamon! YUM! :) 200 calories!

I'm cross eyed and have a headache, which is the result of hours of studying. I feel that I've reached my limit of studying now for a while. Think I'll take a walk and get back to my books after. Great idea, especially when it's freezing outside!

Eat veggies damn it! You can eat loads and loads of veggies, there are barely any calories in them!



100 g haricots verts
100 g saurkratz
= 50 small calories!

That's about one little tiny bite of a chocolate that you can barely taste.

Kenneth Dreyer

"Do you have any tips for craving after salty snacks? Would be great if you could dedicate a blog post to that :=)"

Craving salt can be because of several reasons. One of them can be that your body lacks the minerals that can be found in natural salt, that has been filtrated away in table salt. If you have to put salt on your food, use ecologic natural sea salt. Another reason, and what I think is the most common one, is that through many years, your body and taste buds have been accustomed to a lot of salt. Therefor you've created an addiction to salt, and salty (often unhealthy) food.
A crave for salt can also be due to a lot of stress, it's a symptom of adrenal exhaustion. It is also linked to some serious health conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and sickle cell anemia. If you all of a sudden crave a lot of salt, you should go and see a doctor.

I almost never put any salt on my food. If I make dinner for myself, everything is salt-free. Although, natural sea salt contains minerals your body need (which you can get from food too).

Switch table salt to natural sea salt, try to use less every time you cook and you'll gradually lower your intake. If you for example crave french fries - cook haricots verts and use natural sea salt. I'm not a salt junkie at all, but I hope that will help :)

I just made something I think I'll become addicted to... I love it! I defrosted some small green peas, heated them up. Added basil, mustard seeds and pepper. Mixed it with a hand blender... oh YUMMIE! I'm on a detox now because I havent been well lately so I need to get some unwanted stuff out of my body.

All greens! My mixed kick-ass delicious peas, spinach and broccoli. Whats so funny is that I'm so full I wouldn't even  have room for a piece of chocolate, which I almost always crave after dinner.

Grapefruit flushes the fat away! I started my day with a red grapefruit. It has a very bitter taste but it is very good for you, so like with everything else, you'll learn to love it! A grapefruit is also very low in calories, one is about 80. It is very important to me that I get everything I need everyday, vitamins, minerals and such. Therefor, I take one multivitamins for females a day. Also four "Silica" pills a day, two at breakfast and two for lunch. Those are good for your skin, hair and nails. If you get skinny by starvation, don't get the vitamins and minerals your body needs... It doesn't matter how small your waist is... you will not look good if your body doesn't get what it needs.

Here's one tip that might be one of the best. A high metabolism will make your fat melt away. Cayenne pepper is accordingly to me a magic spice. It raises your metabolism! During my weight loss, I used this spice in everything! Literally everything! If you're not used to spicy food it can be difficult to start with this tip, but when you notice what it does to you, you'll love it! I just came back from a 60 minute power walk (burns more fat than running the same distance, I'll tell you more about that in a future post). It's time for my first meal of the day, right before that, I drink this magic drink, have my "breakfast" and then drink a cup of green tea.

Get a big empty bottle, pour in some cayenne pepper (start with less). Squeeze in half of a lemon or lime, shake the bottle and take a few sips. Keep the bottle refrigerated and sip on it during the day. Hot spices also makes you less hungry. Awesome huh? :)

I've been feeling sick all morning. I went out for a walk when I woke up but as soon as I came back home everything started spinning and had a feeling that I was about to throw up... (too much info?) So I took a bucket, put it next to my bed and just waited for it. Nothing came up! (hurray!).
I'm going to Olivia to cook some dinner together and pray that I wont be sick. She's leaving for New York city on friday, could I be more envious? I would give up pretty much everyhting right now to join her. Anyway, my cam and I do not get along today so I'll publish a photo where Olivia scratches a sexy ass.

 

My topic is in Polish, impreza is something we have everytime we meet... haha :)

Linnea sent me a message with a very low calorie meal, havent tried it yet but I will! Sounds yummie :D


"Hello, hello again!

I want to share a "dish" I usually throw together that are extremely low-calorie. Very simple but quite okay and keeps you full.

Equal amounts of frozen, chopped spinach and chopped tomatoes.
Garlic
Pepper
Salt
Oregano
Light cottage cheese

Just boil up, use the cottage cheese at the end because it tends to melt into a unrecognizable pulp.
I usually have this as filling for a vegetarian lasagne, but it is as good just like this.

As I said, no masterpiece but it's perfectly okay and low-calorie:)"

Thank you Linnea! If you've made this and have a picture of it, send it to me at stephanieandersson@hotmail.com

"Hi, how do you keep your hair in such good condition?
I use straighteners a lot and use a heat protector but it still feels
dry. Any advice?
Thanks love your blog xx"

My hair has been really messed up because of the damage bleaching has done to it. I used to always have my hair in a pony tail but noticed that it cuts off the hair where the rubber is. So now I let it hang loose as often as I can and only wear it in a pony tail when I'm at the gym. Try to not wash it too often, every third or forth day is good for your hair. Washing it too often dries it out and it becomes thinner. If you wash it often and want to try to wait a few days, use a dry shampoo that you spray in your hair. It makes it feel fresh without washing it.
The products I use when I wash it is from Joico. I have never tried anything better! My hair is much thicker now than before and I don't lose as much. If you can, try to stay away from any tools with heat. Don't blow dry it every time it's wet, let it dry but itself. Let the straightener rest some days too :)

Good morning!

I wanted to post more last night but couldn't log in to my blog, something was wrong on the site :(
Anyway, I slept well for once and woke up to the beautiful sun. Feels like I haven't seen it in forever. Time to go out for a walk and then study all day.

I found a website yesterday. You upload a photo of yourself and see how you would look if you gain or lose weight. I dont think that it's accurate at all, or even close to.. But I found it funny :)

This is how I would look if I lost 10 kg. If I would lose that much, I think I would look quite different.

Try yourself here

During my weigh loss, I drank a lot of green tea between meals. Some say that it can raise your metabolism, some studies also claim that drinking green tea reduces the risk of cancer. Hot drinks makes you crave less and makes you feel full. Drink one cup if you feel hunger pains while being on a diet. If you don't like green tea, you'll learn to like it! I used to hate tea but it helped me out so much that I now enjoy a cup :)

There's many different kinds of green tea, some of them are flavored with other spices. Try some and find your favorite. I love the ones that Yogi tea makes. I made a video a while ago which was never published, but here it is!

1. Anna;
What is curd cream?

Curd cream is the same as the Swedish "Kesella". Many body builders use it because it's very high in protein. I eat it instead of yogurt or sour cream because of the low fat content. (choose the light version)



2. Isa
How many times a week and how far will I have to run to lose 10 kg in 2 months?

Exercise gives your weight loss a boost, but the most important thing is what you eat. I would say that the diet is about 80% of your weight loss. Running is the best way to burn calories, but don't go out to strong. Start with maybe 3km the first week, 4km next week and so on if you're not used to running. When you're up to 10km in an hour, start with HIIT (high intensive interval training). Run as fast as you can for a while and then start jogging for a few minutes, and then run fast again and do that for a while, burns a lot of fat! That's what I do now.

3. yey
What do you mean with curd cream?

See the first question.

4. -
What do you do on your spare time, do you work or study? If you do, with what?

I study a few courses to get my grades up so I can start at the university soon (and get in to whatever I want to). A lot of business economics.

5. J
When you bleach your teeth, do you use the gel even on chewing surfaces or only on front teeth? Thought it would  look strange to me if I had white front teeth, but still had yellow back teeth. So I poured on the gel everywhere which made the tube empty very quick. In your videos, it looks like you have consistently whiteness of teeth throughout the mouth, it's so nice!
How many gel tubes have you used since you started, and how long ago was it?
Then I would also say that I think lot about your hair and wonder if you can not make a video or photo series on how the styles and what products you use, just for everyday use as well :)

I only bleach the teeth that are visible when I smile. I've stopped doing it for a while but they still look quite white. First time I bleached them with Dentaworks was a year ago, I haven't used that many tubes.
New videos are coming up!


6. Elin
You look great! I found your blog through the tooth bleaching site. I'm coming back!

Thank you Elin! I'd love to have you back :D

7. -
I suppose you don't want to flash your love life in your blog, cause you obviously would have if you wanted to. But    I'll ask anyway, the man you've been seeing in New York, is he a current boyfriend? Or has he been?

He has been my hot lover for almost a year. Everything is perfect the way it is.

8. jaj
Do you run for 45 minutes EVERY DAY of the week? How often and how far did you run when you first started?

I run 5 days a week now. Some days I run for an hour, some days for 30 minutes. When I started, I ran every day until I lost 10 kg, then I had one rest day a week. I ran for about an hour every day.

9. Regina
What's your bra size now?
What is your current weight?
And do you wanna drop some more kilos or are you happy with your weight as it is now?
Didn't you get stretch marks? Because you lost so much weight in such short time?
Are you going to move to New York in the future?
What are your plans for the future? What do you wanna work with? etc.

Thanks for me!

I tried on a B cup yesterday, which fitted (used to have a DD).
I don't weight myself any longer because I had a drastic weight drop not long ago due to an accident. The numbers on the scale and how my body looked scared me. But I would guess I weight about 55 kg.
I am very happy with how I look now. I don't want to lose more weight right now. Though if I would feel fat, I would cut back on something.
No, didn't create any stretch marks due to the weight loss. I had stretch marks before because I was huge. I wouldn't say no to live in New York city, but that process is quite difficult.
Before I turn 30, I'll have a great education, work my way up to the top and by then I wont live in Sweden.

10. Rebecca
How did you do your hair in the photo?

With a curling iron, a video will come :)










11. Linda
How long did it take to lose 18 kg? :)

It took me about a month to lose 10 kg. After that, I let it take time and just kept on working out and eating healthy and the kilos melted.

12. Omar
1.What do women want?
2.If you had me locked up in a room for 24hrs, what would you do to me?
3.What are your favorite books?
4.What is your favorite holiday destinations(s)?
5.If you was on a paradise island what 3 things would you take with you?
6.What is your favorite food?
7. What are your favorite drinks?
8. What genres of music do you like and why?
9. Who are your idols in life?
10. Which music artists/bands are your favorite?
11.What is your favorite color(s)?
12. Who is your ideal man?
13. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
14. How many kids will you have?
15. What do you study?
16. Why do you love New York City so much?
17. Do you speak any other languages apart from English and Swedish?
18. Are you a natural blond? Or is your hair dyed?
19. Describe the most important qualities in your ideal man?
20. What do you want to be in life?
21. Can you cook or will the kitchen burn down?
22. Are you religious? Believe in God? Christian?
23. If you had one wish in life, what would it be and why?

Wow, big one...
1. I can not answer for every woman. I guess I just want to make sure that I get the best things out of whatever I do, if that answers your question?
2. I would tickle you haha... Some say it's torture... but I love it!
3. My favorite books right now is the ones I read when I study. Otherwise I like to read biographies.
4. The most interesting place I've went to was to Egypt and when I visited the pyramids and went to Luxor, wow! But I would love to go to the Bahamas, Mauritius or somewhere the water is light blue and the environment breathtaking.
5. A hot man, tanning lotion and hungover pills.
6. Seafood!
7. Champagne
8. Jazz, blues, classical because it makes me feel good.
9. My idols are the ones that can inspire me, the ones that become successful in ways no one else would even think about.
10. Michael Bublé, Melody Gardot, John Mayer (my top 3)
11. Black, red, apricot, blue... all colors except green.
12. My ideal man... hmm.. someone that makes me feel like the most beautiful and important woman in the world.
13. In ten years, I'm in the middle a successful career.
14. I want two kids.
15. A lot of business economics and Swedish writing and speech.
16. I love NYC because there's a million things going on all the time.
17. A little Polish. I understand some French, Italian and Spanish.
18. I am a blond, but a dirty blond. I dye my hair lighter.
19. My ideal man has a strong mind, knows what he wants in life and isn't afraid to go and get it.
20. I want to be great in whatever I'll do.
21. I'm not a master chef, but sometimes I create magic.
22. I believe in spirits and some greater power.
23. To acieve the top step of Maslows hierarchic of needs. Self actualization.

13. Deisy
Hi there,
so you have really gorgeous lips !
I wanted to ask you have you done something about it?

I've used Restylane a couple of times. Last time was over a year ago so there's not much left now.


Thank you for your questions! ♥ Time for me to study a little. I'll be back later :)

I just got back home from an awesome dinner and my stomach feels so much better because I went easy on the sweets. Some of you wonder how I manage to stay this weight and say no to "bad things". Well, I don't always say no. Our body tells us what it needs and when it wants it. It is also satisfied with very little of that specific thing, you just have to know when to stop. So, what did I do tonight to control myself? The mind is the most powerful tool you have, use it in the right way and it can make dramatic changes.

What to think and do when you have your typical binge food in front of you;

• Have a glas of water, zip on it for a while, maybe you'll realize that you don't really want the sweets.
• Think to yourself, "If I don't have this piece today, I'll wake up happy and proud of myself tomorrow" (With a flatter tummy and a guilt-free mind)
• Think about what it's made of, where every ingredient comes from. If something is with heavy cream, it comes from a cows tit, do you still want it?
• Look for something else that is healthier but still tasty
• Still want a piece? Have one, relax for 15 minutes. By then your body should be satisfied with what it got and you'd probably be in control of yourself.
• NEVER start a binge. NEVER! As soon as you think that "Ah, whatever... I can eat this today and work out harder tomorrow" Do not binge! It will make you feel sick, sorry and frustrated and you've got yourself an beginning to an eating disorder.
• Think to yourself how you would look after too much food. And then picture yourself how you would look when you eat clean, healthy food. I picture myself as one of those sad people that are stuck in bed for years because they are obese. And then I think about how I look now, and decide that I want to stay this way.
• Tell yourself "I can have it if I want to, but I wont today"
• Love yourself enough to not enter a self destructive behavior ♥

It helped me to loose my weight and to keep it off! You can do it too!

Keep the questions coming in a post below, I'll answer them tomorrow :)

Good night kids ♥

Boobs, don't we just love them? At least I always loved mine, now and before. I guess thats the only thing I really loved on my body before... my boobs. They were enormous! When I look at them now, they are no longer enormous but I couldn't care less. I love every inch of my body now, I seriously think that my body is perfect and have no shame in saying this. No one should.

A frequent question and concern is if your boobs will disappear when you loose weight. They obviously will become smaller, depending on how much weight you lose. It's up to you if you want to sacrifice a piece of them to become smaller overall.


(The photos were for Mr Sexy only, therefor the "posing" haha)

I still love my boobs even though I only got half the size now.


It's your choice girls :) Do you want to be "the girl with the boobs" or "the girl with the killer body"? Big knockers are distracting in a way... I always got comments about my boobs and nothing else. With smaller babies, people see my whole body, without staring at a specific body part. I like it that way :)

I got a lot of mails that I'm on a website today...

http://mediaupdate.se/fa-vackert-leende-for-bara-400-kronor/

I know this but thank you for your concern :)

A comment from Linnea

(My own quick translation from Swedish to English)

"hi

just discovered your blog and have to say I am sold. I have been planning for at least an hour and have set goals for myself after my visit here.

my problem is that I do not have enough "extremely" low-calorie recipes. the one at 100 calories sounds like a dream. Can you share with us how you did it? I understand the ingredients, but do you fry something? how long does it take? how much water, etc.?

have a good one!
many hugs"

Hi Linnea,
Basically I just pick out whatever veggies I have in the fridge and freezer and make a soup out of it. I never fry anything. If I use the pan, I add water instead of fat and let it simmer. Cooking time depends on what you're cooking... I just taste it after a while and see if it's done, by done I mean if it's seasoned enough (for my taste) and if it's soft enough and so on. I'm kind of an expert when it comes to calories, and I know that veggies barely have any... so just pick the veggies you like, cook or grill them, season and say abracadabra and you'll have a low calorie meal :)

From Reili;
Hey Stephanie, you are inspiration to me, I started running like you (40 min a day about a week now), but I noticed that my thighs are getting bigger. Did u have this problem or how to avoid that?



Hi Reili,
This is nothing you should worry about, you're just putting on muscles, which is great! If you're new to running or working out, you'll notice it on the scale and on your body. Your weight can go up, but that is nothing to worry about, it's only muscle weight. Watch what you're eating and your fat will melt away. Keep on running and you'll notice how great your legs will look, strong but leaner with muscles and less fat, just be patient :)

(5 lbs of muscle is smaller than 5 lbs of fat and doesn't need as much space)

I might not be a master chef, but I certainly know how to save calories!
Easiest way to calculate how many calories you consume is not just guessing. A food scale is the first thing you need.

I don't follow any recipes, I just pick out whatever I have in the fridge and freezer and make it work.

Chicken - 195 grams - 224 calories

Season it and add water for it to cook in, then pop it in the oven until it's well done.

Add veggies, here I have carrots, cucumber, a splash of apple cider vinegar and guess what else, curd cream!

DONE!

This meal is 309 calories, most of it is protein :)

I've been studying all morning and then went out for a walk. It's still pretty cold and my face almost cracked when I woke up! Even though I moisturize and take very good care of my skin, this weather is destroying it. Oh well, spring is here soon I hope. Going to the gym in an hour to run a little, can't wait until I can run outside again, it's way to cold now which is NOT good for you! So don't run outside now. When I walk every morning, I see people running and that is just stupid... You become sweaty and breath in cold air which is not good for your throat or your body. I prefer running outside, the gym is boring and I feel like a hamster while I run on the treadmill, feels kinda useless and that I waste time... I'm not going anywhere, just one leg in front of the other on the same spot. But I love running so the treadmill will do for now.

I'm a sugar junkie like I've told you before. I eat candy sometimes because I don't have more weight to lose and I work out on a regular basis, and I work out hard! But sometimes when I crave sugar like hell and I don't want to start a self destructing behavior on a weekday, there's some herbs and spices that can help you! Mix them with your food everyday, even if you don't crave sugar at that time, it can last until later when you normally would want sugar.












Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum, synonym C. zeylanicum) is a small evergreen tree belonging to the family Lauraceae, native to Sri Lanka, or the spice obtained from the tree's bark.
The name cinnamon comes from Greek kinnámōmon, itself ultimately from Phoenician. The botanical name for the spice - Cinnamomum zeylanicum—is derived from Sri Lanka's former name, Ceylon.

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Remember my video about cinnamon rolls? They obviously contain sugar... but they are my favorite treat!

 

I didn't go out, I was too freaked out haha... Good night kids ♥

I live in a small town and not much is going on here... but anyway... I want to go out for a walk, but it feels kinda scary. I mean it's pitch dark outside, but what could happen? Oh dear, I'm such a pussy... I can walk to whole foods in Manhattan when it's dark but can't go out for a walk in my hometown.

Should I? it's 11pm and I can't fall asleep before 2 am... I mean, I look like a huge man when I go out in my expedition-north-pole-outfit, so no one would dare to attack me.

 

I wouldn't go out like this, so why am I scared? Guess I'm just getting older and wiser.

I got a comment with some questions that I will answer separately in different posts.
First one is the importance of eating on a special schedule.

• When shall you eat?

When I started my weight loss journey, I ate 5 small meals during the day. I went to school and had to adjust when to eat based on when I had lessons. Some say that weight loss or gain is basically calories in and out. Like that you can eat on late nights or whenever you want to, I don't really agree on that... I will tell you why in another post.



An old video about my diet. I remember how hungry I was when I made it, my god! I sound quite retarded and my English wasn't that great haha, but anyway... enjoy :) Don't laugh please... or okay, you can laugh a little! I'm doing this for you!

"jag undrar hur man vet hur många kalorier man ska få i sig och hur man räknar? jag vill gå ner 15kg men det behöver inte gå jättesnabbt. Jag är mer ute efter att försöka leva mer hälsosamt och på så sätt gå ner mina kilo. har även börjat träna hårt ungefär 4ggr/vecka.

Jag tycker helt enkelt det är svårt att veta hur mycket kalorier man ska äta och hur man vet hur mycket det finns i olika sorters mat.
hoppas du förstår lite av vad jag vill få fram :)"


Another great comment, I'll sum it up;
This is about someone that wants to lose 15 kilos in a healthy way, which takes time and is obviously the the best (and only) way to do it.

• How many calories do you have to eat to loose weight?
• How many calories does different food contain?

Calorie content of your food in a weight-loss aspect is not the same for someone shorter or taller, heavier or smaller than you. Start with looking over your daily workout - with that I mean how much rest you get, how much you walk and how much you spend on working out and so on. For example, if I would sleep for 24 hours, I would need to eat about 1400 calories a day to maintain my weight. I obviously don't sleep all the time, so I need more calories. The estimated calorie intake for an average female is about 2000 calories a day. To lose weight properly and in a healthy way, you should subtract 500 calories from your daily diet, which would set you on a 1500 calorie a day diet.
Though this is kinda complicated and shouldn't be something you think about constantly, just use your common sense and don't binge in food, whatever it is. I said that you can eat as many vegetables as you want to, but don't be a pig and eat several kilos a day, it will not be good for your stomach. It will stretch out and you'd get used to eat a lot of food (been there, done that).

Let me put up a few examples of how many calories different food items contain

(per 100g);

Meet/protein (calculated when raw);
Eggs - 141 (one egg is 56 grams)
Salmon - 181
Cod - 75
Tuna - 138
Beef - 149 (if fat percent is under 10)
Pork - 144 (if fat percent is under 8)
Chicken - 115

Bread/pasta;
White bread - 299
Hard bread (wasa crackers) - 379
Rye bread - 250
Pasta - 360

Vegetables/fruit/berries
Cauliflower - 28
Broccoli - 35
Cucumber - 14
Tomato - 23
Apple - 56
Banana - 101
Orange - 52
Blueberries - 53
Raspberries - 34
Strawberries - 41

Fat;
Butter - 712
Olive oil - 884
Yellow cheese - 421 (if fat percent is 38)

For weight loss, skip the bread and pasta part until you reached your goal. Vegetables, fruit and berries are basically only carbs, but you should not skip them, they contain important vitamins. Eat a protein source every day, but don't go crazy on that as many do. If you eat to many proteins, it will end up as fat on your body! If you eat too much of anything, it will become fat because your body can't burn everything off. Skip the fat part, you can get all the fat you need from fish, nuts (be careful with the nuts, very high in calories) and meet. Boil or grill your food without fat added.

Make yourself a smoothie tomorrow morning with berries and fruit, add some curd cream or low fat yogurt (without sugar, read the label!!!!). Or just drink it as it is :) Check in on my blog frequently and I'll give you more healthy tips on what to eat!

"Bästa Stephanie,

Jag tycker att din blogg är så himla bra och du verkar vara en härlig tjej! För mig är du en inspirationskälla! Ville bara att du skulle veta det.

Är själv motiverad att gå ner 6 kg men är orolig för hur det kommer att påverka huden. Vad händer med huden när fettet försvinner? Blir det dallrigt och elastiskt? Hur kan man träna för att det ska bli fastare? Eller kompenserar kroppen naturligt och huden ”tillbakabildas”? Jag vill inte stå med massa löst hud på magen.

Hur var det för dig?

Kram och tack på förhand."

This question is about loose skin after weight loss. When I hear that I am an inspiration to you and others, it makes me happy, so thank you! :) This person wants to lose 6 kg, but wonders how it will affect her skin, if it will sag and hang loose and if there is a way to work out to make the skin firm. First of all, there is no way you can work out to get firmer skin, the only way to make it firm is to build muscle and become bigger, the skin will then strech. I don't know how old you are, but a difference of 6 kg wont be noticable at all in your skin. If you are older, and have much more to loose, the skin will probably sag. My skin doesn't sag at all... my stomach sags a little if I havent been working my abs for a while, but that it not because of my skin. Peel your skin with a special peeling glove, moisturize, eat healthy and work out on a regular basis. Your skin wont sag after 6 kilos :) At my heavy weight, I had a big belly and it was also sagging because of fat... The difference now... well... I'll let you be the judge.



Before and after... I like the after much better, can you blame me?

Sorry for the shitty presentation... it looks kind disgusting but it isn't! Mushroom, sauerkraut, tomatoes, chili, garlic, carrots and curd cream (have I become addicted to curd cream?) Anyway, I made a lot and this is half of it, about 100 calories :) Make a soup of mixed veggies, you can have as much as you want without feeling guilty!

I had chills all over my body from beginning to end. It was amazing!

I suck at making good photos in Photo Booth... Uh, but I wanted to show my dress which I never had on before, it's just been hanging in my closet, waiting to be on me. I'm going out with my mother! She has always been there for me, supporting me in every way which I can't thank her enough for. As a teenager, I was a moron, did everything I should not have done and had a rotten attitude. I love her to death and would give up everything for her. So I decided to give her a surprise tonight. If I could afford it, I would take her around the world but as a student, this is what I can give her now. (Can't tell you what it is until later tonight, she reads my blog).





Now I just have to cross my fingers for 20 minutes and hope the tickets aren't sold out! Wanted to book em a few days ago, but I'm going with Olivia (my cousin) and her mother (my aunt) and some things got in the way. Maybe we should have a plan B?

I will take her around the world someday, just wait!

Motivation... hmm... what is that?

"Motivation is the activation or energization of goal-oriented behavior."

What made me motivated to lose weight is something I talked about before, so you should know that by now. But maintaining your new weight can be quite difficult. You might think you can eat cake every now and then... Sorry, but you'll only end up the way you looked before (if you don't work out like a maniac, like me). I found a picture of myself that was taken a year ago, I was horrified watching it... I wonder how it even was possible for me to be so blind that I didn't realize my size... When I saw this picture last night, I was first disgusted, and then upset, very upset. How could I let it go that far? This morning, I looked at this picture again, and then stood in front of the mirror, completely naked. Looked at myself for a while and almost dropped a few tears... Thought to myself... wow, what have I done? Who is this 18 kilos smaller woman in the mirror? I look like I've always wanted to... gosh what a feeling this is. Every hungry moment I went through, to get to where I am today... IS SO WORTH IT! So what I want to say is, find a picture of yourself at your heaviest weight, and look at yourself now (If you reached your goal weight and just want to maintain it). I promise, you wont have that piece of chocolate! Hopefully, your motivation will be as strong as mine.



18 kilos, hallelujah!

I didn't really want to post my fat-picture... I have mixed emotions about it... But some of you have seen me at that weight before, so why bother?

I am happier than I look like!
Going to the gym, today by car! Not going to kick around in the snow. I already did that for 60 minutes this morning.

Going to RUN RUN RUN RUN until my legs fall off... :D Love it ♥
It's better than sex, sex is way to distracting... I'll tell you more about this later...

mmmm this is soooo good! The presentation is maybe not that awesome, but you have to try this! The puré is like "mashed potatoes" but a lot healthier and leaner. Carrots are boiled until soft, then put in small pieces of cauliflower and some garlic (I love garlic, I have it in everything). Mix it with a mixer, add some curd cream and whatever spices you want to (I added apple cider vinegar). Add some extra veggies if you want to and tadaaaa you have yourself a skinny meal! This serving is 164 calories!

I am in an exremely bad mood today!
On my way to the gym, I was pissed at the disgusting snow.. It really is impossible to walk in. So after walking halfway, I kicked and cursed the snow and walked back. Now I sit in my couch, feeling ridiculously stupid because of my attitude against everything today. It is not PMS... I wish it was... I feel like eating a big piece of chocolate mudcake with whipped cream, but then I would just be even more upset because I didn't work out at the gym. What I also am pissed about, is the stupid "Poke" thing on Facebook... Stop poking me! Just tell me what you want and don't poke forever. I almost laugh a little because I feel like a retard... And I'm also damn annoyed by people that are so negative in their status on facebook... everyone is complaining... who needs to know that your best friend is a "fucking slut" or that you missed the bus and had to wait for the next one... Which is TOTALLY SHITTY accordingly to your status. And why does people put a quote there from someone famous, a writer, a lyric or whatever. AAAH! Now Jay-z and Alicia keys are screaming "Neeew Yooork" on MTV, SHUT UP!!!!!

I must also add that it's freakin fantastic that I live right next to a preschool... and the not so lovely kids LOVE to trow snowballs at my window. I'm lighting a cigarette!

(Her boyfriend is not included, I wish he was!)

I got a comment from a girl in Norway, Christine;

"Hei!

Jente fra Norge som har tilfeldigvis kom innpå bloggen din for noen måneder siden. Har siden vært flere ganger innom. Syntes det er kjempe motiverende og se hva du har oppnådd, og jeg må si du ser fantastisk ut:) Jeg kjenner meg litt igjen når det gjelder vektnedgang. Jeg har altid vært den pene og søte jenta, men selv har jeg aldri vært fonøyd med min kraftige kroppsbygning om man kan kalle det, og har derfor sluppet unna en del med et søtt ansikt. Jeg er 1,65 m høy (lav) og veier per idag 60 kilo, lå nettopp på 59 kilo. Jeg er svært standhaftig av meg og derom jeg begynner jo noe, skal det være mest mulig ekstremt, og det blir det også. Men plutselig kommer det en utskeielsedag og plutselig så vare den i tre dager. Dette sier jo seg selv at jegheller kanskje burde utføre en mellomting, men jeg vil virkelig bli kvitt 6 kilo, altså komme ned på 54 kilo, og jeg er villig til å kjempe for det. dvs. spise riktig, mye proteiner, drikke 4 liter vann til dagen og "faste" etter kl. 18.00, i tillegg til at jeg skal trene. Har trent mye styrke i det siste så nå er det på tide å begynne å springe. Tingen er bare at jeg greier ikke å springe i 1 time slik som du, men greier fint en halvtime.. dette er vel noe som kommer etterhvert? Jeg har alltid hatt komplekser med lårene mine så det er disse jeg helst vil se bli mindre.Spørsmålet mitt er vel følgende.. Hvordan har du nå greid å holde den nye vekta de, etter at du har tatt av så mye som du har? og under vektnedgangen, hvor mange kalorier lå du på daglig? forbrant du alt gjennom trening?

Håper på svar:)

Klem."

For those of you that don't understand she basically claims having the same problem that many women/men that diet has (In my own opinion). You want to loose weight, and you want it fast so you go extreme, don't eat much or nothing at all for a few days. What happens is that your body doesn't get what it needs, so you binge like crazy after a few days and gain all the weight back, and sometimes more. Big problem and also a big mistake! I could easily loose many more kilos in a short period of time because I know how to do it correctly. Food can be your enemy, but it is indeed your best friend if you choose the right kinds of food!
To demonstrate this, I want to show you how much I've been eating today. It is 7 pm when I type this. My stomach is as big as a balloon. I feel satisfied, full and don't crave anything.

Everything is in order, from morning to now.


52% Carbs, 38% protein, 9% fat

Can you guess how many calories this is? It looks like I've been eating thousands of calories. But this is ONLY 885 calories!!! (eat a pastry and you're almost there). To be under 1000 calories a day is called "starvation", ridiculous huh? Remember that I said once that it's easier for me to loose weight than to maintain or gain weight? Do you believe me now? I need to eat about 900 more to not loose a few numbers on the scale tomorrow. The curd cream is a great source of protein (100g = 13g protein, 3.5g carbs, 1g fat). I mix it with fruit or add it on salads, in my food. Mix it with spices and use it as a thicker dressing or just eat it like it is.

How much should you eat? - This is very individual, it can vary a lot from one person to another. First of all, you need to calculate how many calories you burn during 24 hours. If you sleep for 24 hours, you'd burn about 1400 calories (if you're my weight and height). Just this should tell you to eat more than what people normally do when they "diet".
Do not starve yourselves, you're too amazing to do that ♥ :)

About exercising - This is crucial for a healthy living and a LONGER LIFE. When I first started my weight loss journey, I got our and ran 3 km, it took me an hour! I stopped after 2 minutes, walked for a while and then ran again until I ran 3 laps in the park. The week after, I increased it to 4 laps and one more every new week until I could run 10 laps. To not make it boring after a few weeks or months, I changed it to Monday - 5km, Tuesday, 6km and so on until Saturday 10km and a good rest on Sunday. So what I want to say is that you should start slowly and increase when you need more of a challenge. Don't go out too strong, you'll give up fast because it's to hard or boring.
Today, I run 10km in 50 minutes, which would take me hours last year. I do not exercise as much now though, I just exercise so my heart keeps a strong beat.

I think (and hope) that this is the answers to your questions. If you follow this lifestyle, you will be thin, healthy, have a glowing skin and feel AWESOME! I do! :D

It's a big ass snowstorm outside and I want to go to the gym. Got my "expedition north pole-outfit" on!

Later!

I've been up since early this morning, studying like a maniac for all my furute tests. Took a break to go out for a walk and then made a snack. Because it's cold outside, I wanted to eat something warm right after. I cut an apple into small pieces, heated them in a pan in (nothing but a little water added). Then I spiced it up with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, great combination! The spices will make you feel warmer. If it gets to spicy, or if you want to add something else, add some cottage cheese (light version). This serving is 121 calories. Enjoy your healthy snack :)

(Sorry for the blurry image)

Back to the books!

Just came back home from a long walk and made this! It is frozen strawberries with watermelon and some flaxseeds on top (good for your stomach and intestines). 143 grams of strawberries, 100 grams of watermelon = 93 calories! Like an ice cream sorbet, but without all of the extra calories and sugars.

(I am no longer on a weight loss diet, I eat to maintain my weight. I just want to show you what you can eat to loose weight!)