Here we go again!

Hello! It's been awhile. I've been naughty, had a very hard time kicking the sugar habit this time. Sadly I have to admit that I gained most of my weight back. Booo, bad me! Really scarey how it can creep so quickly. Though on a happy note I am much healthier this time around. I can still pump out pushups and do yoga, so I'm happy about that.

For the past two weeks I've been really trying hard to kick my bum in gear, and get it right. Lost two pounds, so it's a start.

Feeling better finally, and back on low GL!

Hello! I'm still here. The past two weeks or so I've finally been feeling much better. So I've started doing much stricter low GL and workingout more. There aren't any results on the scale yet, but I did just have totm. So hopefully in another week or two there will be some results on the scale. At least for now I do notice I'm feeling more alive, well and stronger.

I found it much harder to pull myself off of high GL foods this time around. I guess it was much easier when going from low carbs to low GL. Now that I've been doing this for almost two weeks strict, I notice a huge difference in my cravings, as they're really a lot less now.

Thirty third Weekly Weight Update!

Okay I'm a little bummed out with weigh in today. I started workingout again this past week. It was over a month ago that I did some serious workout. So I've been sore this week, but I noticed that on Tuesday the scale jumped over 2lbs. Since then the scale hasn't budged. I've been eating much less than I have been, and eating much better and healthier.

It's a little discouraging when you're doing good and the scale goes up like that. I can understand if I was pounding down Big Macs all day and food sinning, but I haven't I hope it's the working out and eating healthier that caused my body to get confused or something, and hopefully it'll wake up soon and start losing weight again >_<

+2.2 lbs (+1kg)

Food Log (23 May 2012)

Feeling sore today from my workouts. I decided to give my body a small break, but I did go on a walk . I also did a little bit of painting today, which will most likely make my arms sore tomorrow. Working on the house is a never ending task, but it always feels wonderful having new paint or new wallpaper . Today's food was leftover so it wasn't special, but I do love leftovers, as it means I didn't have to cook.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with blackberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, turmeric, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Teriyaki chicken, huge salad, and oats/barley/rice mix.

Snack: Dark choco biscuit

Dinner: Teriyaki chicken, huge salad, and oats/barley/rice mix.

Exercise: 28 minutes walk.

Food Log (22 May 2012)

I'm doing much better, cold isn't 100% gone yet, but it's getting there I've been able to workout since yesterday, and have done better with the eating as I'm feeling better. We've finally been getting some warm weather up here. Took it long enough but I'm enjoying the warmth and the sun now

Food isn't 100% perfect but it's a start I've got a lot to lose from the gain I made in the states.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, turmeric, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: A few naughties of choco chip cookies

Lunch: Very small portion of pytt i panna (Swedish potato hash thing), egg, and a huge salad.

Snack: A banana.

Dinner: Teriyaki chicken, huge salad, and oats/barley/rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, dips, 40 minutes of yoga, and 25 minutes walk.

The Power of Yoga!

Arthur Boorman's inpirational video

Last week Esther Ekhart shared a video on facebook.  It was amazing and inspirational.  The video speaks for itself.  The power of yoga is amazing!  This is why I love yoga so much, just a small step eventually leads to something greater.  The only measuring stick is yourself, and that's the beauty of yoga.  It gives you strength and courage to keep pushing on and keep moving forward.

I haven't accomplished what this man has.  But I've come a long way from what I was last summer.  I'm much stronger and healthier, and it's thanks to yoga that I can do as much as I can now.     

Caught A Cold!

I ended up catching a cold, and it's been very hard to try to stay focused on dieting. I finally had enough strength to do yoga today, but I did sleep for twelve hours last night. I've gone through at least two and half boxes of tissues in a few days.

Almost hard to believe that tonight will be two weeks since I've been back, but it feels so much longer, as I've had jetlag, and now a cold .

Hopefully when I get better I can kick in full gear again.


Exercise: Pushups, crunches, dips and 35 minutes yoga.

Bought A New Scale!

Today I went to out to the city to find a scale. Luckly, the scale I've been wanting for awhile was finally in stock. I felt like it was Xmas seeing a pile of the scales in stock. Now the scale addiction will begin again!

May The Fourth Be With You!

It's Star Wars Day! 

There won't be a weigh in tomorrow, as my scale is offically past it's expiration date. I forgot my scale here at home was in bad shape until I tried using it recently. Now it reads 0, error, or 300 lbs (I think that is the max on the scale). I know I don't weigh any of those three numbers that it keeps showing.

I tried looking for a scale locally yesterday, but wasn't able to find one. Hopefully this weekend I can drive out to the city to pick one up. So until I find my scale, it will be weight will be a bit of a mystery.

On a good note, I finally slept through a whole night last night . That's the first time in a week. I pushed myself really hard yesterday to stay up off of 3 hours of sleep. The not so good thing is that I'm catching a cold I'm going to take it a little easy today, and hope that this cold will go away.

Food Log (27 April 2012)

I'm having horrible jetlag today. I finally fell asleep at 15:00 to about 18:30, then my OH woke me up, so I wouldn't be wide awake a midnight. My eating times were all over the place because of my jetlag. I didn't have the healthiest eating today, though compared to the sins I was eating while on vacation it's a lot closer to low GL.

Hopefully the weather gets warmer here soon, it feels like winter here compared to the past two months of wonderful weather I was able to enjoy.

A couple of wonderful non-scale victories while I was away: I bought smaller size clothes, even 3 pairs of jeans that fit (no more too big size jeans). I even bought a two piece swimsuit, one of those halter top bikini tops(like a tanktop) and bikini shorts. It's not my small bikini, but at least I was able to proudly put on a swimsuit and jump into the pool without feeling uncomfortable about my body. I got a lot of compliments on how great I look and how much weight I lost from last year when my family saw me. My OH and I offically tied the knot, though we've considered ourselves married since we moved into together. The only bad thing is that I had the worst case of pink eye infection in history when we got married, and so there were only a few pictures taken.

Breakfast: Musli with pumpkin seeds and milk.

Lunch: Schnitzel salad.

Snack: 1 cranberry granola bar.

Dinner: 2 slices of rye (with nuts) bread, butter, chicken slices and tomatoes sandwhich.

Guess who's back!

Just got back to Sweden the other night.  It's nice to be back, and get ready to kick back into high gear again. Can't wait for the jetlag to be done and over with, though sadly it might take a good week or two since I was gone for so long. I'm suffering from Jetlag as we speak, I've been up since 4:30am, and only slept for two hours. But I'm not tired now, I'm usually the if I don't get my eight hours of sleep I turn into an ugly monster type. 

Being in the land of lots of food and over indulgence hasn't been easy. I know I put on weight while I was gone. But I'm avoiding the scale right now as I know the traveling has made me eat at strange times and I didn't get the best of sleep lately which makes me retain water. Hopefully by the beginning of the week I will be ready to kick into high gear with low GL

Had to put down an old friend :(

Things have been really really busy here. My mom's here, and my younger brother came to visit last week. It was really nice hanging out with the whole family. I haven't seen my brother since I moved so it was a really nice treat.

Though on a not good note, it's been also very sad for me lately. One of the dogs I helped raise when she was a puppy got really ill. Her cancer kicked in high gear and last week was really tough on her. We had to put her down on Sunday. I didn't get much sleep, and my eating went completely out the door.

I'll pass on that one next time!

I had a strawberry and cream scone today when I was out. I didn't think I was hungry, but I didn't have anything else with it but tea. I ended up with one of the worst headaches ever. My family believes that the scone was most likely too processed, sugary and artifical, so my body wasn't able to handle it.

I thought the scone was a good idea since it was made with dried strawberries, but looks like I was wrong. I learned my lesson today.

Food Log (9 March 2012)

Here's my food for today. It's leftover day so mmmmm good.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Japanese curry rice, rice/barley mix.

Snack: Watered down oolong tea, a small piece of rice cripsy treat >_<

Dinner: Japanese curry rice, rice/barley mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Out of my elements = Bigger challenge!

It's been very busy for me recently. I'm also out of my elements. I'm vacationing back home in the states. Strict low GL has been out the door for me, but I have been watching what I'm eating. I'm also doing yoga while I'm on vacation.

Dieting while being at somewhere else or someone else's kitchen is not easy. I have tried to find low GL things, but it's not the same here as everything has become so foreign to me. I did visit a health food store the other day (finally), but I must admit I wasn't impressed at all. My local grocery store back home in Sweden has much more raw low GL foods. The health food store here had a bunch of premade processed so called health junk. I couldn't find unhulled or hulled barley, they carried pearled. They didn't carry buckwheat, and the prices weren't cheaper than Sweden.

I unfortunately have gained a couple of pounds, but I was suffering from jetlag, lack of sleep, totm, and eating naughties. So I hope those pounds will go away soon enough. Being on vacation is horrible for the diet even if I watch what I eat >_<

Food Log (21 February 2012)

Today is the first day that I'm feeling better, so I was able to do yoga again I can tell it's been about a week since I last did yoga, as I felt so weak. It's amazing how quickly the body gets lazy and becomes sluggish.

Tonight I made Korean food, so it's healthy food but ate way too much.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: 2 slices of rye bread, hambuger, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Snack: Japanese green tea and some karintou.

Dinner: Korean style pork, spinach, bean sprouts, green lettuce, and tofu with barley/oat/buckwheat/rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (17 February 2012)

So I've been kicking in high gear on low GL the past couple of weeks.  I was hoping to lose at least a pound a week, but for some reason I barely miss the mark.  I know I should be happy for any loss, but it's not so fun when I'm trying hard and being good, and it still doesn't hit the mark.  Oh well, at least now I'm only 1 lb away from the weight I was before Christmas. 

Me hitting goal weight by summer seems really far away now:(


Here's the 33rd weekly weight update:

-0.8 lbs (-.36kg)


Total amount since started: -20 lbs (-9.09kg)

Food Log (16 February 2012)

I went over to a friend's get together today. Hints the naughty lunch and snack. Hopefully the damage won't be too bad for tomorrow's weigh in. I don't like having naughties right before weigh in. Though I tried to keep the damage to a minimal while I was there.

I'm cold and tired today. I over did myself a little yesterday. So for the next couple of days I'm going to have to be a little careful. Did I mention omg I'm sore!

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: 1 and 3/4 Polish pancakes with cream thingy and orange marmalade. Two small bites of chocolate cake.

Snack: Japanese green tea and a few Kyoto style crackers.

Dinner: Korvstroganoff with barley/oat/buckwheat/rice mix.

Food Log (15 February 2012)

Today I did both shoveling snow and yoga. Whew I feel wornout, maybe it was a little too much for me. I'm sore, cold and tired now, I should be able to sleep really well tonight. I have to becareful to not over do it.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: 1 clementine.

Lunch: 2 slices of rye bread, one with reindeer cheese and one with lucentia (spicy ajvar).

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Korvstroganoff with barley/oat/buckwheat/rice mix.

Exercise: 25 minutes of shoveling snow, pushups, crunches and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (14 February 2012)

I was hoping to doing yoga this afternoon, but I had a surprise visit from my mom-inlaw. It was really nice that she stopped by, we chit chatted and had some tea together I don't feel too bad that I didn't do yoga today, as I shoveled snow again today.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with strawberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Beef, mushroom, and bell pepper with spelt pasta.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate, with Japanese green tea.

Dinner: 2 slices of rye bread with peanut butter and jam, and a clementine.

Exercise: 37 minutes of shoveling snow.

Food Log (13 February 2012)

Last night the weather report said it would be -6 celsius this morning. But when I woke up and went to the car it was -13. I wasn't able to open the garage door to get the car out. I struggled with it trying to lift it open for almost 5 minutes. It was completely frozen shut. I was finally able to get it open, but boy oh boy does my back ache today. Needless to say I wasn't really in the mood to cook tonight.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with strawberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Japanese curry with barley/oat/buckwheat/rice mix.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, 1 piece of dark chocolate, with homemade sobacha (buckwheat tea).

Dinner: 2 slices of rye bread, one with reindeer cheese and the other with peanut butter and jam.

Food Log (12 February 2012)

It was a leftovers kind of day

Breakfast: Oat porridge with strawberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Spicy chicken, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, leeks, onion, and garlic stirfry. With barley/oat/buckwheat/rice mix.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate, with homemade sobacha (buckwheat tea).

Dinner: Spicy chicken, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, leeks, onion, and garlic stirfry. With barley/oat/buckwheat/rice mix.

Exercise: Shoveling snow for 30 minutes, counts for something.

Food Log (11 February 2012)

Tonight's food was a stirfry made from things I had in the fridge. It came out really yummy.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: (Ate them throughout the day) 1 slice of rye bread one with reindeer cheese, clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate, with homemade sobacha (buckwheat tea).

Dinner: Spicy chicken, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, leeks, onion, and garlic stirfry. With barley/oat/buckwheat/rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (10 February 2012)

Pretty weird to think another week has gone by. At least this time the weightloss was closer to a pound

Breakfast: Oat porridge with strawberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread one with reindeer cheese, and grapes.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate, with homemade sobacha (buckwheat tea).

Dinner: Grilled ham and cheese on two rye slices, with tomato and basil salad.

Thirty-Second Weekly Weight Update!

This week I've been trying really hard to be a good girl.  The scale moved down all week, but stopped moving the other day.  Sort of a bummer because I was really hoping for a nice loss this week of at least one pound.  I can't be too picky since a loss is still a loss, and I'd much rather take a loss than a plus.  So it's a happy sad victory for me this week. 
I don't trust my scale, and am a little worried that when I finally do get that wonderful new scale  (when it's back in stock), that the new scale's readings will be a huge shocker.  Of course it'll be nice if it gives me a minus.  But it will be horrible to find out that my old scale now has been lying to me this whole time. 


Here's the 32nd weekly weight update:

-0.8 lbs (-.36kg)    


Total amount since started: -19.2 lbs (-8.73kg)

Food Log (9 February 2012)

I have a new non-scale victory today! I did 50 guy pushups! Yippie!!! Though I think I'm going to be a bit sore tomorrow>_< I'm so happy that I can do 50 guy pushups now, I've been dreaming of getting this far. Unfortunately, my arms aren't cut and muscled out as I would want them to be. Too much fat on my body still .

I'm actually surprised that I can do that many guy pushups as I'm still quite heavy, and that's a lot of junk in the trunk to pushup. Tomorrow is weigh in day, I'm hoping it will go well. I've been behaving myself all week, but it's always a surprise when weigh in day comes. I still don't really trust my scale, hopefully I will be able to get that scale I want sometime in the near future.


Breakfast: Grilled ham, cheese, tomato, and mushroom sandwich; made from 2 rye slices.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread one with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate, with homemade mugichi (barley tea).

Dinner: Grilled ham and cheese on two rye slices, with tomato and mushroom salad.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Recipe for Japanese Grain Teas; Sobacha (Buckwheat tea) and Mugicha (Barley tea)

They're really good and caffeine free. Depending to how dark you roast them will have an effect on how robust they are You can toast them on a pan for about 5-15 minutes on medium heat until the grains are a nice dark brown. Don't forget to move the grains around, or else they'll be burnt on oneside.

Depending on how strong you want your tea, you can use about a ½ tablespoon - 1 tablespoon of soba(buckwheat) or mugi (barley) for each 1 cup of water. You boil the water, then let the mugi or soba simmer for about 20 minutes on low heat. Then turn heat off and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Use a strainer to take the grains out of the tea.

You can drink them cold or hot. I usually make a big huge pan full of tea. I then put the rest in the fridge in a pitcher or mugs. It can last for days this way, and if you want to drink it cold you can or pour it into a mug and microwave for hot tea

I also toasted a good amount, so I don't have to keep toasting them every time I want to drink the tea. I'm storing them each in their own plastic bag in the fridge.

I kow mugicha can be an acquired taste. When I was a kid I didn't like it so much, but as I got older it grew on me. Sobacha was easier for me since it tastes similar to soba noodles, but in a nutty tea way. Both teas have a nutty smooth flavor. If you have something spicy to eat or a sore throat, they really help to sooth the throat.

Food Log (8 February 2012)

Today I decided to make myself some homemade Japanese teas. They're called sobacha (buckwheat tea) and mugicha (barley tea). In Japan you usually get sobacha when you're at a soba restaurant. Mugicha is something we usually drink cold during summer. Though at Korean restaurants they serve it hot during winter.

It's been a long time since I drank these teas, and I actually miss them. I just roasted some barley for the mugicha, and roasted some buckwheat for the sobacha. I think tomorrow or the next day I'll try out the sobacha.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with blackberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Grilled ham, cheese, tomato, and mushroom sandwich; made from 2 rye slices.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate, with homemade mugichi (barley tea).

Dinner: 2 slices of rye bread, one with peanut butter and jam, and the other with reindeer cheese. Also a clementine.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (7 February 2012)

I bought some fruits yesterday, I thought it's better to eat fruits than some naughty things. I'm trying to be better this week. So I passed up buying a semla, which looked really good, and got grapes instead.

Brunch: Grilled ham, cheese, tomato, and mushroom sandwich; made from 2 rye slices.

Snack: clementine and grapes.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Grilled ham, cheese, tomato, and mushroom sandwich; made from 2 rye slices. With a handful of grapes.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (6 February 2012)

It was a leftover kind of day today I can't complain about that. I have to admit that the curry was really yummy.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with strawberries and raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Chicken tandori, kale curry with a boiled egg, basmati rice/barley/oat mix.

Snack: 2 clementines, 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Snack: 1 slice of rye bread with reindeer soft cheese.

Dinner: Chicken tandori, kale curry with a boiled egg, basmati rice/barley/oat mix.

Food Log (5 February 2012)

Tonight's food was really yummy. I was actually hoping to make spinach curry, but I didn't have any spinach. What I thought was a bag of frozen spinach was a bag of frozen kale. My OH thought kale curry sounded horrible, but in the end it turned out really yummy Doesn't hurt to try and experiment with what's in the house

Brunch: Oat porridge with apples, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: clementine.

Snack: 2 clementines, 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Chicken tandori, kale curry with a boiled egg, basmati rice/barley/oat mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Thirty-First Weekly Weight Update!

I need a new scale.  So I'm a bit iffy on what it reads.  I make sure jump on the scale several times to see what it reads.  I went to look for a scale today, though the one I wanted was sold out.  It's one that does the fat and muscle reading, and saves your info.  I almost bought the other one that was there, and my OH reminded me that I wouldn't be happy with it, since I already have my mind set on the nice one.

I've decided to wait a couple of weeks, and hopefully by then they will have the scale I want back in stock.  My scale isn't perfect, but I can wait for the scale I want:)    

Here's the 31st weekly weight update:

-0.4 lbs (-.18kg)   Totm

Total amount since started: -18.4 lbs (-8.36kg)

Food Log (2 February 2012)

I woke up really sore today, so I didn't do my exercise. My scale seems to be broken, one of the legs is wobbly and moves. Looks like I'll have to go find a new scale, hopefully I can do that this weekend.

Not sure how tomorrow's weigh in will be. Also not sure if I can really trust what the scale says. If you move it around it jumps in weight like 25 lbs. So we'll see how things will look in the morning.

Brunch: Veggie and sausage soup with two slices of rye bread.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Snack: A slice of rye bread with peanut butter and jam.

Dinner: Veggie and sausage soup with one slice of rye bread.

Food Log (1 February 2012)

My shoulder felt better today so I did my exercise. I didn't get to do the whole routine, but some is better than none. My shoulder does feel much stiffer now.

I decided to make soup today. It's getting colder here, and I thought that soup would be very comforting. Also it helps keeps me warm.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with strawberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: Apple and ham.

Lunch: Veggie and sausage soup with a slice of rye bread.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Veggie and sausage soup with two slices of rye bread.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 21 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (31 January 2012)

My shoulder is better today, but still stiff. I've been using the massager on it, and it's helping. Really hope it'll be better tomorrow. I don't enjoy not doing yoga for this long. >_<

Breakfast: Oat porridge with strawberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Grilled cheese, ham and tomato sandwich, made of rye bread.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Japanese currywith oat/barley/buckwheat/rice mix.

Food Log (30 January 2012)

Hopefully my shoulder will be much better so I can do yoga. I am still having trouble moving my right arm without pain. The knot is a bit smaller, so knock on wood, that tomorrow it'll be gone

Breakfast: Oat porridge with straw berries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: 1 thin rice cracker with Japanese green tea.

Lunch: Japanese currywith oat/barley/buckwheat/rice mix.

Snack: clementine, 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Japanese currywith oat/barley/buckwheat/rice mix.

Survived moving in the cold!

It's been one very busy busy weekend for me. I'm a bit worn out today, but I still have to finish up cleaning house, just taking a small break. Food hasn't been the nicest, but I haven't been home. Yesterday from 7am I was on the go, we helped a friend move all day. Did I mention the temp was -4 to -6 yesterday, by the ocean. So it was a lot of lifting, carrying up and down stairs. We did that until about 20:00, of course with a couple of breaks to eat.

I don't think I can do yoga for a couple of days. I'm a lucky owner of a huge knot in my shoulder from yesterday, and my knee that was messed up from earlier in the week, hurts even more. I am happy to say that I feel really good for how much physical work we did yesterday in the cold. But I was layered in lots of leggings and things to stay extra warm. I am much stronger than I thought, I was prepared to have to rest and not continue on incase my body decided to be bad, but it didn't. I was really happy about that .

Thirtieth Weekly Weight Update!

Darn me, well it's just as I thought or as OH keeps saying that totm is on it's way.  In the past two days I gained over 1 lb.  I haven't been eating over my usual portions, and I haven't been snacking on naughty things.  But when the body starts retaining water for totm, there isn't much to do. 

So sadly to say that this week I have a gain.  I'm not going to cheat and use my low weight from the other day.  I feel cheated everytime totm comes near, but I'm sure a lot of other women feels the same way too. 

Here's the 30th weekly weight update:

+1.0 lbs (+.45kg)

Total amount since started: -18.0 lbs (-8.18kg)

Food Log (26 January 2012)

My knee isn't that good yet, but it was good enough to at least do yoga So I'm really happy about that. A little nervous about weigh in tomorrow, since the scale jumped up this morning. I don't know how, but it did. So we'll see what happens in the morning.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with blackberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate and a clementine.

Lunch: Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with tomatoes and bellpeppers, and tomato salad on the side.

Snack: clementine.

Dinner: Korvstroganoff (lots of bellpeppers, tomatoes, onions and garlic) with oat/barley/buckwheat/rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, several boat pose, and 35 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (25 January 2012)

Didn't get to do my exercise today, as my knee is hurting and I'm feeling a little under the weather. I went grocery shopping today, and it's really cold out, it's done a number on my knee.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with apple, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Chinese style spicy chicken and green beans stir fry, with oat/barley/buckwheat/rice mix.

Snack: Handful of peanut rings.

Dinner: Chinese style spicy chicken and green beans stir fry, with oat/barley/buckwheat/rice mix.

Food Log (24 January 2012)

OMG!!! I so hate when I lose what I was typing. This is the 2nd time now. Argghhh! Breathe, wooo saaaaa, wax on, wax off>_<. I was almost done writing and I miss hit a button and it goes to a different screen. Booo. Sorry about that, just get's a little annoying

Let's try this again.

Food was really yummy today, I love my stirfries I did have some naughties, as it was a mini Semla. But at least it was homemade almond paste, so I felt it was a plus, and it was mini.

I get to celebrate a non-scale victory today. I was able to do the full boat pose in yoga. A while ago I tried to do a modified boat pose, and it was impossible. Lately I've been feeling stronger in my core and arms, so I felt that maybe today it would be nice to try it. I was able to do several of them, and hold them for a bit .


Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Pasta cassrole, spelt pasta, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, and garlic.

Snack: Mini Semla.

Dinner: Chinese style spicy chicken and green beans stir fry, with oat/barley/buckwheat/rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (23 January 2012)

Not much of an exciting food day. I didn't get to squeeze in my exercise today Will have to get better in making time for it.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Pasta cassrole, spelt pasta, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, and garlic.

Snack: Sweetie.

Dinner: Cooked ham, capri salad, and spelt pasta.

Food Log (22 January 2012)

Brunch: Oat porridge with apples, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate, two handful of peanut rings.

Dinner: Pasta cassrole, spelt pasta, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, and garlic. Also a tomato, cucumber, corn, and feta cheese salad.

Twenty-Ninth Weekly Weight Update!

Another week has gone by, and that means another weigh in.  I was actually really surprised about the results of the scale this morning.  I had to double check it just to be sure, since I had some really naughty days during this week. 

I didn't expect any weightloss at all this week, I was thinking I would be lucky to just get away with a "Stay the Same".  I still have 2 lbs left until I reach the pre-Xmas weight.  Hopefully in another two weeks all that Xmas weight will be gone, and I can work on getting new weightloss numbers:)  Summer is only 20 weeks away, and I want to fit into my bikini! 


Here's the 29th weekly weight update:


-0.8 lbs (-.36kg)

Total amount since started: -19.0 lbs (-8.63kg)

Food Log (19 January 2012)

Felt a bit lazy today so I only did 20 minutes of yoga instead of 30 minutes. Food was pretty good and yummy. Tomorrow's weigh in day, so it's always a bit of surprise how the scale will move.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with apples, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Two rye bread slices with smoked reindeer soft cheese (rökt renost) and a clementine.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Oven roasted herb chicken with buckwheat/oat/barley/rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 20 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (18 January 2012)

Tonight we had leftovers, yippie! I love eating leftovers, as it means I didn't have to cook tonight Also the food is really yummy, so it's nice to enjoy it again.

I have two non-scale victories today that I'm quite proud of myself for. First was I did 40 guy pushups today. I decided to try doing at least five more, and then I felt I was able to do more than that and ended up doing 10 more pushups than usual. Then I decided to try to do more crunches today, and did 15 more.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with apples, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, agave syrup and milk.

Lunch: Two rye bread slices with smoked reindeer soft cheese (rökt renost) and tomatoes.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Chinjao rosu (Chinese pepper steak) with buckwheat/oat/barley/rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (17 January 2012)

Food was pretty good today, expect for breakfast was naughty. Though I am proud of myself for only eating half of one instead of a whole one. Sort of go me!?! >_<

Breakfast: Half of a semla, and ½dl of milk.

Lunch: Grilled cheese, ham, tomatoes, bell peppers, and mushroom sandwich, made of rye slices.

Dinner: Chinjao rosu (Chinese pepper steak) with buckwheat/oat/barley/rice mix.

Food Log (16 January 2012)

This past weekend was a half off weekend. Most of the foods I ate were good, and there were a couple which we shall not speak of. OH and I weren't feeling too well Saturday night, and some of yesterday. He's still getting over his cold, and I'm trying not to catch it. On Saturday we were out picking up wood borders for the walls, and door frames (all this was outside part of the home improvement store). We had to saw the wood into pieces that fit in the car, needless to say we were out in the cold for way too long. I felt really cold and not well after that. So a lot of laying on the couch wrapped up in my blanket.

Thankfully, I felt better today and was able to get my yoga on ! I love the way I feel after I do yoga. I feel lighter and more energetic

Brunch: Leftover of "the thing we shall not speak of"

Snack: Two clementines, 2 choco digestives. (Spread throughout the afternoon).

Dinner: Grilled cheese, ham, tomatoes, bell peppers, and mushroom sandwich, made of rye slices.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (13 January 2012)

I feel pretty good today from this week's weightloss. I had a few too many choco digestives today, but it is Friday and my food weekend. So 80/20 rule

Tonight's dinner was oven baked duck breast fillet. OH has been wanting to eat it for awhile now, so tonight we made dinner together. OH wanted potatoes with dinner, but luckly I had 3 baked sweet potatoes leftover in the freezer from making my Christmas sweet potato pie, and decided to make into mashed sweet potatoes. I looked up the GI of sweet potatoes and it was low at 51.

Brunch: Spelt flour coated Alaskan Pollock, carrots, onion, garlic, whole grain brown rice pilaf. Of course lots of lemon for my fish

Snack: Two clementines, 3 choco digestives. (Spread throughout the afternoon).

Dinner: ½Duck breast fillet, mashed sweet potatoes, and green beans.

Snack: 1 clementine and 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 30 minutes of yoga.

Twenty-Eighth Weekly Weight Update!

I wasn't so strict this week with my low GL eating, but I did pretty okay.  My stomach feels better than during the holidays where I was eating way too much high GL foods.  I don't get bloated stomachs or acid burns, so that's always a plus with low GL foods :)

I still have 2.8 lbs left to lose from my holiday weight gain.  Slowly but surely I'll get there.



Here's the 28th weekly weight update:


-1.0 lbs (-.45kg)   

Total amount since started: -18.2 lbs (-8.27kg)

Food Log (12 January 2012)

Today was one of my "I don't feel like eating meat" days. I'm not vegetarian, but there are times when the thought of meat just grosses me out, or the taste of it just isn't pleasing. Luckly I had some Alaskan Pollock in the freezer, I know fish is still meat but somehow I am still able to eat fish on these "I don't feel like meat" days.

I coated the fish in wholegrain spelt flour to give it a nice crunchy surface. It came out really yummy, and it was very satisfying. Luckly my OH enjoys speltflour now too

Breakfast: Oat porridge with sunflower seeds, flax seeds, cinnamon, raspberries, milk and agave syrup.

Lunch: 2 slices of rye bread, one with peanut butter and jam, the other with räkost (Swedish soft cheese shrimp flavored).

Snack: Two clementines (earlier), 1 choco digestive.

Dinner: Spelt flour coated Alaskan Pollock, carrots, onion, garlic, whole grain brown rice pilaf. Of course lots of lemon for my fish

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 35 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (11 January 2012)

 I wasn't feeling too wonderful the past two days. So I ended up sleeping for about 11 hours today. I woke up feeling much better than yesterday, but still a little bleh Most likely I'm fighting a cold, my OH brought home last week.

At least I felt more energetic than the past couple of days, so I was able to do yoga Yippie! I really don't like it when I don't do yoga for more than a couple of days. I always feel like I'm somehow going to magically puff up in size if I don't do yoga

Brunch: Grilled ham, cheese, bell pepper and tomato sandwich made with 2 rye bread slices.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Snack: Two clementines (earlier), 1 choco digestive.

Dinner: Tuna melt, using rye bread slices and lots of tomatoes and bell pepper.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 35 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (10 January 2012)

I'm really tired today, I didn't get much sleep last night. So I decided to write my food log now, since I might go to bed early tonight. I know what I'll have for dinner, so I'm going to fill it in Unfortunately, I'm way too sleepy to do yoga today >_<.

I had a guest over today, so we had Japanese green tea and choco digestives. I'm going to count those two as part of my 80/20 rule.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, black berries, agave syrup and milk.

Snack: Japanese green tea and a choco digestive.

Lunch: Grilled ham, cheese, bell pepper and tomato sandwich made with 2 rye bread slices.

Snack: a clementine (earlier), cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and an apple.

Dinner: BLT sandwich, using rye bread slices and lots of tomatoes and green lettuce.