Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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.

Monday, January 30, 2012

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.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

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 .

Friday, January 27, 2012

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)

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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.

Monday, January 23, 2012

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.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

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.

Friday, January 20, 2012

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)

Thursday, January 19, 2012

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.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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.

Monday, January 16, 2012

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.

Friday, January 13, 2012

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)

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Food Log (9 January 2012)

When I went to the grocery store today, I noticed that they had a bigger selection of healthier breads. They even had LCHF breads (low carb breads), and gulten free breads. I was really shocked to see them there. I did find a soft bread made from 100% whole grain rye flour. I read the label like crazy making sure it didn't have anything awful in it. I ate it tonight with dinner .

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

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

Snack: a clementine and some popcorn.

Snack: 2 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Chicken katsu sandwhich (2 rye bread slices) and cucumber kimichi.

Post Xmas Non-Scale Victory!

Here's a non-scale victory to cheer myself up from the xmas weight gain.

Today I went to a local clothing store since they have their annual new year's sale. I love buying things like bras and sweaters there, since they're 50% off or more.

***A little personal but, everyone gains weight differently.
I picked out some bras, in smaller band size but bigger cup size Yippie! My boobs sort of shrank a cup when I gained weight, I don't know how that happened, but now they've returned to size. It wasn't fun when I gained weight and was hoping my chest would grow huge, but it didn't do that.

I looked around the store, and I just couldn't find anything I wanted. It was nice to try on smaller sizes, but it wasn't like shopping at my biggest. Back then I had to buy just whatever covered up most of my rolls, even if I didn't really like the clothes much. It used to be a big let down seeing a shirt on the rack, and thinking wow I love it, but when I'd put it on, it looked nothing like I imagined>_<. I used to look like Jabba the Hutt in the shirt, and would end up being sad.

Now it was more of getting to pick clothes styles that I liked. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything I liked, so I didn't buy anything. Just felt great that the shirts looked the way they were supposed to on me, and not seeing Jabba the Hutt staring back from the mirrors.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Food Log (8 January 2012)

Today was left over day! Yippie! I guess making 6 chicken breast fillets of chicken katsu ended up being a lot. OH is very happy as he was the one who was talking all day yesterday of having chicken katsu .


Brunch: Chicken katsu, green beans, barley/oat/buckwheat/medium grain rice mix.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Chicken katsu, carrots, little bit of barley/oat/buckwheat/medium grain rice mix and half a slice of rye bread.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Food Log (7 January 7 2012)

Slept in this morning so we ate a really late breakfast. I felt a bit sore and tight from yesterday. But after doing yoga I felt much better again.

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

Snack: Apple, some popcorn, and some cheese.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Chicken katsu, green beans, barley/oat/buckwheat/medium grain rice mix.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches and 30 minutes of yoga.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Twenty-seventh Weekly Weight Update!

Happy New Year's everyone!!!  So this is my first offical weigh in of the new year, and after the holiday season.  Unfortunately I can't say that I lost weight during this past holiday season.  I ate everything and anything I wanted.  But surprisingly I still wanted to eat healthy good for you foods too.  I'm really happy about that.

I gained weight, but I'm not sad about the numbers of the scale, because I know I ate plenty of naughty things.  It's also totm this week so that's a little extra added weight for me this week.  It was originally only two pounds gain during the holidays until totm came.  Now it's time for me to do much better with my low GL foods :).

Here's the 27th weekly weight update:


+3.8 lbs (+1.73kg)   totm

Total amount since started: -17.2 lbs (-7.82kg)