Stephanie Andersson

Good morning cuties! It sure is a good morning here. I woke up quite early, with a hottie next to me. Since I can't sleep forever, I got up and decided to update you a little. It's been an awesome weekend and the word "diet" hasn't been existing. However, I was so excited/stress during Thursday that I didn't even eat anything... The only calories I consumed was from two glasses of red wine. Friday we started with a powerwalk down to the town and had some breakfast there (at 12). At night, we went to eat, before heading to Olivias Halloween party. I didn't have a costume... I know... I'm boring... But anyway, the night ended at like 1 am when we went home and fell asleep in like 2 minutes. We slept the whole Saturday too ;) Sooo... In a few hours I'll be alone again... I do not want to :( But I'll keep you updated then! Hmm... Think I'll get up from the couch and join him in bed... Ah, my god he's beautiful!

Later!

Thursday evening! I'm sitting in my couch, listening to Michael Bublé's different albums. Drinking a glass of wine while theres candles all over my apartment. Dimmed light and 20 big roses on the table. Right now, it feels like it can't get any better. But wait... It will be! I'm wont be sitting here alone for long. Someone is on his way here ;) It will be a great weekend! Ah, can't wait!





Nothing beats a great, rich red wine!



Guys, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN! Otherwise you'd miss out on the greatest song EVER!

Posted by: elise
hur mycket vägde du som mest innan du gick ner i vikt ? (blir väldigt inspirerad av dig och din motivation)!
(What has been your highest weight before the weight loss? (I'm very inspired by you and your motivation))

Hi Elise!
The scale has showed me 72 kg! This is the first time I reveal that (it's not easy). It was back in February last year (2009), if I'm not wrong. I remember that I said out loud "What the f*ck" but kinda ignored it... Until March 2009, when some things made me wake up and realize that I was not happy looking like that. I got insanely motivated to change my lifestyle and become healthier, happier and slimmer. I have never been more thankful for anything in my life. Might sound egoistic (especially in Sweden, we are not aloud to love ourselves the way I do here). Though the only person we'll ever be with for the rest of our life is with ourself. There is no one you need to take better care of!



First pic is from 2007. Second one in late 2009. Difference? ;)

Kul :) Då frågar jag:
1. Hur lång är du?
(How tall are you?)
2. I vilka kläder känner du dig som finast?
(In which clothing do you feel most beautiful?)
3. I vilka affärer brukar du hitta dina kläder?
(In which stores do you shop for clothes?)
4. Vad har du för favoritparfym, hårgrej och sminkgrej?
(What is your favorite perfume, harproduct and makeup product?)
5. Vad är det du har förstorat läppen med och hur mycket har du i?
(What did you inject in your lips, how much?)
6. Finns det något du önskar dig i julklapp/längtar efter att ha sparat ihop till?
(What do you want for Christmas? Something you've been saving up for?)
7. Vad på julbordet tänker du äta eller undvika?
(What will you eat/avoid eating during christmas?)
8. Halloween kommer iofs före, ska du på någon maskerad?
(Are you going somewhere for Halloween?)
9. Tackade du förresten ja till att hälsa på på playboy mansion?
(Did you rsvp to Playboy Mansion?)
Du får gärna lägga upp nån dagens outfit, smink och hår nån gång, det är så kul att se :)
(Do post outfits, make up and hair turtorials sometimes)

Hi Johanna!
1. I'm 174 cm, which is like 5'7 or 5'8(?)
2. I love cute cocktail dresses! Elegant, sopisticated and classy! But I also feel beautiful in a tank top and a pair of short shorts (when I'm at home). Depends on what I'm feeling for.
3. I shop everywhere! From H&M to Armani. I don't think I will ever buy vintage/second hand. Nothing wrong with it. I just feel that it's creepy to wear "someone else's clothes".
4. My favorite perfume comes from Victor&Rolf, called flowerbomb. I also adore, J'adore from Lancôme. (hehe) My favorite hairproduct is from Lee Strafford, it's a heat defense spray that leaves your hair silky and smooth. It's really great!
5. I injected Restylane in my lips. I've done it several times, first time with Juvederm, hated that shit! Made my lips look really weird! Guess that has to do with the doctor... I only inject a very small amount, 0.5 ml.
6. Huh, wow... wish for Christmas. Well nothing really. Just that my family and friends are happy and have good health. Honestly!
7. I'm going to eat everything in moderation. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the holidays and LOVE aaaaall of the food!
8. I might attend a friends party, though I haven't got a costume yet, darn!
9. I did not rsvp to Playboy Mansion. I guess its not that appealing to me anymore. I could always go some other day. :)

I will give you more of what you requested for! Thank you for your comment!

This is what I'll do. I will give every single question its own post. In that way I can give you my best answer possible.

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Starting with the first one (Swedish Q, English A)

Hejsan, måste säga att du är sjukt vacker! , vad använder du för läppglans ?
(Which lip gloss do you use?)

Hi Frida!

Thank you for your comment, we are all beautiful on our own way. I have never been a big user of lip gloss. Might have to do that I love the feeling of a clear skin, therefor I never liked sticky lips. But then I found a lip gloss in the US from Victorias Secret that I totally fell in love with. It's a lip plumping gloss that is not painfull that some lip plumpers might be. They come in different colors. I like the one called "bare" which is a light pink shade.

How does it work?

1. Different lip plumper products work by irritating the skin of the lips with ingredients like menthol, camphor, Cinnamon leaf essential oils etc. This cause temporary redness and swelling – which is supposed to last 3-4 hours.
2. They make blood vessel dilate, increasing the blood flow to the lips.
3. They contain ingredients that reduce lip lines and nourish the delicate skin of the lip.
4. They fill in cracks and fine lines on the lips.
5. They enhance the natural collagen in the lips which is essential for fuller lips.
6. Some of the lip plumping products is in the gloss form which reflects light and makes the lips look additionally full.

 

My favorites!

Need to drive around for a while, back with you later guys!

Please do read this if you ever had some eating issues and/or tries/tried to reach perfection.

"Is the human being able to perfectly serve a purpose? In the endeavor of perfection many gets enamored of the image one sees of being a perfect body, mind and soul. We believe that the state would bring us true gaiety and make us stronger than no one else. Imagine the kind of perfection where nothing else can make you better, you are the best there is, more than you were meant to be. To look more into the denotation of the word “perfection”, Aristotle distinguishes the shades of the concept. In book “Delta of the Metaphysics” he set up three meanings of the term.

• That is perfect, which is complete, which contains all the requisite parts
• That is perfect, which is so good that nothing of the kind could be better
• That is perfect, which has attained its purpose

Wouldn’t this be something to set one’s sights on?"

This is something I wrote back in 2009 when I was in Stockholm for a few weeks. I was sick of trying to seek perfection in which I though I were in. My own definition of perfection was somewhat a state of true happiness, true joy, a beautiful utopia. Though somewhere in the seeking I lost a huge part of myself when I realized that this state is a made up nonsense from society or fairytale, if you want. However, the purpose was not to talk about my own thoughts about total perfection. Every day, I get several emails from girls that read my blog... I do not even know where to begin with this... It completely breaks my heart when I read them, it completely breaks my heart when I try to type this, I really don't know how to go on. I don't want to say anything wrong or upsetting. I just want to let you all know that you are never alone with your feelings! Never! There's so many like you out there that feel the same way. I'm talking about body image now. Ultimate thinness is NOT PERFECTION! Neither is a certain number on the scale perfection. I believe that perfection is what you feel inside, SERIOUSLY! To be happy, to love yourself, inside and out, you need to start with your heart and mind. We will never be in the Utopia of perfection, no matter how hard we try, no one is perfect. We can learn how to talk, how to speak, how to behave. We can change our body, our mind and become brainwashed by media, people etc. But the world has a twisted perception of humans, believing that some are superheroes and can do anything effortlessly. That’s what they fool us with, and wants us to accept as true, and we imitate and try ourselves. That is perfect, which we create in our OWN minds and choose to have faith in.

Oh gosh guys, if only I had arms that were miles long, I would give you all the biggest hug and keep hugging you forever. Please, please, pretty please, don't lose yourself in trying to become perfect. Be you! There's only one of you, but soooo many with the same thoughts.

My heart is bleeding with empathy. I want you all to know that I'm here for you! If you feel that you might have crossed the line between being healthy and having an ED, or might be walking on that path. Turn around fast! That road leads to hell. I am blessed to be on the healthy side, but I've been visiting hell a few years back, you do not want to go there, trust me.

If I had one wish, one thing I could wish for, anything in the whole world! I would wish for us all to LOVE OURSELVES so much that our heart will expand of love.

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have something on your mind, whatever it is! I care about you guys! And to all of you that has sent me mails before - you are not alone in your thoughts and feelings. There is a way out of a destructive behavior. You only have one body, don't destroy it. I wish you all the happiness in life ♥

I'm up to 850 burned calories today. Uh, while I type this, my neighbors are having sex... really loud! And she giggles like crazy. Need to put some music on to distract myself.

Time to burn some fat during a powerwalk in a few! I'm yawning every five seconds right now, even though I woke up by myself. It's 1°C outside... Uhhh, cooold! TTYL!


The naked truth! With self confidence you won't need to wear make up or do your hair all the time.

At 8 am, I went for one hour powerwalk, which is at least 240 calories.
At 11:30 am, I went to the gym with the devil and burned 666 calories.
At 6:30 pm, I went to the gym, again, and burned 700 calories.
That brings the total up to 1606 calories burned IN ONE DAY! A new personal best!



The wierd thing is that I didn't want to leave. I was in a state I don't know how to explain. A total euphoria! Now as I sit in my couch, I want to go back. There's only a few things that can make me feel just as happy as working out. I can not belive that one and a half year ago, I hated to work out. I seriously cant believe it! The feeling I get is kinda like being so in love with someone that you cant even breathe without that person. I love this, I love this with all of my heart! ♥

60 g protein pasta
57 g tuna
70 g tomato sauce with mascarpone
50 g arugula(?) Svenska - ruccola
20 g canned corn
= 350 calories! Deliiiiicious :)

I'm going to give you my workout for today in a few, a new personal best! ;D

60 g protein pasta
57 g tuna
70 g tomato sauce with mascarpone
50 g arugula(?) Svenska - ruccola
20 g canned corn
= 350 calories! Deliiiiicious :)

I'm going to give you my workout for today in a few, a new personal best! ;D

The devil went with me to the gym today.

Then I ate a 200 calorie apple...
I'm damn stressed right now, back later!

My day started with a one hour powerwalk and now I just had breakfast.
100 g of porridge mix (buchwheat, oatmeal, ryeflakes - svenska bovete, havregryn, rågflingor)
35 g of vanilla protein powder.
Cinnamon, ginger and mint(!) on top.
500 calories

I'm going to work a little then hit the gym!

I LOVE THIS SONG! It's a new favorite, goes on repeat several times. I'm going to prepare some breakfast then I'll get back to you!

YES! It is "pasta". But not just any pasta. This is a PROTEIN PASTA! Yes, that's right!
After work, I was going to buy some apples but then I found this and just HAD TO TRY! I bought 4 boxes haha. That's how excited I was. So how did it taste? It tastes like pasta cooked until "al dente" thumbs up! How do I feel now? GREAT! My blood sugar levels are the same, not like after you eat regular pasta. You know when you feel like falling into a food coma? Not with this! Totally guilt free!

Low Carb pasta - 100 g (uncooked)
350 calories
60.9 g protein (!!!!!!!!)
13.7 g carbohydrates
3 g fat

I LOVE YOU LOW CARB PASTA! Where have you been all my life? We finally found each other ♥

"Diets that contain buckwheat have been linked to lowered risk of developing high cholesterol and high blood pressure. The Yi people of China consume a diet high in buckwheat (100 grams per day, about 3.5 ounces). When researchers tested blood lipids of 805 Yi Chinese, they found that buckwheat intake was associated with lower total serum cholesterol, lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-the form linked to cardiovascular disease), and a high ratio of HDL (health-promoting cholesterol) to total cholesterol.

Buckwheat's beneficial effects are due in part to its rich supply of flavonoids, particularly rutin. Flavonoids are phytonutrients that protect against disease by extending the action of vitamin C and acting as antioxidants. (This can also make you feel happier /My own words) Buckwheat's lipid-lowering activity is largely due to rutin and other flavonoid compounds. These compounds help maintain blood flow, keep platelets from clotting excessively (platelets are compounds in blood that, when triggered, clump together, thus preventing excessive blood loss, and protect LDL from free radical oxidation into potentially harmful cholesterol oxides. All these actions help to protect against heart disease.

Buckwheat also contains almost 86 milligrams of magnesium in a one-cup serving. Magnesium relaxes blood vessels, improving blood flow and nutrient delivery while lowering blood pressure-the perfect combination for a healthy cardiovascular system."

Source http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=11

 

 

Svenska - Bovete

Hey guys! Sorry about yesterday. I'm back now :)

Work really killed me yesterday... or maybe I killed myself. I started with burning 510 calories on the crosstrainer at 8 am. When I left work I had only been eating 600 calories (7 pm). It was damn tough, but I didn't bring more food, neither did I have time to find healthy opitions... I could stuff myself with chocolate or bread, which is what they had at work. I didn't do this so I waited until I got back home, then I was exhausted. Therefor no blogging.


Yesterday morning

It's 10 am, I'm cooking a big ass portion of 65 g buckwheat and 35 g of oatmeal. Then I'll add 40 g of protein powder. A 500 cal breakfast! If I won't last long on this, somethings damn wrong with me.

I'll tell you the great things about buckwheat later!

546 calories burned. I wanted to stop at 545 so the total for today would be 1100. I got a little irritated when it turned into 546. I am an control freak... though I know this is silly. Anyway, total for today is 1101. Did I say hardcore or did I say HARDCORE?

My t-shirt rocks! I didn't wear any make up, my hair was in a mess. So I couldn't possibly say that I'm vain! It's still cool. :)

Good night ♥

First one is at the beginning, second one after a week, third one now. Last one should be turned around... it didn't want to...

Sauce! This is a home made, fat free, delicious sauce!
Mix curd cream with water and whatever seasoning you prefer and voila, you have an awesome protein sauce!
I used 70 g of curd cream, about equal amount of water, curry, tabasco & blackpepper.

48 calories!
8.4 g protein - 2.7 g carbs - 0.3 g fat

Morning workout - 555 calories! I was supposed to stop at 500, but I thought it would look nicer with 555... Retarded, I know

My pale but DELICIOUS breakfast! Just because it's morning, you don't have to eat a typical breakfast. You should eat what you want and whats good for you. With this I drank water with vitamin C.

I had some minced beef in the fridge I had to do something with, so this is whats in it:
44 g egg white (the yolk is for a home made facial)
150 g minced beef (10% fat)
100 g mushrooms
30 g low fat curd cream (kvarg)
30 g tomato sauce

300 calories! Divided in this way:

GYM TIME!

I left the gym at 11:45 pm, after I burned 710 calories.

I'm gonna go hardcore at the gym from now on. I feel I need to get stuff out of my mind, nothing works better for me than working out. Therefor, I will have to introduce carbs into my diet. I will eat them after my workouts. There will be 10 days of hardcore workout, then there will be a few days where I'll have a guest here. Would be damn rude to spend time at the gym then haha, don't you think? I can not wait for tomorrow morning when next workout will be started!

I messed up! I sooo messed up! I'm not a machine... I mess up sometimes to... Damn this! Now I'm furious, really furios! Going to the gym... NOW!

I have a serious hard time sticking to my diet today, it's really, really bad! I have headache from hell, feel tired and nothing seems to work... Still crave about everything! GOSH! Make it stop, please! I have 200 cals left to eat today, and it's 3:30pm, which means if I eat them now, I'll fail later tonight. So, after being pissed at how I feel, I started throwing my clothes out of the closet and started organizing them (which I had to do anyway). I pulled out some old clothes from last year, everything in XS, which used to be too big for me. I took a look at them, held them up and got a slightly bit more motivated to stick to my diet. It's like 8 more hours before I can go to bed, and I need like 2 more hours to organize everything. I'm not even close to being half done. But when I'm done, then what? What do I have to do to stay away from the cravings? I will probably go out for a walk, my head hurts way to much for the gym... I would only kill someone there with the mood I'm in.



Things to do while I crave like a maniac:
- Organize my clothes
- Work with my weight loss coaching
- Put stuff online for sale
- DRIVE TO THE PHARMACY FOR CAFFEINE PILLS! And buy some chrome (I'll tell you about them later)
- Go for a walk
- Take a hot shower

I WILL MAKE IT! I WILL MAKE IT! I WILL MAKE IT! I WILL MAKE IT!

I'll update how it goes...

Honeeeeeys! I haven't forgotten about you, will never do!

I believe my weightloss has stopped. However, I know I lost more fat and gained some muscle! Some days I've taken more protein to prevent muscle loss... so I guess that's why.
I've also changed a little in my diet, now I do not only eat peanutbutter and proteinpowder. I replaced the powder with chicken and fish. Try chicken with peanutbutter, sooooooo damn delicious! I PROMISE! The concept is still high protein, high fat and low carbs. Some days when I don't feel like cooking, I just eat the PB and PP.

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I want to say something about what we call a "cheatday". I don't like saying that you "cheat" when you eat something that's not in your planned diet. Think about this, when you cheat on a test in school, why do you do that? Obviously to get a better score. So if you cheat on your diet, would the result be better? Don't say that you cheat. It's like it's not okay, because cheating sounds like it would be forbidden. Even though you might gain some weight while you "refuel" (much better word), it could be something you need to speed your weightloss up! Why? Because when your body is on a calorie deficit, it will adjust to eating less calories, therefor you wont burn as much as when you started. So refueling your body will tell it "Hey, there's a lot of food inside of you, help yourself!" Then your body will burn it off because it thinks that it will get more. And the next day it will think that it can burn off more due to the higher calorie intake the previous day. Though, you should never go nuts on your refueling day. It always comes down to calories in and out. It's not impossible to eat up all the calories you burned off during a week. Then you'll just end up at +/- 0... or + some? Have this in mind!
My refueling day was saturday night at my mothers aunts house (yes, I spend time with 60-year olds on a saturday night). There was pancakes, macadamia nuts and 2 small pieces of chocolate. I believe that I ended up at 2500 calories that day.


Saturday night after the pancakes. Yatzy! I only won once... When we played the last round, I didn't get a single thing right and said that my luck in games sucked... So they said that I might have better luck in love. I said "HEEEELL NO", then I got a text, started texing and said "Well, looks like my luck has turned to love!"

I'll leave it there!

My bike is not here anymore, someone has taken it away from me :( I'm so sad... Even though it was an old bike, I loved it! I loved how free I felt while riding it. I took it to the gym, went grocery shopping with it... Did everything together, my bike and I. Now it's gone :( If I find it parked somewhere, I will wait in the bushes, wait untill the bike-thief comes out, then I'll jump on him/her and seriously express my anger. No, I'm not a fighter... but my mouth can make someone cry. When I'm furious, sad, angry and all similar things, my vocabulary becomes intense and I can make someone feel really bad, just with words.



I miss you!

SOOOOOOO TIRED!!!! But still happy :) I don't even know if I have anything to say right now. Well one thing - I want to thank the one that created caffeine pills, without them, I would have never managed being on a diet, working out and having three jobs. Thank you! I would also never be able to manage listening to "OHHH BEN & JERRYS ARE SOOOO EXPENSIVE!!!!!" every five minutes and still have a smile on my face. What's funny is that the little bigger ladies ask about the calories in the ice cream, the thin ones don't even care. Today I got a question from a man, about how many carbs it contains... And one of the little bigger ladies asked if it comes in a diet version. Interesting! Some of them pick the ice cream up, eats it all up and then say that it's soooo bad because now they'll get fat. Like come on? It's down to how many calories you eat and how many you burn. You could go on a Ben & Jerry's diet and lose weight, it doesn't have to make you fat.

And oh, one thing I really noticed today is that almost all men have to say that they have a girlfriend or wife, the women never tell about their husband or boyfriend, why?  If you're a man reading this, please do explain!

The job is fun, actually very well paid (who would have thought?), but the t-shirt is DAMN UGLY! Sorry B&J. I need to have one sweater underneath because it gets damn cold dealing with ice cream all day. The calorie deficit is also a contributing factor to the cold. Ah, I'm so happy now, Paris in November and before that I'll get a visitor in two weeks for a weekend, someone I wont tell you about! Put two and two together and you'll get it. NOW I gotta hurry!

Oh I'm so happy today! I just got myself a ticket to PARIS to go and visit the love of my life! I'll be away for a week in November, how wonderful is that? :D I missed her just as much as a drug addict on rehab misses drugs! I'll be smiling all day, no doubt about that.

Well, I took a powerwalk at 7am this morning, had my peanutbutter and protein. Will get ready, try to look normal, and go to work. I'll be in Malmö today! Then after I have to go to the gym and work my back muscles. Uh.... Need to hurry!



Haha don't know what we're bout to do... But we always go nuts together. We are like the same person, but in two different bodies. Paris <3

Who wakes up at 6:45 to do laundry? I do! Uh, I'd rather sleep but you have to do boring stuff do. My weight has stayed the same for two days, this does not mean that I'm not burning fat. I'm burning fat as I type, it's just that my muscle is staying and I become smaller but will only notice this in the mirror and if I start using a measuring tape. That will be started tomorrow! I am going to wait for the first machine to be done, then I'll go out for a powerwalk!

Back from the gym! Started with abs then worked out my arms, chest and shoulders and my mom rocked! I finished with some cardio. My God it was though to not go nuts and kill myself as usual. I had to take it a lot slower because of potential muscle loss if the cardio would be more intense. Time for my second meal of the day! I know that it's 7 pm an this should be my last. But when you don't eat carbs, you don't have to worry about what time you should eat. So hello peanutbutter and proteinshake!



Oh, I have to tell you! I got so furious at the gym! I'm not a person that gets angry often. But there was a fat old lady that came up to me and said that I did everything wrong. She said that it's much easier to pull a 1 kg dumbbell, than it is to pull a 5 kg. OBVIOUSLY!!!!!!! So she gave me the 1 kg and told me to use that one instead. I just laughed and kept on with my 5 kg dumbbell. AND THEN she came up to me again and said that I should swing my arm, otherwise I would get injured, like COME ON?! Swing my arm? THAT would make me injured! Then she came up to me AGAIN and said "Feels like I'm too pushy but..." So I just said "YES YOU ARE, GOOD BYE!" Can you believe that? I didn't ask for a chubby, old ladies help! She should take a look at herself and then at me... Who looks like she knows what she's doing? Get lost old lady! Go and have some bisquits!

If I need some help with my workout, I'd ask someone with a killer body that seriously knows what he or she is doing!

Peanutbutter and proteindrinks!

Some of you might have heard about this before. It was created by "Fitnessguru" Sid Knutsson, a Swedish body builder and fitness expert. This diet is very effective, due to the low intake of carbohydrates, high fat and protein intake, your body will burn fat.

How does it work?
You pick a peanutbutter with NO ADDED SUGAR or anything else except peanuts and a little salt! Mine is called "green choice" and can be found in Coop stores in Sweden. Then you take your weight times 3 and you'll get how many grams of it you should eat a day. Let's say you weigh 55 kg, then it's 55 * 3 = 165 grams
To prevent muscle loss, you'll need a lot of protein while dieting, take your weight times 1.8, then you'll get how many grams of protein you need per day. So if you weigh 55 kg, you should eat 99 grams of protein. You will get your protein intake from a whey protein powder ONLY. Check the label on your product and see how much protein there is per 100 g, then go figure.

What will happen?
When your body doesn't get much carbs, it will clear out every place inside of you where there is stored carbs. You will pee like crazy the first days if you've been a carb-junkie. Every single gram of carbs attaches 2.6 grams of fluid, in other words, you could be carrying a lot of water weight! When your body doesn't have any carbs left, then what will it do? Because you will be on a calorie deficit, your body will MELT DOWN STORED FAT! How great is that? Then it will change itself into ketosis, which is a state where your body runs on fat.

How will I feel?
The first days on a low carbohydrate diet can be tough. You might feel tired, lightheaded and feel like you need to eat something to make it better. Be strong! Don't fall into temptations. Drink BLACK COFFE without sugar or milk if you need, or pop a caffeine pill (which is what I do).

Do's and dont's
Do take powerwalks every morning, this will speed the process of weight loss up. Do some weightlifting at the gym, you wont become huge because of this, you will only burn more fat because you're basically telling your muscle to stay right where they are. DO NOT pursue intensive cardio, why? Because your body will burn away muscle when it can't take in as much oxygen needed to burn fat. Do also take a supplement of multivitamins and Omega-3. This is important because you eat the same thing every day, and you need vitamins and minerals added during this diet. Omega-3 is needed to create a balance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Why this is important is something I could go on for a long time about, google it if you are curious.

Why this diet?
Personally, I'm sick of cooking, really sick! I don't feel like spending forever in the kitchen, I don't feel like going grocery shopping every week. And I don't want it to take long. It is the most convenient diet there is, just measure up your grams, split it on how many times you want a day. I eat 3 times a day, it doesn't take longer than 5 minutes a day to prepare. Another great thing about it is that you'll get really full after eating peanutbutter, it takes long to eat, isn't disgusting and will stabilize your blood sugar levels, due to lack of carbs. What this does is that you wont feel cravings for carbs, awesome, right?

The weight loss can be dramatic on this diet, you might lose up to 5 kg a week, depending on how nuts you went on carbs before. If there is any questions, feel free to comment and I'll give you my best answer!

I decided to post my diet today! Check in with me later and you'll get it!

As every other day, it started with a powerwalk at 8 am. It took longer than one hour because I stopped everywhere and admired the beautiful nature. It's so wonderful to walk early in the morning when it has been really cold during the night, with the dew on the grass, sun shining and complete silence. Ah, what a wonderful world!

I just got out of the shower, will get ready for a meeting at 11:15, then go get a tan and do some work at home. At 4 pm, I'll be at the GYM!!! I missed the gym soooo bad! I'll be there with my mother for the first time, I'm going to turn her into a machine. That will be a challenge because she doesn't like the gym (sorry mom). As you know, I love challenges!

Imma give you a hint...



Can you tell what it is? ;)

It's going dooooooooooown! I started my day with a powerwalk, which my legs didn't feel like pursuing at all. They felt week, as if they would fold with every step. I'm eating a lot of calories but it's the lack of carbohydrates that makes me feel week. This is something that will last for a few days, while my body tried to get used to like 20 g of carbs a day. Ah, anyway. I'm starting to feel a little sick of eating only what I'm eating, but I have to set my sight for the goal, which will taste sweeter than the sweetest candy.

My diet is high in protein high in fat, low in carbs! Might reveal my diet tomorrow, might not... Convince me!

It's kinda like Atkins,

What a day! I woke up and thought I had plenty of time before I had to be at work... I didn't so I had to rush, no time for breakfast and then everything was messed up at work! At like 7 pm, I drove back home, without breakfast or lunch. Back home I ate, felt tired as hell but went out for a while. I'm at home, in my couch and will get up and walk like 5 meters to my bed. Uh!

I can't wait for tomorrows numbers... I cheated a little and weighed myself after dinner... Haha who does that? However, it's going to be negative tomorrow also. *Fingers crossed*

Ah, need to work tomorrow again, yet this is another project!

Night kids

It's going down :) There's 22 days left until my deadline for fitting in my skinny jeans. With the same speed, I'd lose about 5 kilos before October 31st. As you might see, some days it's more, some less. So a 5 kg loss could be more or, hopefully not, less.

I'll only be at work for about 5 hours today, so after I might go to the gym, or powerwalk. Since I'm on a low carbohydrate diet, it is NOT GOOD to do intense cardio. Why? Because your body needs oxygen to burn fat like I said yesterday. If you do intense cardio, your body won't be able to take in all the oxygen it need for the process of burning fat. Your body needs carbs when it's working hard, if there's no carbs you'll burn your muscle! Do we want that? No!

I also need to create a new gym schedule, I want a killer body, a rock hard body! Most men say that they like a "soft woman" and that you should be healthy and whatever. Some of you have called me a "health guru", I LOVE YOU for that, so I'm healthy alright. But I don't want to be soft! Healthy doesn't have to mean soft! I want to go back to the body I had before and make it even better (not the super skinny one, the hard part shouldn't be all the bones poking out). To go to the extent of "skinniness" where I've been in before, you need to work your ass of and pretty much be hungry all the time. So just forget that, I did! Muscles doesn't need as much room as fat, go for muscle!

You can't tell much difference after only 3 or 4 days. But you requested some before photos and some during my journey... So here are the first ones!



There's something going on! Can you tell?

I need a new header, It's too cold to be naked... Any ideas?

I'm staying in... diet, you know! I'm starting to get a little grumpy now, some people noticed it at work today. However, one lady said that I was the friendliest girl she has ever met. Kinda cool! She had a few years on her shoulders, so I bet she's met a lot of friendly people in her life!

Hurraay, I lost 1 kg! :) Again, it's not water! This is fat! I get a lot of protein everyday so I'll keep my muscle. Sunday-Wednesday, I'll be at the gym, trying to create some danger! haha. October 31st is my deadline, I might be there sooner! I get a lot of workout done at work, there's a lot of heavy things I need to get from my truck into the store, and then I look at the ice cream and do not feel like ruining what I'm creating. Ah, I can visualize the end result, sweeeeet! The weightloss is a little more if I count with the week before Stockholm when I went nuts on the gym. If I add to that, t's a 3 kg weightloss. But I'll start counting from last Tuesday, so -1 it is :)

Speed your weightloss up by taking a powerwalk in the morning on an empty stomach. Fat needs oxygen to get burned of. Hardcore workout needs carbs, but that is another story. When you walk fast, you'll burn fat!



See the fat cells? When you gain weight, they expand. When your body needs energy and doesn't have any food or carbs to burn, it will go to the fat cells, melt them and use for energy. So they become smaller! Great, isn't it?

Often when we're bored or tired, we reach for some snacks to keep ourselves busy. I finished my last meal but feel like I could have more. So what to do? This is what I do!

• I open my favorite playlist on Spotify, listen to some music that takes my thoughts away from food. This is the number one thing that works for me!
• Drink water. It will keep you feeling full and will keep you busy in the bathroom ;)
• Make a list of stuff you have to do, and do them one by one.
• Call someone!
• Read through my blog for more motivation (Great tip!)
• Take a hot shower! When you're warm, you'll be less likely to feel the need to eat or snack. And you'll be clean!
• Dream about how you want to look. Think about that every step you take towards your goal, is a step closer. If you mess it up tonight, you'll take one step back.
• Think about this, do you want to LOVE how your body looks, or do you want to snack right now and ruin what could be a dream come true?

At this very moment, I'm dealing with it by listening to music (and blogging obviously).

Fairly nuts and Half baked. I bet that they are both super delicious. Though I am on a diet, I won't try it at all! It's not very cool anyway to stand and eat ice cream in front of people you're handing it out to. Tomorrow I'll be in Lund! I'm the girl that's kinda singing out loud with my amazingly cool Ben & Jerry's stereo.

Gonna drive to work in a few! I'm working for Ben & Jerry's, isn't it ironic? ;) I believe that you should eat a high quality ice cream if you are going to have ice cream anyway. Come see me at Ica Maxi in Löddeköpinge Center syd and try some ice cream if you're NOT on a diet! I get exposed to it a few hours a day but can still resist it, that is called DETERMINATION guys! I will be there from 12:30 to 7 pm.

I want to add something! I came back home from Stockholm last Tuesday (2 days ago) and the numbers on the scale has dropped 0.6 kilos. Yaaay! :) Ah, skinny jeans SOOOOOON! No, it's not water weight, I haven't been eating carbs so there was no water retention!



I will update every time there is a difference, if it's + or -, I'll inform you! I also took some "before" pictures and will post them when I have enough courage for it haha.

Sometimes when you are one a diet, you'll be tired. This is very normal because you're on a calorie deficit. You wont get all the energy you need from food, so your body needs to take from your stored fat, this takes energy! The fatigue often takes place early in the diet, you might feel that you want to stop, rest or maybe eat something calorie dence. Don't quit your diet! I'm not a coffee lover, so I'm never leaving my apartment without my caffeine pills. I take one when I feel like my energy is dropping, because I know that I will want to reach for some food like an quick fix. If you do that, you'll only feel even more tired. I take one in the morning, one with lunch, one in the afternoon. Though never 6 hours before bedtime! If I do, I can't sleep.

If you like coffee, then have it black. Coffee has some powerful antioxidants which you know is good for you. However, don't go nuts and pop too many pills, that is NOT good for you! Very important!

If you live in Sweden, you can find them at the pharmacy for like 40 SEK. That's where I got mine.

I'm singing...

I got back from work like 2 hours ago and I'm not tired at all, even though I got up at 6 am! Right when I got back home, I carried on with my other job. No, I'm not an assassin! Although, I went to a serious ghetto today... It's called "Rosengård" in Malmö (you swedes know). I'm terrified of bugs, but I'm not afraid to be in a ghetto. Guess that has to do with what I did in my teens, oh gosh... I was a stupid teenager! But that turned me in to a grown, mature woman fast :) So my brain and common sense works again.

I'm on a special diet at the moment, a diet that will bring me back into my skinny jeans! Yaaay oh yaaay! I'll share it with you in a few days.

Guys, remember, if you have ANY questions about diet, work out or whatever you feel like asking, just give me a comment and I'll try to answer perfectly!

11 pm... Hmm.. Would actually be a good idea to fall asleep now... Up again 6 am!

Good morning! I woke up at 6 and went for a one hour powerwalk. I got dressed as if I would live in Alaska, which made me way to hot during my walk. Anyway, I'll have to take a shower, get ready and go to work! I'll give you one more post before I leave.



Hahaha... I was completely covered from head to toe.

I had a plan when I came inside of the door after my long drive. I was supposed to only work a little with one of my jobs that will be tomorrow. I was supposed to only prepare myself for what is going to be a very long day, paperwork, orientation, education for the day. So, after I finished that, made all the nessecary calls, I laid down for 5 minutes, picked up my mac and started working with another job. I promised myself to be in bed before 11 pm, which gives me right about one hour. Uuuuuh, but I love it :)

Hey guys!
I'm back from Stockholm and had to drive 600 km in a HUGE pickup truck, glamorous! It took me like five and a half hours, so I'm kinda tired right now. I have to rest a little then go straight back to work!

Also, I want to add a thing. Last Sunday, I tried on my skinny jeans and could almost button them and they where really tight. Even though I could barely breathe in them, I'm thrilled that I can use them soon :D




I checked the date on these photos, they are exactly one year old! October 5th, 2009! How weird is that? They are a size 25, and I think I'm a 27 today. So I have a goal, by the end of October, they will fit! Check up with me and I'll show you the result! I put a note in my calendar so I won't forget. :)

Deadline - October 31st!

I used to have cellulite on my thighs. I believe that every female gets these in their life. But it can also be created due to a bad diet with unhealthy fat, or a lack of fat. This is a true story guys, I got rid of almost every single cellulite when I started taking Omega-3 fatty acids!


Your skin will improve, your hair will look better because inside of you will be healthy!
Beauty comes from within, I swear on my life by that!

I can honestly say that this is a miracle pill!

Hahaha my God! I have one t-shirt, one hoodie, two jackets!
I can not freeze in this!

Saturday morning started with a powerwalk at 8 am! After that I had oatmeal with strawberries, YUM! I forgot to take a picture of it, I was so in to just eating this delicious breakfast! I'm doing some laundry, it's kinda like a GTL day (GYM TANNING LAUNDRY from Jersey Shore, if you didn't know). But I'll skip the tanning! I'm getting ready for work, singing along with Jennifer Lopez and will be busy until laaaate tonight. I have to do some secret stuff then pack a bag, I'm going to Stockholm tomorrow for work, but won't stay there for very long unfortunately. Uh, anyway...
Oh, haha another thing! I showed my stomach to my mom today and her eyes got larger than the moon, she could tell there's a beginning for a six pack! :D Hurraaaay! It would be great to get it back, and I will!

I don't have an athletic body, neither do I want one. But theres one body I WOULD KILL FOR!



This is by far the hottest body I've ever seen! So how can you achieve this? LOTS AND LOTS OF HARD WORK! You need knowledge about the human body, you need knowledge about what to eat. You can't just go to the gym and then eat whatever you want and believe you'll get this far.
I bet she eats a lot of lean protein, such as fish, chicken, seafood etc. Your body also needs fat to burn fat, yes that is true! Stay to the healthy fats obviously, such as nuts, avocado, olive oils, Omega-3 and so on. Eat a lot so that your body doesn't burn your muscle, but eat enough so that you wont increase in bodyfat.

It takes a lot to create an amazing physique! I have a lot of knowledge about this, because it's one of my biggest interests. Contact me on stephanieandersson@hotmail.com to get your own personalized diet and be one step closer towards your dream body!

The most common excuse I hear about not working out is "I don't have time!"

Let me tell you about my days - I work three jobs, YES THREE JOBS! I am also a FULL TIME STUDENT! I'm also trying to blog every single day, have a social life and get some sleep. If I have time to work out this much, EVERYBODY'S GOT TIME!

There is obviously some things you need to sacrifice. I don't watch TV, haven't had it on in a week. I don't go and have coffee with friends to talk about rubbish for hours. I do rarely go to parties, I'm over that. Now I'm honestly trying to think about other stuff I sacrifice... I can't think of any other! For real!

Take a look at your own life. Instead of watching TV every single day, you could be working out. Instead of laying in the couch all day (or an hour), you could be working out. Instead of picking your nose, you could be working out. Instead of "feeling too tired to work out after your job", you could work out and become more energized.

It is not only about appearance, it's about your body that you'll have to live with for the rest of your life! If you don't take care of it, it will break, become damaged and leave you in a shitty situation. Just take a minute and listen to your heartbeat... Come on, seriously! Feel it! Can you feel your heartbeat? It is beating for you. With every single heartbeat it is trying to keep you alive. It's the most important muscle we have. Make it stronger than ever before! Work out for your heart and you'll live longer! THAT'S WORTH THE TIME!

Please do call me on I-DON'T-GIVE-A-DAMN if you have anything else to say about this.